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Have you disabled any services or removed anything using nLite? A few links that may or may not help you: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/s...eptember16.mspx http://www.samspublishing.com/articles/art...101758&rl=1 http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article01-110 Personally I always use Nero or some other 3rd party recording sw (there are free ones).

No problem man, I didn't mean to sound rude in any way, just stating the general opinion. Did you try to search (cleartype registry in this case)? ALWAYS search before you post (it's also in the rules), since the answer to your question is most likely out there.

There's another thread on the same topic, I found it by simply searching for it. You should've chosen a better title for the thread, read the forum rules.

I've written a number of more advanced batch files, some of which I've spent many hours troubleshooting with very little help from the net and it sure is frustrating. The difference between batches and regs is that one is a script that's run and the other is more like a config file that's read. I recognize what you say about typos, many people can read a text and still don't find anything wrong. You just have to be more thorough than all of them! I've got a 200+ kB regfile and I'm sure there are very few typos (if any!) in it, but on the other hand I am very thorough... You're correct on the reg file structure. Also make sure there are brackets on each side of the keys (missing brackets may happen when copy-pasting), if any of the keys doesn't have one at the end you should take a closer look at it to determine if that's the only part missing. I'm sure you already know where to use " " and where not to. Another kind of "bad entries" are those that have incorrect (or old Windows version-specific) values or data, in most cases those have no effect whatsoever and just fills up the file and the registry with useless data.

Madhits45: You can set HKLM settings at any point since they are machine-wide in nature. kelaniz: "Bad" entries are skipped, just make sure you have the basic .reg-file structure (first two lines). Always read the file through to find any typos. Batch-scripts on the other hand do exctly what you said and just quits when certain errors are found (i.e. escape characters).

Those are not any better than other mice and keyboards, just designed in conjunction with a professional gamer and branded with his nick. Read this. Other mice to consider are: MX518, DeathAdder or Habu. It's more about what you feel comfortable using than the technical specs or hype/name of the products. Better equipment may improve your gaming a bit, but you should consider playing some other game that may suit you better. There are games more or less similar to BF that are not as fast-paced. In single player you can often control the pace to your liking, most (not all) multiplayer games are quite fast.

Nice system and especially the case, I hadn't seen that one before. The angle at which the pics were taken was not very good though. Getting an X-Fi and some nice headphones or better speakers would indeed improve the experience.

It's very simple: The files/folders in blue are compressed! A thread on the same subject at another forum.

Check out this article at Wikipedia.

I agree with spacesurfer, always search before posting! Also read the entire MSFN Unattended Guide.

You're welcome and good luck.

First, why do you hate SP2? Many of the SP2 specific things can be disabled if you don't like them. SP1 is no longer supported by MS and you are strongly recommended to update to SP2. SP2 specific hotfixes cannot be used with SP1. When integrating updates with nLite you won't see them in the add/remove list, go to Windows update or use Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) to see which updates are installed.

As vyas_vipul said, read the entire MSFN Unattended Guide thoroughly a few times and you'll know what to do. Searching and/or browsing the forums is always a good idea!

I know that you meant details view, but since list view in much more practical in those dialog boxes (you see more files at the same time) I thought you might rather want that instead. You did indeed ask the questions to all members, and I was just stating the general forum opinions on the importance of searching before posting. But of course you can ask questions, the forums are a place to exchange information and knowledge. I unfortunately don't know much about VB. Good luck!

No problem and no need to apologize, everyone is a beginner at some point. Posting the solutions/answers/discoveries to your questions in the thread is ok and should be done (as you did with the link about setting the pagefile), it may help others. You cannot delete posts, only the moderators can. -You don't need "dotnetfx" if you install .Net 2.0 (there are a few ways to do it). -You don't need IIS. About the script you requested: You probably want list view instead of details. I know it can be set in the registry, I did it but it was very long time ago and at this very moment I don't remember exactly where. I've got it somewhere in my reg-file (approx 5000 lines). As always on forums, don't expect others to just give you all the answers! The info is out there, you just have to find it; search, search and search some more until you finally find it (you may not find it today or tomorrow, or even this week if you're unlucky and/or don't search for the right things in the right way). I know, I've spent countless hours searching for info on different parts of my own special unattended setup. In some cases it's easy to find the info and it's available on many sites, in rare cases it's only mentioned on one single site which may be very difficult to find. What I'm saying is not meant to be rude or anything, I'm just stating the facts and the hard truth.

@phaolo: If you use any of those applications there might be some reason to keep them. If you want to show or hide a user account on the XP-login screen (administrator for example, see this link) you may need to set a value in the subkey [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogin \SpecialAccounts\UserList]. You can do that after deleting the key you mentioned.

@phaolo: I haven't had any problems after deleting the "special accounts", and I always do that...

You're quite new to the whole forums thing, right? The RegTweaks-thread is a "sticky" which means it's been put there by some moderator more or less permanently to make it easy for people to find. Browse the forums and you will probably find more things of interest. Make sure you have read the Forum Rules to avoid common mistakes.

Check out this thread for application switches. Some of the progs has info on switches in the help files, others has it on the official site. Also search for application-name silent switch or similar.

It sure is quite useful and you'll learn a lot, but start small until you've got all the basics. Most things can be done with batches and regs, in the (rare) case you need to use VBS there is probably already a script out there for you. What program are you trying to find switches for? I know I've seen a script to set the pagefile to 1.5xRAM, that's what I said in my last post but maybe I just wasn't clear enough. As always; search and you will eventually find...

nLite may overwrite some settings, but the ones you set after nLite has done its things (in cmdlines.txt) won't change. I don't use the tweaks in nLite since I've got my own reg-file which sets everything the way I want it to. Use 7-Zip (it's free, but you can use WinRAR too) to create a selfextracting exe instead of using the built-in zip-support, that's the way people do. You can use the Universal Silent Switch Finder to find the switches, or just search the forums for the switches for that program. Search and you will find the script to set the page file. It takes lots of work, searching and testing to make a nice unattended setup that does what you want, so be prepared for it.

1. You can combine nLite with your own stuff. RunOnceEx is probably the most commonly used method, but you can combine it with batches and regs (in cmdlines.txt or elsewhere). It really depends on what you want to do and are comfortable doing... There are lots of things you can do with your own unattended setup, some of them require more skills and knowledge than others. 2. They say Virtualbox is fast (and it's free), but I haven't tried it, I use VMware. The size depends on what OS and which apps you are installing, but don't make it too small (1.5 GB is too small).

I didn't know it was back online, but apparently it is since March 7...

@nitroshift: Don't you mean F6, not F2? @bonestonne: If using unattended then you cannot use that method, you'll have to integrate the SATA driver...

I'm quite sure that happens on a standard (not nLited) install too with some devices. USB flash drives should not do that, but mice and keyboards (or any device for which you have installed drivers) do. It is annoying but that's the way it works, you'll just have to keep the devices in the same port. There may be some workaround but I don't know, haven't bothered looking for one.