wolfien

I don't think so... The moment OEMPreInstall=Yes the F6 option is out... But it's worth a try... try it and tell me about it

I tried the SimonSez method, with the DefaultHide mode and OEMPreInstall=Yes, and it failed to copy the files as usual... The bad news is, it worked in a VM, since it did not require the drivers to function, so they were not copied at all... but when I tried it on my * sob * brand newly re-installed windows, right after the format, it failed to copy ... AAARRGH! So now I'm re-installing windows again using the same CD I did b4... Well, so much for knowledge!

Indeed, not all my tweaks applied to all users... I just created a new user and it had it all but this one: It's view was not in details I thought of using the method with the setup.exe replacement, to run my tweaks earlier in the install, but abandonned the idea to keep the cd as integral as possible. This way if MS updates the setup.exe file in a future SP, i'm not in trouble... But it's quite a good start already...

Quite frankly I chose not not integrate drivers... I made F6 work instead... I own a P5AD2 Premium, and used the CD to install on it today... it harbors a Silicon Image Sil3114 Raid that worked perfect with a little driver disk... I agree though that updates should be added already on the cd... that's a flaw indeed... Next's week's challenge

To make this guide complete, I forgot to mention: To start, make a copy of your Windows XP CD to a temp dir of your hard drive Then, create the files as specified in the 1st post. Download xp sp2 from microsoft and slipstream it on your cd (ie.: execute the sp2 with the option /integrate:"c:\temp" assuming that you copied the files to c:\temp. This will integrate the service pack in your cd. Finally, use DoISO to create the iso of your Unattented CD! DoISO is found on msfn.org: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?act=At...pe=post&id=4358 That's about it! Enjoy...

I finally managed to make it! The Perfect Unattended CD (at least, the way I wanted it to be) This is the method I used: - Created a I386\WINNT.SIF file [Data] MsDosInitiated = 0 UnattendedInstall = Yes [Unattended] UnattendMode = FullUnattended UnattendSwitch = Yes OemPreinstall = No OemSkipEula = Yes FileSystem = * WaitForReboot = No NoWaitAfterTextMode = 1 NoWaitAfterGUIMode = 1 TargetPath = "Windows" DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore NonDriverSigningPolicy = Ignore Hibernation = No AutoActivate=No [SystemFileProtection] SFCQuota = 0 [Display] BitsPerPel = 32 Xresolution = 1024 Yresolution = 768 Vrefresh = 70 [GuiUnattended] AutoLogon = Yes AdminPassword = * TimeZone = 35 OEMSkipRegional = 1 OemSkipWelcome = 1 [Shell] DefaultThemesOff = Yes DefaultStartPanelOff = Yes [UserData] ProductKey = "XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX" ComputerName = "STATION" FullName = "User" [RegionalSettings] Language = 1009 [Identification] JoinWorkgroup = "WORKGROUP" [TapiLocation] CountryCode=1 Dialing=Tone [Networking] [Componants] msmsgs=off msnexplr=off Dialer=off Fp_extensions=off media_clips=off Accessopt=off hypertrm=off [Shell] DefaultStartPanelOff=Yes [WindowsFirewall] Profiles = WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall [WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall] Mode = 0 [GUIRunOnce] %systemdrive%\Windows\system32\start.cmd - Modified the I386\TXTSETUP.SIF so that a START.CMD file gets copied in system32 folder (this file contains tweaks and needs to be placed in I386) START.CMD ECHO Detecting the CD-Rom Drive for %%i in (C: D: E: F: G: H: I: J: K: L: M: N: O: P: Q: R: S:) do if exist %%i\win51ip.SP2 set CDROM=%%i ECHO. ECHO Installing GoogleToolbar ECHO Please wait... start /wait %CDROM%\install\GoogleToolbarInstaller.exe /qn /d echo. echo Installing WinZip 9.0 md %systemdrive%\"Program Files"\winzip copy %CDROM%\install\$Progs\WinZip\*.* %systemdrive%\"Program Files"\WinZip start /wait %systemdrive%\"Program Files"\winzip\winzip32.exe /noqp /autoinstall echo Installation complete! echo Cleaning Up... Please Wait del "%allusersprofile%\start menu\WinZip.lnk" del "%allusersprofile%\desktop\WinZip.lnk" del "%allusersprofile%\start menu\Programs\WinZip\Uninstall WinZip.lnk" del "%allusersprofile%\start menu\Programs\WinZip\Help Manual.lnk" del "%allusersprofile%\start menu\Programs\WinZip\ReadMe.txt.lnk" del "%allusersprofile%\start menu\Programs\WinZip\What's New.lnk" echo deleting useless icons del "%allusersprofile%\start menu\windows catalog.lnk" del "%allusersprofile%\start menu\Set program access and defaults.lnk" echo Applying Registry Tweaks start /wait REGEDIT /S %CDROM%\install\regtweaks.reg echo Rebooting the computer shutdown /r /t 00 - Created a REGTWEAKS.REG to be placed in CD\Install REGTWEAKS.REG Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ;======================================================================= ; Windows