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    KB925454 Problem and a RunOnceEx Question

    in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003

    Posted

    On my RIS server I've been integrating Windows XP patches into my source image for a while now. I noticed that KB925454 would not integrate and I can no longer find it in the standard XP hotfixes thread. So I decided to simply launch the installer using a batch file on first boot, but even that just doesn't seem to be working. So I was wondering if there is anything special about this hotfix that I'm missing.

    I also had another small problem with RunOnceEx not performing all of its assigned tasks. It seems to fail at some point and never reach the final step of cleaning. I was wondering if perhaps there is some kind of issue with RunOnceEx and running faulty batch files that can cause RunOnceEx to fail. That is to say: can an error in a batch file cause RunOnceEx to error out and stop before it's finished?

    Thanks!

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    KB925454 Problem and a RunOnceEx Question

    in Windows XP

    Posted

    On my RIS server I've been integrating Windows XP patches into my source image for a while now. I noticed that KB925454 would not integrate and I can no longer find it in the standard XP hotfixes thread. So I decided to simply launch the installer using a batch file on first boot, but even that just doesn't seem to be working. So I was wondering if there is anything special about this hotfix that I'm missing.

    I also had another small problem with RunOnceEx not performing all of its assigned tasks. It seems to fail at some point and never reach the final step of cleaning. I was wondering if perhaps there is some kind of issue with RunOnceEx and running faulty batch files that can cause RunOnceEx to fail. That is to say: can an error in a batch file cause RunOnceEx to error out and stop before it's finished?

    Thanks!

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    Specifying and/or changing partition size

    in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003

    Posted

    I've been googling for a bit and can't find a solid way to do this.

    I have 65 machines to image in the next couple of days using RIS. I have all the super cool unattended stuff going on, but I can't seem to figure out a way to keep windows from using the entire partition. Since I will be installing linux on a separate partition at some point in the future I'd like to leave about 30 gigs left on the drives.

    Is there any way I can specify the size to make the primary partition without forcing the unattended install to stop and prompt me for the size?

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    Network Install Drive Partitioning

    in Windows PE

    Posted

    So I've been doing a lot of experimentation with unattended cds and I've gotten to the poin that it looks like the only way I'll be able to do everything I want with it is if I do a network install. So I figured a BartPE would be the way to go with that along with some scripting.

    The one hangup I can't seem to get past is paritioning the drives. Windows XP setup itself will happily run the cute little winnt.exe partition doodad that handles everything quite nicely...so I'm looking for a replacement that can run in a preinstall environment.

    All I really need to do is set which partition to install on and give the option to delete or resize partitions. The winnt.exe version of this process is precisely what I need, but from what I can tell you can't quite run that from BartPE...

    At this point I'm guessing the best way to do this would be to use diskpart.exe and do some scripting or use a batch file...but that seems like a lot of work and testing to replace a utility that is already perfectly suited to the task. How have other people gotten around this? Any recommendations?

    TIA

    -eMpTy

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    Does Checkbox Mode Work?

    in XPlode

    Posted

    Here's what I get no matter what I try. Even with default everything. Am I missing something?

    I hit install and it just closes and does absolutely nothing.

    Spawning display plugin

    Install log: Asked to install: item1.tag0

    Install log: Closing dialog

    >>> Log session end at: 2005/02/14 15:35:32

    Press any key to continue . . .

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    Collapsible Sets Of Check Boxes?

    in XPlode

    Posted

    ok here's how it's done...have to add one new function that will toggle the visibility:

    function toggleDiv(itemno) {
      var tags = window.external.GetTagCount(itemno);
      for(var j = 0; j < tags; j++) {
        var temp = "document.all.blah" + itemno + "blah" + j + ".style.display";
        if (eval(temp)=="none") { eval(temp + "='block'"); }
        else { eval(temp + "='none'"); }
      }
    }

    Then need to modify another function or two:

    function addTag(text, itemno, tagno)
    {
      // retrieve this tag's attributes
      var disp = window.external.GetTagAttr("display", itemno, tagno);
      var checked = window.external.GetTagAttr("checked", itemno, tagno) == "true" ? "checked" : "";

      // set up the current tag's layout stuff - name of checkbox ends up being item4.tag2 etc.

