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    Absolute Newbie - Hotfix Question

    in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003

    Posted · Edited by DLF

    You can either integrate in which case setup will not ask for floppy - or dont integrate - in which case it will, and then after driver install from floppy you can carry on unattended. Up to you.

    You might also like to check out Bashrat's driver packs. Excellent.

    Here...

    http://www.btsunattended.net/Projects/DriverPacks/

    and this post here...

    http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...ndpost&p=207257

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    Absolute Newbie - Hotfix Question

    in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003

    Posted · Edited by DLF

    I don't believe there is any textfile editing required with his packs though

    Not true, you have to edit DOSNET.INF and TXTSETUP.SIF

    see here for manual integration instructions with pictures...

    http://ryanvm.msfn.org/manual.html

    or for integrating with nLite see here...

    http://ryanvm.msfn.org/nlite.html

    Although you will NOT be able to use nLite to integrate the v122 to 122b pack. All you've got to do though is RIGHT click on it - hold mouse button down - drag it onto the I386 folder and select>Extract here. Then double click on __integrate.exe. Simple.

    Good luck with your UA CD and please don't be afraid to ask. There are many helpful posters here.

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    Absolute Newbie - Hotfix Question

    in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003

    Posted · Edited by DLF

    re: Hotfixes

    Please forget nLite and also Astalavista pack as many of the hotfixes in it have now been superceded.

    EDIT Believe Asta pack now revised.

    See this post http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...ndpost&p=342999

    1]Copy and paste your XPSP2 cd to C:\XPCD

    2]Manually integrate Ryan VM pack v122 http://ryanvm.msfn.org

    3]Since then he has done an update http://www.ryanvm.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=242 to include all hotfixes released on June 14th - so manually integrate this, too.

    If you're really struggling with editing and saving text files then perhaps you need to really go back to basics. Although nLite will do it for you, you won't learn anything and using it also adds a further factor if something goes wrong.

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    Unattended Guide XP

    in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003

    Posted · Edited by DLF

    It worked for Windows 2000 long before XP was released, so the simple answer is "yes".

    If you ARE going to use 2000 - although I cant think why(?) - make sure you slipstream SP4 into it. What vers of Win2000 do you have? If its SP0 or SP1 then just slip SP4 straight into it, there's no need to apply previous packs first.

    Then check this site here for the Win2000SP4 deployment tools

    http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downl...deploytools.asp

    ...and check the sticky at the top of the forum to see which extra updates need to be applied, too.

    Here:

    http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=31886

    ...and check the caveat with regards to hotfixes being reliant on certain other components being part of your install i.e. updates assume IE 6 & WMP 9 & DirectX 9.0c & MSN Messenger 7 are to be installed.

    EDIT This has just been released today too! Rollup update pack for Win2000SP4:

    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&DisplayLang=en

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    Integrating Windows Update V6

    in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003

    Posted · Edited by DLF

    @erik

    Hmmmmmmm...

    Thanks, I wont have time to test till at least this time tomorrow so was wondering if brosy had actually tested himself.

    I will post back tomorrow any findings, but by then someone else may have done so anyway.

    Might have a play with the extracted files, too as 99% of them are lang folders/files, so will try and just utilize the En parts to try a minimal install. (May or may not work knowing MS).

    EDIT Mind you we are drifting from the orig thread as that was re: integration. But looks like its not worth the effort.

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    DVDIdle Pro 5.88

    in Application Installs

    Posted · Edited by DLF

    Read this topic here...

    http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=17940

    Find out what switches it uses and have a trial, then post back any findings negative or positive here.

    If its an <unknown installer> then you will have to right click on it and select extract from the drop-down menu and try to extract all files to a temp dir to see if there's an .msi inside it that can be used.

    If so see this link:

    http://unattended.msfn.org/intermediate/apps/wininstall.htm

    If all this produces no results then try running the setup.exe from the command prompt...

    Start>Run>whatever.exe /?

    >enter

    Start>Run>whatever.exe /help

    >enter

    This might give you a list of available parameters.

    If all this fails to produce switches for you then you are going to have to learn how to use AutoIT or beg for a script from one of the AutoIt experts or repack the installer yourself.

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    microsoft return of arcade

    in Application Installs

    Posted · Edited by DLF

    Read this topic here...

    http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=17940

    If its an <unknown installer> then you will have to right click on it and select extract from the drop-down menu and try to extract all files to a temp dir to see if there's an .msi inside it that can be used.

    If so see this link:

    http://unattended.msfn.org/intermediate/apps/wininstall.htm

    If all this produces no results then try running the setup.exe from the command prompt...

    Start>Run>whatever.exe /?

    >enter

    Start>Run>whatever.exe /help

    >enter

    This might give you a list of available parameters.

    If all this fails to produce switches for you then you are going to have to learn how to use AutoIT or beg for a script from one of the AutoIt experts or repack the installer yourself.

    Find out what it uses and have a trial. then post back any findings negative or positive here.

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    7z + Resource Hacker

    in Application Installs

    Posted

    Are you trying to make a 7z switchless installer with an sfx module?

    Or and self-extracting 7z archive?

    Dont quite undertand your req?

    If its the former then...

    I used to have probs making silent installers using the last betaversion of 7zip as the inc module was garbage. Thankfully Ryan VM posted his own personal hacked sfx module in a post for us and since using his I have had a 100% success rate.

    RyanVM's customised sfx module

    Orig thread here, Ryan's post is #54

    http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...8&hl=SFX+MODULE

    If its the latter then there's no need to hack the module - just create the self-extractor and use the /S switch to silently install it.

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