[How to make XP / Vista dual-boot Independently]

Anyone knows how to make the active drive (the one that has the OS booted) become drive C?

Like before I had Vista on C and XP on D (if I'm using vista). When I booted to XP, the XP drive became C and Vista drive became D.

But now (after a new reinstallation), they stay the same regardless what OS I boot into. Why is that?

[Drivers Instalation in Post-Install stage (New Method)]

Thanks for the reply.

But I think I'll stick with pyron or autoit method, much simpler .

[Drivers Instalation in Post-Install stage (New Method)]

As I understand, this method just installs drivers after the first logon into windows, right? So, it's later that the other 2 methods?

Because I want my windows to look nice when I first login (having graphic driver installed already), can this method do that?

[Drivers from CD: Simple Method]

By saying that this method supports RAID drivers, do you mean that you don't need to do anything at the "press F6..." stage? Does it work with nvidia nf680 raid (if anyone happens to know)?

And is there anything that this method can/cannot do while pyron's method cannot/can do?

[WinNT.sif error]

Seems to be the same error: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...pid=443833&st=0

[WINNT.SIF Problems?]

Besides the creation of drives, you should also check that all the drives that you use (D & E) are formatted, 'cause windows setup cannot automatically format those 2 drives for you (should manually do it).

[RunOnceEx = GuiRunOnce ?]

In the guide, it says, "RunOnceEx can be used to replace [GuiRunOnce] completely. They will both run at the same time".

But "The GuiRunOnce section is where you set the paths to batch files that run when Windows XP Setup has finished. These batch files run when the Admin account (or your own user account) is logged in"

and "RunOnceEx: we will need to import the registry keys during GUI-mode of Windows Setup by using cmdlines.txt which executes a series of commands during the T-12 minute stage of Windows XP Setup".

So, at T-12 cmdlines executes all other commands and saves RunOnceEx for after the first log in?

[Multilanguage "Open Command Window Here"]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\Command Prompt Here\command]
@="cmd.exe /k cd %1 "

[[GuiRunOnce] - Batch From CD-ROM?]

EDIT: seems that RunOnceEx can do the trick

[WINNT.SIF Problems?]

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...1&Product=winxp

Did you create all corresponding drives (C, D, E) in your virtual machine? If not, try changing your Documents & Settings folder to the same drive that you install windows on (for virtual machine only, of course). It would work on real machine, however.

[UA Registry Tweakage DOTNET (0.4 Released)]

Is there any way to separate HKLM and the others?

EDIT: got it. Seems a bit time-consuming. First I choose HKLM tweaks, save as 1 reg file. Then, choose the rest ...

[Security: Set permission on user accounts]

Thanks . I see many options in this GP settings.

Will learn more about it.

[Security: Set permission on user accounts]

How do I disable other users' ability of changing some settings like "Folder Options" and "Display settings" and stuff.

I can't seem to find how to do that.

[Would any1 update the guide on the homepage]

Sorry for the word, not really "many", just "some"

As far as I go (intermediate), I've found the following:

_ In the OOBEINFO.INI Method of creating user accounts, the INI file should be placed in "$OEM$\$$\system32\oobe" instead of just "$OEM$\$$\system32".

_ In the "Drivers via CD -> Prepare Windows Source files" section, the file SETUP.EX_ should be extracted from I386 folder, not the source folder.

I'll add more if I find one.

_ In the reg tweaks section (which is giving error now), you can give the link to the 2 threads about this

Part 1

Part 2

And the Utility

[Preview No Progress Bar]

At T-39 my setup doesn't have a progress bar either. But just wait a little more till about T-35 or T-30 it will appear.

[Setup Slideshow]

OK, thanks.

I'm still waiting for someone to come up with a slideshow of winntbbu

[Setup Slideshow]

Hi websee,

I haven't tried yet but I see in the picture you posted it's just a part of the screen. What variable do I need to change to make it expand to the whole screen? Like in this picture:

Do the pictures in the slideshow has to be in the same format as described in the section about WINNTBBU.DL_?