      // Changed by eMpTy to give each row containing a checkbox a unique id.
      text += "<tr class='effectrow' id=\"blah"+itemno+"blah"+tagno+"\" style=\"display: none\">";

      text += "<td width='20' align='right'> </td>";
      text += "<td width='20'> </td>";
      text += "<td width='20' align='right' class='effectcheck'><input type='checkbox' name='item"+itemno+".tag"+tagno+"' "+checked+" id='"+disp+"'></td>";
      text += "<td width='1000' class='effectitem'> "+disp+"</td>";
      text += "</tr>";

      // return the updated layout
      return text;
    }

    Changed one line in that function, and I changed this one line in the addItem function, but you could really do this anywhere. All you need is access to the item number.

    // Made the description of the item a link that toggles all the sub-items visibility.
     text += "<td width='1000' class='itemdesc'> <a href=\"javascript: toggleDiv('"+itemno+"')\">"+desc+"</a></td>";

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    Collapsible Sets Of Check Boxes?

    in XPlode

    Posted

    So I have xplode up and running and I really like the checkbox mode. I was wondering if it were possible to make it so different sets of check boxes were hideable...cuz after you get a bunch of stuff in there it starts to become unwieldy...

    I know how to do this with DHTML, but I don't really understand how html/javascript works with xplode...like, can I just go editing the html files that came with it and expect that to work?

    -eMpTy

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    possible to install xp from hard drive?

    in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003

    Posted

    it doesn't work in firefox...presumably because the search loads in another window...

    u must be kidding right.

    do u know how many of us here are using Firefox and using the Search

    feature?

    that is a pretty lame excuse to be lazy in using the search function.

    if u go to google.com

    and type xp install from hard drive msfn.org

    u will get dozens of results.

    Yeah I was having some wierd problem and I got p***ed off trying to use the stupid search function. I got it working now...sorry if I somehow disrupted your world by asking a question you deem lazy.

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    possible to install xp from hard drive?

    in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003

    Posted

    is there a way to just dump the contents of the cd on the hard drive and then start the install from the hard drive?

    i.e., make your own utility that runs from the cd and gives you all kinds of options for the install (computer name, what to install, what to tweak, etc.), then copies all the contents of the cd to the hard drive (maybe does the partitioning as well) adds all the selected settings to the appropriate files (winnt.sif, a selection of different registry tweaks etc) and then start the setup from the hard drive?

    it seems like this would be a good idea since it would give you a lot more versatility with one cd, and it would also give you a lot more room on the cd since you could archive absolutely EVERYTHING...

    does this sound like a good idea to anyone else? or do I need sleep?

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    Corrupted Text

    in Setup Billboard Screens for Windows

    Posted

    Well I realize that it's corrupted...I'm just wondering WHY it's corrupted...as an interim solution I followed the instructions to just delete the text altogether...

    I would like the text to be there because I'm trying to keep the installation as professional-looking as possible...

    Here's my winntbbu.dl_

    Anyone have any idea why it would do this? Has everyone that changed the background also deleted the text as well?

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    Corrupted Text

    in Setup Billboard Screens for Windows

    Posted

    Here's the screenshot.

    Untitled-1.gif

    Like I said, I'm not doing anything wierd, I followed the guide to the letter, and the propaganda got cut off...I figured it would be a common problem but I guess not.

    Here's what I did step-by-step.

    Opened winntbbu.dll from my xpcd\i386 directory with resedit. Selected bitmap003. Hit the replace button. Selected my new image. Hit the save button. Clicked "Yes" when prompted to save the file back to its original location. As soon as I clicked yes, I went to the strings section and the text had visibly changed from arial to courier, and the text had been cut off. Using JCarle's program, I confirmed that the text had been corrupted.

    Thanks for taking a look at this.

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    Corrupted Text

    in Setup Billboard Screens for Windows

    Posted

    I'm at my home computer and I can't get you a screenshot since I'm doing this project from work...

    It's really simple, the text just stops. Right in mid-word. It happens right around the end of the fourth line on every page.

    All I've done is replace the image with resedit or whatever. The moment I change the image, the text gets cut off...I can see it in resedit as well...

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