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Is the install folder also in the root of your CD? If not, you'll need to move it there, I'm guessing you've forgot and left it in the $OEM$ folder

Two choices 1. Buy the Operating System and you will get a key with it... 2. Don't buy it and go somewhere else for help with illegal activities... Also give us the contact details of the 'nice guy' and we'll see if MS thinks he is too!

1.[line 768-769] HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer "Link"=hex:00,00,00,00 [line 915-916] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] "link"=hex:00,00,00,00 Just Delete lines 765-769, they are not required 2.[line 687-689] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management] "DisablePagingExecutive"=dword:00000001 "SecondLevelDataCache"=dword:00000200 [line 953-954] ;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management] ;"SecondLevelDataCache"=dword:00000200 The 'SecondLevelDataCache' tweak is only really useful for machines using older processors, and should therefore be commented out. The 'LargePageMinimum' tweak fixes an allocated memory corruption problem with some AGP programs with an AMD Athlon processor and if added should also be commented out. The 'SystemPages' tweak maximizes system pages. The system creates the largest number of page table entries possible within physical memory and both monitors and adjusts this value dynamically when the configuration changes. If added, I would also comment out this entry, until you verify its usefulness. 3. I have since checked this on nVidia systems and can now say [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\NvCplDesktopContext] 5. [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Winamp.Bookmark\command] [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Winamp.File\shell\ListBookmark\command] [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Winamp.Enqueue\command] [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Winamp.File\shell\Enqueue\command] [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Winamp.File\shell\Enqueue\DropTarget] [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Winamp.Playlist\shell\Enqueue\command] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}\InProcServer32]e.g. when you remove this key [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Winamp.Bookmark] you will also remove [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Winamp.Bookmark\command]

@ slimzky it's not martian... what don't you understand?

Have you got a file called CD.txt in the root of your CD too? If not either change DO IF EXIST %%i:\CD.txt SET CDROM=%%i: in you runonce.cmd to DO IF EXIST %%i:\WIN51 SET CDROM=%%i: where WIN51 is the name of any file in the root of your CD or create a file called CD.txt and put it in the root of your CD

The reason being that you are not reading the correct information from Microsoft! The information you linked to in for a Distribution Share installation. If you read the previous page to it you will see that there are two methods highlighted, 'distribution /network share' and 'media', the MSFN guide uses 'media'

If you put your Windows XP CD in and boot your machine, when prompted press 'R' to go into the recovery console. At the prompt type REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /v Userinit /d "%SystemRoot%\system32\userinit.exe," /f Take your CD out and reboot, that should do the trick! If by some chance it doesn't work, you should try copying over, but also in the recovery console. TYPE: CD SYSTEM32 HIT THE ENTER KEY TYPE: REN wsupdater.exe wsupdater.bak HIT THE ENTER KEY COPY userinit.exe wsupdater.exe HIT THE ENTER KEY TYPE: EXIT HIT THE ENTER KEY Take your CD out and reboot

I've had a quick read through the 'updated tweaks' and attach the obvious anomalies. I stress, these are just anomalies, I haven't verified the keys /settings. PS All in all, glent, it's a job well done! errors.txt

Thanks all, ...have you been asleep for two days?

No, everything in the $OEM$\install folder will be copied to %SystemDrive%\install

for a batch file to delete itself all you need is the following right at the end (no exit necessary): del %0 try this as a test, copy /paste the following into a file and name it anything.cmd or anythingelse.bat @echo off del %0 now double click it!

I don't blame you on the firefox issue! It's one of the progs I've just added to mine and installed at version 1.0.1, only to find out two days later that 1.0.2 is out and is a security fix. All installations are recommended to be upgraded...****!

No, you shouldn't remove those backslashes. They are added when the uninstall string, contains spaces. The string is executed as a command and will not work if there is spaces in the command string without quotes. i.e "F:\folder\filename.exe" would show in the registry as F:\folder\filename.exe and therefore execute this command F:\folder\filename.exe whereas "F:\folder\file name.exe" would show in the registry as F:\folder\file name.exe and execute this at the command F:\folder\file name.exe. You would then get an error because the command you wanted should have been "F:\folder\file name.exe" due to the spaces When the strings are added to the registry in a reg file there are some 'special characters', one of which is a quotation mark. So as not to confuse the registry you need to let it know first, you do this by saying \, meaning, I'm about to include a 'special character'. Therefore to tell it to use the command "F:\folder\file name.exe" the registry data would need to say "F:\folder name.exe" so your reg file would say "\"F:\folder\file name.exe\"" Now that doesn't look like your string still, that's because the \ is a 'special character' too. So to also prevent confusion in your reg file you need to let it know you're adding a 'special character' again i.e. \ End result "\"F:\\folder\\file name.exe\"" It's not an easy thing to explain, but I hope it helps. PS Just one thing to add before I leave. When you install your programs and monitor the registry, you should also monitor the %SystemDrive% too. Some of your apps will add dlls, ocxs etc. there too, without which the progs will also not work. Now it is getting complicated isn't it...!

