[Hotfixes For Windows XP Professional SP1]

Well, it looks like the KB article for that new WMP hotfix is up and running.

[I can't install Soundblaster Live drivers silently]

You are aware that the Soundblaster Drivers folder needs to be referenced in winnt.sif as well, right? Just checking.

[I can't install Soundblaster Live drivers silently]

This seems quite an interesting trick indeed. Anyone confirmed yet whether it works on their machines?

[I'm very confused about the recent NVIDIA]

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-2k_archive.html

The new ones didn't seem to receive much fanfare compared to 45.23 and past drivers.

What's a WDM driver, and why does 45.33 get the unusual tag of Graphics Driver on the list (the other don't carry tags)? And why are the 52.16 drivers dubbed Forceware? It wasn't until yesterday that I realised these sets existed.

[Simple batch file?]

No reason, its how Spheris explained it

Sorry I can't offer any more help on the VIA chipset drivers as I haven't used them unattended.

Ok, understood............. wonder if his royal Goshiness knows plenty about the VIA trickery?

[Simple batch file?]

Like this, right?

OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\000_VIA\WinXP;Drivers\000_VIA\Inf\WinXP;Drivers\000_VIA\IDEWinXP;Drivers\000_VIA\AGP;Drivers\001_NVidia"

Do the VIA parts have to be installed in a certain order or can they be done in any order?

Oh, and is there a particular reason why it's a three-figure number?

[Simple batch file?]

Eh? Wouldn't that mean having to seperate all the VIA files into seperate directories then? That would make things a tad complicated!

[Simple batch file?]

Cheers, I'm assuming that since VIA apparently needs to be installed before anything else, I thought it'd be safe to list the NVidia folder last. Does it install the drivers in the order you specify in that line?

Also, how will I be able to know if the VIA drivers installed successfully???

[Simple batch file?]

Say, Aaron..... have I set the following line correctly?

OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\VIA\WinXP;Drivers\VIA\Inf\WinXP;Drivers\VIA\IDEWinXP;Drivers\VIA\AGP;Drivers\NVidia4523"

[Hotfixes For Windows XP Professional SP1]

Looks like a Type 2 Hotfix to me as well. Did you test it out, Aaron?

[Unattended Secret: Reducing Size Of Source]

Too....... complicated........ to........ understand........... everything............

GAH.

[Registry Tweaks, Part-1]

What is wrong with simply setting your IE start page to blank?

Loading up IE with the -nohome flag takes up less memory.

Does anyone still know how to make the web button on an Internet Keyboard load it with the flag by default?

[How To: Not Install Core Os Componants]

look in the registry guide post. (the one that has 15 pages it tells you in there how to disable it using a reghack.)

Are you talking about Windows Tour here? Man, if there was a sure way to not only disallow its install, but to prevent XP from even mentioning it at the first startup at all, I'd be chuffed.

[Registry Tweaks, Part-1]

*bump*

[How To: Not Install Core Os Componants]

Hmmmm, it appears removing OOBE isn't a good idea if you want to create your own user at initial startup.

Plus, removing System Restore happily caused the tab in My Computer Properties to disappear, but the option still existed in Help & Support.

Also, I tested a cut-down ISO through Virtual PC, and text-mode setup complained about a file missing: mstask.hlp.

I have a feeling that this could be something to do with LAYOUT.INF...

[Registry Tweaks, Part-1]

Is there a way to make the Web/Home button on my Internet Keyboard load up IE - but with the -nohome command option by default?

I tried editing [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\IEXPLORE.EXE\shell\open\command], but that didn't seem to work.

[Hotfixes For Windows XP Professional SP1]

I just thought of something - Q828026 is regarded as a general Media Player hotfix isn't it? Doesn't that mean that it'll work without WMP9? You know, like, the default WMP8 & 6.4 setup?

[How To: Not Install Core Os Componants]

Would removing WMP8 allow one to carry out a clean install of WMP9?

BTW, are the following IE.INF and MSTASK.INF altered correctly?

IE.INF:

 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
    
    
  










;
;   IE4 INF
;

[Version]
signature="$Windows NT$"
ClassGUID={00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
SetupClass=Base
LayoutFile=layout.inf
DriverVer=07/01/2001,5.1.2600.1106

[DestinationDirs]
; Anything not installed by the system by default
Base.AppDir.CopyFile    = 16422,%MSIE4%
Base.AppDir.DelFiles    = 16422,%MSIE4%
Base.SysDir.DelFiles    = 11
Base.WinDir.DelFiles    = 25
MSIE3patch              = 17
TextConverter.CopyFile  = 16427,Microsoft Shared\TextConv
Branding.CopyFile       = 16422,%MSIE4%\SIGNUP
Triedit.CopyFile        = 16427,Microsoft Shared\Triedit
MSInfo.CopyFile         = 16427,Microsoft Shared\MSInfo

[DefaultInstall]

MSTASK.INF:

;
; Scheduling Agent installation script
;

[Version]
Signature=$CHICAGO$
LayoutFile=layout.inf
DriverVer=07/01/2001,5.1.2600.0

[DestinationDirs]
CopyInf = 17
SystemDirCopy = 11
JobFolderCopy = 25,%TASKS_FOLDER%
HelpDirCopy = 18
FilesToDelete = 10,%Tasks_FOLDER%

[DestinationDirs.NT]
CopyInf = 17
SystemDirCopy = 11
JobFolderCopy = 25,%TASKS_FOLDER%
HelpDirCopy = 18
FilesToDelete = 10,%TASKS_FOLDER%

[BaseWinOptions]
DefaultInstall.NT

[DefaultInstall]

Come to think of it, are there like any really bad side effects from removing IE with this method?

[Registry Tweaks, Part-1]

Oh, BTW - have I translated some of the tweaks right?

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mailto\DefaultIcon]
"@"="%ProgramFiles%\Outlook Express\msimn.exe,-2"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mailto\shell\open\command]
"@"=""%ProgramFiles%\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" /mailurl:%1"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail]
"@"="Outlook Express"

[Registry Tweaks, Part-1]

I can only use half of those settings. I obviously can't use the settings which contain a unique ID number... thanks anyways.

Oh, and I don't usually have Outlook '03 installed by default.

[What's "superhidden" For Exactly?]

*Sighs* [enter Avril mode]Why did MS have to make everything so complicated?[/exit Avril mode] :/

[Hotfixes For Windows XP Professional SP1]

Looks like KB824141 and KB828035 both got updated.

KB824141 - http://www.<<spam>>.net/commen...1&category=main

KB828035 - http://www.<<spam>>.net/commen...0&category=main

Thought I'd help by reminding y'all.

EDIT: Ah, crap - I forgot there's this conflict between you lot and them lot.

[Registry Tweaks, Part-1]

Does anyone know what the regtweak for setting Outlook Express as the default e-mail program in IE's Programs settings is? It's so that the big mail button on my MS Internet keyboard autoloads OE. Easier than a shortcut.

[What's "superhidden" For Exactly?]

So no-one knows exactly what "SuperHidden" is for?  "ShowSuperHidden" we all know what it does, of course.

"SuperHidden" Is for hidding windows system protected files to prevent amator users to damage vital windows files !

***********--------------------***********

But my qustion is that how should we change a attribite of a file to SuperHidden ?

So what you're saying is "SuperHidden" is the opposite of "ShowSuperHidden", and shouldn't both be enabled at once? And I hardly count myself as an amateur, btw.

[What's "superhidden" For Exactly?]

So no-one knows exactly what "SuperHidden" is for? "ShowSuperHidden" we all know what it does, of course.