Tweaks (w/o services) ;======================================================================= ;---[ Context Menu Tweaks ]--- ;Makes a right click option for unknown files (Open with notepad) [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell] @="\"notepad.exe %1\"" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\open] @="Open &With Notepad" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\open\command] @="notepad.exe %1" ;Add Open Command Window Here to right click menu [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd] @="Open Command Window Here" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd\command] @="cmd.exe /k \"cd %L\ ;Disable file association web-service - Bypassing "Browse web for program" to open unknown extension. "Open With..." becomes default [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System] "NoInternetOpenWith"=dword:00000001 ;---[ Explorer Shell Tweaks ]--- ;Speed up Start Menu [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "MenuShowDelay"="2" ;Removes the Prefix "Shortcut to" HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer "Link"hex:00,00,00,00 ;My Computer First Desktop Icon [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}] "SortOrderIndex"=dword:00000054 ;Removes Language Bar [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{540D8A8B-1C3F-4E32-8132-530F6A502090}] @="Language bar" "MenuTextPUI"="@%SystemRoot%\\System32\\msutb.dll,-325" ;Cached "folder-view settings", currently 250 (to speed-up browsing local folders) [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell] "BagMRU Size"=dword:000000FA [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam] "BagMRU Size"=dword:000000FA ;Set icon caching [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] "Max Cached Icons"="8192" ;Remove Shortcut Arrows [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile] "IsShortcut"=- ;---[ Internet Explorer Tweaks ]--- ;Remove the Logoff Button [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "StartMenuLogoff"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "StartMenuLogoff"=dword:00000000 ;Enable auto-complete (instead of asking at 1st instance) [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoComplete] "AutoSuggest"="yes" "Append Completion"="yes" ;Max your Internet Explorer's simultaneous downloads to 10 (default was 2) [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings] "MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:0000000a "MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:0000000a ;---[ File System Tweaks ]--- ;These NTFS tweaks improve file system performance (Speed up NTFS) ;Note: these have been reported to cause non-compatibility with DOS/Win9x-based apps/games [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem] ;"NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation"=dword:00000001 ;"NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"=dword:00000001 ;"Win95TruncatedExtensions"=dword:00000001 ;"Win31FileSystem"=dword:00000000 ;NOTE: THESE HAS BEEN DISABLED BECAUSE WINDOWS INSTALLER FAILED ;TO INSTALL MySQL 4.1, VMTools and VMWare WITH THESE OPTIONS ENABLED ;Disable Built in Windows CD Burning [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoCDBurning"=dword:00000001 ;Increase IoPageLockLimit (disk cache) ;Note- Use the following settings depending on your system RAM: ;----- 00020000 = 131072 KB (if RAM > 512 MB) ;----- 00010000 = 65536 KB (if RAM > 256 MB) ;----- 00008000 = 32768 KB (if RAM > 128 MB) ;----- 00004000 = 16384 KB (if RAM > 64 MB) ;----- 00002000 = 8192 KB (if RAM > 32 MB) ;----- 00001000 = 4096 KB (if RAM < 32 MB) [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management] "IoPageLockLimit"=dword:00020000 ;Remove Shared Documents from My Computer [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoSharedDocuments"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoSharedDocuments"=dword:00000001 [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\DelegateFolders\{59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}] ;Disable Windows File Protection [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] "SFCSetting"=dword:ffffff9d "SFCDisable"=dword:ffffff9d ;Disable "Offline Files and Folder's reminder" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\NetCache] "NoReminders"=dword:00000001 ;Disable "Offline Files and Folders" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\NetCache] "Enabled"=dword:00000000 ; Speed up opening of My Computer and Explorer [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\stisvc] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoSaveSettings"=dword:00000000 ;Control panel classic view "ForceClassicControlPanel"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "NoNetCrawling"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoRemoteRecursiveEvents"=dword:00000001 ;---[ Internet Explorer ]--- ;Disable Internet Explorer "Send information to the Internet" prompt [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3] "1601"=dword:00000000 ;Disable Internet Explorer Auto-Complete prompt [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IntelliForms] "AskUser"=dword:00000000 ;Disable Internet Explorer Cookie "Privacy Icon" prompt [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings] "PrivDiscUiShown"=dword:00000001 ;about:blank as a home page [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main] "Start Page"="about:blank" ;Print background colors and images "Print_Background"="YES" ;Add Google As Main/default Search Page [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main] "Search Page"="http://www.google.ca" "Search Bar"="http://www.google.ca/ie" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchURL] @="http://www.google.ca/search?q=%s" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search] "SearchAssistant"="http://www.google.ca/ie" ;Adds search keywords to Internet Explorer address bar ;(in this order: Microsoft Knowledge Base, Altavista, Google, MSN, FileMirrors) [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\MSKB] @="http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=%s" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\g] @="http://www.google.com/search?q=%s" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\MSN] @="http://search.msn.com/results.asp?q=%s" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\FM] @="http://www.filemirrors.com/search.src?file=%s" ;---[ Startup, Logon and Shutdown Tweaks ]--- ;Disable Fast User Switching [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] "AllowMultipleTSSessions"=dword:00000000 ;Faster reboot time "EnableQuickReboot"="1" ;Disable Welcome Screen and uses Classic Logon [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] "LogonType"=dword:00000000 "AllowMultipleTSSessions"=dword:00000000 "DisableCAD"=dword:00000000 ;Determines whether the Welcome to Windows splash screen, Welcome.exe, ;appears the next time the user logs on. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\tips] "Show"=dword:0000000 ;Prefetcher tweak (faster booting) [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters] "EnablePrefetcher"=dword:00000003 ;Make the Windows XP registration with Microsoft unnecessary [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion] "RegDone"="1" ;Automatic Boot Disk Optimization [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction] "Enable"="Y" ;System Shutdown/Restart Speeds Improvement [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "HungAppTimeout"="5000" "WaitToKillAppTimeout"="4000" "AutoEndTasks"="1" ;Disable Hibernate [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Power] "Heuristics"=hex:05,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,3f,42,0f,00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\Power] "Heuristics"=hex:05,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,3f,42,0f,00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Power] "Heuristics"=hex:05,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,3f,42,0f,00 ;---[ System Tweaks ]--- ;Always unload Dlls [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] "AlwaysUnloadDll"=dword:00000001 "NoStartMenuPinnedList"=dword:00000001 ;Disable Automatic Restart in the event of a BSOD [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl] "AutoReboot"=dword:00000000 ;Increase the USB Polling Interval [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\Usb\0000] "IdleEnable"=dword:00000001 ;Disable Security center [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center] "AntiVirusDisableNotify"=dword:00000001 "AntiVirusOverride"=dword:00000001 "FirewallDisableNotify"=dword:00000001 "FirewallOverride"=dword:00000001 "FirstRunDisabled"=dword:00000001 "UpdatesDisableNotify"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wscsvc] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable remote assistance [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server] "fAllowToGetHelp"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet001\Control\Terminal Server] "fAllowToGetHelp"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet002\Control\Terminal Server] "fAllowToGetHelp"=dword:00000000 ;---[ Multimedia ]--- ;Media Player EULA Autoaccept (to prevent first-run on XPSP2) [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsMediaPlayer] "GroupPrivacyAcceptance"=dword:00000001 ;Don't accept shortcuts that splat themselves all over Windows [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Setup\UserOptions] "DesktopShortcut"="no" "QuickLaunchShortcut"="no" ;Speed-up Access to AVI Media Files [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}] ;Disable balloon - Add your passport to XP messenger [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MessengerService] "PassportBalloon"=hex:0a,00,00,00 ;---[ Networking ]--- ;Stores more DNS entries so that your computer doesn't have to look them up as much ;Do not cache failed DNS lookups [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache\Parameters] ;To stop Windows XP from caching negative responses "MaxNegativeCacheTtl "=dword:00000000 ;To force Windows XP to keep positive entries in DNS Cache for only 4 hours instead of the default 24 hours "MaxCacheTtl "=dword:00003840 ;Faster Web Page Loading [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\ServiceProvider] "DnsPriority"=dword:00000001 "HostsPriority"=dword:00000001 "LocalPriority"=dword:00000001 "NetbtPriority"=dword:00000001 ;to turn off simple sharing [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa] "ForceGuest"=dword:00000000 ;Disable QoS [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Psched] "NonBestEffortLimit"=dword:00000000 ;Increase Network Throughput [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstation\parameters] "MaxCmds"=dword:00000064 "MaxThreads"=dword:00000064 "MaxCollectionCount"=dword:00000064 ;Internet Connection Optimization [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters] "SackOpts"=dword:00000001 "GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize"=dword:0003ebc0 "TcpWindowSize"=dword:0003ebc0 "Tcp1323Opts"=dword:00000001 "DefaultTTL"=dword:00000040 "EnablePMTUBHDetect"=dword:00000000 "EnablePMTUDiscovery"=dword:00000001 ;Enable the Network Adapter Onboard Processor (0= Use NIC Processor, 1= Disable NIC Processor) "DisableTaskOffload"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings] "MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:00000020 "MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:00000020 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings] "MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:00000040 "MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:00000040 ;Speed Up browsing remote computers (Your Network) [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace\{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace\{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}] ;Mount net-drives first, when they are needed [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\NetworkProvider] "RestoreConnection"=dword:00000000 ;======================================================================= ; Other Software ;======================================================================= ;Enable status bar in notepad [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad] "StatusBar"=dword:00000001 ;Enable word wrap "fWrap"=dword:00000001 ;Do Not Start MS-Messenger with Outlook Express [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express] "Hide Messenger"=dword:00000002 ;Fixes slowdown problem starting Outlook Express when you delete ;Windows Messenger, and it disables the splash screen [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{FB7199AB-79BF-11d2-8D94-0000F875C541}\InProcServer32] "ThreadingModel"="Apartment" @="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{FB7199AB-79BF-11d2-8D94-0000F875C541}\LocalServer32] "ThreadingModel"="Apartment" @="" ;Don't let Windows Messenger load involuntarily at every boot-up [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Messenger\Client] "PreventAutoRun"=dword:00000001 ; Prevent new ads being downloaded every 6 minutes in windows messenger [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MessengerService\Policies] "DisableCrossPromo"=hex:80 ;======================================================================= ; Services ;======================================================================= ; Note: Change the values to set the services to automatic, manual or disable ; ; 00000002 = Automatic ; 00000003 = Manual ; 00000004 = Disabled ;Optimize the Windows Server Service ;"1" = minimize memory, "2" = balance or "3" = maximize network throughput [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters] "Size"=dword:00000003 ;Disable the Ability to Remotely Shutdown the Computer Browser Service [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MrxSmb\Parameters] "RefuseReset"=dword:00000001 ;Automatic Updates [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wuauserv] "Start"=dword:00000002 ;----- Disable Firewall Service ;Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) / Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) ;Provides network address translation, addressing, name resolution and/or intrusion prevention services for a home or small office ;network. Used to allow multiple computers on your network to access the internet via only one account. This service installs on the ;"modem" computer. If you are using a third party firewall or Internet Connection Sharing software package, this service is not ;required. