Aaron

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/...ity/current.asp From there, is a search box where you can choose Windows XP SP1. Although, this is only a listing of security hotfixes.

to remove a directory, use RD More additional switches for RD can be found by using /RD /? For unattended, use the /S and /Q switches.

the best way to do this is to get a program that takes a snapshot of your registry before and after. I'm still looking for such a program that's able to do this, as Regmon is too complex for this kind of thing, and needs a lot of patience.

msgplus220.exe /SilentInstall (or /SilentInstallNoSponsor) Note: This will attempt to open MSN Messenger 6 when installation has finished, and loads internet explorer to the msgplus website. (a reason why it wasn't added to the site) textpad472.exe /s /v/qn For the others, I'd suggest finding out what installer package they use, and get the correct switches for them from the Install Types links at this page

heheh, I see very gullible people!

OemPreinstall=No should be OemPreinstall=Yes in the winnt.sif folder. This will tell setup to copy all the contents of your \$OEM$\$1\ folders to the hard disk Don't forget UnattendSwitch="yes" or "no", see this page for a description on what it does

Spotted this page, hope it helps for those who use third party drivers for ATA133/RAID setups. http://www.spc.org.nc/it/TechHead/unattend..._third_part.htm I've also uploaded the OPK.chm file, which contains some information on Preinstalling Hardware Devices. Click here to download. (This Help file isn't included in the deployment tools)

1. No you don't, the cmd files do all that. 2. As I said in my last reply: The batch files go anywhere you want, with the exception they're not placed outside the \$OEM$\$1 folders. You should also check winnt.sif to check that the paths to the batch files in [GuiRunOnce] is also correct. 3. Yes copy and paste them if you want, it will help you to get experience of how they work. 4. Slipstream SP2 before starting on the Unattended XP CD guide. Links to these slipstream guides are on the Getting Started page. Good luck!

you can use pause to prompt the "Press any key to continue...". While it doesn't say to insert the 2nd CD, you should place a "ECHO Please insert Windows XP Disc 2" before the pause. ECHO Please insert Windows XP Disc 2 pause Outputs as: Please insert Windows XP Disc 2 Press any key to continue...

You can easily create a batch file with notepad and saving with the *.cmd extension. It is up to you whether you want to use one batch file, or several. I use several so I can easily find what I'm looking for when I need to make changes. There is no difference when using one or many. The commands used are very simple. Start executes a setup app. @echo off gets rid of the C:\> thats printed onscreen. ECHO. gives a line space, ECHO prints a message onscreen. CLS clears the screen. EXIT exits the command prompt. You can check the resouces page on how these commands are used and how they work. Lastly, the batch files go anywhere you want, with the exception they're not placed outside the \$OEM$\$1 folders. You should also check winnt.sif to check that the paths to the batch files in [GuiRunOnce] is also correct.

It might have something to do with XP creating its own unique user identity number, which makes yours invalid. The user identity numbers applies to the registry and the storage folder in Application Data.

Yeah, in the end I walked about like a drunk lol

Think I did three days, spent 2 nights in a row catching up on college work deadlines

Neo win did make up with Kidd0 a few weeks back (actually, they were forced to make up with him to stop the DDos'ing). But it turned out to be a bad mistake apparently... :/

We'll leave it open, its a very good interesting news story

If you are one of those people who hate Quicktime but forced to install it to watch mov formats, then you probably might want to use Quicktime Alternative 1.1 (Using Inno Setup silent install) and Media Player Classic - which supports Quicktime Alternative (one file copy)

All the Installer does is copy files to the C:\Program Files\mIRC\ directory. So install mIRC, take the folder out and put it with your install folders (in $oem$\$1) and use XCOPY to copy mIRC over during batch. And the registry entry to register mIRC: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\mIRC\License] @="xxxxx-xxxxxx" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\mIRC\UserName] @="Your Name"

the winnt.sif file?

By using an FTP client to your web hosting account, if you have signed up for one. In most cases, an ISP provides their users with webspace ranging from 10mb to 100mb.

Welcome to MSFN matey

I checked with Regmon and it changes a lot of registry keys when enabling it. Difficult to track, sorry What we do need is a app that makes a snapshot of the registry before and after, and then automatically giving you a file of exported keys that changed.

Yeah, I've never needed to use it though. I think its a file telling setup where to find the winnt.sif answer file, but it uses a fixed cd-rom drive letter (:/). I don't have a winnt.bat in the i386 directory, just the winnt.sif and Setup finds it perfectly. It looks like its working for everyone else too (well, no problems heard relating to that yet!)

is SET what you're looking for? Go to commmand prompt, and type set /?

No, there's no built-in MSN/Windows Messenger in Windows Server 2003. The reason why I didn't add Windows Messenger for the Win2k3 Unattended guide was because Windows Messenger was primarily for XP only. But if it works fine, I'll add it!

I think you need to rephase that, how is control panel accessed from Folder Options?