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Eh? I'm trying to create a bootable DVD, not boot from one.....yet.

Yeah, I seem to be missing that option. Do you thinks it's due to not having a DVDRW installed when I installed Nero?

Ok, I picked up my DVD+-RW this weekend (YEAH! NEW TOY!) Now I'm ready to make a single DVD install w/ all the extras. One prob, how do I make the DVD bootable using Nero 6.0? I want to use both the DVD+RW (for trial runs) and the DVD+R discs that I bought. But the only option I see in Nero is for a MiniDVD. Maybe I need to reinstall? Thanks for the help. Soon I'll be back in full swing trying all the new stuff that's been posted.....can't wait to have a customized setup screen!

Yes, but you still have the /Q for both parts whether it is written: Q823718_MDAC_SecurityPatch /C:"dahotfix.exe /q /n" /q or Q823718_MDAC_SecurityPatch /Q /C:"dahotfix.exe /q /n" But as far as syntax goes, you still have 'command /C /Q', you have just changed the order of the switches and the case of the /Q switch. I suspect the case is what fixed it. (Not "lose the last /q" which really didn't happen.) Edit: the more I think about it the more I suspect it may be the order of the switches that resolved it.

You're still using the /Q, you just moved it.

Edit: dahotfix = Data Access Components Hotfix Installer

I'm a little confused by parts of your question. Let me say this, if you add drivers for both SIS and VIA mainboards, it will only install the drivers for the correct mainboard and ignore any others. The second part of your question, will it install associated apps? No, it will not. You will need to create a batch file and associate it with the [GUIRUNONCE] section of the winnt.sif to install any applications including those associated w/ drivers. Continue searching this forum and you will find all you need.

So Aaron, have you gone back and done any testing? I'm about to make another CD (after I get some more blanks from the office.) I'll let you guys know how it went w/ me.

i no that you can do it with the sfc_os.dll but say i had a hacked explorer.exe could i put that in there and in would work? Yeah, I'd like to know as well. What are the limitations? Can we replace any system file by just placing it in the correct $OEM$ folder?

Great, then here is my question. Can we replace the sfc_os.dl_ in the i386 directory on the CD? Something tells me this won't fix the problem I'm thinking of. What I want is to copy any hacked file I like into the i386 directory. Problem is the install gives an error saying the file is not a Windows XP image or something like that and you have to ESC to skip the error message. I brought this up a while back and never found a solution, but you guys have made lots of progress since then. Maybe you have figured this one out. Edit: Maybe this thread will help me accomplish the same thing. http://www.MSFN.org/board/index.php?act=ST&f=70&t=7987

I wish we could find a way to hack the WFP and change all the files we wanted in the i386 folder on the CD instead of copying them after the install. GRRRRR

That doesn't seem to be complete for some reason. I'm using switches to not install Windows Messenger and some other component.....neither are listed there. The Windows Messenger one is msmsg=off or something like that.

Hmmmmm...beta tester that gets a letter (w/ a REALLY basic letterhead....not looking like the letter head I've received in the past.....but that was years ago) and posts it on the web, then offers to upload it to someone here in a forum that M$ is probably aware of and watching?? Uh....yeah. Me thinks I smells something funny.

Good instructions for editing TXTSETUP.SIF and adding driver files for SiI drivers. http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/viewtopic....8892&highlight=

Aaron....care to share your .reg file? E-mail maybe? Oh, and one BIG problem I'm having. I haven't gotten around to automating the install of Office XP yet. After manually installing Office XP SP2, I get errors regarding accessing the registry. Any ideas?

Yeah, I realize that, but now I have found a whole new challenge I can't let go of. I MUST defeat SFC!!! Eh, I'll give it a day or two before I give up, but I've already read where people have done it. I think it involves hex editing the SFC_OS.dll file. It just seems that the error I'm getting during the text install is something simpler than that. Something more along the lines of a CRC check. The reason being is all the CAT files needed are being copied over at the same time as the uxtheme.dll file that is getting the error. No advanced signature checking could really be setup at that time. I'll let you know if I get anywhere w/ this or just give up.

Ok, one of my friends is pointing me toward the CAT files. Looking further into this. Edit: Thinking again about this, seems too much during just the text portion of setup. Gotta be something more simple it's checking (like the layout.inf or something else.) Edit2: I'm starting to think it is more of a CRC check. I found the value in the Setup.log, but what does it check against?

It looks like it uses the layout.inf file to check the files. Do you think we can just edit this line? uxtheme.dll = 100,,203264,,,,,2,0,0,,1,2

Ok, I tried this and it worked w/ one small hangup I need to figure out. The installation gave me an error message and I had to choose "skip file." Apparently it didn't really skip it though. I'll keep looking into it. Let me know if you guys have any ideas.

I'm familiar w/ XCOPY and use it in my script. In what way would it be better in this piece of script? Aaron, what do you think of compressing the patched uxtheme.dll and replacing the one on the CD w/ it instead of copying it over like we do?

I think I have a perfect (or almost) list of Hotfixes now. The one thing that is kicking my but is the fact that I can't get the uxtheme.dll to copy over properly. I have used almost the exact same lines as Aaron and I watch the files copy over successfully in the script. But when the system is completed, the files that are in the system32 and dllcache folders are dated the same as the old ones. The ones made by M$ are dated 9/29 and the patched one is dated 9/30. All the files in my system folders are dated 9/29 for some reason. Here is the portion of script for uxtheme.dll: ECHO Installing patched SP1 uxtheme.dll ... REN %systemroot%\system32\dllcache\uxtheme.dll uxtheme.old COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\Systemfiles\uxtheme.dll" "%systemroot%\system32\dllcache\" REN %systemroot%\system32\uxtheme.dll uxtheme.old COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\systemfiles\uxtheme.dll" "%systemroot%\system32\" Any thoughts on this?

So Aaron, did you run hfnetchk on a base installation of XP SP1 to see exactly what hotfixes you needed? Personally, I went to the Windows Update catalog and downloaded all the hotfixes for XP SP1 that I felt were neccessary. The idea above sounds like the best, I may give it a try.

Aaron, THANK YOU SO MUCH! This gives me a lot more to work with. However, I'm afraid it has started a whole new line of questions. Here is the first: What's up w/ this .NET Framework? What reason would I have for installing it? Oh, and here's my little contribution. To use non WHQL drivers, add the following to the [unattended] section of the WINNT.SIF: DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore To install these drivers, place them in a driver folder inside the $1 folder, then add the following line to the [unattended] section: OemPnPDriversPath=Drivers\ATI\2KXP_INF;Drivers\nForce\3Com;Drivers\nForce\AudioDrv;Drivers\nForce\AudioUtl;Drivers\nForce\Ethernet; Drivers\nForce\GART;Drivers\nForce\MemCtl;Drivers\nForce\IDE;Drivers\nForce\SMBus Notice I listed the full path to each of my drivers relative to the $1 folder and separated each w/ a semicolon. This will have your system boot up w/ all the latest drivers already installed. DO NOT use a return like I did here. This was just for the sake of keeping this thread at normal width.

Heck man, just post it all!

Has anybody installed the ATI CAT 3.5 dirvers during an install? I'm specifically wondering about installing the full driver and control panel. It seems that when I point the system to the driver files, it doesn't load everything.....like the SmartGart tab. Could some1 give me specific steps they took that worked well? Thank you