KapnJackSparrow

and I just add the .exe under svcpack as an update to integrate them?

how do I integrate Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable as well as a .Net 2.0 , 3.5 ,4.0 on to an nlite disk? I would only like to insert the ones that are needed, I am not sure how much over lap there is between these if any, my research has been confusing on that matter. also anyone know how to shrink the .net installation? it seems to practically triple the size of my operating system when I install it after the fact.

ok well that's interesting. I am unsure of what check box is responsible for removing them if the check box is under keyboards or languages or both? I am trying to take away anything I can get away with in the hopes of making a fully functional bare bones installation. As the for size I have more than enough space for 50 windows xp installations should I desire to do so.

Thank you this seems to be exactly what I was looking for it works for most stuff. I am having some difficulty getting the file associations for Avi and Mkv files working, since they seem to be more complicated, does anyone know if the registry keys used by vlc media player for file associations are posted somewhere? and if it is possible to remove windows media player without breaking shell media handler? or at least remove as much of it as humanly possible.

setting up file associations ? does anyone know where they are stored in the registry ? or if there are any programs that would allow me to export a .reg file of my file associations so that I wouldn't have to set them up after every new installation? many of the applications used are using a static absolute path that is the same for multiple operating systems. so for example I would like to be able to set .Avi files to be opened with J:\Vlc player\Vlc.exe right from the installation.

it's possible, but I don't think that's the problem. it sounds more like the batch file is unable to find the source files, rather than the being unable to find the destination. if the batch-file starts in a different folder than it will no longer be near the source and thus will not be able to find them. the problem is that the driver letters change and are unknown before hand... I can try replacing it with static destination and see if that fixes the problem. if that doesn't work I can try giving it a static source like the C drive and keep the %HOMEDRIVE% see if that fixes the problem. Edit: The %HOMEDRIVE% is 100% not the problem. that works just fine. For some reason the batch-file is being loaded from somewhere other than under %SOURCE%\MksTweaks\ and therefore using the ./ relative path for the source folders doesn't work because the batch-file and the folders being copied are not in the same directory. a partial fix for this is going through an alternate operating system and copying the folders to a known absolute path such as C:/ or D:/ before beginning the installation process and then changing the batch-file to copy the folders from there. However I would very much like to keep all dependent files on the on the installation disk as I will not always have this option and I would really like to figure out how to make the path relative since I want to make this installation portable the machines that will have different drive letter assignments.. also my .reg files are not being Merged into the registry which is strange because they are in the same place as the batch-file which nlite is clearly able to find... any idea's on how I can fix these issues?

how do I use nlite's run once command to copy a folder using a batch file? basically I have a batch-file and a bunch of folders included on the disk, the batch-file uses a relative address and is normally able to copy the folders just fine however when I use the run once command in nlite it cannot find the folders, why is this? the command I used in nlite is as follows %SOURCE%\MksTweaks\HD_Icons.reg %SOURCE%\MksTweaks\Copy_Folders.bat PAUSE again it loads the batch-file the batch-file cannot find the folders that should be in the same directory. it also doesn't seem to load the .reg file but that's not too much of a problem if I get the batch-file working. Copy_Folders.txt

I guess what is confusing me is that I was not aware that I was removing it. is there a check box in nlite that does this? perhaps I selected it unintentionally. my issue while I don't speak Chinese, Korean Japanese etc.... I do still want the characters to be displayed. would this be under keyboards? languages or somewhere else? under the language and keyboard sections there are a lot quite a few listed which ones can I safely remove without diminishing my operating system's ability to display said characters? see the picture to see what I mean.

great and where do I get this "simhei font" you speak of? is it normally included on the windows xp disk? I am trying to make sure my nlite setup of xp installs this automatically.. since normally windows xp will see these fonts.

Display Chinese Characters on Windows XP ? what do I set to enable these? I want to remove all pretty much all languages and keyboards other than English but I still want to be able to display foreign characters like Chinese without just showing question marks and stuff. where is the setting in nlite to do this?

I am not seeing anything too obvious, Bootvis was trying to load dr watson which I did remove, putting the file back from another os doesn't fix the problem I will keep looking.

I should have thought of that, I no longer have that installation, so that is not possible. I have worked around it so it is not an issue.

