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Guide for uninstalling it here = http://www.activewin.com/tips/tips/microso...dvanced/8.shtml So I s'pose if you never wanted to re-install in you could forget all the "backup" instructions and then adapt all the instructions to run as a cmd file or thru your RunOnceEx. This would then remove it on first run. But as far as removing it from the source CD is concerned, I would have thought MS would have made this virtually impossible.

Simple. OEAccess=Off under [Components] in your winnt.sif file. Not personally tested as I use OE. You can also disallow IE like this too. Full list here on main forum = http://unattended.msfn.org/files/components_list.txt

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer NoSetActiveDesktop = 1 Add this by any number of methods. (If you need details, PM me). Create a new DWORD value named "NoSetActiveDesktop", and set the new value to equal "1" to enable the restriction or "0" to disable the restriction. P.S. This restriction can be used either on a user by user basis by adding it to HKEY_CURRENT_USER or on a computer wide basis by adding it to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.

Try searching in the Application Switches forum http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showforum=80 A simple search yields this = http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=10552

@un4given1 You really are unforgiven! Had a look at your code and it might as well have been written in martian. You're a clever man, but I personally couldnt even begin to adapt that even for English. Sorry, its way too tech for me. @RaveRod No I didnt know you could do the /A switch with SP2. Have you got time to either PM me or better yet, post back with instructions on how to integrate all the Hotfixes into it? As this could be another useful angle to to look at this project with. @maxXPsoft Thanks for the restart tip, I will see if it works (on this project) once I burn a prototype.

@ Alanoll My error, as the CD will first install SP2, DirectX 9.0c will automatically be installed as its an integral part of SP2. (I mistakely thought 9.0b was part of SP2). I have re-edited opening thread, sorry all.

@ et al Edit 1: 26 Dec 04 Post moved to start of thread, as will all future edits to keep project neater.

@et al Thanks for looking at this for me. @cartoonite, restart is only necessary because i assumed (prob incorrectly) it would be needed. I you think we can leave it out, leave it out by all means. @simomsays, customer req that cant re-install or reformat, all indiv machines, not networked. Yes if I could reformat they'd all have been done by now! @alanoll, great work, will review later. xmas eve, 07:18hrs in morn here, got to go into work now, be back later. many thanks.

taskkill.exe /f /im explorer.exe I think this would stop a normal explorer window with program shortcuts in it popping up, added to your cmd on a line below your path_to_switch cmd. But if its a program-specific window thats popping up you'd have to do as Alanoll said and get the name and path of the file that's popping up. Please test. Example... ECHO. ECHO Installing Whatever App ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\Install\Applications\Whatever.exe /s taskkill.exe /f /im explorer.exe

Give us a clue then Totoymola. Which app? And what switches are you using? We aint psychic

They pop up and remain up and you have to close them manually? Is that what you mean? Or do they just pop up and close themselves. If its the former then you have some wrong switches applied or as Alanoll said you are installing an app that needs to be "killed" via the taskkill cmd. Which apps are you having trouble with? Post your batch_file.cmd here for us to examine and tell us which apps please or we cant help.

The EXPAND command from a dos prompt will expand a .cab file. And as Neuro42 has said so will GUI apps Winrar, Winzip or Winace.

When does this happen? During apps install? Please give a few more details. re: which apps they apply to etc.

See http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/space_saving_tips.htm on the main website. I followed that advice with my orig CD and it was spot-on. No hassles.

Ryan update pack is on V104 now anyway. Might be best to apply this while you are "offline" with your current model.

I've been del the LANG dir with no probs for months. Its 99mb removed. UK XP Pro.

Post ALL the files involved please, and edit your Winnt.sif file to remove your windows key or the moderators will have you! Use XXXXX-XXXXX etc

Copy and paste all the relevant files in the thread so they can be scrutinized, inc your Winnt.sif. No-one will be able to assist you otherwise as we cant see where you maybe going wrong.

Thanks Tsunami.

I am converting from batch_file.cmd post windows install to RunOnceEx, and I have searched and found conflicting advice from within the website and the forums, so would appreciate a clarification please. In my $OEM$ dir I have my RunOnceEx.cmd, my RegTweaks.reg file and a cmdlines.txt file. cmdlines.txt contains the following- [COMMANDS] "REGEDIT /S regtweaks.reg" "RunOnceEx.cmd" My question is does the regtweaks.reg file have to be "called" from the RunOnceEx.cmd as well? Or does the cmdlines.txt entry alone do the business? On the examples page http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/examples.htm for a sample RunOnceEx file there is an entry "calling" it from the Apps dir, but on this page http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/hkcu_registry.htm it says to put cmdlines and regtweaks in the $OEM$ dir. P.S. I wish to apply the regtweaks file to ALL user profiles (current and future) on the machine.

