[Adobe Reader]

You can also remove setup.exe. It will be installed via the (then renamed) AR6.msi anyway. You gotta rename it to AR6.msi because it's not found otherwise (had to learn the hard way...).

[Intel Application Accelerator.]

This utility is only for Intel 8xx chipsets.

Correction: For any 8xx except the new 865 and 875, which don't need IAA at all for single drives. Only for RAID there's an IAA Raid Edition.

[IAA Raid Edition unattended Install]

I should mention that this is the unattended method for the "F6" install, so you don't need to do use the floppy disk with the pre-installation RAID drivers during the XP installation.

[IAA Raid Edition unattended Install]

Has anyone done this before? A lot of info is to be found on http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/iaa_raid/

Including this: http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/.../unattended.htm

// Insert the lines below into the UNATTEND.TXT file (alias winnt.sif)

[MassStorageDrivers]

"Intel® 82801ER SATA RAID Controller" = OEM

[OEMBootFiles]

iaStor.inf

iaStor.sys

iaStor.cat

Txtsetup.oem

Place iaStor.inf, iaStor.sys, iaStor.cat, and Txtsetup.oem in the following folder:

<SystemRoot>:\i386\$OEM$\Textmode

What i'm wondering about is the "Textmode" folder. How does it know it can find the stuff there?

[winnt.sif order]

Does anybody actually know if the order of sections in the winnt.sif actually matter?????

AFAIK it shouldn't matter one bit. Just make sure everything's included.

P.S. at Leon...

[Hotfixes For Windows XP Professional SP1]

This is a recommended update? Only critical updates on this list 

Whoops, forgot that

Either I turned a blind eye, or these 2 hotfixes decided to show itself on WU. Either way I don't know, but when running a hotfix batch (not slipstreamed) via svcpack without the cat files, these 2 updates on WU left me baffled. So I ran WU on my virgin install of Windows XP on another Virtual PC image I had and the two updates I missed out were there.

Well, Q823559 shows up for sure, but i've either never seen Q323255, or i removed it (due to another patch superceding it) and then forgot about it. But i wouldn't just leave out an update like this, and i've done virgin installs and WU checks on a seperate PC several times...

[Hotfixes For Windows XP Professional SP1]

22nd September - Q323255 and Q823559 added to main list, don't know how I could have missed those out!

Hmm, 323255? Hm, i don't think it displayed in the online WindowsUpdate when i ran it on a virgin install. How did you find it?

Also, a new patch to be added to the list: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=822603

This also appears on Windows Update.

[Silent install for......]

oops yes ignore the question mark at the end of 6.0.0.15

Pray you don't get banned. Accidental question marks are a sacrilege for which one generally deserves banishment for life and confiscation of his/her keyboard.

[How to do raid drivers and hotfixes correctly.]

And that's it, apart form hu1002_per.exe help update which is not critical.

BTW, this is for XP Home. For XP Professional, you need hu1002_pro.exe.

[Registry Tweaks, Part-1]

Here's a new one for you guys.  This keeps Windows from creating the Admin$, C$, etc. shares automatically on startup.

;Disable Default Hidden Shares
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters
"AutoShareWks"=dword:00000000

Thanks for the tweak, but you should add the [ and ] or it won't work

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters]
"AutoShareWks"=dword:00000000

[Hotfixes For Windows XP Professional SP1]

Q331953 can be removed from this list. Although not stated in the Knowledge Base Article, it's superceded by the listed Q824146, which includes the same files, but in newer versions.

[Hotfixes For Windows XP Professional SP1]

At least on a german XP installation, "/u /q /z /n" doesn't create uninstall entries.

[New Fix: Q824146, replacing Q823980]

ok i add it and delete the older....your sure that he works??

Yes, the patch works. It replaces the older patch because they update the same files.

P.S. Make sure that you download the german patch version for german XP.

[New Fix: Q824146, replacing Q823980]

This new patch: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=824146

supercedes the patch http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=823980 which you can remove from your patch lists and add the new one.

