BritishBulldog

but not if you are browsing the network though. Is the computer being added to the network properly ie into the domain?

How are you loggin on to the network in the first place. Is it enabled in your winnt.sif and a autologin.reg? post copies of these two files without passwords and keys

agree with prathapml take your time to work your way up to get a good XPlode going. Check this thread for some screenshots of the results people have had. http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=24507 If you need any help just call

@big poppa pump can you change your signature I find it offensive and discriminating Thanks

How about installing them at reboot? Call up XPlode throught cmdlines.cmd my cmdlines.txt has the following in it add the RunOnceEx [COMMANDS] "RunOnceEx.cmd" the RunonceEx.cmd has this.. cmdow @ /HID @echo off FOR %%d IN (D: E: F: G: H: I: J: K: L: M: N: O: P: Q: R: S: T: U: V: W: X: Y: Z:) DO IF EXIST %%d\CD.TXT SET CDROM=%%d SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Applications" /f REG ADD %KEY%\001 /VE /D "Preparing Installation..." /f REG ADD %KEY%\001 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\install\XPLode\XPLode.exe /log:"#systemdrive#\XPlode.log" /f EXIT just change this to your directory to call the XPlode. Save the file in $OEM$. Xplode will now startup after logon. Some programmes can only be installed at this point, not sure which but i have Abode and .net installing ok here.

It happens to all of us at the beginning, MCT gave an answer have you tried this? another thing is there is a way that you dont have to copy all files to the harddrive as this can take a long time. You can run everything from CD. When you get this one going check out the CD way it saves a heck of a lot of time installing. Work your way up to get a good CD going. I have many copies of various setups

I agree with power350, if there is to be a menu in this great application then it must be at the start of windows, which i think is probably impossible. I use XPlode to install on a computer that i can Format and just let it do the rest, can have that extra cup of coffee . For the computers that i have to choose software i use WPI. This is another great application with menu's. What i would not like to see is XPlode going on to be another WPI. They are both used for different things. @prathapml do you mean plain colours as in 'red' 'yellow' 'blue' but also the ability to put in '#FFFFFF'. XPlode would then know due to the hash that it is hex. That is a good idea. Maybe this could be implimented into a GUI? Something I would like to see would be a test mode. With the press of a button or a cmd etc you could actually have a demo of what your settings look like. This could also be in a GUI. It would not need to run any programs but just put up the interface ie Pictures if you have them defined and list the software. With say the ESC button you come out of this back into your desktop. This would make it a lot easier to understand the difference betweet the windowmode plus the window position.

Isnt this a bit stupid, I mean in your first post you say you distribute your CD/DVD out to technicians and then you have CD protection aimed at others?? There is no 100% way of protecting your CD/DVD. Making an ISO and changing the hidden files to unhidden with UltraIso is no big feat I could do it with my eyes closed. anyone who knows what they are after, ie your Unattended CD, will know what to do. If you have licenses that people shouldnt have then dont give them the CD/DVD. That is our compny's policy.

you dont need to have any quotation marks in your GuiRunOnce section. mine works perfect without, you only need them if the path has spaces in it. that is not the fault.

Hi the only thing i see is that install is written sometime 'Install' ie the directory and in your cmd as 'install'. Dont know if this is the problem though. Also i gather with the register.reg you are adding the serial number so why have it in the /sn=number too... Is it only Nero that does not install or everything in the start.cmd file? can you see if the start.cmd is actually being started. Try it with a pause in it after Nero so you might be able to see it. Have you tried the RunOnceEx method through cmdlines.txt. If not I can let you now how it goes, even in German Viel Gluck...

no must be along these lines... <item display='Installing Ad-Aware SE 1.5'> <execute display='Installing aawse Personal........' program='%systemdrive%\Install\aawsepersonal.exe' arguments='/silent' /> <!-- --> <execute display='Killing Task HH.exe........' program='TASKKILL /F /IM HH.exe' /> <!-- --> <execute display='Killing Task Ad-Aware.......' program='TASKKILL /F /IM ad-aware.exe' /> </item> This should work only if the syntax's are ok. I have extra <!-- --> just to split up my programmes so i can read my xml file better. That is why i try and keep my file with execute program arguments always under each other. A quick check to see if the XPlode.xml file is ok is to do a right click on it and load it in internet explorer or other browser. If it lists up ok then the file itself is ok. It is only a basic check but it comes up with errors with certain things wrong.

I think he means he has got a SP2 CD from microsoft, not WinXP with SP2 in it.

