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I've done that, but I'm not sure exactly which keys control those settings. I need to do a little more in depth research methinks.

I'm a little late on posting, but I agree that this hacked dll works flawlessly.

Burning a disc image to test in Virtual PC...will report back later.

Unattendswitch should be 1 to skip the Welcome to Windows thingy, not 0

Patience...(although I don't have it yet, either )

There is a way to create a username using cmdlines.txt during setup. It shouldn't be too hard to find if you search.

Yes, I must have this!

Well, I'm thinking my earlier problem had to do with me slipstreaming the wrong hotfix version into the setup. Silly me.

I think he's saying that he only sees one dvd option--a mini dvd. It is kinda hard to select an option he doesn't have. I wish I were of more help, but I don't have a dvd burner so..

Well, I removed q822925.exe and Q823718.exe and tried again and it worked, so one of those is the culprit (probably q823718). Oh, and I am using XP Pro with SP1 slipstreamed.

Alright, I've finally got around to testing this method of doing the hotfixes and I'm sad to say that I'm having many problems. Text Mode setup works fine and doesn't give me a single error, but once I'm in GUI mode problems start happening. I eventually get the three following error messages before setup aborts: winlogon.exe - Entry Point Not Found The procedure entry point AssocIsDangerous could not be located in the dynamic link library SHLWAPI.DLL RUNDLL Error loading shell32 The specified procedure could not be found. Fatal Error An error has been encountered that prevents Setup from continuing. Setup was unable to initialize Network installation components. The specific error code is 2. What could I be doing wrong? I've followed your directions exactly.

So, can we only use HKLM registry tweaks at this point? How would HKCU work here?

So I guess I'm screwed, then...

Any idea where I'd find some contact info for them?

Interesting idea...I'll have to try that.

I can't help you, then. Sorry.

No, it doesn't. Besides, not even the setup.exe /a switch will work. BTW, I forgot that the version of Office XP I have uses proret.msi instead of pro.msi (perhaps ret is short for retarded...), although I'm certain I can get it to at least attempt to use a copy of pro.msi. You know, would it be possible to edit the .msi file itself? That might work, considering no one seems to have a copy of office xp without frontpage that they'd like to share pro.msi from.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\ The key name is wallpaper