Download for Win XP: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&displaylang=en

[Registry Tweaks, Part-1]

Anyway, I was wondering if anyone has a list for the registry entry names that correspond to the tweaks in TweakUI 2.10? Thanks much.

It's easy: Use RegShot.

Download: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=965 or http://www.webattack.com/get/regshot.html

It can make a "before" and "after" shot of your registry. So you make the first shot, then make a change in TweakUI, then make the second shot, and RegShot will compare them and show you what was changed. You can find out everything with this!

[Registry Tweaks, Part-1]

I got some more up my sleeve

Redundant ones from previous threads not included (or so i hope):

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 

;Remove Alexa Spyware
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions\{c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003c157a}]

;Disable Click-Sound
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\Explorer\Navigating\.Current]
@=""

;No Reboot when crash
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl]
"AutoReboot"=dword:00000000

;Deactivate Language Bar
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\CTF\LangBar]
"ShowStatus"=dword:00000003

;Auto-Complete
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoComplete]
"Append Completion"="yes"

;No Move to Recycle Bin
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\BitBucket]
"NukeOnDelete"=dword:00000001

;Passive FTP
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Ftp]
"Use Web Based FTP"="no"
"Use PASV"="yes"

;Cache more Icons
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"Max Cached Icons"="8192"

;Explorer Tweaks
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CabinetState]
"FullPath"=dword:00000000
"FullPathAddress"=dword:00000001
"Use Search Asst"="no"

;Autorun off
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom]
"AutoRun"=dword:00000000

;Optimize for DSL
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]
"TcpWindowSize"=dword:00007fff
"Tcp1323Opts"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]
"TcpWindowSize"=dword:00007fff
"Tcp1323Opts"=dword:00000001

;Accept Acrobat EULA
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AdobeViewer]
"EULA"=dword:00000001

[Driver refuse to install, pls help]

Do you people ever read Microsoft help files?

Example: OemPnPDriversPath = MyFolder1; MyFolder2

Comments: The folders must contain all the files necessary to install the particular devices: catalog files, .inf files, and drivers.

For example, if you have a folder called \Drivers with subfolders called \Audio and \Net, specify

OemPnPDriversPath = drivers\audio;drivers\net

in the Unattend.txt file.

[Very Simple Problems?]

were i can download a demo of Virtual CD??

It's called Virtual PC and you can download a trial version at this website.

By the way, if you get a lot of "Datei nicht gefunden" errors with your .cmd files, it means that the filenames are still not correct. Then you need to save it as OEM text, not as ANSI text (can be done in UltraEdit, for instance). When you select OEM mode in UltraEdit, the Umlauts need to be correct (ä, ö, ü) and not some weird symbols.

[Very Simple Problems?]

German XP doesn't work that way. The file- and foldernames are different, and also, the characters have to be in DOS codepage, not ANSI (like Windows saves them as default). I mentioned this several times already, but the german guide wasn't updated yet.

Take a look at my files, maybe you can understand it.

At the end of winnt.sif:

...

[GuiRunOnce]
    %systemdrive%\install\main_batch.cmd
    %systemdrive%\install\hotfixes.cmd
    %systemdrive%\install\finish.cmd

main_batch.cmd:

CLS
@echo off

ECHO.
ECHO L”sche ?berfl?ssige Dateien...
DEL "%systemroot%\Angler.bmp"
DEL "%systemroot%\Blaue Spitzen 16.bmp"
DEL "%systemroot%\F„cher.bmp"
DEL "%systemroot%\Feder.bmp"
DEL "%systemroot%\Granit.bmp"
DEL "%systemroot%\Kaffeetasse.bmp"
DEL "%systemroot%\Rhododendron.bmp"
DEL "%systemroot%\Pr„riewind.bmp"
DEL "%systemroot%\Santa Fe-Stuck.bmp"
DEL "%systemroot%\Seifenblase.bmp"
DEL "%systemroot%\Zapotek.bmp"
DEL "%systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper\*.jpg"
ECHO Fertig.