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Telnet Service ;Enables a remote user to log on to this computer and run programs, and supports various TCP/IP Telnet clients, including ;UNIX-based and Windows-based computers. If this service is stopped, remote user access to programs might be unavailable. ;If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start. ;This service is not available on Windows XP Home. It allows remote login to the local computer via the telnet function. For ;security reasons, disable this unless you specifically require its functionality. You will save about 2 MB of RAM by plugging this ;security hole. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TlntSvr] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Fast User Switching Service ;Provides management for applications that require assistance in a multiple user environment. This service is responsible for ;letting you stayed loged in as more than one user. Unless you have many users on a system, you probably do not even need ;this service to be running. You could benefit, however, greatly if you use this service in conjunction with many users on your ;local computer to allow switching users without closing all existing applications running under a different account. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\FastUserSwitchingCompatibility] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Indexing Service ;Indexes contents and properties of files on local and remote computers; provides rapid access to files through flexible querying ;language. This service always has been a major resource hog. I NEVER recommend having this service enabled. Remove the ;function via the "Add / Remove Programs" icon in the control panel (Windows Setup Programs). It uses about 500 K to 2 MB in ;an idle state, not to mention the amount of memory and CPU resources it takes to INDEX the drives. I have had people (and ;witnessed it on other people's computers) report to me that the Indexing Service sometimes starts up EVEN while the system ;is NOT idle... as in the middle of a game. You may feel, as I do, that this is unacceptable. If your computer suddenly seems ;"sluggish," Indexing Service is usually the cause of it. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\cisvc] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable System Restore Service (default=2) [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\srservice] "Start"=dword:00000004 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore] "DisableSR"=dword:00000000 ;======================================================================= ; Win XP SP2 ;======================================================================= ;Gets rid of anoying popup for running files you download from internet [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download] "CheckExeSignatures"="no" "RunInvalidSignatures"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments] "SaveZoneInformation"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations] "LowRiskFileTypes"=".zip;.rar;.nfo;.txt;.exe;.bat;.com;.cmd;.reg;.msi;.htm;.html;.gif;.bmp;.jpg;.avi;.mpg;.mpeg;.mo v;.mp3;.m3u;.wav;" ;Remove display of zone infomation in file properties [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments] "HideZoneInfoOnProperties"=dword:00000001 ;======================================================================= ; Visual Settings ;======================================================================= ;Enable ClearType for ALL Users [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] "FontSmoothingType"=dword:00000002 "FontSmoothing"="2" "FontSmoothingType"=dword:00000002 ;Show Statusbar in all windows [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main] "StatusBarOther"=dword:00000001 ;Custom Visual Settings [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects] "VisualFXSetting"=dword:00000003 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\AnimateMinMax] "DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\ComboBoxAnimation] "DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\CursorShadow] "DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\DragFullWindows] "DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\DropShadow] "DefaultValue"=dword:00000001 "DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\FontSmoothing] "DefaultValue"=dword:00000001 "DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\ListBoxSmoothScrolling] "DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\ListviewAlphaSelect] "DefaultValue"=dword:00000001 "DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\ListviewShadow] "DefaultValue"=dword:00000001 "DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\ListviewWatermark] "DefaultValue"=dword:00000001 "DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\MenuAnimation] "DefaultValue"=dword:00000000 "DefaultApplied"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\SelectionFade] "DefaultValue"=dword:00000001 "DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\TaskbarAnimations] "DefaultValue"=dword:00000001 "DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\Themes] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\TooltipAnimation] "DefaultValue"=dword:00000001 "DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\WebView] "DefaultApplied"=dword:00000000 ;Show Windows classic folders [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\WebView] "DefaultValue"=dword:00000000 ;Default Details View for all Folders [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\Explorer] "ITBarLayout"=hex:11,00,00,00,4c,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,34,00,00,00,1b,00,00,00,\ 56,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,20,07,00,00,a0,0f,00,00,05,00,00,00,62,05,00,00,26,\ 00,00,00,02,00,00,00,21,07,00,00,a0,0f,00,00,04,00,00,00,21,01,00,00,a0,0f,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams] "Settings"=hex:09,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,77,7e,13,73,35,cf,11,ae,\ 69,08,00,2b,2e,12,62,04,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,43,00,00,00 ;Display content of Protected folders [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "WebViewBarricade"=dword:00000001 ;Disable Thumbnail caching "DisableThumbnailCache"=dword:00000001 ;Show hidden files "Hidden"=dword:00000001 "HideFileExt"=dword:00000000 "PersistBrowsers"=dword:00000000 "ServerAdminUI"=dword:00000000 "EnableBalloonTips"=dword:00000000 "Start_ShowNetPlaces_ShouldShow"=dword:00000041 ;Administrative Tools in your Start Menu "Start_AdminToolsRoot"=dword:00000000 ;Adds Userpasswords2 to control panel [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}] @="User Accounts 2" InfoTip"="Starts The Windows 2000 style User Accounts dialog" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}\DefaultIcon] @="%SystemRoot%\\\\System32\\\\nusrmgr.cpl,1" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}\Shell] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}\Shell\Open] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}\Shell\Open\command] @="Control Userpasswords2" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}] @="Add Userpasswords2 to Control Panel" ;Disable Windows Tour [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour] "RunCount"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour] "RunCount"=dword:00000000 ;Remove Alexa Spyware (comes built in Windows by default) [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions\{c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003c157a}] ;Keyboard Num-Lock on [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard] "InitialKeyboardIndicators"="2" ;Disable StickyKeys shortcut [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility\StickyKeys] "Flags"="506" ;Disable Filterkeys shortcut [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility\Keyboard Response] "Flags"="122" ;Disable ToggleKeys shortcut [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility\ToggleKeys] "Flags"="58" ;Sort Start Menu and Favorites in Alphabetical Order (All Windows) [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder] ;Control panel classic view [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "ForceClassicControlPanel"=dword:00000001 ;Opens nfo files with Notepad [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.nfo] "Application"="NOTEPAD.EXE" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.nfo\OpenWithList] "a"="Explorer.exe" "MRUList"="ba" "b"="NOTEPAD.EXE" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.nfo\OpenWithProgids] "MSInfo.Document"=hex(0): ;Disable Error Reporting [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting] "AllOrNone"=dword:00000001 "DoReport"=dword:00000000 "IncludeKernelFaults"=dword:00000000 "IncludeMicrosoftApps"=dword:00000000 "IncludeWindowsApps"=dword:00000000 "ShowUI"=dword:00000000 ;Change Default Search Options (1 = ON, 0 = OFF) [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] "SearchSystemDirs"=dword:00000001 "SearchHidden"=dword:00000001 "IncludeSubFolders"=dword:00000001 "CaseSensitive"=dword:00000000 "SearchSlowFiles"=dword:00000000 ;Enable Classic Search [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CabinetState] "FullPath"=dword:00000001 "FullPathAddress"=dword:00000001 "Use Search Asst"="no" "Settings"=hex:0c,00,02,00,1b,01,e7,77,60,00,00,00 ;Disable "Search Dog" and use advanced search [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Search Assistant] "Actor"="" "SocialUI"=dword:00000000 "UsageCount"=dword:00000000 "UseAdvancedSearchAlways"=dword:00000001 ;Search All File Types [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndex] "FilterFilesWithUnknownExtensions"=dword:00000001 ;Enable Quick Launch [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Desktop] "TaskbarWinXP"=hex:0c,00,00,00,08,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,b0,e2,2b,\ d8,64,57,d0,11,a9,6e,00,c0,4f,d7,05,a2,22,00,1c,00,0a,01,00,00,1a,00,00,00,\ 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63,68,20,4f,75,74,6c,6f,6f,6b,20,45,78,70,72,65,73,73,2e,6c,6e,6b,00,4c,41,\ 55,4e,43,48,7e,31,2e,4c,4e,4b,00,00,00,36,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,2c,00,32,00,\ 51,00,00,00,ec,22,46,39,20,00,53,68,6f,77,20,44,65,73,6b,74,6f,70,2e,73,63,\ 66,00,53,48,4f,57,44,45,7e,31,2e,53,43,46,00,00,00,52,00,00,00,e0,00,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,16,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,16,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,\ 00,00,00,01,00,00,00,aa,4f,28,68,48,6a,d0,11,8c,78,00,c0,4f,d9,18,b4,37,02,\ 00,00,e0,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,16,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,16,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00 ;Fix for DSO Exploit that Spybot complains about [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\0] "1004"=dword:00000003 ;======================================================================= ; KeyBoard Settings ;======================================================================= [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International] "iCountry"="2" "iCurrDigits"="2" "iCurrency"="0" "iDate"="1" "iDigits"="2" "iLZero"="1" "iMeasure"="0" "iNegCurr"="1" "iTime"="0" "iTLZero"="0" "Locale"="00001009" "s1159"="AM" "s2359"="PM" "sCountry"="Canada" "sCurrency"="$" "sDate"="/" "sDecimal"="." "sLanguage"="ENC" "sList"="," "sLongDate"="MMMM d, yyyy" "sShortDate"="dd/MM/yyyy" "sThousand"="," "sTime"=":" "sTimeFormat"="h:mm:ss tt" "iTimePrefix"="0" "sMonDecimalSep"="." "sMonThousandSep"="," "iNegNumber"="1" "sNativeDigits"="0123456789" "NumShape"="1" "iCalendarType"="1" "iFirstDayOfWeek"="6" "iFirstWeekOfYear"="0" "sGrouping"="3;0" "sMonGrouping"="3;0" "sPositiveSign"="" "sNegativeSign"="-" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\Geo] "Nation"="39" That's it! This gives you a CD that only asks for partitionning while allowing you all options relating to formatting and File System of your install. It supports the use of F6 to specify additionnal drivers and installs a few basic softwares. Use this to make your own adapted CD's! Feel free to customize these files I felt it could be useful to people who are new to unatteded setups to have a full guide right-through that supports "F6 driver disk" since this is not a feature I can go without and everywhere I looked it told me that F6 wouldn't work on unattended... Well... Gotcha!

I've stumbled upon a nice little problem with windows installer and never found any references of it on the web (through google, at least) This stretch of options, when applied in a .reg file in the $1 folder (called from cmdlines.txt) will cause problems with windows installer: ;These NTFS tweaks improve file system performance (Speed up NTFS) ;Note: these have been reported to cause non-compatibility with DOS/Win9x-based apps/games [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem] "NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation"=dword:00000001 "NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"=dword:00000001 "Win95TruncatedExtensions"=dword:00000001 "Win31FileSystem"=dword:00000000 With these options applied, I couldn't install the VMTools or MySQL server 4.1. The setup.exe normally unpacks then runs the installer. Instead, it would unpack then popup a windows installer options page (like if the installer was not called properly, or couldn't find the msi package to install). I didn't yet tried these options one by one to see if only one of them causes the problem, but I was wondering if anyone else had the problem?

Watch out everyone! I was building my first unattended XP CD and faced this very weird problem: After the 1st wave of windows updates on my 2nd computer, I couldn't browse all of my network (I have a 750 GB drive (4x200 RAID0) on my main machine). It was the weirdest of problems: I could see my shares, most files and dirs of the root of it, but if I opened the dirs, some came empty across the network (but contained some files and forders for real on my main computer). I was able to determine the exact windows update that causes this problem: KB885250 - Security update I strongly advise that nobody slipstreams this update, and I would greatly appreciate it if anybody could try to get this problem too... The problem was also visible on a clean install (not unattended) in a VM. (VMWare GSX Server, 3.0.0 build 7592), so I recommend applying all of the other updates first, (this will require a few returns to windowsupdate after reboots...) Then take a snapshot and install the KB885250. After the reboot, you shoudn't be able to browse all files of remote computers...

