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I'm a little confused. I don't believe there is an option to "remove" these services via WINNT.SIF. I only know of a way to specify which services you want to install, rather than simply installing network adapters with default settings.

Just to clarify: That final tweak is not the same as enabling "Always Hide" for all system tray icons. I have just tested it for myself to make sure I was correctly interpreting the description given in the magazine. What it does is block icons from getting generated in the systray in the first place. After rebooting, the only thing in my system tray was the clock, no icons there at all. All processes still run as they should, there's just no system tray icons. I will quote the text from the magazine (and hopefully not get sued for copyright infringement ) in case some people are still confused. Hopefully this will clear up and confusion. If I stumble across any tweaks that will allow for mass settings of "Always hide" icons in the systray, I will be sure to post them.

At last, some specific questions. These I will be more than happy to answer. For future reference, please use code tags when quoting blocks of code. No, sorry. You're still on the wrong track. But at least you are making progress. The batch file created by setupmgr.exe is intended to be used to perform an uA install of Windows over a network rather than from a CD. Since you are making a CD that will be used to install Windows uA, this batch file can be ignored or deleted, as you please. The batch file we (and the guide) are all talking about is one that you must create yourself. You can call it whatever you like; I believe the guide says somewhere to call it start.cmd, which is what I called mine. Instructions for placement and such of start.cmd can be found in my first post. If there is something there you don't understand, please ask about it specifically by either quoting my test or, better yet, paraphrasing. On a side note, I think Bashrat's script linked to a few posts ago may be the solution you are looking for. My advice is to carry on this path so that you will understand what is happening, but if you still want a quick-fix, try the script. Nice find, tjhart85!

Very pretty screenshot there asta. Could you maybe give some indication of which post-install program it is taken from?

DNSServerSearchOrder = 193.1.1.3,193.1.1.44 Pretty sure that's what this line is all about.

Here is a couple of regtweaks I picked up recently from a MaximumPC issue. Some useful, some not so useful, IMHO. Searched the thread as best I could without parsing through the whole thing line by line to see if they were already posted and didn't see them. Sorry if they are reposts. Please be advised that I have not necessarily tested all of these myself. Use caution when implementing them. ;Minimize Outlook to the System Tray [HKEY_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\Preferences] "MinToTray"=dword:00000001 ;Change the "Grace Period" for password-protected screen savers ;This value is listed in seconds [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] "ScreenSaverGracePeriod"=dword:00000001 ;Erase contents of pagefile on shutdown. This will not take effect until after ;the PC has been rebooted once. Be aware that shutdown will take longer to ;complete with this option enabled. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management] "ClearPageFileAtShutdown":=dword:00000001 ;Remove compression options from Disk Cleanup Wizard [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VolumeCaches\Compress old files] @="" ;Hide (remove) ALL System Tray icons ;This is another tweak that will not take effect until after reboot. [HKEY_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoTrayItemsDisplay"=dword:00000001

I did a search on this but couldn't find anything on quick launch outside of the on-going 25-year-old debate in the regtweaks thread about whether or not the published "Show Quick Launch Bar" tweak works. I'm looking to find a way to automatically sort the Quick Launch bar into the order that I want. I can't even seem to find out where this information is stored, much less how to duplicate/port it. Does anyone have any ideas how to go about this? It's not a major issue, but resorting a QL consisting of 20 or so icons is a chore I would much rather automate if possible...

You're starting to remind me of my brother, and the "discussions" he used to have with my father about learning when we were kids. He (my brother) was having trouble with spelling in school (either english or french, I don't remember which) and so dad banned him from all forms of recreation until he could correctly spell all 10 or 15 words from that week's assigned spelling list, without ever making a single mistake. He could study as long as he liked, then get tested on all of the words. If he made any mistakes, he would have to study again and then repeat the test. All words tested every time. On another occasion, it was multiplication tables that my brother had to learn. Every time, the conversation would follow the same path. Something like this: Having said that, you're right. You don't seem to want to learn, and so you never will. I doubt anyone here is willing to invest either the time or the energy to make you learn this. Maybe your parents would be willing, but I suspect most of us have more important things to do. Good luck with UnattendedXP, I hope it works out for you. You may also want to consider changing your name. A true hacker would never have given up after so little time. In fact, i suspect most would be mighty annoyed with themselves and their inability to solve the issue on their own. Hackers, in my experience, have no interest whatsoever in other people's quick-fix solutions, other than for the purpose of picking them apart to see how they work.

There are actually quite a few options, sanjaykumar. Unfortunately the description you gave fits just about every single one of them, so there's really no way for us to figure out which one you are referring to.

