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Right, but the winnt.sif is loaded way at the beginning of the install... how would you implement this? Again, I havent search a bunch for this.. not really sure what terms to use to be honest.. so if its been covered (which i wouldnt be surprised if it has) hit me up with some search terms or the thread and Ill stop buggin ya...

Well its getting the password somehow... post up your winnt.sif and cmdlines.txt

So basically youre trying to have 1 UA cd, but use it for multiple PC's.. which of course each would need to have different hostnames and CDKEYS? Id be very interested to find the solution to this as well, as I would make things much more convenient. (Course I havent searched for it so someone has probably already covered this before)

This notification has suddenly come back for some reason... has it for anyone else?

@ web While your setup may differ from mine, my method should effect the %userprofile% (my created account, not the default) because my cleanup.cmd is run from RunOnceEx and my accounts are created prior to RunOnceEx even running. So my cmdlines.txt creates my accounts, runs the runonceex script (which keep in mind at the time cmdlines.txt executes it, is ONLY adding the necessary RunOnce reg entries). Assuming runonceex is the last item in cmdlines.txt your pc then reboots. Upon the 1st reboot after running cmdlines.txt it automatically logs in using the account I created in cmdlines, before runonceex.cmd was executed, THEN starts the RunOnce install, at the end of which runs cleanup.cmd. So you see, at this point, when cleanup.cmd runs, youve already logged in using the account you created, so the shortcuts are created under your profile (or all users), not the default. The reason why these few shortcuts werent getting removed when my cleanup.cmd ran, is because they are actually added pretty much at the same time the desktop is drawn for the 1st time.. after the cleanup.cmd ran. So they arent effected. Hope this clears things up!

Its not... I got a 1GB 2.0 Hispeed key, so space and speed shouldnt be an issue. Now prathapml... you mentioned that firefox can work so long as you dont include extensions. Im assuming because these are copied to the AppFiles folder and obviously these wouldnt be in place if I used it on a differnt pc. But heres a question.. if I run firefox using -default profile, doesnt it use the extensions that are in the default\profiles folder instead? So as long as I ran FF in this mode I should be able to add whatever extensions and themes I want, correct?

Ha.. thats exactly right. I guess thats the other cirumstance where the order does matter... nice catch!

No.. the 1 isnt the amount of times, its the boolean equivelent of "Yes".. as in Automatically logon using that password. If you wanted this to happen, simply include a variation of this reg tweak, except change the autologin value to 0. That way, once the runonceex completes every logon there after will require a passsword.

Cool... thanks again everyone.

Ah.. my bad... missed that part.

What about email clients, anyone know of a writeup of any email client I could preconfigure and toss on my usb drive? Thanks again guys.

isnt this included in sp2?

@toto and Maverick I originally thought you could simply copy them until I uninstalled it and saw something along the lines of 'unregistering components' (that wasnt the exact wordage, but something similiar). I didnt get a chance to do a regsnap before and after and wasnt sure if perhaps there are some dlls that are registered during the installation process. But if you guys are pretty confident that all it does is extract those components, than Ill take your word on it. THanks again!

