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You have to use the latest preset called "Step 1 nlite reducer.7z" from 2025.08.20 and the "del_addon_full_v2.7z"! A Setup red error in event viewer -> system like this meaning your installation might have issues (usually com+ and ms shadow copy provider etc.) On the other hand errors in setupapi.log like wuweb.dll you have mention, have no real consequences if you have use nlite which somehow patch syssetup.dll. Wuweb (and others) register from inside au.inf, but au.inf and all the rest automatic updates dlls like wuweb was erased by nlite preset which also erased the coresponding entries from inside syssetup.inf. Alas, nlite does not know anything comming from XPSP3_QFE_UpdatePack_20210829_Pro.7z which include wuweb.cat as new catalog for the new wuweb.dll. nlite knows wuweb.dll (which erased) but doesn't know anything for its wuweb.cat catalog. nlite also leave entries in DEFLTWK cdm.dll etc. that's why I try to surplus it with del_addon_full_v2. It is a work in progress I guess.. If you only delete a dll after the setup, then registry will continue to reference it. So, it will try to load those keys and others in memory only to find that when it try to load the now deleted dll from the disk, that dll was deleted.

framedyn.dll has a staggering 630 export functions and its name is "WMI SDK Provider Framework", srclient is system restore. Neither is ms update. Look in my nlite preset. There it has an entry "Automatic Updates" which do the job but not tottaly. That's why you see at RemoveFiles section all these mu*.* and wu*.* stuff. But not even that clean the remaining microsoft \ windows update items so next you see inside entries_del_shortcuts.ini stuff like del_ qfeUpPck.inf|,MU.AddReg||1 etc. or qfeUpPck.inf|ProfileItems =MU.Shortcut,MUC.Shortcut,KB976002.Shortcut<NEXT>||1 The qfeUpPck.inf and 5erPOSUp.inf aren't known to nlite even they are integrated before by RVM_Integrator. msagent is not automatic updates. If you don't load my nlite preset which has "MS Agent" entry then you have to duplicate what nlite was doing to remove stuff by hand. I guess you use ms notepad or wordpad which is only good for a couple of lines and after that it will increase mental fog. Notepad4 is a good alternative. And something I forgot to tell at the 3-Aug-2025 post. When you load my nlite preset and hit next couple of times it will ask for BITS incompatibility. You have to press "No" instead. On whatever *_u.ini you need to fill the CDKey without the dashes. After you have a succesfull setup you can go back to your untouched but updated i386 source by XPSP3_QFE_POSReady_Addon_20200820_Pro.7z and XPSP3_QFE_UpdatePack_20210829_Pro.7z and then load again my nlite (nlite load button at lower right corner) preset, but this time you could uncheck a component or a setting/tweak and if you end up again with a succesfull installation, you can keep your new preset. Also nlite if is run more than one time on the same i386 source it may produce duplicate or similar entries on some .INF files. On the same updated source, after only one nlite pass with my nlite preset, I integrate my del_addon. Then I don't have those folders right from the begining of setup because the setup engine does not create folders which aren't needed, so I can't test them with Unlocker. But I need more time to create a new nlite preset that could not have all those nhelper.exe lines right from the start (if it is possible). That's why I remove stuff from nlite.inf too. I have place a lot of commnents about various issues on my entries_del_shortcuts.ini v2 addons which both are also more up to date. If you use some VM environment eg. vmware etc. and you need to make a ISO you have to delete SetupSourcePath and BootPath lines from TXTSETUP.SIF just before make the iso. del_addon_full_v2.7zStep 1 nlite reducer.7z

This is totally false. I remove ms automatic update completely. This also false, at least take look in my addons.

That is correct, The <NEXT> also work when replace multiple lines with nothing, eventually erase them. I don't really see why you need <NEXT> before the first |. For example [ExtraFileEdits] DOSNET.INF<NEXT>|replace by something|1 aren't going to work. So, in this example you can't replace the first empty line with something. Usually lines are different, so you can replace them one by one. First update your source with XPSP3_QFE_POSReady_Addon_20200820_Pro.7z and XPSP3_QFE_UpdatePack_20210829_Pro.7z uning RVM_Integrator_1.6.1b2.1 then reduce it by nLite then use my del_addon_full.7z with RVM_Integrator. See the comments in entries_del_shortcuts.ini inside my addon which should be used after apply my nlite presets (qfeuppck 5erposup intl ntprint etc. infs are for reference and/or reduced). Presets.7z del_addon_full.7z

I don't find the string literal you mention again: Obsolete_Entries. There is Obsolete and Obsolete_Files but not Obsolete_Entries. I found too that some nlite nhelper(s) is there (in the ntlite.inf) because it's locked and always created wharever they are completely removed or not.

