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Well you could always create 2 boot.ini files.. 1 that has this line in it and one that doesnt, so you can simply copy the modified boot.ini in place prior to install and copy the orig back after your done... and to answer youre 2nd question, if youre going to use this method of getting around this problem.. yes, you need to reboot before the modified boot.ini takes effect.

Ah.. thats actually what I mean to do on my next update of WPI. I have a 2nd storage drive and I keep all of my installers to the progs I use anyway on it, it just makes way more sense to use them directly and keep wpi on that drive too so I can just update it whenever and dont need to worry about burning a new cd.

Pretty much the same deal with WPI.. if you already know youre switches an install paths, all you need to do is fill in the blanks for each install. Pretty sweet.

use WPI for the exact same reason

Ah Cool.. nice work.

To be honest youre going about it all wrong, youre combining a mixture of 2 different methods (GuiRunOnce and RunOnceEx), if youre going to use RunOnceEx, check out this guide to get more familiar with using the RunOnceEx method (which youll see doesnt use any entry in winnt.sif), then read up on this guide to learn how to use RunOnceEx to install applications directly from your CD. Youll find its really not too difficult once you get the concept down... Good luck!

Aw cmon guys.. stop givin him a hard time.. BlueMaex, you can find youre answer here

btw, not sure if you caught it or not, but I posted up a method of being able to launch wpi, without the need of placing files on your hard drive here if youre interested.

I dont get it....

Cant wait to see more themes!!

I agree with these guys' point as well... also, 1 request.... while I understand you enjoy converting your batch files to exe's, please continue to soley use batch files in the official releases of WPI so that those of us who know what there doing can stil make modifications to the script and not have to worry about converting it back from an exe... thanks! and keep up the great work!

looks like i didnt check every file after all... Thanks a bunch!

And please learn to use search in the future... there are at least 3-4 threads that have already covered this topic in detail... Thx!

Looked around in pretty much every file that I can view with a txt editor and looked arond in registry.. couldnt find it anywhere... Anyone have a clue as to where favorite servers are kept?

I had this exact same problem after installing the Kazaa-Lite codec pack on my laptop, which associates video files with Media Player Classic. Every time Id double click a vid file it would bring up that open with box... even after checking 'always open with this file type' and even after checking the file types menu and ensuring thats what it was associated with. I never did find a solution to this though.. which of course doesnt help you at all. Perhaps try reinstalling the codec pack? Or if the XP Codec pack also includes Media Player Classic (not familiar with that pack), locate the path where its installed and run 'mplayerc.exe /unregvid'. Post up if your results!

So you mean this screen.... cmon guy, please learn to look around before asking questions... this page was right in the same section as the previous link. How bout searching??

Because its a laptop which I use outside of the network on a regular basis.

Interested to hear which you liked the best Brian

I cant stand the lack of customization Windows XPs' 'Offline Files' option allows you, so Im looking for some 3rd party solution which will allow me to automatically 'download' files from my network to my laptop in the similar aspect that the Offline Files option does, but I want the ability to set a location to store them as well as something which can retain folder structure... both options of which the Windows Offline Files feature doesnt offer. Thanks!

Yea... only problem with that is that the Sec Center still nags about it unless you actually turn it off as well.

Please learn to use the search function... You would have come across this thread if you did.

Not sure if anyone has touched on this before, but I recently came across another method of changing the properties of Windows services as opposed to using registry entries, its an actual command, which can be easily referenced from a script. Its using a Windows command called 'sc'. In a nutshell, this command allows you to do pretty much anything to a Windows service, such as starting / stoping a service (similar to net start/stop), renaming the service description and more usefully, it allows you to change the startup properties of a service, such as changing it to 'Disabled', 'Manual' or 'Automatic'. The main thing you need to be aware of is that to that you need to use Services' 'Key Name' as opposed to the 'Display Name'. i.e. The 'Automatic Updates' service Key Name is 'wuauserv' and the 'System Restore Service' service Key Name is 'srservice'. So the 1st thing you need to do (if you dont know it already) is find out the keyname for the service you want to change... how do you find that out? Easy: sc GetKeyName "<Display Name>"i.e. sc GetKeyName 'Task Scheduler' ...will return the Key name of 'Schedule' Once youve gotten the Key Name, the command for changing the startup type for the service is as follows: sc config <Service Key Name> start= <auto|demand|disabled> i.e. sc config srservice start= disabled The start types should be pretty obvious as to which applies to which startup type (Automatic, Manual, Disabled). As far as starting and stopping services, its the similar syntax to 'net start/stop' only difference is you still need to use the Service Key Name... sc start srservice There are a bunch of other things you can do with this command such as using it to change the Display Name and Description of a service, retrieve the current status of a service and even alter service properties on remote systems (assuming you have the permissions of course). You can read up in detail on it over at MS's site. Being a bigger fan of batch files , I hope others find this as useful as I do!

Execellent.. thanks again guys.

You mean this screen?

Sry... didnt mean to come of snippy (or maybe i did ), regardless, apologies if it came off that way. It was real late, I was tired and posted without giving much thought... no hard feelings and thx for the suggestion