none... They're all a waste of time... No sooner have you mastered it, added your apps and made your bl**dy CD, a new version of it and all your apps comes out and you have to start it all again! Just install the OS with service packs /hotfixes unattended with maybe a free firewall to replace the MS one, perhaps a free replacement for notepad and zipfolders and your personal tweaks. Then you can add all your apps onto a clean, possibly imaged system whenever. If you want to have them silently installed, lets just start making application only CDs which can be used and installed regularly onto the imaged system. Now we only need to go through the OS install rigmarole maybe once every RyanVM pack...

You're spot on there... The REG ADD %KEY%\95 /VE /D "Restart" /f REG ADD %KEY%\95 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\App\cleanup.cmd" /fkeys will be overwritten in RunOnceEx by REG ADD %KEY%\95 /VE /D "Reboot the computer to finish installation" RED ADD %KEY%\95 /V 1 /D "shutdown.exe -r -f -t 60 -c "Windows XP will now restart in 1 minute..."Therefore the cleanup.cmd wont run anyhow. If you aren't needing to remove links files /folders then you don't need to claen anything up. If you do, even if it's just links etc. why not remove the REG ADD %KEY%\95 /VE /D "Reboot the computer to finish installation" RED ADD %KEY%\95 /V 1 /D "shutdown.exe -r -f -t 60 -c "Windows XP will now restart in 1 minute..." lines and add the shutdown to your cleanup.cmd as in the guide.

Well the hard way was all given properly in hex(2) format REG_EXPAND_SZ in the post, but because the forum still will not accept the hex formatting without adding html code to it, I changed it. Also the winnt.sif method, is simple because it I understand it will set all those keys to -nohome for all users at the same time.

Use this snippet for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('cd') do set currdir=%%athen you can use %currdir% in the rest of your batch

Simple In winnt.sif [Branding] BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes [URL] Home_Page="about:blank" Medium REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main] "Start Page"="about:blank" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main] "Default_Page_URL"="about:blank" [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main] "Start Page"="about:blank" Hard REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\gopher\shell\open\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe\" -nohome" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\Open\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe\" -nohome" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\HTTP\shell\open\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe\" -nohome" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\HTTPS\shell\open\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe\" -nohome" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\ITS FILE\shell\Open\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe\" -nohome" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\xbmfile\shell\Open\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe\" -nohome" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\xmlfile\shell\Open\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe\" -nohome" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\xslfile\shell\Open\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Internet Explorer\\iexplore.exe\" -nohome"

It's been on every version I've seen, including OEM.

I know you've sorted your problem, I was just wondering why you can't get rid of the pointless cmd file and run with this instead REG ADD %KEY%\017 /VE /D "Installing AVG 7" /f REG ADD %KEY%\017 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Applications\AVG7\avg7.exe /HIDE /DONT_START_APPS /NO_WELCOME /NO_AVGW_STARTUP /QUIT_IF_INSTALLED /LOG %systemdrive%\AVG7INST.LOG" /f

Yes, you can always extract the build to a folder called Mozilla Firefox and repackage it into an exe with 7Zip or WinRAR to extract to %ProgramFiles%. Then run the exe from the CD-ROM using your usual method. There shouldn't be any reason why the inf can't be installed before the files are copied over either. (I'm guessing the CD-ROM install is why you wanted to know about the command in your previous post)

rundll32.exe setupapi.dll,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132 <drive>\<directory>\<subdirectory>\firefox.inf Just bear in mind if it isn't installed at T13, the HKCU entries will not apply to all users!

Are you sure this is your Home Page?

Thanks SiMoNsAyS, To be honest, I had to do enough to it, hence the shortcuts and Moox build, to make it worth posting on top of the previous methods already here. It doesn't have to be for Moox builds, the previous method championed by prathapml, copying the installed Program Files directory, on a standard build, will work too.

There are already too many of these Firefox topics, but here goes anyhow. Anyone wishing to install an unattended Moox build of Firefox 1.0.1, (without extra addons etc.). The following will set it up as your default browser, pinning it to the start menu, it will register all the relevant extensions etc, and add entries into your Start => All Programs list. Extract the Moox build to a folder called Mozilla Firefox in the \$OEM$\$Progs directory. Then in cmdlines.txt under [Commands] add this line "rundll32.exe setupapi.dll,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 .\firefox.inf" Now download the attachment below and place it in \$OEM$ directory. The download is currently for my localized version of Firefox, (en-GB), I dont know how other languages etc. differ, but for the standard, (en-US), version, there is a single editable string at the very bottom of the file. Just change (en-GB) to (en-US), before you burn your CD. Hope it helps. firefox.inf