Bingo

thanks, didn't know about the Services in the registry. I'll try that, and see in the nLite forums. and I re-read my original post and realized that what I wrote was effectivly confusing... sorry!

Ah.. I think I was misunderstood... I just wanted to know if someone would have known which option I took out that I should have left in. Or wicht regtweak I activated that I should'nt. That way I could try to find out a way to fix my problem without reinstalling Windows... And btw, I didn't slip SP2 over SP1. I sliped SP1 and that's it...

no idea?

Oh! And for that registry tweak: ;Forces the New look of the control panel [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "ForceClassicControlPanel"=dword:00000000 I had to use it because any Administrator account didn't have the choice: It uses the classic control panel, and the possibility to switch to the New look simply isn't there (you know, that small link on the top-left side of the control panel's window). This is only a registry problem, since normal acount users had access to both looks. If you know which registry tweak could be the problem in the list I use, tell me, because I really can't figure out which one it could be! Thanks!

I need your help! I had to reinstall WindowsXP, and decided to go the slipstream/unattended way. I really wanted to have the cleanest installation without having anything to do, and stripped my CD to only 260MB while having SP1 slipstreamed (I did this before SP2). But doing so, I created a problem I didn't notice before a few days ago: I can't install any Windows Components; clicking on the "Add/install Windows components" tells me that another copy of the installation program is running and that I have to wait that this other installation finishes. The thing is, it's not true! And I need to install the Unix Printing Services to connect to my Linux system where my printer is... Here's what I took off the CD (using nLite): Accessibility Options Briefcase Games Internet Games Pinball Display Adapters Toshiba DVD decoder card IBM Thinkpad Isdn Modems MultiFunctional Multi-port serial adapters Smartcards Communication tools FrontPage Extensions Internet Connection Wizard Internet Information Services Windows Messenger MSN Explorer Synchronization Manager Web Folders Arabic Baltic Central Europe Chinese Simplified Chinese Traditional Cyrillic Georgian Greek Hebrew Indian Japanese Korean Thai Turkish Vietnamese Images and Backgrounds Mouse Cursors Movie Maker Music Sample Old Sound Rec and CDPlayer Paint Speech Support Tablet PC Windows Sounds Disk Cleanup DR Watson Manual Installation MS Agent Modem Support Search Assistant Tour Upgrade from Win9x/NT Zip Folders ClipBook Fax Services Imapi Indexing Service Messenger Remote Registry Telnet Server docs and these are the registry tweaks I used during installation: ;Disable Automatic Restart in the event of a BSOD [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl] "AutoReboot"=dword:00000000 ;Speed up shutdown [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control] "WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="3000" ;Forces the New look of the control panel [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "ForceClassicControlPanel"=dword:00000000 ;Disables Error Reporting, but notifies when errors occur [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting] "DoReport"=dword:00000000 ;Disable Windows Picture and Fax Viewer [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\ShellImagePreview] ;Remove Shortcut Arrows [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile] "IsShortcut"=- ;Disables Windows Tour bubble popup [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour] "RunCount"=dword:00000000 ;Disable Imapi CD-Burning Service [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ImapiService] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Messenger Service (to stop spam. Does not affect MSN or Windows Messenger) [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Messenger] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Remote Registry Service [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteRegistry] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable SSDP Discovery Service (Universal Plug'n'Play) [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SSDPSRV] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Universal Plug'n'Play Service [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\upnphost] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;This adds the "Open Command Window Here" on the right click menu for folders [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd] @="Open Command Window Here" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd\command] @="cmd.exe /k \"cd %L\"" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\cmd] @="Open Command Window Here" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\cmd\command] @="cmd.exe /k \"cd %L\"" ;Remove Shared Documents from My Computer [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\ NameSpace\DelegateFolders\{59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}] ;NoRecentDocsmenu removes the recent documents from the start menu. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoRecentDocsMenu"=dword:00000001 ;NoLowDiskSpaceChecks won't check if you are low on diskspace and pop up a balloon telling you. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoLowDiskSpaceChecks"=dword:00000001 ;Change MenuShowDelay (Start Menu load speed) [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "MenuShowDelay"="2" ;Removes Sign up with Passport Wizard when trying to sign in MSN Messenger [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Passport] "RegistrationCompleted"=dword:00000001 having realized it earlier, I would have tried to find the problem through trial and errors, but now I don't have the time anymore to reinstall all my system again, and I need my printer!! I don't think it's related to my winnt.sif, but I'll put it here also in case: [Data] MsDosInitiated = 0 UnattendedInstall = Yes AutoPartition = 0 [Unattended] AutoActivate = No UnattendMode = FullUnattended UnattendSwitch = Yes OemPreinstall = Yes OemSkipEula = Yes FileSystem = * WaitForReboot = No TargetPath = "\Windows" DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore NonDriverSigningPolicy = Ignore Hibernation = No Repartition = No [SystemRestore] MaximumDataStorePercentOfDisk = 0 [SetupParams] SkipMissingFiles = Yes [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword = * EncryptedAdminPassword = No TimeZone = 35 OEMSkipRegional = 1 OemSkipWelcome = 1 [UserData] ProductKey = "" ComputerName = "" FullName = "" [RegionalSettings] Language = 0C0C LanguageGroup = 1 SystemLocale = 00000c0c UserLocale = 00000c0c InputLocale = 0c0c:00011009 [Display] BitsPerPel=32 Xresolution=800 YResolution=600 Vrefresh=75 [Identification] JoinWorkgroup=IBMPEERS [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=No [NetAdapters] Adapter1=params.Adapter1 [params.Adapter1] INFID=* [NetClients] MS_MSClient=params.MS_MSClient [NetServices] MS_SERVER=params.MS_SERVER [NetProtocols] MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP [params.MS_TCPIP] DNS=No UseDomainNameDevolution=Yes EnableLMHosts=Yes AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1 [params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1] SpecificTo=Adapter1 DHCP=Yes DNSServerSearchOrder=192.168.1.4 WINS=No NetBIOSOptions=0 Any clue? Thanks! edit: chopped that huge ";Remove Shared Documents from My Computer" line that borked the forum's design