sanjaykumar

searched the forum for this app, but couldnt find any key. It has a installshield setup file. When trying to execute it it just created "setup.inx" file and some other text file in the temp directory. I cant locate the ".msi" package to do an automated install using the qb-! or qn switch. any help is much appreciated. thanks sanjay

I do mine the following when using RunonceEX 1. I got a ".iss" file from one of the threads here at MSFN. I dont have the name of the person who created that "iss" script and hence not able to give credit to him/her. 2. first install the application in a test system or vitual machine and export your registration information from this location in the registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Macromedia\Dreamweaver\7\Registration make a reg file of your registration from the above location. 3. Be sure to change the default browser in the taskkill statement, as dreamweaver setup launches the dreamweaver help in it and waits for you to close it. REM "BE SURE TO CHANGE THE TASKKILL PARAMETER TO THE DEFAULT BROWSER" REG ADD %KEY%\045 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\software\applications\dwvrmx7\setup.exe -s -f2\"setup.iss\" " /f REG ADD %KEY%\045 /V 2 /D "taskkill /F /im FIREFOX.EXE" /f REG ADD %KEY%\045 /V 3 /D "REGEDIT /S %CDROM%\software\Applications\dwvrmx7\reginfo.reg" /f setup.iss

I use the following registry tweak in my automated dvd. I found this in one of the registry tweaks thread. the description for this tweak was given as "enabling cleartype tuning" ;Enable ClearType for ALL Users [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "FontSmoothingType"=dword:00000002 Microsoft has released some powertoys for XP, one of which is enabling cleartype fonts for LCD displays. A ".MSI" package can be extracted from the setup to create a slient install for that app. My question is: does the tweak above does the same as the powertoy from MS? do I have to or can I to use them together, or is it goint to be simply redundant entries?

I've been using the runonceex method for quiet sometime now. But was interested in testing this great tool. But do I need to have an user profile created and automatically logged on using "cmdlines.txt"? thanks, sanjaykumar

Does the windows powertoys package component Cleartype tuning does the same job as the above registry tweak? conversely, If i use this registry tweak, should I still use the cleartype tuning powertoy?

Torrents seems best. Using bitcommet client now. have the option to select files from a album instead of downloading the entire album. I havent come across any client that can do this. If i', wrong correct me. Tried dc++, but different hubs have different rules and share limits. Havent uses ShareAza. will try it when i find time.

@ astalavista: very useful guide. the urllist update is cool coz it saves me a lot of time spent on live updating.

@snwtoy is correct. even the above links are to download the trial version only, which will work for only 15 days. can anyone upload the old free version somewhere, please. thanks

I have a student version of office 2003 pro. I created a silent install of the app using the unattended guide. but i find it annoying when microsoft puts a icon in the tray asking to opt in or out of some customer improvement program. is there any registry hack or maybe even removal of somefile from that will help to avoid this?

But I thought royale was microsoft digitally signed theme. does it still requires a patched uxtheme.dll? please forgive my ignorance

Firewall: Norton Internet Security 2004 (not that good. makes me feel y i bought it ) Anti-Virus: Symantec AV corp 9.x Advanced Windows Tuning (software like tweakXP): regedit; mostly format c: fixes all . Download Utilities: built into firefox, flashget if file size 2 big E-Mail: Outlook 2003 and Thunderbird+extensions (will get rid of outlook once sunbird becomes more feature rich) Webdesign: Dreamweaver MX2004, textpad Graphics Development: Photoshop 6 and above Hard-Drive optimization tools (defraggers for example): Diskeeper Windows error Checking (Like Norton Utilities): format c: fixes all (dont waste your money here) Video Player: Media Player Classic/ WMP 7 upwards Audio Player: Winamp DVD/CD Burning: Nero DVD Ripping: Gordian Knot pack/VirtualDubMod DVD Decoder: Cyberlink PowerDVD Antispyware: Adaware SE personal, Spybot 1.3

how to disable windows xp tourxp.exe on first run? did searched the forum, but wansnt lucky.