ECHO.
ECHO Installiere Windows Media Player 9...
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Apps\WMP9\MPSetupXP.exe /Q:A /R:N
ECHO Fertig.

ECHO.
ECHO Installiere Registry Tweaks...
REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\regtweaks.reg
ECHO Fertig.

EXIT

hotfixes.cmd (you need the german versions of the patches!):

CLS
@echo off
ECHO.

:LOOP
SET Choice=
SET /P Choice="Windows XP Pre-SP2 Hotfixes installieren? (J/N)"

IF NOT '%Choice%'=='' SET Choice=%Choice:~0,1%

ECHO.
IF /I '%Choice%'=='J' GOTO Los
IF /I '%Choice%'=='N' GOTO Ende
ECHO Bitte J oder N eingeben!
ECHO.
GOTO Loop

:Los
cls
ECHO.
ECHO Installiere Pre-SP2 Hotfixes, bitte warten...

ECHO.
ECHO (01/40) Installiere Windows XP Professional Hilfe Update
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\hu1002_pro.exe /q:a /r:n

ECHO.
ECHO (02/40) Installiere Q816093: Microsoft Java VM 5.00.3810
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\msjavwu.exe /q:a /r:n

ECHO.
ECHO (03/40) Installiere Q322011: Faxvorschau auf Faxkonsole nicht m”glich
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q322011_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe /u /q /z /n

ECHO.
ECHO (04/40) Installiere Q323183: Bluetooth Unterst?tzung f?r Windows XP SP1
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q323183_WXP_SP2_X86_DEU.exe /u /q /z /n

ECHO.
ECHO (05/40) Installiere Q323255: Ungepr?fter Puffer in Windows-Hilfefunktion kann Angreifern die Ausf?hrung von Code erm”glichen
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q323255_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe /u /q /z /n

ECHO.
ECHO (06/40) Installiere Q327979: W„hrend der Wiedergabe des einf?hrenden Videoclips reagiert das Spiel nicht mehr (h„ngt) oder wird unerwartet beendet
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q327979_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe /u /q /z /n

ECHO.
ECHO (07/40) Installiere Q328310: Fehler in Windows WM_TIMER-Nachrichtenbehandlung kann Erschleichen h”herer Berechtigungen erm”glichen
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q328310_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe /u /q /z /n

ECHO.
ECHO (08/40) Installiere Q329048: Ungepr?fter Puffer in Dateikomprimierungsfunktionen kann Angreifern die Ausf?hrung von Code erm”glichen
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q329048_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe /u /q /z /n

ECHO.
ECHO (09/40) Installiere Q329115: Sicherheitsl?cke in Zertifikatspr?fung erm”glicht vorget„uschte Identit„t
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q329115_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe /u /q /z /n

ECHO.
ECHO (10/40) Installiere Q329170: Schwachstelle bei SMB-Signierung erm”glicht Žnderung von Gruppenrichtlinie
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q329170_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe /u /q /z /n

ECHO.
ECHO (11/40) Installiere Q329390: Ungepr?fter Puffer in Windows-Shell k”nnte Systemsicherheit beeintr„chtigen
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q329390_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe /u /q /z /n

ECHO.
ECHO (12/40) Installiere Q329441: Nach Wiederherstellung von Windows XP kann keine Netzwerkverbindung hergestellt werden
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q329441_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe /u /q /z /n

ECHO.
ECHO (13/40) Installiere Q329834: Ungepr?fter Puffer in PPTP-Implementierung kann Denial-of-Service-Angriffe erm”glichen
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q329834_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe /u /q /z /n

ECHO.
ECHO (14/40) Installiere Q330994: Kumulativer Patch f?r Outlook Express, April 2003
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\q330994.exe /q:a /r:n

ECHO.
ECHO (15/40) Installiere Q810400: USB-Ger„te funktionieren nach dem Trennen eines untergeordneten USB-Hubs vom Hostcontroller eventuell nicht mehr
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q810400_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe /u /q /z /n

ECHO.
ECHO (16/40) Installiere Q810565: Hyperlinks werden nicht im Standardbrowser oder Hilfe- und Supportcenter, sondern im Internet Explorer ge”ffnet
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q810565_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe /u /q /z /n

