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Bachus

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  1. Well, I just tried my first install and it mostly worked. I must admit that I'm using a slightly less than legal version of XP (a long story; I'll have a legal copy from the college bookstore soon, but in the mean time I've been wanting to perfect my install disc) but I don't think this is affecting anything. At any rate, my first run has had a couple tiny problems: 1) First of all, some hotfixes could not be found by the batch file. I think I can handle this one, as it is probably simply me either forgetting to download some updates or some other boneheaded mistake on my part. I had a similar problem with DirectX 9b, but I'm almost positive I've got that problem dealt with. 2)Second of all, how do I get setup to format the partition (preferably in fat32) before installing? This is probably another stupid mistake on my part once again. 3) Is there a way to log what happens in the batch files? That'd help quite a bit in my debugging efforts (although I suppose I could write errors down myself, however. 4) Is there a way to set the "silver" Luna color scheme by default? Just a small preference of mine. There's probably a registry key out there to set it methinks. 5) Oddly enough, setup didn't set my color depth and refresh rate as instructed by winnt.sif. Any ideas why not? Well, I think that's all for now. I'm off to start fixing errors.
  2. I wonder if it would be possible to track the changes a program's installer makes to the registry, etc and then make a batch file to do those things and copy the program's data to its install directory. For example, say you're installing Winamp. I think it ought to be possible to copy its program files from CD (what is in the winamp directory) and the necessary registry keys for the program to run, thereby circumventing the Nullsoft installer entirely. Of course, you might not have the possibility of uninstalling a program, but I don't think that'd be a real issue anyway. So, does anyone know if there's a way to do what I'm thinking?
  3. I'm new here, so hello everyone. I've got a few questions about some specific programs that someone here can hopefully help me out with. Does anyone know of a way to install Open Office, Zone Alarm, Trillian, Winamp (this was mentioned earlier, but there was a small problem apparently and I'm curious if that was resolved or if it can be worked around), and, almost last of all, Litestep . I'm also curious about my HP printer drivers and the software for my MS Strategic Commander, but both have proven to be extremely fickle anyway, so my hopes aren't very high that I may get those two working.
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