Thanks in advance.

[WMP10 Slipstreamer Version 1.1]

Anyone has trouble with the license thing?

When I go to the cinemanow (on the top right corner where it has napster, musicmatch...), wmp10 cannot get a license to view the trailers. This doesn't happen with my attended windows.

[Would any1 update the guide on the homepage]

I just began to make an unattended cd not long ago, and most of the time I look at the guide on the homepage, because it is organized.

But after encountering some problems, and having it solved through the forum, I find that the guide has many mistakes in it, they are misleading to beginners.

So anyone of you admins here can update that guide? So fewer of the questions like mine will be asked on this forum (partly caused by the guide), and it saves time too.

Just a little request, I know you are all busy.

Thanks again for the great tutorials and tips.

[Auto reboot at ~T-30 (Network Install)]

The next time it reboots, if you have an old Win98 boot disk, boot from that and navigate to the windows folder, then type

edit setuperr.log

I think that is right, you may need to have edit.com on the disk I can't remember if it is an internal or external dos command, then you should be able to see the reason for the reboot.

Another suggestion is copy the setuperr.log file from the machine and open it on another with windows installed, just makes it easier reading.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Thanks for the tip. I used WinPE and was able to see the log. Turns out that it's the duplicate computer name that causes the problem. Sorry benners, you were right , didn't check the network .

It seems that in these installations, setup reads winnt.sif on the harddrive? Cause it doesn't help when I replace the winnt.sif on the cd.

[Auto reboot at ~T-30 (Network Install)]

All the **** is normal characters that I replaced.

Computer name is unique and not similar to anything (username...).

I guess I have to check each part then

[Require XPSP2 CD each time add new hardware]

Oh crap This new version has this preset thing, it confuses me :P

I'm not gonna use it anyway, since someone has said nLite + your pack = hang

[Auto reboot at ~T-30 (Network Install)]

I have this weird problem. The setup automatically reboots when it finishes installing network (about T-30). And when setup restarts, it keeps rebooting at that point.

I don't use nLite, no Reg Tweaks.

I integrate hot fixes manually from Ryan's pack, use Pyron's method to install drivers, and BTS's WMP10 slipstreamer.

I change the billboard screen by the one I found here.

My Winnt.SIF: (still use $OEM$ folder to copy some files to harddrive)

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
    AutoPartition=0
    MsDosInitiated="0"
    UnattendedInstall="Yes"
    AutomaticUpdates=1

[Unattended]
    UnattendMode=FullUnattended
    OemSkipEula=Yes
    OemPreinstall=Yes
    UnattendSwitch="yes"
    TargetPath=\WINDOWS
    FileSystem=*
    UnattendSwitch="yes"
    WaitForReboot="No"
    KeyboardLayout="US"
    OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers"    
    DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
    NonDriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

[GuiUnattended]
    AdminPassword=*********
    EncryptedAdminPassword=Yes
    OEMSkipRegional=1
    TimeZone=20
    OemSkipWelcome=1

[Display]
    AutoConfirm=1

[UserData]
    ProductKey=************
    FullName="*******"
    OrgName="******"
    ComputerName=*******

[TapiLocation]
    CountryCode=1
    AreaCode=***
    LongDistanceAccess="*"

[RegionalSettings]
    LanguageGroup=1

[Identification]
    JoinWorkgroup=******

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Components]
    msmsgs=off
    msnexplr=off
    zonegames=off

[Shell]
    DefaultStartPanelOff = Yes

[WMP10 Slipstreamer Version 1.1]

Hi,

A new hotfix has been released...

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;en-us;895181

--> Can I slipstream it by just extracting the modified files from inside the hotfix program, MAKECAB them and then dropping them in I386 overwriting the older versions there ???

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Why don't I see this in my Windows Update?

[Require XPSP2 CD each time add new hardware]

Do you use 0.99.9beta (the latest)?

When I choose Integrate hotfixes, the import wizard just lets me choose *.inf (the type of files box has only "Presets (*.inf)), so Ryan's pack doesn't appear in the list.