tomasz86

BlackWingCat has mentioned Echofon on his blog too.

In the update.inf there are included a lot of changes to the system registry which are done when you install a Service Pack in a running system. When doing slipstreaming with the /integrate switch these changes are not added to the system source AT ALL. It's only files that get updated. I've done some tests with Win2k's SP4 where I (for example) removed everything from [Product.Add.Reg] section and did /integrate after that. The result was exactly the same as with the original unmodified SP4. It would mean that these registry changes are not added at all. Is it right? If it is then it'd mean that slipstreaming is inferior to installing the SP in a running system... To be sure I compared the two sources (after doing slipstreaming) using KDiff3 and also compared md5's - no difference at all. EDIT I've changed the topic to make it clearer. EDIT2 Well, I was stupid I need to learn more about how exactly SP integration works and which files are responsible for registry. I guess everything I need is explained in this topic.

As I said before, I've checked the checksums and everything seems to be fine so it's not the problem here. I guess it may be a different issue but I'll wait with more testing for your final version I also forgot to say that the progress bar issue was fixed after installing c5q. On the other hand, I've prepared some new updates: MS11-?: Fraudulent digital certificates could allow spoofing Windows2000-UU-KBz2641690-x86-Global.exe (replaces 2616676) Microsoft VC++ 2005/2008/2010 YumeYao_MicrosoftVC78910RuntimeLibraries_Addon_2_0_7_Win2K.7z (HFSLIP folder: HFAAO)

Are you sure? I'm outside now and can't check it once again but I tried installing both the current fixed version and also the original v3. Uniprocessor kernel should be fully functional in that one, shouldn't it? In both cases the BSOD was exactly the same, related to ntoskrnl.exe. The configuration it happened is a notebook: Pentium III-M 933Mhz 640 MB PC133 SDRAM integrated Intel Graphics IDE HDD

I think the checksum is wrong... or maybe not as I've just checked it and it looks fine. I tried to install the patch on a uniprocessor system and got a BSOD on boot. EDIT After doing more tests I can say that the same BSOD appears when I try to install v3 of the update... It's related to ntoskrnl.exe. I'll post the details later on.

I used your settings: /bootskin=1:1:1:0:1:264:384:112:7:8 and the bootskin.bmp from #234.

It works only partially. The bootskin is loaded but at the same time there's the standard progress bar too which is located in the up-left corner of the screen.

It works

That was it probably. It works now Do you have any idea why this issue was present here and not anywhere else? Could it be hardware specific?

That's probably because it had been created before SP3 came out and hasn't been updates since then Still, these files WILL be copied when you slipstream it in HFSLIP. It's only the manual installation that won't work (without modifying the update.inf file).

Unfortunately there's no change.

Yeah, I think so It looks exactly the same as before with c5h and others up to c5o.

Monitor dies at 80%.

Works I have to go now so if you prepare the next one, I'll test it later today.

It works I also want to try Office 2010 too but I can't get the thing install here. It's a trial version but I don't think the installer of the proper one is different... so I'll probably have to install it in other 'supported' system and copy files to Win2k manually.

It works By the way, just to add something positive... Word 2007 works "out of the box" with your kernel installed (Excel & PowerPoint 2007 work with BWC kernel v5 too but Word doesn't). and I've been trying to do something with IE7 but it doesn't look very well yet.

No positive effect unfortunately So it's the bootskin support that causes all these problems right? The last version that worked was the one with no bootskin support implemented yet. Is it correct? It's just a wild guess but maybe there's something different with Win2k Pro and Server in this field? On the other hand, it runs fine under a VM so it's unlikely...

jimmsta, It must be 829884 which you probably put into HF instead of HFSVCPACK_SW1.