Here is my do.cmd: @echo off setlocal enableextensions :: check if hotfix file exists if not exist 1\*.exe goto _end :: delete any files in extract and final folder if exist 4\* del /s /q 4\* if exist 5\* del /s /q 5\* :: extract hotfix to extract folder for /f "usebackq delims==" %%i in (`dir /b 1\*.exe`) do echo 1\%%~ni.exe /q /x:4 >> 1$x$.cmd call 1$x$.cmd del 1$x$.cmd :: extract hotfix to extract folder thisis for newer style hot fixes for /f "usebackq delims==" %%i in (`dir /b 2\*.exe`) do echo 2\%%~ni.exe /Q /T:D:\XPCD\prep\4 /C >> 2$x$.cmd call 2$x$.cmd del 2$x$.cmd :: extract hotfix to extract folder thisis for newer style hot fixes for /f "usebackq delims==" %%i in (`dir /b 3\*.exe`) do echo 3\%%~ni.exe /Q /T:D:\XPCD\prep\4 /C >> 3$x$.cmd call 3$x$.cmd del 3$x$.cmd :: check extraction took place if not exist 4\* goto _end :: create svcpack folder in output folder if not exist 5\svcpack md 5\SVCPACK :: move hotfix to svcpack folder copy /y 1\*.exe 5\svcpack copy /y 2\*.exe 5\svcpack copy /y 3\*.exe 5\svcpack :: delete unwanted files from extract folder for /f %%i in (files\hotkill.ini) do del /f /q /s 4\%%i for /f %%i in (files\hotkill.ini) do del /f /q /s 4\sp2\%%i :: move cat files to svcpack folder for %%i in (4\*.cat 4\update\*.cat 4\sp2\update\*.cat) do move /y %%i 5\svcpack ::NEW BIT:: xcopy /d /h /u /y 4\*.* files\sp1 xcopy /d /h /u /y 4\sp2\*.* files\sp1 bin\cabarc.exe N 5\sp1.cab files\sp1\*.* ::END:: :COMPRESS :: compress files and copy to output folder bin\compress.exe -d -r -zx21 4\* 5 bin\compress.exe -d -r -zx21 4\sp2\* 5 rem create svcpack.inf file echo [Version] > 5\svcpack.inf echo Signature="$Windows NT$" >> 5\svcpack.inf echo MajorVersion=5 >> 5\svcpack.inf echo MinorVersion=1 >> 5\svcpack.inf echo BuildNumber=2600 >> 5\svcpack.inf echo. >> 5\svcpack.inf echo [SetupData] >> 5\svcpack.inf echo CatalogSubDir="\i386\svcpack" >> 5\svcpack.inf echo. >> 5\svcpack.inf echo [SetupHotfixesToRun] >> 5\svcpack.inf for /f "usebackq delims==" %%i in (`dir /b 1\*.exe`) do echo %%~ni.exe /n /q /u /z >> 5\svcpack.inf for /f "usebackq delims==" %%i in (`dir /b 2\*.exe`) do echo %%~ni.exe /Q:A /R:N >> 5\svcpack.inf for /f "usebackq delims==" %%i in (`dir /b 3\*.exe`) do echo %%~ni.exe /C:"dahotfix /q /n" /Q >> 5\svcpack.inf echo. >> 5\svcpack.inf echo [ProductCatalogsToInstall] >> 5\svcpack.inf for /f "usebackq delims==" %%i in (`dir /b 5\svcpack\*.cat`) do echo %%~ni.cat >> 5\svcpack.inf :: compress svcpack.inf bin\compress.exe -d -r -zx21 5\svcpack.inf :: comment out the next line if you want to examing svcpack.inf afterwards. :: del /q 5\svcpack.inf :: copy new ssyem files to output folder if exist files\sys\*.* xcopy /y files\sys\*.* 5 :: clean up :: if exist 1\* del /s /q 1\* :: if exist 2\* del /s /q 2\* :: if exist 3\* del /s /q 3\* goto _end :_end Keep in mind I haven't yet test webmedic's methods or my modification of it, but I didn't get any errors so I imagine it works.

I had the same problem. Open do.cmd...in there is a reference to the second folder which as I recall was incorrect. I don't have the original file to compare and I've slept since then, but if you poke around in do.cmd you should find it.

I haven't tried replacing pro.msi as I haven't been able to get another copy of it. I can get proplus.msi to almost work, but it gives and error when copying files (because of the lack of Frontpage I believe). Thus far, I haven't been able to find a version of office xp on the 'net that didn't include frontpage (if you know what I mean...) so unless someone here has a copy then I'm probably SOL--Studnet Out of Luck.

I've discussed this before but never could find a solution. Basically, the version of Office XP that I have (which I purchased through my college's Microsoft Campus Agreement thingy) does not support slipstreaming updates to it. The problem is caused by the version of pro.msi included on the Office CD, but there is nothing I can do about it without acquiring a working copy of the file from someone else. I was hesitant to so openly ask for it here, as it may be considered warez but it is my opinion that I have paid for this software therefore I should be able to use it to its full potential. If the moderators feel I'm out of line, then of course they can feel free to close this thread and that'll be the end of it. However, if someone happens to have a copy of pro.msi (not proplus.msi--the version of office I have does not include frontpage) and would be willing to help me, either post here or send me a PM or e-mail me. Thanks for your time, guys, you're the greatest.

Are you going to call the cmd file directly from the inf or somewhere else?

I'm feeling lazy..you wouldn't mind posting the commands for each file association, would you?

It is a pity that tool isn't freely available...