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I investigated the "NoCustomizeWebView" reg setting and it has no effect whatsoever in the two places the mdgx site suggests...

@PROBLEMCHYLD: thansk, I'll ccheck the link @ LoneCrusader: thanks for the help again I did take a look in the cabs, they are indeed a multi-volume archive, certainly a little difficult to add files wince you would need to alter other infs too to update new files/locations.... but what you said seems very interesting: I put the new ESDI_506.pdr file in the same directory as the rest of the installation files then the "out-of-the-cab" file gets used instead? Is this correct? I will give it a shot on my VM @rloew: your tools seem interesting, is there a site or something similar to check them out?

As topic, is it a good idea to replace the file in the windows installation cabs so that it installs by default and have 48bit LBA support out-of-the-box ? Not sure how I can replace a file inside the cabs though , but I hope I can do it! Maybe run a .bat from msbatch to do this or something similar... What do you think? thanks for any info!

Hello again! continuing my questions, is there a way to uninstall windows components from the command line ? I am trying to make a .bat to run inside win98se and uninstalls stuff like outlook express that windows insists on installing even though I have configured msbatch.inf not to install... thanks for any info!

ah, thanks for that!!! I have both retail and OEM versions, the OEM one is still sealed in it's bag though , won't open it yet LOL thanks again!

Hello! Is there any way to make a msbatch.inf for installing windows ME? There is no RESKIT in my winME CD, and I cannot find anything similar on the cd files... thanks for any info!

has anyone really got to the bottom of this? I used regshot, grabbed the differences and created a .reg with the settings I like, but still the reg won't turn "classic style" to "custom" ... extensions, hidden files etc save OK...

sorry for resurrecting this old thread, but I face the same prob as the OP... I created an MSBATCH.INF with the BATCH.EXE program on the win95 OEM OSR2.5 cd , but the bugger won't load!!! Running SETUP.EXE MSBATCH.INF makes no difference, the arguments do not pass on... I even tried LoneCrusader's .inf and it did not load... here is my inf: [Setup] Express=1 InstallDir="C:\WINDOWS" EBD=0 ChangeDir=0 OptionalComponents=1 Network=1 System=0 ProductID=xxxxx-OEM-xxxxxxx-xxxxx CCP=0 CleanBoot=0 Display=0 PenWinWarning=0 InstallType=3 DevicePath=0 TimeZone="GFT" Uninstall=0 VRC=0 NoPrompt2Boot=0 [NameAndOrg] Name="xxx" Org="zzz" Display=0 [Network] Workgroup="WORKGROUP" Display=1 PrimaryLogon=VREDIR Clients=VREDIR Protocols=NETBEUI, NWLINK, MSTCP Services=VSERVER IgnoreDetectedNetCards=0 ValidateNetCardResources=1 Security=SHARE [NWLINK] Frame_Type=4 NetBIOS=0 [MSTCP] DHCP=1 DNS=0 WINS=DHCP [VREDIR] LogonDomain="WORKGROUP" ValidatedLogon=1 [VSERVER] LMAnnounce=1 MaintainServerList=2 [OptionalComponents] "Accessibility Options"=0 "Briefcase"=0 "Calculator"=1 "Character Map"=1 "Clipboard Viewer"=1 "Desktop Wallpaper"=1 "DMI Mgmt Service Layer"=0 "Document Templates"=0 "Games"=1 "Imaging"=1 "Mouse Pointers"=1 "Net Watcher"=0 "Object Packager"=1 "Online User's Guide"=0 "Paint"=1 "Quick View"=0 "System Mgmt Infrastructure"=0 "System Monitor"=0 "System Resource Meter"=0 "TWAIN 1.6"=1 "Windows 95 Tour"=0 "WordPad"=1 "Dial-Up Networking"=0 "Direct Cable Connection"=0 "HyperTerminal"=1 "Microsoft NetMeeting"=0 "Phone Dialer"=0 "Backup"=0 "Defrag"=1 "Disk compression tools"=0 "Microsoft Fax Services"=0 "Microsoft Fax Viewer"=0 "Audio Compression"=1 "CD Player"=1 "Media Player"=1 "Multimedia Sound Schemes"=0 "Sample Sounds"=0 "Sound Recorder"=1 "Video Compression"=1 "Volume Control"=1 "Additional Screen Savers"=1 "Flying Windows"=1 "OpenGL Screen Savers"=1 "The Microsoft Network"=0 "Internet Mail Services"=0 "Windows Messaging"=0 "Microsoft Mail Services"=0 [Printers] any ideas what is wrong? EDIT: please disregard this, I ended up loading a ms example script, customize it with BATCH and it works fine...

thank you for the quick responce!

As title, I want to know if winME offer support out-of-the-box for drives larger than 137GB (48bit LBA) ... also if it is or not recommended to install the 48bitLBA patch found here... thanks!

thanks for the confirmation I am getting some scandisk/dos errors about the "last cluster of my hdd" and it wants to do a surface check... I checked the hdd with windows scandisk and XP (no errors) so I just disabled scandisk/dos.... a dumb decision? perhaps the hdd was formatted with "fat32 formatter" and there are no bad sectors on it...

Hello! Sorry for the newbie question, but how to install those late updates (like autopatcher, unofficial service pack , etc) on a win98SE setup? I have been struck with the >137GB limitation and since I had no idea about it I lost files I only had the unofficial SP2.1a installed... So how to make a *good* new installation? Is what I have in mind correct? 1. install win98SE and on first boot replace the ide driver with the patched one 2. after installation install IE6 3. then autopatcher98 updates 4. and lastly the beta unofficial service pack does that seem OK? I am open to corrections (I will be using a single partitioned 200GB FAT32 formatted HDD for the installation btw) thanks for any info/help!