Aaron

lol, didn't spot that! Good job

Sorry I don't understand?

Where did you put the winnt.sif file? Are you absolutely sure you entered a correct key? Check for typos.

Manually set an IP to your Network Card. The slow loading could be because your NIC is trying to find a DHCP server. Moved to Windows XP Forum

Did this happen before you converted?

check again in your C:\Windows\ directory, it should be there. Also, -R should be run with setup.exe, if its a different filename then you probably haven't extracted it first.

Have you followed the instructions here for Installshield applications? http://www.MSFN.org/unattended/xp/applicat...stallshield.htm

22nd September - Q323255 and Q823559 added to main list, don't know how I could have missed those out!

We can't really help you if you don't tell us the exact problem :/

I had this problem too and there is a way to fix it. I had 2 batch files remaining to process, which were Applications.cmd and reboot.cmd. Halfway through the Nero installation, my reboot.cmd executed without applications.cmd finishing the rest of my apps installations. The only way to fix this is to merge any of your batch files that are supposed to run after the applications batch INTO your applications.cmd file. In my case, I merged the reboot commands from reboot.cmd into my applications.cmd file. Still following me? So basically, applications.cmd should be the last batch file to be run to prevent Nero aborting it aruptly. Add this to the end of your applications batch file (make sure you remove the EXIT that you currently have in your applications batch just after the Sygate Firewall installation): CLS @echo off COLOR 0a TITLE Final Adjustments - Cleanup defragmation and boot optimization ECHO. ECHO Deleting Temp Installation Files and startup items... RD /S /Q "%systemdrive%\install" RD /S /Q "%systemdrive%\drivers" RD /S /Q "%systemdrive%\Nvidia" ATTRIB -S -H -R "%programfiles%\InstallShield Installation Information" /S /D RD /S /Q "%programfiles%\InstallShield Installation Information" ATTRIB -S -H -R "%programfiles%\Uninstall Information" /S /D RD /S /Q "%programfiles%\Uninstall Information" ATTRIB -S -H -R "%systemroot%\prefetch" /S /D DEL /S /Q "%systemroot%\prefetch\*.*" DEL /S /Q "%systemroot%\Temp\*.*" ATTRIB -S -H -R"%userprofile%\Local Settings" /S /D DEL /S /Q "%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temp\*.*" REGEDIT /S "%systemdrive%\install\tools\startup_remove.reg" call cscript "%systemdrive%\install\tools\shortcuts2.vbs" ECHO. ECHO Enabling WFP... REGEDIT /S "%systemdrive%\install\tools\wfp_e.reg" ECHO. ECHO Defragmating system partition... diskeeper c /b ECHO. ECHO Optimizing boot performance - system will restart in 10 seconds... start \wait bootvis.exe -prepsystem ECHO. EXIT

Also check how you encoded the winnt.sif file. Since I don't use Notepad (only a better variant of Notepad called Metapad), you should check how you encoded the file when saving it.

hrm. strange that.

Have you noticed what forum you're in newsgeek?

They only install into the current logged in user, not all users. So if these were installed in the Administrator account and you switched to your own username, the Powertoys won't exist.

try removing the graphics drivers and redo your test. If it works, then the problem lies in the graphics drivers you're using.

There is a problem when using the "-d" switch to force cdimage not to change everything to uppercase, resulting in a usbhsci.dll to be "not found" during Windows Setup. However, using an alternative switch "-j1", this encodes the files in Joliet, and does not force all your files and folders to uppercase. Marztabator, you can download it here. Extract it to the root of the C:\ drive. The batch file also assumes you have the copied Windows XP files from the CD into C:\XPCD\

These Macromedia Applications use Installshield: http://www.MSFN.org/unattended/xp/applicat...stallshield.htm It's not difficult to do.

Plus! or Plus! DME?

Funny you mentioned that, I had http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1876 open in my browser. Its about the new BTX Motherboards

Yeah sure, make sure you credit those who originally thought up the ideas on your site. YeuEmMaiMai - I won't be updating the Win2k3 site any longer and it will be left as it is. More info is explained at the main page of the Win2k3 site. Besides, Unattended installations of Win2k3 won't really take off because its not everyday someone formats a Server OS.

Yazoo, are you currently testing this in Virtual PC? Its normal for VPC to take longer to load the desktop, 1.30 - 3 mins in most cases.

MDAC has a funny way of installing and its not the same as the other regular hotfixes. It doesn't have anything to do with QCHAIN though, because none of the current hotfixes have the same files as MDAC has (AFAIK). Here's a particular command I use to install MDAC, this should help you: start /wait %systemdrive%\install\hotfixes\Q823718.exe /T:%systemdrive%\install\tmp /C:"%systemdrive%\install\tmp\dahotfix.exe /q /n" /Q You do not have to create the install\tmp directory, its created automatically and is a place for the hotfix to extract to before installing.

In the next update I won't be providing empty ISOs any longer, nor will I suggest to use WinISO or UltraISO due to the way it badly handles ISO Images. Because when you edit an ISO to remove a file and add a new one, the file itself is never actually removed, only the markers to it. This often bloats up the ISO image more when it's not its true size. There is also the problem where the ISO may reference to an old file rather than the new file when doing file replacements in WinISO/UltraISO (which has yet to happen to me, but it could at some point). I have a better alternative though - cdimage.exe, xpboot.img and a batch file which will automate the ISO creation and clear the read only/hidden attributes in for files, folders and subfolders in C:\XPCD\ which will be uploaded on the next update. This method should be the cleanest way to create an ISO.

Is WinCD Manager a GUI-frontend for Microsoft's CDIMAGE utility? If so, it may not be using suitable switches to prevent this from happening. It may be better to use CDIMAGE itself to create the ISO, but if you're scared of the syntax used, you can use a batch file to automate it for you. This is what I use, and does not change all the files and folders to uppercase: CLS @echo off TITLE Creating ISO Image of Windows XP Professional ECHO. ECHO Creating ISO... C:\CDIMAGE.EXE -lWXPFPP_EN -t12/31/2002,12:00:00 -h -j1 -m -bC:\xpboot.img C:\XPCD C:\WXPFPP_EN.ISO PAUSE EXIT You'll also need a copy of xpboot.img. This way, you only have to execute the batch and it does the rest for you.

does it also clone the DVD Menus?