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homiebrah

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  1. MSBA is a good choice, but I have had problems with it reporting a patch that was already loaded. I would do a clean load, then run the machine through WindowsUpdate. If you install WMP and DX9 via svcpack.inf, then updates will be available for those. If you install WMP and DX through any other means, then, at least for DX9, you have to reboot, then load the update.
  2. Another possible fix would be to take ownership of the file. I have to do this when compiling XP images using XPCREATE. After the OSI is built, the TEMP folder cannot be emptied, even when running XPCREATE again. Assigning ownership to the Administrator account works.
  3. Simple fact: 1. Install an OS on top of an OS with no format is not uninstalling anything. Registry is replaced with a new one, and all association to programs is lost. 2. Installing an OS after a format is not unistalling anything. If you machine dies, reloading an OS on top of itself may restore the OS, but all of your proggies will still have to be reloaded as well. Better to format and install, as there leaves no bothersome Windows dingleberries behind...
  4. Check the Registry Tweak topic in this forum.
  5. Use this for QuickTime: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Apple Computer, Inc.\QuickTime\ActiveX] "QTTaskRunFlags"=dword:00000002 Take you registry file and do replace: HKEY_CURRENT_MACHINE with HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
  6. Never mind...If I'm not mistaken, the System Startup options are defined via the boot.ini file hidden in %systemdrive%.
  7. http://www.winguides.com/registry/category.php?141 This has the Crash Controls you can change. Make the change, then export that key to a .reg file using regedit. Import during an install using GUIRunOnce, cmdlines, or RunOnceEx. It's up to you.
  8. He may have been referring to this section: http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/oemfolders.htm It does leave a slim chance for confusion, but one of the programs he lists that could be in the $Progs folder would be WinZip.
  9. Try this: [unattended] UnattendSwitch=yes And getting frustrated is part of the process. Blaming someone else's hard work isn't part of the process. You're always welcome to setupmgr.exe located in the SUPPORT folder of the XP CD to create your own answer file.
  10. Does that mean we can start charging rent for the space? heh heh
  11. Honestly, use whatever is easiest for you and causes the least amount of work. XPCREATE works great for hotfixes. Even though the list does not match what you have, the folders correspond to the type of switch the patch uses: Type I: any patch that can have the /Q /O /N /Z switch added to it. Type II: any patch that can have the /Q:A /R:N switch added to it (cumulative updates for IE are an example of this) I first started out installing the patches through a batch file, with the last two commands running qchain.exe and rebooting my system.
  12. Search the board next time. http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?act=ST&f=80&t=22006
  13. Custom, with AU off and disabled, the error screen above appears. Custom, with AU off and set to manual, same thing. Not a biggie though.
  14. Then explain this when using WU5 with automatic updates turned off:
  15. You don't need a BetaID for W5. At no point does it require you to log in with a beta ID. If the file is available there, then it is open game. Just make sure you turn on Automatic Updates, otherwise the site won't work.
  16. Kinda useless if you don't have a BetaID.
  17. Did you try running the start.cmd file after XP has been setup to see if it has any issues? If not, give it a shot. Would recommend importing your .reg file during setup, using cmdlines.txt. As for the winnt.sif, if you're having a problem with drivers, add the following line: [unattended] DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore Last, check to make sure that your $OEM$ file is in the right place. Here is a look at where it should be: http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/oemfolders.htm
  18. Just refer back to this site for info: http://unattended.msfn.org/
  19. Post a copy of your winnt.sif file, with the product key removed.
  20. This is not really an Unattended Windows topic, but I did was this: Installed Firefox using the setup to install to another drive. Then, I exported the registry key that points to the plugins directory. I installed all of the extensions and themes I need using the default Firefox profile. Thus, if I needed to reinstall my OS, Firefox is on another drive, already configured.
  21. It would be after the commands to install your apps. Have the key imported into the registry, then use shutdown.exe to reboot the computer. Once the reboot is complete, the startup apps will be gone.
  22. I think this is close. I went back to the site and modified the script slightly based on the original code from JavaScript. Now, if I can only get it to reflect the fact we are 9 hours behind GMT, so that when it hits 0000 there, it will increase the count to next number.
  23. This was the first one I looked at. I need the three digit number, not the number of days since a point in the past.
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