It's still the same

No difference with c5m

I've just switched back to Polish when using yanklines but I'll try to post these files later on. However, I found two problems in splitinf.cmd These type of lines [Product.RunOnce] ;IE Installer HKLM,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx\101","002",,"%11%\mlang.dll|DllRegisterServer" HKLM,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx\101","004",,"%11%\browseui.dll|DllRegisterServer" HKLM,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx\101","005",,"%11%\browseui.dll|DllInstall|I" HKLM,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx\101","034",,"%11%\mshta.exe /register" become [Product.RunOnce] ;IE Installer HKLM,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx\101","034",,"%11%\mshta.exe /register" after processing the file by splitinf.cmd. It's probably the "|" character to make them "disappear". The other problem is that [Strings] START_PAGE = "http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&pver=6&ar=msnhome" becomes [Strings] START_PAGE = "http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd = ie&pver = 6&ar = msnhome"

Unfortunately it still doesn't work It dies around 80%.

I've found a few mistakes and fixed them. Here is the same thing for Korean language:

I've always wanted to be able to change system locale settings without using Control Panel so I did some tests and compared how the registry changes when you use control panel to change system locale & localisation. I've also checked what exactly is done when you change Font Size in display properties. These settings are for Polish locale & localisation so it'll be different for other language but it gives general information which registry settings are necessary. There are quite a lot of them 1. System locale: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ;System locale [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontMapper] "DEFAULT"=dword:000000ee [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts] "Small Fonts (VGA res)"="SMALLEE.FON" "Courier 10,12,15 (VGA res)"="COUREE.FON" "MS Sans Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24 (VGA res)"="SSERIFEE.FON" "MS Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24 (VGA res)"="SERIFEE.FON" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\GRE_Initialize] "FIXEDFON.FON"="vgafixe.fon" "FONTS.FON"="vgasyse.fon" "OEMFONT.FON"="vga852.fon" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Nls\CodePage] "ACP"="1250" "OEMCP"="852" "MACCP"="10029" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Nls\Language] "Default"="0415" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Hardware Profiles\0001\Software\Fonts] "FIXEDFON.FON"="vgafixe.fon" "FONTS.FON"="vgasyse.fon" "OEMFONT.FON"="vga852.fon" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Hardware Profiles\Current\Software\Fonts] "FIXEDFON.FON"="vgafixe.fon" "FONTS.FON"="vgasyse.fon" "OEMFONT.FON"="vga852.fon" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Control\Nls\CodePage] "ACP"="1250" "OEMCP"="852" "MACCP"="10029" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Control\Nls\Language] "Default"="0415" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Hardware Profiles\0001\Software\Fonts] "FIXEDFON.FON"="vgafixe.fon" "FONTS.FON"="vgasyse.fon" "OEMFONT.FON"="vga852.fon" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\CodePage] "ACP"="1250" "OEMCP"="852" "MACCP"="10029" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\Language] "Default"="0415" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\0001\Software\Fonts] "FIXEDFON.FON"="vgafixe.fon" "FONTS.FON"="vgasyse.fon" "OEMFONT.FON"="vga852.fon" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\Current\Software\Fonts] "FIXEDFON.FON"="vgafixe.fon" "FONTS.FON"="vgasyse.fon" "OEMFONT.FON"="vga852.fon" ;These settings may be different or unnecessary for other languages [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes] "System,0"="System,238" "Fixedsys,0"="Fixedsys,238" "Small Fonts,0"="Small Fonts,238" "MS Serif,0"="MS Serif,238" "MS Sans Serif,0"="MS Sans Serif,238" "Courier,0"="Courier New,238" "Arial CE,0"="Arial,238" "Courier New CE,0"="Courier New,238" "Times New Roman CE,0"="Times New Roman,238" "Helv,0"="MS Sans Serif,238" "Tms Rmn,0"="MS Serif,238" ;These settings must be cleared when you change locale to Polish from some languages [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\FileSystem] "NtfsAllowExtendedCharacterIn8dot3Name"=- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\FontAssoc\Associated Charset] "ANSI(00)"=- "OEM(FF)"=- "SYMBOL(02)"=- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\FontAssoc\Associated