This is for your command line and not in the custom Install Wizard. How are you installing your applications XPLode, WPI or RunOnceEx?

but this script is still no good if you have two or more cdrom drives, this only finds the first one. The find CDROM part must be changed to this and a cd.txt in the root of the CDROM. > Cd.vbs echo Dim ts >> Cd.vbs echo Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") >> Cd.vbs echo For Each objDrive In fso.Drives >> Cd.vbs echo If objDrive.DriveType = "4" And objDrive.IsReady Then >> Cd.vbs echo If fso.FileExists(objDrive ^& "\cd.txt") Then strDriveLetter = objDrive >> Cd.vbs echo End If >> Cd.vbs echo Next >> Cd.vbs echo Set ts = fso.CreateTextFile("cd.cmd", True, False) >> Cd.vbs echo ts.WriteLine "SET CDDrive = " ^& strDriveLetter >> Cd.vbs echo ts.Close >> Cd.vbs echo WScript.Sleep 2000 otherwise a good bit of coding :-)

I have this in my WPI to copy the favourites. prog[pn]=['Copying Favourites'] desc[pn]=['Copying Favourites to the Favourite Folder'] cmd1[pn]=['xcopy /y /s %CDROM%\\install\\Favoriten %userprofile%\\Favoriten\\'] dflt[pn]=['no'] cat[pn]=['Registry Tweaks'] var ordr=[920] pn++ so this should work for you prog[pn]=['Copying Windows Explorer Shortcuts...'] desc[pn]=['Copying Windows Explorer Shortcuts] cmd1[pn]=['xcopy /y /s %systemdrive%\\install\\hotfiles\\QLlinks\\*.lnk "%Userprofile%\\Application Data\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Quick Launch"'] dflt[pn]=['no'] cat[pn]=['Description'] var ordr=[920] pn++ It should not matter if you use the xcopy command

I am not sure how you would do that, how would the OS know which OEM folder to use? OK you can set the drivers in the winnt.sif but what about anything else such as $$, $Docs $Progs folders that are automaticaly copied to where they are needed. You would probably have to hack a few files or am i wrong at this assumption..

this thread tell you how to do a multi cd http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=9478 why would you want two OEM folders? you might as well call the second one drivers...

try this it is my cmd etc... just have it in a folder directly in root and XPCD too D: | --XPCD | __CD Image If it doesnt work then make up a new folder XPCD2 or something and make a new XPCD copy into this, copy across your winnt.sif and the $OEM$ folder and add your proggy's and things. I kept getting a blue screen in VMware but when i made a new XPCD in a new folder this was then gone. CDImage_Pro.rar

change it to this prog[pn]=['PowerDVD XP v5'] desc[pn]=['PowerDVD is the latest evolution of a player that offers maximum video and audio playback entertainment.'] cmd1[pn]=['%cdrom%\\Applications\\pdvd\\Setup.exe -s -f2"%systemdrive%\\power.log"'] dflt[pn]=['no'] forc[pn]=['false'] cat[pn]=['<font color="FF9900">Video</font>'] pn++ This is an Install Shield setup and it needs to write a log file. This is only if you are installing from CD/DVD fromm HDD you dont have to specify this option.

it still only finds the first cd rom drive..

But what happens to the script two threads above if i have two or even three CD Drives? my install CD is in the second? That routine only finds the first drive. Dont work for me it keeps telling me my Hard Drive is a CDROM.............ooops my mistake changed the cmd to CDROM.cmd this would work better, but it will only work if you have a cd.txt document in the root of the CD. echo off mode con: cols=55 lines=2 title CdVar color 9f > Cd.vbs echo Dim ts >> Cd.vbs echo Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") >> Cd.vbs echo For Each objDrive In fso.Drives >> Cd.vbs echo If objDrive.DriveType = "4" And objDrive.IsReady Then >> Cd.vbs echo If fso.FileExists(objDrive ^& "\cd.txt") Then strDriveLetter = objDrive >> Cd.vbs echo End If >> Cd.vbs echo Next >> Cd.vbs echo Set ts = fso.CreateTextFile("cd.cmd", True, False) >> Cd.vbs echo ts.WriteLine "set " ^& Left(WScript.ScriptName, InStr(WScript.ScriptName, ".") - 1) ^& "=" ^& strDriveLetter >> Cd.vbs echo ts.Close ping -n 2 127.0.0.1>nul start wscript.exe Cd.vbs ping -n 2 127.0.0.1>nul call Cd.cmd cls mode con: cols=55 lines=5 color 2b echo. echo Your Cd Is %CD% echo. echo set cdrom=%CD% echo. ping -n 3 127.0.0.1>nul exit

post the contents of your cmd that you use to make the iso

Muss dich leider entauschen , bin kein deutscher sehe links.... aber ich kann deutsch und lebe auch in deutschland. es scheint als ob da irgend ein program das zugriff auf die hintergrundbilder sperrt. oder rechte von benutzer? wie viele hintergrndbilder sind noch in C:\WINDOWS\Web\Wallpaper, bei mir habe ich mehrerer drin und die sind auch alle in die liste zu sehen. Sicher das sie nicht mit gelöscht worden sind? Wie sieht der cdm aus.aber das hat mit den zugriff nichts zu tun. Ok now for English. The Problem Cybermurder has made an unattended CD where he deletes some of the wallpapers in the system directory. The wallpapers in the web\wallpaper directory have been left in. When he right clicks the desktop and goes into wallpaper he cant select any other wallpaper as in the picture at the top. good thing we can edit look above und probier das mal aus bzw, schau mal in den registry ob diese eintrag da ist.

I wrote above that popup is not what i need. This command puts up a message box and waits for input ie. that you click on OK before the script carries on. I need a message on the screen and the script carries on running in the background.

sorry but i did not understand what you need. Schreib mal auf Deutsch