ECHO.
ECHO (17/40) Installiere Q810577: Ungepr?fter Puffer in Windows-Redirector kann Erschleichung h”herer Berechtigungen erm”glichen
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q810577_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe /u /q /z /n

ECHO.
ECHO (18/40) Installiere Q810833: Ein ungepr?fter Puffer im Locator-Dienst kann die Ausf?hrung von b”swilligem Code erm”glichen
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q810833_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe /u /q /z /n

ECHO.
ECHO (19/40) Installiere Q811493: Puffer?berlauf in der Nachrichtenbehandlung des Windows-Kernels f?hrt m”glicherweise zu erh”hten Berechtigungen
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q811493_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe /u /q /z /n

ECHO.
ECHO (20/40) Installiere Q811630: HTML-Hilfe-Update zur Einschr„nkung der Funktionalit„t, wenn es mit der Methode window.showHelp( ) aufgerufen wird
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q811630_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe /u /q /z /n

ECHO.
ECHO (21/40) Installiere Q812415: Probleme mit mehreren ATA-Laufwerken im S1-Energiemodus
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q812415_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe /u /q /z /n

ECHO.
ECHO (22/40) Installiere Q814033: Treiber-Updates von der Windows Update Webseite k”nnen nicht installiert werden
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q814033_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe /u /q /z /n

ECHO.
ECHO (23/40) Installiere Q814078: Sicherheitsanf„lligkeit in Windows Script Engine erm”glicht eventuell Ausf?hrung von Code
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\js56nde.exe /q

ECHO.
ECHO (24/40) Installiere Q814995: Einige Programmkompatibilit„ts-Updates funktionieren nach Installation von Update 328310 eventuell nicht mehr
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q814995_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe /u /q /z /n

ECHO.
ECHO (25/40) Installiere Q815021: Ungepr?fter Puffer in einer Windows-Komponente kann die Sicherheit des Webservers gef„hrden
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q815021_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe /u /q /z /n

ECHO.
ECHO (26/40) Installiere Q815485: Windows XP-Supportpatch f?r Wireless Protected Access
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q815485_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe /u /q /z /n

ECHO.
ECHO (27/40) Installiere Q817287: Patch f?r Windows Update Fehler 643
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q817287_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe /u /q /z /n

ECHO.
ECHO (28/40) Installiere Q817606: Buffer Overrun in Windows Could Lead to Data Corruption - Deutsch
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q817606_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe /u /q /z /n

ECHO.
ECHO (29/40) Installiere Q819639: Fehler in Windows Media Player kann den Zugriff auf die Medienbibliothek erm”glichen
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\WindowsMedia9-KB819639-x86-DEU.exe /q:a /r:n

ECHO.
ECHO (30/40) Installiere Q819696: Ungepr?fter Puffer in DirectX kann zu einer Kompromittierung des Systems f?hren
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q819696_WXP_SP2_x86_DEU.exe /u /q /z /n

ECHO.
ECHO (31/40) Installiere Q822925: Kumulativer Patch f?r Internet Explorer, August 2003
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\q822925.exe /q:a /r:n

ECHO.
ECHO (32/40) Installiere KB282010: Jet 4.0 Service Pack 7
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\WindowsXP-KB282010-x86-DEU.exe /u /q /z /n

ECHO.
ECHO (33/40) Installiere KB817778: Erweitertes Netzwerkpaket f?r Windows XP
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\WindowsXP-KB817778-x86-DEU.exe /u /q /z /n

ECHO.
ECHO (34/40) Installiere KB820128: Kernel Rollup Hotfix Package
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\WindowsXP-KB820128-x86-DEU.exe /u /q /z /n

ECHO.
ECHO (35/40) Installiere KB820291: Neues Symbol und Hilfethema f?r das Feature "Programmzugriff und Standardeinstellungen festlegen"
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\WindowsXP-KB820291-x86-DEU.exe /u /q /z /n