@prathapml, the netuser.exe command given by you or the actual exe when executed gives the same info. but it doesnt work for me. dunno y?

can someone tell me how to get the transparency working with bmp files. i loose the transparent layer (created using photoshop 7.0) when saving it as .bmp file.

thanks for letting me know about the WPI method. it was not i was looking for but i guess its description tells that i've been looking for something in similar lines.soi will give it a try. dont have too many sofwares to install though, just a couple of softwares and some oem stuffs

I saw a software that can be used together with unattanded install to select softwares that needs to be installed. I tried using the search function but didnt get what i was looking for. does any one knows what the name of the tool is?

thanks a lot for this tip. always wanted to install without mplayer classic. now just using the /components key

corel draw 12 has been addressed in some earlier post. try using search feature.

this guide is very useful. i now have built my own modified winamp and reader 6.0 package. i was just curious if i could change the install folder? currently the install dir are listed as [programFilesFolder]\winamp\ or something likethat. is there anyway i can change it to say d:\program files\winamp ? i know i can set these options in winnt.sif file where i can specify the default program file directory. but i just wanted to install some applicaiton like winamp to the second partition instead of normal program files directory.

@ Alanoll, u were right . i had messed up with the path for the ini file. everything went fine once it was corrected. thanks for the help.

hi, i'm getting the following error when i tried to install winamp using the .msi file downloaded from here. the erro... "Error 1720. There is a problem with this windows Installation Package. A script required for this install to complete could not be run. contact your support personal or package vendor" My runonceex.cmd file has this entry: REG ADD %KEY%\025 /VE /D "Winamp Pro 5.0.5" /f REG ADD %KEY%\025 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\applications\Winamp\winamp.msi INI=\"%systemdrive%\install\winamp\winamp.ini\" " /f My winamp.ini is as follows: [sETUP] XAGENT=0 XLIBRARY=1 XINTEX=1 XHOTKEY=1 XJUMP=1 XTRAY=1 XMODERNSKIN=1 XAUDIO=1 XWMA=1 XMID=1 XMOD=1 XOGG=1 XAAC=1 XMP3ENC=1 XMP4=1 XCDPLAY=1 XSONIC=1 XCDDB=0 XWAV=1 XVIDEO=1 XNSV=1 XAVI=1 XVISUAL=0 XTINYFULL=0 XAVS=0 XMILKDROP=0 XEXTRA=1 XSIGNAL=1 XWRITEWAV=1 XDCOUT=1 XREGOPT=1 XDIRCONT=1 XTYPECONT=1 XNETSCAPE=0 XAUDIOCD=1 XDESKTOP=0 XQUICKLAUNCH=1 XSTARTMENU=1 XALLSHORT=0 XINET=0 XName = "XXXXXXXX" XKey = "XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX" INSTALLDIR = C:\Program files\Winamp please tell me what is wrong. is there something wrong with the package or with my ini or runonceexe switches? thanks

hello everyone, i searched the application switch section for diskeeper and found the following START "" /WAIT "DKprofessional.exe" /s /a /s /v"/qb" this works perfectly. my doubt is can i use the same in runonceex without any errors as the 2nd and 3rd quotation marks are also significant in the above. so if my runonceex.cmd is as follows will it work? REG ADD %KEY%\015 /VE /D "Diskeeper 8" /f REG ADD %KEY%\015 /V 1 /D "%sysdrive%\install\applications\Diskeeper\DkProfessional.exe \"/s /a /s /v\" /qb" /f if the above is wrong please tell me how to go about with the switches . thanks

has any one been sucessful in adding office xp publisher into the unattended cd. the unattended defenitive xp cd guide describes how to automate the installation of office xp but not publisher xp. if some one knows how to do this, please share. i will also try to follow the instructions for office xp onto publisher, will let you know if it works thanks