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Hi All, I've spent a few days reviewing lots of your topics and searching how to get .net framework 1.1 slipstreamed with SP1 and Hotfix to include in my svcpack.inf. RyanVM had a download of this already. And is probably 100% A OK and easy to find, but I am a fool for doing things the hard way (I tested installing RyanVM downland along side Zilla Data Nuker, ZDN includes Ebates and Topmoxie sypware but only realised this too late) and like to learn for myself. I found a site with the following instructions that I just had to share. It teaches how to apply .msp files to .msi, cool stuff for us who are new to it. Before all the guru's out there who are going to tell me I never searched hard enough, and this shouldn't be posted here, I hope they realise I'm only posting this in the hope I save hours (even days [in my case]) for other newbies. So peace to you all. Instructions Creating am admin install for .net v1.1 SP1 and the latest ASP.NET Security patch. Download the following filest to the C:\Temp folder Microsoft .NET Framework Version 1.1 Redistributable Package (dotnetfx.exe) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&displaylang=en Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1 (NDP1.1sp1-KB867460-X86.exe) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&displaylang=en ASP.NET Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&displaylang=en Run the following commands to build the admin install. rem extract the dotnetfx and build admin install md C:\Temp\dotnetfx C:\Temp\dotnetfx.exe /T:C:\Temp\dotnetfx /C md C:\Temp\dotnetfxAdmin msiexec /a C:\Temp\dotnetfx\netfx.msi TARGETDIR=C:\Temp\dotnetfxAdmin /qn rem Add SP1 to the admin install (patch) md C:\Temp\NDP1.1sp1-KB867460-X86 C:\Temp\NDP1.1sp1-KB867460-X86.exe /xp:C:\Temp\NDP1.1sp1-KB867460-X86 msiexec /p C:\Temp\NDP1.1sp1-KB867460-X86\S867460.msp /a C:\Temp\dotnetfxAdmin\netfx.msi rem Add ASP.NET Security to admin install md C:\Temp\NDP1.1sp1-KB886903-X86 C:\Temp\NDP1.1sp1-KB886903-X86.exe /xp:C:\Temp\NDP1.1sp1-KB886903-X86 msiexec /p C:\Temp\NDP1.1sp1-KB886903-X86\M886903.msp /a C:\Temp\dotnetfxAdmin\netfx.msi Note that I didn't get my SP1 and hotfix .msp file using the statement "C:\Temp\NDP1.1sp1-KB867460-X86.exe /xp:C:\Temp\NDP1.1sp1-KB867460-X86" ..., but rather started the install and without hitting yes to continue or no to cancel, grabbed the file from the Documents and Settings\<user>\Local Settings\Temp folder. The file name was auto generated each time so your will be different. The following cleans up the temp files. rem cleanup rmdir /s /q C:\Temp\dotnetfx rmdir /s /q C:\Temp\NDP1.1sp1-KB867460-X86 rmdir /s /q C:\Temp\NDP1.1sp1-KB886903-X86 The admin install is created in the C:\Temp\dotnetfxAdmin folder and is about 61MB in size. Next I created the package to install the above using self extracting executable ... to do this: I added a batch file to the admin install and compressed it to a selfextracting executable using 7Zip (12MB). batch file: dotnetfx.bat @echo off pushd "%~dp0" msiexec /i "netfx.msi" REBOOT=REALLYSUPRESS /q popd [CODE] [I]utf file: utf-8script.txt[/I] [CODE] ;!@Install@!UTF-8! Title="Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 with Service Pack 1" RunProgram="dotnetfx.bat" ;!@InstallEnd@! Create the above 2 files, place .bat in the admin install folder with the netfx.msi. Place utf-8script.txt in c:\temp, download 7Zip, and once installed grab 7za.exe and 7zS.sfx from where it was installed and put in c:\temp as well. Commands to run in command prompt: pushd C:\Temp\dotnetfxAdmin 7za.exe a -r "C:\Temp\dotnetfx.7z" * -m0=BCJ -m1=LZMA:d=25 -ms -mmt popd copy /y /b 7zS.sfx+utf-8script.txt+C:\Temp\dotnetfx.7z C:\Temp\dotnetfxAdmin.exe If you have taken care with all the path and file placements ... C:\Temp\dotnetfxAdmin.exe output file will be created. Simply put in your XPCD\I386\SVCPACK folder and update your svcpack.inf to include the dotnetfxAdmin.exe under the [setupHotfixesToRun] section, no switches needed. And you will have a silent install with no EULA screen ... Lastly there was a note about someother switches I didn't try, but you may ... To install the .NET Framework with no entries in the Add/Remove Programs list use the following command line: msiexec /i netfx.msi /q ARPSYSTEMCOMPONENT=1 ARPNOREMOVE=1

This topic was the first I came across with a great title after searching and it was un-useful til now hopefully "pre-set User icons" topic or "user account pictures" topic I searched for: user account picture so the guru maybe right, us newbies should learn how to search as "user account picture" or "user account pictures" would have got me straight there. peace to the guru guy, it sounds like he needs it.