Aaron

what kind of command line are you wanting to use?

You should be able to use XCOPY so you copy the subfolders as well, keeping your favourites directory structure how you like it.

the $1 folder tells Windows Setup to copy all files and folders to the root of the systemdrive (C:\ for most people). \$1\install\ will become C:\Install\ But you do need to add OemPreinstall=Yes under [unattended] in winnt.sif for this to work.

http://www.MSFN.org/modules.php?modid=2&ac...tion=show&id=76

Well when your batch finishes, the system will restart itself (if you use psshutdown), if you don't restart automatically then you can start the program you want at the very end of the batch. Otherwise use the runonce registry key: http://www.MSFN.org/board/index.php?act=ST...7491&hl=runonce

[Data] AutoPartition=0 [unattended] Repartition=No Bottom of: http://www.MSFN.org/unattended/xp/finish.htm

of the Unattended XP CD guide? It's going to be difficult to put in 30-50 pages in a manual when I'm updating the site almost every day. But the site will be online all the time!

Are you running out of space on your CD to store more applications, and haven't got a DVD Recorder? You might have considered using a 2nd CD to install more of your favourite applications, but this would defeat the whole point of an Unattended installation as you would need to swap the CD over during the batch. Solution: This only applies to some people - If you're like me, and have a 2nd partition or hard drive where you store your backups, videos, mp3s, setup files and this data hard disk/partition never actually needs to be formatted (or drive letter change), then you should be able to install more of your applications by storing them there when you've run out of space on your CD. Instead of using: start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Application\setup.exe You would use: start /wait D:\Unattended\Applications\setup.exe That is, if you create a new folder "Unattended" (or whatever name you want) in the root of your data hard disk/partition. This is a perfect method if you only have one PC that you only will use the Unattended XP CD for, but it won't work if you plan to use the CD on other PCs as these other PCs will also require the same files/folders you placed in your data partition. Hope this helps!

Its most likely to be Internet Explorer, as Windows Explorer uses the integrated Internet Explorer to function.

It did say on the OfficeXP page that you'll need a DVD recorder! And yes, a 2nd CD would defeat the point of it being unattended unfortunately.

Tools > Options > Read > Uncheck Read all messages in plain text

Well, creating a setup.iss file from the nvidia 44.03 drivers setup, it turns out like this: [InstallShield Silent] Version=v6.00.000 File=Response File [File Transfer] OverwrittenReadOnly=NoToAll [{EFB7D050-CAD2-11D4-B34D-00105A1C23DD}-DlgOrder] Dlg0={EFB7D050-CAD2-11D4-B34D-00105A1C23DD}-SdWelcome-0 Count=2 Dlg1={EFB7D050-CAD2-11D4-B34D-00105A1C23DD}-SdFinishReboot-0 [{EFB7D050-CAD2-11D4-B34D-00105A1C23DD}-SdWelcome-0] Result=1 [{EFB7D050-CAD2-11D4-B34D-00105A1C23DD}-SdFinishReboot-0] Result=1 BootOption=0 Do not use the provided setup.iss file that was extracted, that's why its rebooting. Read http://www.MSFN.org/board/index.php?act=ST&f=70&t=7557 on how to make your own setup.iss file.

lo wI-OSMAN-, I've seen you around

Ghost images tend to get outdated in 3 months. There's nothing better than a fresh install of Windows XP with a 100% clean installed drivers, and up to date applications. Should prove to be more stable than updating everything in the ghost image.

hmmm... strange that Setup says Creation of administrative installation images is supported only in Enterprise versions of Microsoft Office XP. when I tried it on the Professional edition.

put: pause in your batch file to prompt the "Press any key to continue..."

Are you sure its fat? It might be flat!

well yeah.. you must have missed my reply above.

lol!

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Here's the problem I spotted: $1$ It should be $1 C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\install\

There's no more MSFN IRC, it was a frontpage news sticky for a couple of days, had links on the navigation. but now its all removed. We've learnt that our members prefer to use the forums rather than IRC.

There's no known workaround at this time.

There is a hardware forum on MSFN. As this post is related to Windows XP, it will be moved there instead. Moved Go to WindowsUpdate and get the latest security patches. There's one for a security flaw in RPC. A friend of mine got the same exact thing 2 days ago and he didn't keep his system up to date.

As the guides states, use OemPreinstall=Yes so that the files & folders from the \install folder gets copied over to C:\install\ It says this at the bottom of the page of: http://www.MSFN.org/unattended/xp/winnt_sif.htm