On MSAgent_DeleteAddon.7z at Entries_MSAgent_DeleteAddon.ini file the line TXTSETUP.INF|52 = msagent||1 should be TXTSETUP.SIF|52 = msagent||1 and TXTSETUP.INF|53 = msagent\chars||1 should be TXTSETUP.SIF|53 = msagent\chars||1 as there is no TXTSETUP.INF. Then there is no need for rd /q /s %SystemRoot%\msagent line on MSAgent.bat Also what is that [Obsolete_Entries] section? As far I know there is no such thing and deleting that whole section produce exactly the same resuts. On Agnt_rem.inf the [NLS.DelReg] section can be deleted as [ExtraFileEdits] from Entries_MSAgent_DeleteAddon.ini can perfectly delete double lines. eg. to delete the following lines from HIVESYS.INF: HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\GroupOrderList","SCSI CDROM Class",0x00030001,\ 02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,02,00,00,00 On [ExtraFileEdits] section type the following in one line: HIVESYS.INF|HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\GroupOrderList","SCSI CDROM Class",0x00030001,\<NEXT>02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,02,00,00,00<NEXT>||1 <NEXT> is used to proceed to the next line, and the last <NEXT> is used to delete the last CRLF, so the resulting file won't have holes/empty liines. Be carefull to include leading/trailing spaces exactly as they are from your source HIVESYS.INF or include successive lines both with spaces and without spaces, if the source file previously exported form nlite. Also wrong is the line which contains Arabic|INTL.INF| which must be Arabic| on Entries_MSAgent_DeleteAddon.ini file and those traling tabs must be deleted from the same "arabic" line.

I have headache to deeply understand how to copy files from inside an cab to program files. My inf create the shortcut correctly and when I add the CopyFiles relevant directives I was asked for .lnk file. I want a simple inf example that can copy files from inside a cab file to the Program Files\myapp1 folder and that I got so far (missing the CopyFiles, DestinationDirs and the rest copy directives) [Version] Signature = $Windows NT$ [DefaultInstall] OptionDesc = "my app1 program" Tip = "whatever" Modes = 0,1,2,3 AddReg = MyCustomApp1Reg ProfileItems = myapp1 [MyCustomApp1Reg] HKCU,"Software\Myapp1\SomeTweakedOption","Option XX",0x10001,2 [myapp1] Name = myapp1 CmdLine = 16422,%Myapp1FolderUnderPrgFiles%,myapp1.exe SubDir = %Myapp1FolderUnderPrgFiles% WorkingDir = 24 InfoTip = just a test for myapp1 [Strings] Myapp1FolderUnderPrgFiles = "myapp1 folder"

OpenVPN installer does not work on XP. When I install openvpn_v2.5.4_20220123_for_XP.7z and assign .ovpn extension to notepad4 (eg notepad.exe) and reboot openvpngui shows the config file inside notepad4 as should be (eg. command->Edit Config work as intended). Anyway, if you have a problem you can open your_config.ovpn directly with notepad4 and then restart openvpn. If you try to edit your_config.ovpn or any other .ini or .inf with official notepad you should have a big headache cause ms_notepad lacks colors, language recognition, etc.

Maybe upload them to mega or to the archive collection or to mdl or even as a torrent initially serving from your local disk. Also a notepad4 replacement addon which overwrite notepad.exe would be a good idea. eg. entries_notepad4.ini for RyanVM Integrator [general] builddate = 2024/8/5 description = Replaces XP's build-in notepad by notepad4 24.07 r5332 (7565d186) language = English title = Notepad4 version = 1.0 flags = IgnoreFileVersions website = https://github.com/zufuliu/notepad4 [dosnet_files] d1,note4dar.ini d1,notepad4.ini [txtsetup_files] note4dar.ini = 100,,,,,,,2,0,0,"Notepad4 DarkTheme.ini" notepad4.ini = 100,,,,,,,2,0,0 notepad4.ini [Notepad4] Notepad4.ini=%systemroot%\system32\notepad4.ini DarkTheme.ini=%SystemRoot%\system32\Notepad4 DarkTheme.ini [Settings] OpenWithDir=%USERPROFILE%\Desktop Favorites=%CSIDL:MYDOCUMENTS% WindowPosX=302 WindowPosY=16 SaveRecentFiles=1 SaveFindReplace=1 FindReplaceUseMonospacedFont=1 HighlightCurrentLine=1 AutoCMinWordLength=3 AutoCFillUpMask=10 AutoInsertMask=384 MarkLongLines=1 ShowBookmarkMargin=1 MarkOccurrences=0 FixTrailingBlanks=1 OpenFolderWithMatepath=0 EscFunction=2 FontQuality=0 FullScreenMode=0 ;https://www.flos-freeware.ch/doc/notepad2-FAQs.html#q46 [Settings2] ;UILanguage= ;SingleFileInstance=1 ;ShellAppUserModelID=Notepad4 Text Editor ;ShellUseSystemMRU=1 ;ReuseWindow=0 ;ReadOnlyMode=0 ;MultiFileArg=0 ;RelativeFileMRU=1 ;PortableMyDocs=1 ;DefaultDirectory= ;FileCheckInterval=1000 ;AutoReloadTimeout=1000 ;NoFadeHidden=0 ;OpacityLevel=75 ;FindReplaceOpacityLevel=75 ;SimpleIndentGuides=0 ;NoHTMLGuess=0 ;NoCGIGuess=0 ;NoAutoDetection=0 ;NoFileVariables=0 filebrowser.exe=... ;DateTimeShort= ;DateTimeLong= ;TimeStamp=\$Date:[^\$]+\$ | $Date: %Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S $ ;GoogleSearchUrl=https://www.google.com/search?q=%s ;BingSearchUrl=https://www.bing.com/search?q=%s ;WikiSearchUrl=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s ;CustomAction1= ;CustomAction2= [Recent Files] [Recent Find] [Recent Replace] [Toolbar Images] ;BitmapDefault=Toolbar.bmp ;BitmapHot=ToolbarHot.bmp ;BitmapDisabled=ToolbarDisabled.bmp [Custom Colors] [Styles] FavoriteSchemes=1 3 27 2 4 54 29 32 33 28 26 25 [Suppressed Messages] rename notepad4.exe to notepad.exe rename "Notepad4 DarkTheme.ini" note4dar.ini cabarc.exe -m LZX:21 N notepad.ex_ notepad.exe cabarc.exe -m LZX:21 N note4dar.in_ note4dar.ini cabarc.exe -m LZX:21 N notepad4.in_ notepad4.ini pack with 7zip the notepad4.in_ note4dar.in_ notepad.ex_ and entries_notepad4.ini as notepad4_replacement_addon.7z and integrate it with ryanvm.