DefaultFonts] "AssocSystemFont"=- "FontPackage"=- "FontPackageDontCare"=- "FontPackageRoman"=- "FontPackageSwiss"=- "FontPackageModern"=- "FontPackageScript"=- "FontPackageDecorative"=- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Control\FileSystem] "NtfsAllowExtendedCharacterIn8dot3Name"=- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Control\FontAssoc\Associated Charset] "ANSI(00)"=- "OEM(FF)"=- "SYMBOL(02)"=- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Control\FontAssoc\Associated DefaultFonts] "AssocSystemFont"=- "FontPackage"=- "FontPackageDontCare"=- "FontPackageRoman"=- "FontPackageSwiss"=- "FontPackageModern"=- "FontPackageScript"=- "FontPackageDecorative"=- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem] "NtfsAllowExtendedCharacterIn8dot3Name"=- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FontAssoc\Associated Charset] "ANSI(00)"=- "OEM(FF)"=- "SYMBOL(02)"=- [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FontAssoc\Associated DefaultFonts] "AssocSystemFont"=- "FontPackage"=- "FontPackageDontCare"=- "FontPackageRoman"=- "FontPackageSwiss"=- "FontPackageModern"=- "FontPackageScript"=- "FontPackageDecorative"=- 2. Localisation Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ;Localisation [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1390067357-790525478-839522115-500\Control Panel\International] "iCountry"="48" "iCurrDigits"="2" "iCurrency"="3" "iDate"="2" "iDigits"="2" "iLZero"="1" "iMeasure"="0" "iNegCurr"="8" "iTime"="1" "iTLZero"="1" "Locale"="00000415" "s1159"="" "s2359"="" "sCountry"="Poland" "sCurrency"="zł" "sDate"="-" "sDecimal"="," "sLanguage"="PLK" "sList"=";" "sLongDate"="d MMMM yyyy" "sShortDate"="yyyy-MM-dd" "sThousand"=" " "sTime"=":" "sTimeFormat"="HH:mm:ss" "iTimePrefix"="0" "sMonDecimalSep"="," "sMonThousandSep"=" " "iNegNumber"="1" "sNativeDigits"="0123456789" "NumShape"="1" "iCalendarType"="1" "iFirstDayOfWeek"="0" "iFirstWeekOfYear"="2" "sGrouping"="3;0" "sMonGrouping"="3;0" "sPositiveSign"="" "sNegativeSign"="-" 3. Font Size (changed to 105% which is 101 dpi) Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ;Font Size [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontDPI] "LogPixels"=dword:00000065 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Hardware Profiles\0001\Software\Fonts] "LogPixels"=dword:00000065 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Hardware Profiles\Current\Software\Fonts] "LogPixels"=dword:00000065 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Hardware Profiles\0001\Software\Fonts] "LogPixels"=dword:00000065 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\0001\Software\Fonts] "LogPixels"=dword:00000065 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Hardware Profiles\Current\Software\Fonts] "LogPixels"=dword:00000065 [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1390067357-790525478-839522115-500\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics] "BorderWidth"="-15" "CaptionFont"=hex:f4,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,bc,02,00,00,\ 00,00,00,ee,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00 "CaptionHeight"="-270" "CaptionWidth"="-270" "IconFont"=hex:f4,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,00,\ 00,00,ee,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00 "MenuFont"=hex:f4,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,00,\ 00,00,ee,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00 "MenuHeight"="-270" "MenuWidth"="-270" "MessageFont"=hex:f4,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,\ 00,00,00,ee,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00 "ScrollHeight"="-240" "ScrollWidth"="-240" "SmCaptionFont"=hex:f4,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,bc,02,00,\ 00,00,00,00,ee,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00 "SmCaptionHeight"="-240" "SmCaptionWidth"="-180" "StatusFont"=hex:f4,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,\ 00,00,00,ee,00,00,00,00,54,00,61,00,68,00,6f,00,6d,00,61,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00 "AppliedDPI"=dword:00000065 You need to restart Windows after applying these settings. It's for Windows 2000 so they may be different in case of XP/2003. Please keep in mind that Font Size settings are also different for other languages!

Do you mean the script to merge updates or IE6 Mini Rollup? Almost everything related to this script is here. I've just been improving it as time goes by. It's still far from perfect, not fully automated and requires manual adjusting. As for the IE6 Mini Rollup, I want to add IE6/OE6 installer to it so it'll probably take some time to get ready yet.