ECHO.
ECHO (36/40) Installiere KB821253: Windows Error Reporting Update
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\WindowsXP-KB821253-x86-DEU.exe /u /q /z /n

ECHO.
ECHO (37/40) Installiere KB821557: Ungepr?fter Puffer in Windows-Shell kann das System gef„hrden
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\WindowsXP-KB821557-x86-DEU.exe /u /q /z /n

ECHO.
ECHO (38/40) Installiere KB823559: Puffer?berlauf in HTML-Konverter kann Ausf?hrung von Code erm”glichen
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\WindowsXP-KB823559-x86-DEU.exe /u /q /z /n

ECHO.
ECHO (39/40) Installiere KB823980: Puffer?berlauf in RPC-Schnittstelle kann Ausf?hrung von Code erm”glichen
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\WindowsXP-KB823980-x86-DEU.exe /u /q /z /n

ECHO.
ECHO (40/40) Installiere Q823718: Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) Security Patch MS03-033
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q823718_MDAC_SecurityPatch.exe /Q /C:"dahotfix /q /n"

ECHO.
ECHO Fertig.

:Ende
ECHO.
ECHO Installiere DirectX 9.0b...
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Apps\Directx9b\dxsetup.exe /windowsupdate
ECHO Fertig.

ECHO.
EXIT

finish.cmd:

CLS
@echo off

ECHO.
ECHO Installiere Acrobat Reader...
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Apps\AdobeReader6\Adobe Reader 6.0 - Deutsch.msi /QB
ECHO Fertig.

ECHO.
ECHO L”sche ?berfl?ssige Dateien...
DEL "%systemdrive%\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All Users\Startmen?\Programmzugriff und -standards.lnk"
DEL "%systemdrive%\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All Users\Startmen?\Windows-Katalog.lnk"
DEL "%systemdrive%\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All Users\Desktop\Adobe Reader 6.0.lnk"
RD /S /Q "%systemdrive%\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All Users\Startmen?\Programme\PrintMe Internet Printing"
RD /S /Q "%systemdrive%\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All Users\Dokumente\Eigene Bilder\Beispielbilder"
RD /S /Q "%systemdrive%\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All Users\Dokumente\Eigene Musik"
RD /S /Q "%systemdrive%\Programme\Online-Dienste"
DEL "%systemroot%\system32\dllcache\tourstrt.exe"
DEL "%systemroot%\system32\dllcache\tourw.exe"
DEL "%systemroot%\system32\tourstart.exe"
DEL "%systemroot%\setupapi.log"
DEL "%systemroot%\*.tmp"
ECHO Fertig.

ECHO.
ECHO L”sche Temp-Dateien...
RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\install
ECHO Fertig.
ECHO.
EXIT

Hope this helps.

[How To Select C drive with unattended install]

Could be that the second drive has a primary partition, while the first drive only has logical drives in an extended partition. This would make the second drive's partition come out as "C:". You can check that with a DOS bootdisk (i.e. one from Win98) and typing "fdisk". If that's really the case, you need to delete the partitions on the first drive and make a primary partition on there.

[Hotfix install]

Would you stop spamming the forum with this senseless stuff, thanks.

[Hotfix install]

Erm... could you be a little more specific?

[Windows XP Unattended - Drivers]

Yes, looks about right.

Note that Microsoft themselves don't use quotation marks in their help file example:

OemPnPDriversPath = MyFolder1; MyFolder2

[MS03-033: Security Update]

It's easy. Open the file with WinRAR. What do you see? dahotfix.exe. You are telling it to run the included dahotfix.exe with the parameters /q and /n.

[order of hotfixes]

And also check which patch supercedes which older patch, so you don't have doubles

Yes, this is something that bugs me. When microsoft release new patches I wish they'd say there and then on the update site or update catalog which patches -- if any -- the new one replaces. That link you posted Mike500 does this but I can't really make the article out. Is it just for one patch?

Yes, that page is only for the patch 823980.

Take this link and replace the number at the end of it with any patch number:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;en-us;823980

Then you see the notes for that patch.