For your 1st question, it alll depends on the installation package the program is bundled in (ie: installsheild, nsis, windows installer, etc), but most dont give an option to choose where you place your downloads... As to your second, this is the easiest way that I know of to make sure your shortcuts are where you want them. I do this in my cleanup.cmd... move, copy and delete all of my start menu, desktop and quicklaunch shortcuts and folders all at once. Heres a snippet from my cleanup.cmd: @echo off cmdow @ /HID shutdown.exe -r -f -t 60 -m "Windows XP will now restart in 1 minute..." set AUStart=%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Programs set UserStart=%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs set UserQL=%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch set AUDesk=%AllUsersProfile%\Desktop set UserDesk=%UserProfile%\Desktop REM :::::::::::::::::::: REM :::: User Admin :::: REM :::::::::::::::::::: REM :: Remove ASP User :: net user aspnet /delete REM :::::::::::::::::::: REM :::: Start Menu :::: REM :::::::::::::::::::: REM :: Make New Folders :: MD "%AUStart%\Entertainment" MD "%AUStart%\Internet" MD "%AUStart%\Multimedia" MD "%AUStart%\Utilities" MD "%AUStart%\Utilities\Windows System Tools" REM :: Move Folders :: MOVE /Y "%AUStart%\Administrative Tools" "%AUStart%\Utilities\Administrative Tools" MOVE /Y "%AUStart%\Accessories\System Tools\*" "%AUStart%\Utilities\Windows System Tools" MOVE /Y "%UserStart%\Multimedia" "%AUStart%" REM :: Move Shortcuts :: MOVE /Y "%AUStart%\Adobe Photoshop CS.lnk" "%AUStart%\Multimedia" MOVE /Y "%AUStart%\Adobe ImageReady CS.lnk" "%AUStart%\Multimedia" MOVE /Y "%AUStart%\Executive Software Diskeeper.lnk" "%AUStart%\Utilities" MOVE /Y "%AUStart%\Adobe Reader 7.0.lnk" "%AUStart%\Accessories" MOVE /Y "%AUStart%\Accessories\Communications\Remote Desktop Connection.lnk" "%AUStart%\Internet" MOVE /Y "%AUStart%\Accessories\Communications\Wireless Network Setup Wizard.lnk" "%AUStart%\Utilities\Windows System Tools" MOVE /Y "%AUStart%\Accessories\Entertainment\Sound Recorder.lnk" "%AUStart%\Accessories" MOVE /Y "%AUStart%\Accessories\Entertainment\Volume Control.lnk" "%AUStart%\Utilities" MOVE /Y "%AUStart%\AccountLogon\AccountLogon.lnk" "%AUStart%\Accessories"

@ Smiley it really shouldnt matter so long as all of the numbers in the group are the same and no other group is using it. @nova You may have already done this, but I always test out the syntax of my installs at a command line prior to tossing it into runonceex and having that test it for the 1st time. This way you can play around with the syntax and find out exactly what works...

You mean it reboots in a loop and never actually loads windows? If so, that problem actually has nothing to do with this one and Id say you have an entirely different issue than the one above... youll need to post more detaul than that.,

Im well aware how to silently install msi packages.. the silent install works fine... its the redirection of the install path that I need to do.

Are you using the Autologon.reg? Id assume that it must have an incorrect password in it, which is what its trying to use when it logs on the 1st time

Im not sure if this is the proper term to use... but I couldve sworn there was a thread of programs that you could say, toss on a usb key and use on any pc; as opposed to having to re-install the program. Trillian is a good example of this... Im hoping someone has found a way to use Firefox in this manner as well... Thanks!

Correct... So does it actually need to even be 'installed'? Or can you simply zip up the files it installs and copy them into place on another machine?

Dont suppose anyone knows how to redirect the install path for Windows Resource Kit Tools? I tried INSTALLDIR and no dice.... Thanks!

For your 1st question, all you need to do is place the seperate commands on seperate lines. Id recommend using a batch file, however, and include each seperate command, the simply have the cmdlines.txt call the batch file. Example of cmdlines.txt (assuming the exe's are in the root $OEM$ folder) [COMMANDS] run.exe blah.exe wee.exe If I understand your second question, you want to be able to run nero.exe, then run app.exe once nero.exe is finished. Again, you really would want to use a batch file to do this. The syntax for what you want to do (if I read you right) is this: 1. 1st, fix your folder structure... you dont want "$1$" you want "$1". This means that anything in this folder (your 'app' folder for example) will be copied to your %systemdrive% (typically your C: drive) during installation. 2. You then would use a batch file to run your 2 exe's set OEMFILEPATH=%systemdrive%\app %OEMFILEPATH%\nero.exe %OEMFILEPATH%\app.exe Hope this helps....

Thx Simon.. Ill give that a shot as soon as I have a chance.

Im sure you already know this, but they are simply shortcuts that reside in "%Userprofile%\SendTo".. all you need to do is copy the shortcuts back in there...

This forum should get something similiar to the steampowered forums where you need to click I Agree to a user agreement form which states youve already searched for the item youre about to post about, before you post it. Either that or have a huge pop up for any member under 100 posts or something saying "SEARCH 1st DAMMIT!" heh...