Purely for the comedy factor: Dictionary.com's definition of Hacking. Sorry, couldn't resist. This thread has gotten a little heavy handed for my tastes. It's nice that we are all so eager to help out a struggling newbie, but having 20 different people all trying to ram their version of the "truth" down his poor throat at once isn't going to do anyone any good. I agree with S0mE0nesMiNd1. Read the guide again. If there is something specific (as I mentioned earlier) that you do not understand, please post back again asking for clarification. I'm sure that S0mE0nesMiNd1 isn't the only person who would be willing to help you out in that case. (100% sure, even, since he will have to get in line behind me. I was in this thread first, dammit! ) As to your question about a program that will automate this process, I doubt it. There really is no standard way to do this, so any program written would have to incorporate so many variables as to really be inefficient. I have never heard of this "Unattended XP" program you asked about, so I'm afraid I can't help you there, either. For now I think your best bet is the guide. Or maybe wait a few weeks and do some praying that Alanoll gets the new guide finished and published. I understand it will be even more comprehensive than the current one. Good luck.

You should be able to configure it as a part of the WINNT.SIF file. I'm not at all familiar with this particular portion of the file, but here is my best-guess effort at how to set it up. I make no guarantees that this will work. [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=No [NetAdapters] Adapter1=params.Adapter1 [params.Adapter1] INFID=* [NetProtocols] MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP [params.MS_TCPIP] AdapterSections = params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1 [params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1] SpecificTo=Adapter1 DHCP=No IPAddress = 1.1.1.1 SubnetMask = 255.255.248.0 DefaultGateway = 2.2.2.2 DNSServerSearchOrder = 193.1.1.3,193.1.1.44 WINS = No Of course, this code isn't meant to be used as-is, but substitute in the values you want for the dummy IPs that are listed and it should set you up with a nice, shiny static IP. "Easy" is relative. I pieced together the above code from the helpfile combined with astalavista's sif that he has posted in another thread. I figure I'm doing well to understand about 1 line in 3.

You should be able to skip it by adding the following to your WINNT.SIF. [GuiUnattended] OEMSkipWelcome=1

Are you looking to do this on a live machine or as part of an uA installation? I'm pretty sure you can do it from WINNT.SIF if it's part of an uA, but I'm not sure of the exact syntax. Check ref.chm.

Are they all in there at once while you are testing? That in itself may cause the problem, I don't know. This is what I have in the [Data] section of my WINNT.SIF. It works a charm. [Data] AutoPartition=1 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" AutomaticUpdates=yes Hope this helps.

Very well said, <SparTacuS>. Can't say that I have much to add, except possibly several dozen more instances of It really can't be overstated.And make a note of every step you take along the way since your previous test. That way you know exactly what has changed in order to make isolating the cause of any problems easier. Also, I do agree with Alanoll that shrinking the size of the source is probably not something novices should attempt. (I did it with mine with neither much experience nor much trouble, but I'm an id*** like that. ) Yes. Yes you do.

There already is a short tutorial on how to add Windows Media Player 10 to your uA CD. You can find it here. The problem is that you've already read it. And you didn't understand it. So you decided to join the forum and post your questions. That's fine. But you really don't seem to be paying attention to the answers you are given. That is definitely NOT fine. Please keep in mind that the people posting answers to your questions are not posting for their own benefit. Most of us already know the answers, it is for your benefit that we post them. If you don't want to read the answers, for whatever reason, then these people are essentially wasting their time. I think it goes without saying why that would annoy them. Anyway, back to your guide, and your questions. The guide is, in many people's opinion, very simple. There are just two steps. Download the WMP 10 redistributable installer from the link provided and put it on your CD Call the executable from your batch file using the code provided. As far as I can tell, you don't understand the second part. Also as far as I can tell, I answered all of your questions in my (or others') previous post(s). See Alanoll's first post. I believe both questions are also addressed in my post. Out of curiosity, did you read this part? No offense, but I'm not sure you qualify. See my first post. We have. If you don't understand our answers, you need to ask specific questions. Simply saying "I don't understand" does not help either us or you in any way. Variables make this irrelevant. That's why they are called variables. They vary. This has been addressed many times already in this very thread, and referenced even more. No searching required, just reading. I don't know what to tell you. I have yet to see you ask a question that I haven't already answered in my last post. I spent probably the better part of half an hour, iif not longer, of my time writing that out for you, and it's really starting to feel like you are unwilling to take 5 minutes of your time to read it. I doubt I am the only person who is interpretting your responces this why, and I suspect that is why people are getting annoyed.

Did you ever get this working, SLipEdd?

The file looks okay to me, asta. Have you tried leaving the OemPnPDriversPath in and taking out DetatchedProgram? Maybe something in the pair is causing a conflict. I'm not at all familiar with DetatchedProgram, but seems to me that any pair of programs running at the same time could be a potential point of conflict. If removing DP doesn't work, I would suggest removing the drivers from the path one at a time until it works. Good luck with this one. Sounds like a major headache. Well, better you than me!

