Afterdawn

@Bilou_Gateux: Okay thanks for the tip, I added the "edited ..." line. Also, I'm not changing my whole first post, otherwise all the first replies won't make sense anymore right? A link to the most recent version should be enough in my opinion.

This is not entirely true, i cannot use the <drive letter>: at all. If i run net use /? i don't see it listed here either. Are you using another version?

@soulin: yes I've just figured that out myself! thanks anyway! this works: net use \\10.0.0.152\dist unattended /user:10.0.0.152\unattended Strange that you only need to don't need to do this normally (ie at GuiRunOnce)

Btw, I fixed the "if not errorlevel..." line of my script, because it would not properly detect when the errorlevel is not 0.

Okay, it works, but only under specific conditions: It does not work when I try to connect using: net use \\10.0.0.152\dist /user:unattended unattended. But when I try net use \\10.0.0.152\dist enter and then type unattended and password unattended, then it does work! You have these same "problems"? Ofcourse, this way user-input is required and thus my installation will not be unattended. Note: I'm referring to the t-12 stage and not regular GUI-mode.

As far as I've tested my reg- and batch-file I've had no problems with it. Anyone who does have complications? Mine doesn't include the TXT-file itself in the directory. With very long listings I don't have the problem that notepad shows a blank document.

Okay, I've created my own version that will: - Name the file dirname.txt (like totoymola requested). Unfortunately i could only achieve this with the help of an batch file. - Put the file in the parent dir (instead of in the same dir) - If you'd try to list the files of a read-only medium, then the file will be written to the temporary dir (%temp%). The file will be opened with the default application for .txt. This is the reg-file: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ;%SystemRoot%\system32\dirlist.cmd %1 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Dir List\Command] @=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\ 00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,64,00,69,00,\ 72,00,6c,00,69,00,73,00,74,00,2e,00,63,00,6d,00,64,00,20,00,25,00,31,00,00,\ 00 ... and this is the %SystemRoot%\System32\dirlist.cmd file: @echo off echo Touch > "%~n1.txt" if exist "%~n1.txt" ( dir "%1" /b /o /s > ..\%~n1.txt start "" ..\%~n1.txt ) else ( dir "%1" /b /o /s > "%temp%\%~n1.txt" start "" "%temp%\%~n1.txt" )

Yes, Folder is for each folder you can imagine. These includes, directories, drives, recycle bin, my computer etcereta. Directory, is just.. directories. So you should always use this Folder, because otherwise you'd have to make a seperate one for Drive. Also My Documents isn't included with Directory.

Oh I forgot to mention, you DO need to load smartdrv.exe before you run the winnt.exe command! Just run lh smartdrv.exe prior to setup! This file isn't on the disk, but I attached it to my first post.

@totoymola You can easily edit it yourself. Import the tweak in the registry, change the value with regedit and then export it again.

You're right I did notice that my mouse moved slower after this USB-rate-fixer program. What tweak do you use to solve this? So the listing the INF-file(s) in the OemPnpDriversPath won't work? Well I guess the drivers aren't needed anyway if your tweaks works.

@maxXPsoft: you gave up the REG ADD thing and i gave up with the reg-file (for using %SystemDrive% in general)! This file of your works great! Thanks!

Well I'm not really into Linux either but I thougt you can use Samba to create a windows share!

@joeMSFN: Are you serious? Take it easy you won't be sued!

@zxian: Morrowind is truly one of the best games I ever played!

Okay thanks I'll try it ASAP! This way I can import tweaks and install hotfixes from the network to the default user-profile!

@webmedic / Incroyable Hulk: I'm not really into RIS installations... What are the advantages of using RIS (or the opensource alternative)?

I was wondering if this driver is needed? I mean the default windows drivers works perfectly right? Who does install these anyway? Can these be done unattended (without the bulk)? BTW I use this http://www.tcmagazine.info/modules.php?mod...ion=show&id=299 program to increase my USB refreshrate.

You can use the %SystemDrive% variables. But it isn't possible to create a relative shortcut "the normal way". You could create a cmd file that runs the specified program, which of course can contain relative paths.

Nice idea! I also find it strange that I can't use %SystemDrive% or %ComSpec% directly in the registry. Ofcourse, prathapml's has a solution, but I want to know wether it's possibly to install this tweak with a REG-file.

Yes, it isn't very difficult to set up. I also used it for a while, but I figured out I don't really need it. Ofcourse, you never have to burn another CD, but now I use a script that only installs all my applications and Windows hotfixes over the network (at GuiRunOnce fyi). So I only have to burn another CD when a Service Pack comes out..which isn't very often

[uPDATE] Added the smartdrv.exe part [/uPDATE] [uPDATE 2] - Added link to pre-created image. - Added fat32 part - Added dos-filename part [/uPDATE 2] Step 1: Get a network bootdisk. I suggest getting it here http://www.netbootdisk.com/ because this one supports A LOT of drivers (out-of-the-box). I have yet to find a network card that it doesn't. Even VMWare's is supported! This is a pre-compiled image of the netboot52 disk. Step 2: Follow the steps at http://unattended.msfn.org/ and don't finalize your CD/DVD. Move the $OEM$ folder into the I386 folder. Share the folder which contains the I386 folder (for example XPCD). You might want to create a new user on the server, if you don't want to use the administrator's for security reasons. Please make sure all your files are in the dos 8.3 (8 characters for the filename, 3 for the extension, and no spaces/special characters allowed) format, so that setup has no problem accessing them! Step 3: Now boot your network disk and connect to the share on your server. If you use the http://www.netbootdisk.com/ then if the menu pops up (and the computer beeps) you should press a key to configurise the disk (needed only one time because the settings will be stored on the disk). The setting up itself is pretty easy. For example if you created a user on your server named unattended with password unattended then you should change these values accordingly. Also specify if you use DHCP or not. Then when the disk is completely loaded you can connect to the server using: net use z: \\servername\sharename Of course if you use another bootdisk then this may be different. Step 4: Once connected: Run smartdrv. Just load it in the memory using: lh smartdrv.exe. If you don't do this the setup will take REALLY LONG! I attached this file, because it isn't on the network bootdisk. Run the setup using: \i386\winnt.exe /s:\i386 /u:\I386\winnt.sif Unfortunately with this kind of install, you need a fat/fat32 partition where setup copies the temporary files. Needless to say you have to have enough free space on it! Good luck! Remember to remove your disk once loaded because you don't want your computer to keep booting from the bootdisk! Also be patient, this type of installs always take longer! SMARTDRV.zip

Thanks for the many replies! However, I don't need a CMD replacement, nor do I want to compile my batchfiles. I just want a little tool (which I call from my cmd-file) that is able to receive input from the user and shows it on the screen / push it in a enviromentle variable. Or display a message.

@ Webmedic: English is not my first language... when I typed "No thanks", i meant something like "you're welcome"! Anyway, I do am interested because you said that you accessed a share in the T-12 stage. Did you? And how?

I already didn't really understand your question, but now I know this question wasn't directed to me. It was a question for un4given1... Pfew figured that out Good to hear that (pieces of) my script come to good use of you!