Peachtree 2005 crack?? Bit naughty Asta

This is an uA Windows thread, but not of quite the usual nature, but its still "unattended windows" so I hope no-one flames me for being in the wrong forum as I feel this could be a useful CD for anyone to have in their toolbox. I have a very, very large number of machines to update from basic XP or XPSP1. They are not networked - so I cant use MS S.U.S. - but individual machines. I'm trying to make a CD-R that will autorun, install SP2, restart, install ALL the post-SP2 hotfixes to date and restart again. I asked in the RyanVM forum if his V104 cabfile was in a state as to be useable for this task, as that would have been an ideal solution, but it ain't. So thanks to Leviathan's excellent work/help I am almost there with this CD. Some other members of this forum have also kindly offered to help me if I start a thread, so I have attached the "project" in a txt file for anyone interested to d/l - view - and adapt to get me "over the last hurdle". Once complete I feel this could be a useful project/CD for any sysadmin to have in his armoury - not just me - where a reformat is not possible (in my case due to customer req). It could also of course be simply kept updated. Final instructions will of course be posted for anyone interested. TIA Cartoonite et al. Edit 1: 26 Dec 04 1. There are 18 "KB-hotfixes" listed on RyanVM site which I have used as a source for reference, and I make it now 19 in total with the new Firewire one (KB885222). Anyone else suggest any missed? 2. For all those who have asked I have all the fixes in redist form for anyone who wants them to experiment with, to save searching and d/l yourselves. Just P.M. me with your email address and I'll mail them complete or any missing ones. 1 X 16.5mb rar (or 2 X 8mb rars, whatever). Or d/l full rar here: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.wagstaff...p2_hotfixes.rar 3. The WMPlayer hotfix is version-specific, so the "final" CD will have to install V10 as a prerequisite. (It is also dependent on DirectX 9.0c but as this is an integral part of SP2 this is covered).<edited by DLF 27/12/04 WMPlayerV10 link for full d/l http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsme...d/download.aspx 4. Link for the cdtxt.txt file that uses the FOR command http://homepage.ntlworld.com/john.wagstaff1/CDTXT.txt (with respect and thanks to the original supplier who I do not know, so can't credit). Summary: Looks like we are running with Alanoll's excellent RunOnceEx "prototype" now adapted to include SP2 full, WMP10, all the post-SP2 Hotfixes to date and as many restarts as you think necessary (none? one at end? I need advice on this?) All on 1 completely unattended CD-r(w). SP2_and_POST_SP2_HOTFIX_CD.txt

@LispWarez I have found out the theoretical answer as far as obtaining the latest defs is concerned but perhaps you could test the applying of the updates because I haven't got time. Nor do I use the program myself. You can FTP with your ftp client to www.grisoft.com on Port 21 and then navigate to the Pub/Soft/70free/setup folder and download the latest version of AVG Free which is avg70free_298a417. Now go to Pub/Soft/70free/update folder - no pwd's required, all public folders. Here you can download the latest virus def file which appear to be the .bin files with the longest filenames. (Check the dates in the file's attributes for latest). You could also download the other updates too. There are ems updates - I presume these are email scanning updates. There are setup updates - I presume these are for the app itself etc.(?) But how you would apply the updates I dont know. I also dont know the name of the file the app uses to update itself but once you know a simple cmd window of path_to_\whatever.exe whatever.bin would update the app called just after silent install in your batch_file.cmd (or runonce) instructions. Make sure paths reflect location of the files, obviously. During updating process another file = "upd_vers.cfg" runs but I'm not sure whether running the updater exe INVOKES this config file to run or whether it needs to be "called" differently as I said earlier I havent tested this. Also I dont know whether you can just apply the very latest vir def bin file or whether ALL of them need to be applied hierarchically. (?) Hope this helps - a bit. Perhaps someone can test and expand on this.

Covered yesterday= add this to your winnt.sif [iEPopupBlocker] AllowedSites=http://www.whatever.xxx If you want to add more than one site separate by a semicolon without a space between entries. Add as many as you want. e.g. [iEPopupBlocker] AllowedSites=http://www.whatever.xxx;http://www.somewhereelse.xxx

I posted a thread yesterday about my instruction for a homepage not working in my uA XPCD because I hadn't included the [branding] instruction as below= [branding] BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes This was my fault for following the (incorrect) example on the website at http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/examples.htm for the winnt.sif file that makes no mention of using the Branding command However, this has now got me thinking that perhaps other branding options to IE could be carried out thru' winnt.sif? So the question is where can I find what "branding" options for IE are available thru' winnt.sif? I have used the search facility but to the best of my knowledge this subject hasnt been covered yet. For example is it poss to brand the top title bar with a name similar to the way ISP's do thru winnt.sif? etc