Of course. I simply write a good alternative solution for people having similar major issues with crappy bios. If I post that workaround in another thread alone, no one is going to find it as a solution to USB connected to motherboard with bugged bios and WinSetupFromUSB can't do it this time.

I was find the fastest method possible that work on all computers both old, new and with bugged BIOS. I copy I386 to the root of hard disk's active partition (usually a second hard disk in the active partition that will be any partition, not only the first one.) Delete \ntldr form that partition (the partition which now has the i386 folder). If \ntldr is hidden, read only etc., attrib -R -S -H \ntldr then delete it or use the Total Commander or any other orthodox file manager On TC the Ctrl-T make a new tab, Ctrl-W to close a tab, Tab goes to other panel, Numeric +/- makes a set selection/deselection, * makes the selected one deselected, and the deselected selected, Insert selects/deselects a file or folder, Alt-left arrow to go back in history, Alt-right arrow to go forward in history, hidden file view Configuration->Options->Display, side by side compare by content two files or two folders eg. a backup copy and the working one. Ctrl-PageDown to go inside the ms packed two character and a bottom line extension like .ex_, .iso, .cab, .zip, .7z etc. by iso.wcx and Total7zip.wcx plugins which without TC to see them I have to call expand.exe on two separete folders for one file and for the other which had to work. Ctrl-D for folder bookmarks, separate editor with F4, internal TC file associations and many more copy \i386\setupldr.bin ..\ntldr copy \i386\ntdetect.com .. So on the root I now have setupldr.bin renamed as ntldr and ntdetect.com Inside \i386\txtsetup.sif replace the line [SetupData] as: [SetupData] BootPath = "\I386\" SetupSourceDevice = "\GLOBAL??\C:" and save it. copy \i386\txtsetup.sif .. So now on the root I have the modded txtsetup.sif Connect that hard disk to the computer which the real setup will take place and boot from it. P.S. The second hard disk should have at that partition boot record as NTLDR (the Process PBR button on bootice tool and press Install/Config button if needed). The MBR on that hard disk should be Windows NT 5.x/6.x at which the bootice came handy because I was used a backup taken place earlier of the MBR and any PBRs to revert that disk to the previous state. (\ is the root of the drive)

Unpack wmp11 with 7zip and run wmfdist11.exe The mtppk12.exe (Media Transfer Protocol Porting Kit) and Microsoft MTP Device Driver 1.0.0.0 for XP cab are bs in my case.

Since I came from the XP where there is no roaming folder inside the appdata or LOCALAPPDATA variable (eg. the set console command (cmd) indicates that appdata points to C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data), now it's clear why they had to change that. It must be cache data that had different usage from the user settings. Probably XP wasn't able handle cache/user data that efficient on true roaming profiles which reside on a server. Wonder why they don't see that at the XP era. Anyway the overwhelming majority don't use domain server and roaming profiles.

I don't have roaming profiles but on a new user which belongs to administrators group, the AppData goes to C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming. I think that it should be C:\Users\username\AppData\Local Which system settings affect that? Which one is the correct?

Dear Wunderbar98 where I download the libpng dos binary? I download some files from http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html but I only find some source code for linux etc. and nothing like the dos .com or .exe executables.