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Oh! Thanks for the info on your QuickTime release because just yesterday i recommended it to a friend along with your iTunes. I must tell him to install QuickTime Alternative. On a side note, i install you iTunes in some machines for people with iPods. I install on my comps to update the firmware of my Nano and the other other i had to reset for the first time. It is a PITA that you have to be connected to the internet in order to reset you iPod. iTunes will never cease to annoy me enough with thing like this Regards.

I'm working on a new version that has lots of other tweaks and hopefully corrects all previous errors and adds the features people requested. I think it will be ready in about two or three weeks. I've been busy writing other apps that are already on my site and doing other stuff. Thanks for the interest Hanschke.

You can use sleep.exe and call it in you cmd like this: sleep 15 (time to wait before continuing, in seconds). However, there are many sleep.exe on the internet. Try searching this forum, there are posts that me or other users made using this file. If you find another, place in your System32 folder so you can call it without any path. Also, search for cmdow.exe, which is useful becaue it totally hides command windows. Call it like this: cmdow @ /HID at the top of your cmd file. Place both on $OEM$/$$/System32. You can read about it in the Unattended Guide. Here is an example of a cleanup.cmd i use for WinXP. xcopy "%AllUsersProfile%\Men£ Inicio\Programas\DVD Shrink\DVD Shrink 3.2.lnk" "%AllUsersProfile%\Men£ Inicio\Programas\DVD Tools\" /Y /Q RD /S /Q "%AllUsersProfile%\Men£ Inicio\Programas\DVD Shrink\" DEL /f /q "%UserProfile%\Men£ Inicio\Programas\DVD Shrink 3.2.lnk" The first line copies the shortcut and the second and third delete the original file and the folder in the start menu.

And here is the registry key that hold the settings: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\O&O\O&O Defrag\10.0\Pro\Settings

I've heard good things about Ceedo but i haven't try it yet.

Thanks midiboy, i will try using that folder i my next unattended round of tests. Will even try the intel chipset files to confirm or not the error you got.

No one should ever pretend to "know" about something. MSI has nothing to do with what people make with it. Same for other installer systems. Let's focus on the original post and provide some answers: For starters, definitively Inno is a great option, it is free and there are tools sush as ISTool that complement it well. Lqdwax, if you feel that you can't accomplish something with Inno, try NSIS and MSI installers as well, then you will have knowledge about them all and you will be able to stick with the one that fitted you best for what you are doing.

Well, you are somehow misinformed, because MSI is the best solution to deploy applications in windows environments. And you can choose among different authoring applications. NSIS and Inno lack something really useful to get rid of left over files, example, if you create a file inside the program folder (which almost every program does) they left these files there. Same with registry entries. You have to take care of this writing code. In MSI scripts (regardless of the authoring program you are using) you have many options to cover this issues. In Advanced Installer i only have to right click a registry entry, select properties and thick the chackbox "delete at uninstall" if i want a whole branch removed, no matter that the program or the user created or modified entries there. Just to give an example. I have more than 30 installer made this way and no one left over files or registry entries. The file sizes are comparable with other installers. Also, i had to use Inno or NSIS sometimes. I preferred Inno. However, as MHz posted, talented users use whatever they see fit.

It didn't work with Intel chipset? sad, they are important, but i think i can still use my driverpath for those later in the setup. All other drivers will be picked up from WinPEFolder? thanks.

+1 - that statement is exactly what I thought when I 1st read this thread. shark +1 Find your needs, then find the one that covers them. I prefer Inno over NSIS. I always use Caphyon Advanced Installer for my custom MSI installers.

But if you don't use Parental Control nothing happens, i mean, there is no increase in resource usage if you don't have it activated.

I don't know because the MSI of v6 works with setup.ini as long as it is in the same folder. I will make tests in v8 with install.cfg in the next few days.

I just remembered that Server 2008 uses this folder to pick up drivers from the media it is being installed. Does this work with Vista SP1 setup. I haven't tried. Thanks.

make a search in this forum for FirstLogonCommands, i have posted about it before. Also, another user (sorry, i don't remember who) made a post explaining how to do it.

I remeber you complaining about getting error with these tools in the past. A suggestion, do it manually in the command prompt, i do this every month to ensure myself everything will work fine before going to deploy phase. Thanks for those monthly update packs.

you will need to add more information. what applications/skins/transformations pack are you using? maybe there is the problem.

none. sarcasm? lol i think that beefy147 didn't read this thread at all...

If you use OEM folders, all programs will be copied to your hard disk, thus making the install take a lot longer. Read this forum to find how to launch from your CD/DVD. I use a folder called Programs on the root of my dvd. Basically you just have to make a search for some file in the DVD and then make it a variable so the batch file can translate the path to the one on you media. Try this: FOR %%i IN (D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) DO IF EXIST %%i:\AppsRoot.txt SET DVD=%%i: SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Instalando Aplicaciones" /f REG ADD %KEY%\009 /VE /D "Windows Media Player 11.0.5721.5146" /f REG ADD %KEY%\009 /V 1 /D "%DVD%\Programas\wmp11\wmp11.exe /Q:A /R:N" /f You have to make a text file (can be empty) named AppsRoot.txt and place it in the root of your media.

is there a way to use setup.ini in v7 or v8?

for laptops, i always download drivers from the "original source", meaning that for chipsets go to intel, for audio go to realtek, video go to nvidia or ati and so on. the only ones to get from manufacturers are the applications like hotkey utilites, card reader drivers, power saver programs etc.

is recommended to have curent versions of every driver because they sometimes contain bugs or effects on system stability. update averything you can. i suggest you to install Chipset drivers, these are ver important. also look for video, audio and raid drivers.

well, i guess you can download intellitype and intellimouse from microsoft site. then search the forums, there are posts with switches needed to launch them.

Hi, I can only build recode for English and Spanish (es-ES & es-LA) locales. And I don't really know if Nero can sue me for doing this, because I'd be distributing 3rd party codecs (although individuals/organizations mirroring the official setup would be in the same case I guess). I really recommend you to do it yourself, so you can learn how it works. If you are interested in other Nero apps you can use this as a start I used to make my own MSI installer for Nero, but since i don't use it very often, i began using Acheron releases which are great too. I think that as long as you have a legit nero serial you can use recode as well. maybe you can upload it anonymously to some place else. Remove all info about yourself if you want from the installer. If you can't, well, i will understand. Then i will find some time to make it using you SDK. Thanks.

You have to be patient. First, read about cmd and bat files to understand their functionality. Then, you just have to know which switches work, for that, use the search here.

can you upload your recode pack installer somewhere? i would to try it in some computers...but i don't want to install nero in them, just the lite version of acheron is installed right now. thanks.