1) I updated .net Framework almost right after installation. I am running 2, 3.0 , 3.5 , 4.0 so that's not the issue. 2) possibly I really didn't think of that.. that would be dumb since I am only trying to "view" the logs but I will test it out. 3) WMI is running, and all of those services are running, I didn't know black viper had a page on that topic thank you 4) fixed the registry setting, thanks I will see if that has any effect. thanks for the help

Bootvis loads, logs the reboot, opens at start up but when it is about to show you the trace it just closes. if you try to open anyther trace it does the same anyone have any idea's on what might be causing this? the last session is included. Last Session.ini

that is a good point. anyway I have gotten the autopatcher working don't ask me how.... bootvis still doesn't work. I am new to nlite a few days ago it was not working at all (I suspect this was due to some incompatibility with running nlite under windows xp-x64) , so I am playing with the installation taking out as much as I can without causing problems and the main reason I want to be able to run the autopatcher is that should I encounter a problem at some future date and need to install an update. I want to ensure that I am still able to do so.

I used the following installation with a service pack 3 installation disk, and the autopatcher will never load ? what not to remove, so that the autopatcher runs? bootvis also will not load any trace logs, I am aware that it requires the task scheduler to load at bootup but what happens in my case is that the program shuts down when the trace log is loaded. any suggestions? Last Session.ini

the original media is an windows XP with service pack 2 disk from Microsoft. I copied it to the hard drive to work on. I have confirmed that the copy before running nlite does not have the issue with the batteries being unable to install. since switching to windows xp and using a bootable usb stick instead of a cd I have not been able to reproduce the Bad_pool_caller issue I was having before (where I had at least 5 or 6 disks that all had the same issue (I did always recopy from my source disk after every failed attempt to ensure that there wasn't something wrong with my copy.) I have included both my non working ini and the latest one that works if you want to compare them. Next question is it possible to have nlite configure the installer to copy files from the disk to the system32 folder (I so that I don't have to manually copy Batt.dll) ? also is it possible to have it merge a .reg file (perhaps set it up as an .inf file and include it as a driver)? Last Session (Works).ini W500(Bad_Pool_caller).ini

thank you, I got it to work with this configuration from windows xp instead of windows xp-x64 I will trouble shoot more to figure out if I found anything. still complains about not being able to install the batteries but that's ok I can fix that, and it boots now ^_^. which is a plus.

I have new problem with an nlite installation of windows xp it hangs at 13 minutes saying "registering components" what exactly is is trying to do at this point? if it is trying to make registry changes I can do that during the installation procedure if needed. second question give the amount of trouble I am having does nlite have problems running under windows xp-x64? last question what does this mean under the last session.ini [Components] ;# Compatibility # Compat01 Compat02 Compat03 Compat04 Compat06 Compat07 Compat08 Compat09 Compat11 Compat13 Compat14 Compat15 Compat16 Last Session.ini

I used this one which works for me it is confirmed to install with my source copy of windows. has a gui and is fairly straight forward.

Ponch where you referring to this article thank you for the help

Creating a Bootable usb nlite installer? I am still having the bad-pool caller issue and I am running out of disks to trouble shoot the problem.(It's also a hell of a lot slower using cd/dvd instead of usb) First question is there Tool or a guide on how to do this? if not can someone make one? I have looked but there doesn't seem to be one specific to nlite. Second questions would it be possible to include a burn to usb feature in the next version? I used this guide http://komku.blogspot.ca/2008/11/install-windows-xp-using-usb-flash-disk.html but it is a little unclear how to specifically do it with an nlite os, (I would prefer to just replace the needed files if I want to make a new Installation)

yes that is everything. see that's what I thought and why I am at a loss for why it does not work or why it doesn't correctly detect the batteries and why it boots into safe mode/safe mood with networking/command prompt and not normal mode. There are several operating systems on the machine, all of which work, this is an extra installation. I have heard of that issue being caused due to bad ram but that would not explain why the nlite disks fail *consistently* (I have tried many times with slight modifications to what was removed.) and the original disk installs just fine. the machine is a lenovo W500. EDIT: I installed nlite under my windows xp and ran in from windows xp instead of windows xp-x64 it still complains about not being able to install the batteries but it no longer Bsod's with a Bad_Pool_Caller meaning that those two issues are not connected. (I still have no idea why nlite causes windows to fail to install the batteries but that is ok because as I have mentioned before I am able to easily fix that.) gonna try adding stuff to see what in my previous configuration cause the issue. Last Session.ini

@Kelsenellenelvian: that is surprising, I did that to improve stability but after doing some research it seems that you are indeed correct. I am in the process of trouble shooting the problem I will uncheck that option but I doubt it is the cause of my troubles.

sorry about that. it should be posted now. umm thanks for the suggestion but I doubt that's the issue, I did not remove "Battery" or anything else from"hardware support" for obvious reasons. I do not know why it did not install the batteries correctly but as I have mentioned I have already solved that issue copying batt.dll from another copy of windows XP and placing it into system32. Unfortunately that did not solve the issue with the bad_pool_caller bsod. the only reason I mentioned the issue with the batteries is that I thought both of those might have the same underlying cause.