Bachus

Ooh ooh, I've got one! IsoBuster14.exe /VERYSILENT /SP-

Where does NAV store the virus definition files, anyway?

So I assume this method could be used for other registry tweaks...

Norton System Works maybe?

I have this problem when I try to boot Windows when I enable DMA on my HDD, but I doubt that'll help you here.

No, to do that it needs to be in $$\Resources\Themes

Drivers were 3.6 installed through the oempnpdriverspath (haven't tried 3.7 yet--haven't had a chance to reinstall Windows yet again except through virtual pc). Drivers themselve install fine, but the ati control panel is missing. I've been using the command start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\ATI_CP_3_6\Setup.exe -s -f1"%systemdrive%\install\Applications\ATI_CP_3_6\setup.iss" through a batch file run under guirunonce and have never gotten any errors, but the ati icon in the systray never shows and none of the control panel's options are available in display properties. I had never bothered messing with it as the graphics card worked fine without the CP and I never needed any of its features. I suppose I should've taken care of that, but I never figured it would affect my current problem. My display settings in the winnt.sif are as follows: [Display] BitsPerPel=32 Xresolution=1024 YResolution=768 Vrefresh=85 As I said before, these settings work fine under virtual pc but when I run the install on my actual hardware the refresh rate and color depth remain at their default settings (60 Hz for the refresh rate and 16 bit color). Once I manually set them to what I want I have no more difficulties with it. I have tried importing the registry keys with the values I want and that didn't work, either.

So I guess no one else has had this problem, eh?

I didn't think the local_machine keys would work, but I just thought I'd ask.

Does this include registry settings under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE?

Wait, so could I use this to basically backup the registry with whatever tweaks I want already installed and then have Setup use this file when creating the first user (in cmdlines.txt)?

There is a better way. Simply replace HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1167204288-1645353376-1513064588-1003 with HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ and you're good to go. Besides, that serial number is generated randomly with each install of XP so you really can't use it more than once. I suppose you might be able to work around it, but what's the point when you can simply use HKEY_CURRENT_USER?

Besides, it doesn't seem as though one could put any favorites in folders using this method. I don't know about you guys, but I like things nice and organized.

I've had this annoying problem and it (along with CDEx and my PVR program and possibly a few registry tweaks, but those are different issues) are what is keeping me from a truly unattended installation. Basically, Windows seems to ignore my settings for bitrate and refresh rate and instead leaves them as default. Upon further investigation, this is not quite the case, however. First of all, there are two displays listed in the display properties under settings (both on my Radeon 9500--one is called Plug and Play monitor and the other [Default Monitor]) and it seems as though my settings are being applied to the default display, not the plug and play monitor (the one that actually exists ). This seems completely backwards to me but I'm hoping someone here will be able to help. BTW, the display settings work fine for Virtual PC so I know it isn't my winnt.sif. So, anyone got any ideas?

Going on a hunch, he's referring to the framework as a hotfix for Windows, but I could be wrong. At any rate, the .NETFramework is like the VB6 runtimes that we used to have to download to use programs. Basically, if you want to use a .NET program, you need this.

Nero.

Hmm...could someone get me that background from server2k3? I lack the knowledge to make a decent background myself and I find that preferable to the blue of XP's background.

Also be sure win51ip.SP1 WIN51IP and WIN51 are in the root of the CD.

That's my problem, too.

Did you call it from a batch file or your setup inf, or something else?

Just remember, Nephilim, we were the first ones who pioneered this marvelous feature of XP.

I converted most of my stuff to the inf method within 30 minutes or so (although I do tend to lose track of time when working on things like this...), although there are a few things that need some debugging (IE: typos I've made that have caused stuff to not install). BTW, webmedic, have you figured out how to install .msi stuff yet? (either during gui setup or on the first boot--where guirunonce stuff is run)

*looks at last two pics* Does this mean you have a way to turn on quicklaunch that actually works?

I compress my favorites, quick launch icons and start menu shortcuts into a rar file and then use unrar.exe (I copied it to the system32 directory to make things easier) to extract the file. Simply use a path like %systemdrive%\whatever you want. Of course, this won't help if you're using different usernames so in that case I can't help you.

So when exactly should it be run?