I knew I was too tired yesterday completly forgot to copy the files into the i386 folder I tryed it again this morning.. didn't apply any modification as stated above.. but not it tells me "an error has been encoutered that prevents setup from continuing. Internal Setup data sctructures are curruptes (phase 0). Press OK to view the setup log files." "fatal error : Internal setup data structures are corrupted (phase 0)" What the h*** I did wrong this time??? ( I've created the ISO using Doiso ) thx. wolfien-

oky now I dont understand anymore didn't modify ANYTHNING in my sif file.. and sice I recopied the content of my XP cd it just ignore my sif file.. and go around the usual questions.. I tryed to do my iso using Doiso and with nlite ( just to create the iso ) and same result.. like there's no sif file.. but if I check the content of the iso its right there.. think its time for me to go to sleep I'll work on this tomorrow wolfien-

I didn't really used Nlite.. the only 2 step it did.. is copy the content of my cd to a destination dir.. and then make the iso.. I didn't used ANY of the other features... I just redid my copy of the folder as us told me to try.. but then Im wondering.. If I "can't" use nlite.. then what's the best thing to create a bootable iso ? and yes my cd is already slipstream with sp2. btw.. thx for the quick reply! ------------- NeverMind.. Just found out about that "Doiso" thing seems to works like a charm.. will test with this new iso and will post my result -------- wolfien-

Hi! I must say this is my first attempt a creating an automated CD with some customizable apps on it. I read a couple of guides and a lots of forum post concerning this so i think I know where Im going. First I created a SIF file (using winnt.sif creator).. For this part everything went fine.. in fact it could'nt be easier. Then I added the $oem$\$1\drivers and $oem$\$1\install. I've put some software into the install and put at the same time my start.cmd wich included the switches for each application to go silent. So that part should go fine... For the driver issue I've included the path to the correct .INF file into my sif file... I also tweak some reg key (always using winnt.sif creator ) and put the reg file into the install dir. So far so good right? Then I copied all the files from my windows XP SP2 CD. into the same dir so basicly i've this : -------- $oem$\ cmpnents\ DOCS\ I386\ SUPPORT\ VALUEADD\ autorun.inf boot.bin readme.htm setup.exe setupxp.htm win51 win51IP win51IP.SP2 winnt.sif ---------- Then I take a look at the guid provided on this site to do an unatended using Nlite. Since I didn't know any other way to create the .iso easily I just used this software to create the final iso. Using VMware I've tested my CD and Im having some weird issue with it... It starts pretty fine.. It formats the HD.. copy all the files.. I can see the name of my files into the $oem$ folder being copied... then it initialized the setup ( wich I used a customized winntbbu.dll ).. And then the errors starts... First It tells me this error message : An error occured while copying file amipro.sa_ cannot copy the file to destination directory click retry to retry the operation or cancel to... same thing with excel.xl_ , excel4.xl_ , lotus.wk_ , powerpnt.pp_ , presenta.sh_ , quattro.wb_ , sndrec.wa_ , winword.do_ , winword2.do_ , wordpfct.wpd, wordpfct.wpg I've already check into my I386 folder and all these file are present... So i dont really understand what might be the problem here.. thats the first issue I encouter... It doesn't seems to be really important file.. So i just it cancel a couple of time and the setup continue... The next problem I meet is when the setup is complete and windows starts for the first time.. when it says "applying Local user settings " I obtains these 2 error : Windows CAnnot create a temporaty Profile Directory. This may be caused by Insufficient security rights. If this problem persists, contact your network administrator. --------- Windows cannot load the user's profile but has logged you on with default profile for the system. Detail Access is denied. -------------- And my cmd I've created for my apps autoinstallation just never start.. Wich I guess is related to these error. If I go onto the C: drive I can see the install dir.. and if I click on the start.cmd I've created it goes fine and install my software. So I must not be THAT far from suceeding.. I've try multiple sif file variation.. doesn't seems to affect the above problems... here's a copy of my sif file with some stuff "censored" ;SetupMgrTag [Data] Autopartition=0 MsDosInititated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" [unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEulA=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes TargetPath=\WINDOWS Repartition=No UnattendSwitch="No" WaitForReboot="No" OemPnPDriversPath=Drivers\000_Via\WinXP\;Drivers\001_Nvidia DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore AutoActivate=No [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=********** EncryptedAdminPassword=No OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=035 OemSkipWelcome=0 ProfilesDir="%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\" [Display] BitsPerPel=32 XResolution=1024 YResolution=768 Vrefresh=70 [userData] ProductKey=****************************** FullName=*************** OrgName=*********** ComputerName=********** [TapiLocation] CountryCode=1 Dialing=Tone [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=1 Language=00000809 [identification] JoinWorkgroup=MSHOME [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes [Componants] msmsgs=off msnexplr=off OEAccess=off media_clips=off Accessopt=off AutoUpdate=off fax=off hypertrm=off rec=off [shell] DefaultStartPanelOff=Yes [WindowsFirewall] Profiles = WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall [WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall] Mode = 0 [GUIRunOnce] %systemdrive%\install\start.cmd As for my start.cmd I don't think its necesary to copy since everything goes fine when I start it manually... Im also wondering if there's any ways to add specific keyboard code in this sif file.. If anyone could give me a simple hints about what I did wrong here it would be greatly appreciated! thx. wolfien-