Yep, it does. The alternative is to test it on your real PC, and wind up having to install everything manually because you mistyped one "stupied" line. Your choice. (For the record, I'm only picking on your spelling because I find the fact that it is the word "stupid" that is misspelled to be highly ironic. Nothing personal. ) True. Some people do. I don't think that very many of them frequent this forum though. I have said some ridiculously naive things on here, and have never once been flamed for it. A-freakin'-MEN. It also helps you learn. You should always test any project after any major changes. And, in a project like this, most, if not all, changes qualify as fairly major. If you aren't testing, chances are your project will fail; if and when it does, you will have no idea where the problem is. I'm done ranting now, so I'll try. Short answer: No. I think part of the reason people have been reluctant to go into detail on this is because it honestly is a very basic concept. The fact that you even ask indicates that you are without some basic knowledge that many of us will take for granted in our fellow forum members. I mean no disrespect and no offense by this. In no way does lack of knowledge indicate lack of intelligence. I just wanted to make the point that it makes things more difficult for us because we have to first determine what you know and what you don't before we can answer your questions properly. (You can't teach someone to multiply if they don't know how to add.) For simplicity's sake, I am going to base my explation around the assumption that you know what the command line (command interpreter) utility (cmd.exe) is, but nothing beyond that. If you don't know that, ask. If you know more, skip ahead to the part where you get confused. The command line provides an alternate way for users to "talk" to their computers. By typing in commands using the command line, a user can perform most, if not all, of the functions that are possible using the standard Windows GUI. There are even some functions (for me, anyway) that can only be performed from the command line, although it's likely that I just don't know how to do them with the GUI. A batch file is a simple program consisting of command line commands to be run sequencially. The terms batch and command file are essentially interchangeable. In this particular case (batches) the words script and file also mean pretty much the same thing. So a batch file and a command (cmd) script are just two different ways of referring to the same thing. Start.cmd, as mentioned in the uA (unattended) guide, is an example of a batch script. It contains a list of commands that, when executed, will install a selection of programs from the uA CD. This is a script that is created by the user creating the uA CD. It is usually placed in the $OEM$\$1\Install\ folder on the CD, and then run at the end of the uA install. [GuiRunOnce] is a heading that can be used in the WINNT.SIF file to run a particular program the very first time a user logs in to Windows. If your start.cmd script is placed in the folder mentioned in the last paragraph, you would call it from this heading by putting the following code into your WINNT.SIF: [GuiRunOnce] %systemdrive%\install\start.cmd The code you quoted in your original post (the first set of lines, not the RunOnceEx example) would be a part of your of start.cmd file. WMP 10 would then be installed by the start script the very first time you log into Windows after the uA install. If you configured autologon settings as described in the guide, the first log on (and likely all subsequent) will be automatic, and WMP 10 (along with any other programs you decide to install from start.cmd) will be installed without you ever having to provide any input. A google search on batch or command files should easily provide you with far more information than you could possibly need (or, for that matter, want) to know about batch scripting. I hope this clears things up for you. If you have more questions, just ask, and maybe someone (possibly even me) can clarify further.

I'm pretty sure you're right about that sebastian. I still have no idea what is causing this, and it seems like EMKAY isn't talking.

Users are not added through WINNT.SIF, that I know of. I use a useraccounts.cmd script file to add them from cmdlines.txt. net user Username password /add net localgroup Administrators Username /add net accounts /maxpwage:unlimited REGEDIT /S autologon.reg EXIT If you leave out the password from the "net user add" line, the user will be created without a password. Like so: net user Username /add Hope this helps.

Oh but they are. You should see some of the doozy mistakes I've made in attempting to configure mine. You are exactly right. I had to do this for my vmachine because Setup will not automatically create a partition if there isn't one without this line. Quick format with the NTFS file system is the default with Windows XP. This line can be safely omitted unless you want to modify that behavior.

I believe it is bootfix.bin, located in the I386 folder. I think it is editable, but there may be stipulations on it. I seem to recall prathapml posting in another thread somewhere that if you were to edit that file you must make sure it stays exactly the same size. Don't quote me on any of this, though. I'm not 100% sure on any of it.

This is the line I have in my user-creation script that sets an unlimited password age: net accounts /maxpwage:unlimited If this line does not exist in yours, I suggest adding it and trying again. I believe all other replies are making reference to an actual expiration date for the account, not the passwords. (That is, whether or note the account should be disabled after a certain date.) Hope this helps.

The IE desktop icon can be removed with a registry tweak. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\ClassicStartMenu] "{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel] "{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000001