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Marztabator

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  1. Probably so that the rest of us who haven't even been able to get on your FTP can locate them at an easier location. :)

    Hmmm, I've managed to get something upon accessing your FTP - a pop-up window asking for a username and password. Is anonymous access really disabled? I don't know if it was Sygate PFP playing up...

  2. I just realised that the seperate WMP9 exe downloadable from msfnforum.cjb.net is the same exe that's found in the WMP9 + MM2 Bundle.

    Anyway, GM, I've noticed something - you quoted the long WMP9 command a bit differently to how I saw it in opk.inf.

    Here's how your original quote went:

    setup.exe /Q:A /R:N
    mpsetup.exe /Q:A /R:N /c:"setup_wm.exe /Q /R:N /NoPID /DisallowSystemRestore"

    And here's the section I saw in opk.inf:

    [run.presetup]
    setup.exe /Q:A /R:N
    "mpsetup.exe /Q:A /R:N /c:""setup_wm.exe /Q /R:N /NoPID /DisallowSystemRestore"""

    Why is the original line double quoted above? It confuses me a bit. Does your line work fine?

  3. I would use the WMP9+MM2 combo, except that I don't particularly find MM2 useful (I don't regularly make movies). :)

    The IEXPRESS guide you linked to only seems to explain how to deal with an MSI file. I'm not quite sure how to translate that guide for normal packed .EXEs. Do you know if the process is drastically different?

  4. You need the long switch for WMP9. The WMP9 & MM2 combo was downloaded from MS OEM site, as well as the DirectX. The WMP9 is simply the web version.
    Okay. DaveXP says there are extras in that exe, so I thought I'd use that. And is it possible to use both OPK and switch from svcpack.inf?
    WMP9 & MM2 was created by MS, but you can use the Entreprise Deployment Tools (don't remember where to get it...) to create a similar package, adding things to WMP9 like updates and hotfixes, MM2, TweakWMP as well as preferences, and it is not very difficult. Someone with a french or dutch flag started a thread on that subject, probably 5 pages back at least.

    I *think* I use the tools before, but I believe you can only make MSIs out of them, is that correct?

    I make execs similar to these, using the same tools, (IEXPRESS).

    Not sure if you can use IEXPRESS with non-MSI stuff like WMP9 and DX9. Can you?

  5. Ok, here's how I set my CD up.

    I input my Explorer settings into both HIVEDEF.INF and in a registry file in $OEM$. Here's how said registry file is laid out.

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

    ;Some Explorer settings
    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
    "CascadeNetworkConnections"="YES"
    "ClassicViewState"=dword:00000001
    "DisableThumbnailCache"=dword:00000001
    "DontPrettyPath"=dword:00000000
    "Filter"=dword:00000000
    "FolderContentsInfoTip"=dword:00000001
    "FriendlyTree"=dword:00000000
    "Hidden"=dword:00000001
    "HideFileExt"=dword:00000000
    "HideIcons"=dword:00000000
    "IntelliMenus"=dword:00000000
    "ListviewAlphaSelect"=dword:00000001
    "ListviewShadow"=dword:00000001
    "ListviewWatermark"=dword:00000000
    "MapNetDrvBtn"=dword:00000000
    "NoNetCrawling"=dword:00000001
    "PersistBrowsers"=dword:00000000
    "SeperateProcess"=dword:00000000
    "ShowCompColor"=dword:00000001
    "ShowInfoTip"=dword:00000001
    "ShowSuperHidden"=dword:00000001
    "Start_AdminToolsRoot"=dword:00000000
    "Start_AutoCascade"=dword:00000000
    "Start_EnableDragDrop"=dword:00000001
    "Start_LargeMFUIcons"=dword:00000000
    "Start_MinMFU"=dword:00000000
    "Start_NotifyNewApps"=dword:00000000
    "Start_ScrollPrograms"=dword:00000000
    "Start_ShowControlPanel"=dword:00000001
    "Start_ShowHelp"=dword:00000000
    "Start_ShowMyComputer"=dword:00000000
    "Start_ShowMyDocs"=dword:00000000
    "Start_ShowMyMusic"=dword:00000000
    "Start_ShowMyPics"=dword:00000000
    "Start_ShowNetConn"=dword:00000001
    "Start_ShowPrinters"=dword:00000000
    "Start_ShowRecentDocs"=dword:00000000
    "Start_ShowRun"=dword:00000001
    "Start_ShowSearch"=dword:00000001
    "StartButtonBalloonTip"=dword:00000002
    "StartMenuAdminTools"=dword:00000000
    "StartMenuFavorites"=dword:00000000
    "StartMenuInit"=dword:00000002
    "SuperHidden"=dword:00000001
    "TaskbarAnimations"=dword:00000000
    "TaskbarGlomming"=dword:00000000
    "TaskbarSizeMove"=dword:00000001
    "WebView"=dword:00000000
    "WebViewBarricade"=dword:00000001

    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CabinetState]
    "Settings"=hex:0c,00,02,00,3a,01,e7,77,60,00,00,00

    So I install XP, hoping the double reminder of the settings would give it the general idea of what I wanted by default. It just HAD to. For the sake of my own fragile sanity.

    But, alas, it was not to be.

    FolderGen.png

    FolderOpts1.pngFolderOpts2.png

    Above are the settings as I found them when I logged on for the first time. So, after all that complicated HIVE editing and the not-so-complicated reg file creating, it had completely and utterly defied my "Display protected files" request. ONCE A-BLOODY-GAIN. :D

    :)BAD, BAD, BAD WINDOWS XP!!!! VERY VERY BAD!!!! :rolleyes:

    *hits monitor and computer with a large stick*

    I also noticed that "ShowSuperHidden" had not even been inserted into the registry, despite my reference to it in both files.

    On the plus side, it looked like my "Open in seperate windows" setting had at least been put into effect, thankfully. No reusing the same single window again and again. Wooooooo.

    But still. The utter rudeness and rebellious nature of XP completely astounds me. I'd really like to know why MS are still enforcing these particular options to how they want it by default every single time.

    Will we EVER successfully defeat the invisible enemy inside this OS? Will we be able to make it crack? I'd be grateful if it was at all possible.

  6. I've noticed that when I run XP text setup (to reinstall said OS, natch), it always, ALWAYS modifies the drive letters for my partitions, switching them around when I bloody don't want it to. I doubt my motherboard BIOS provides a "make letters sticky"-like option or something like that.

    There MUST be a solution - this occurrence is ruddy well peeing me off...

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