bigred

Wow...sounding like a bunch of 13 year olds in here...

Hmm...I use Canadian English (not a lot of difference, but there are some words spelt differently....)... Guess I could try it, but I imagine it won't work....too bad there's 100mb of stuff in that folder, and I only need 1 or 2 files....but don't know which ones they are! That sure is a lot of space though...I like it...

Norton SystemWorks? I can't think of a better way to bog down a new installation of XP.... Sigh....

shell32.dll - most of the main icons in Winows explorer.exe - some key icons from Windows (My Comp, etc.) Task Scheduler: mstask.dll Shutdown Dialog: msgina.dll Logon Screen: logonui.exe Internet Explorer icons: mshtml.dll, shdocvw.dll, url.dll, iexplore.exe, browselc.dll Remote Desktop: mstsc.exe Network Icons & Control Panel Icon: netshell.dll Scanners & Cameras Icons & Control Panel: wiashext.dll Control Panel Icons: all files ending in .cpl

LOL....thanks a lot!

Yup...I'm interested too....100mb is a whole lot of space But I need another person or two to validate that it's ok to do so....

Just wondering if anyone can suggest why I have this problem... As my computer boots from my XP Install CD to begin the first part of the installation procedure (this is where it loads files...even before it gets to the pick a partition dialogue, etc)...I'm asked to put Windows XP SP1 in drive A... Does anyone know why this is happening? Thanks for any help....

Somehow..I imagine it was with one of the registry tweaks I've found here...I've lost the ability to put what I want in the xp start menu. I can either leave it blank, or allow XP to put most recently used programs in there...but I can't put my own in there any more... Does anyone have any idea which registry tweak might have done this? Or does anyone know how I can get this important functionality back? Thanks for any help....

Finally we're back onlne here.... I got this issue sorted out...the error was being caused by me using a password for my auto-login account.... Once I took that out, it works great... Thanks for the help...

Thanks webmedic...hmmm....I wonder what the problem could be... I can only see a couple of differences in our setups...1 of those is that your is set to use the Classic Logon and mine isn't....maybe I'll try Classic and see if it makes a difference....I could always change it back in my last batch file... I'll give it a shot and let you know how it goes... Thanks for posting your setup...

Ok....my AutoLogon is still not working quite properly.. I'm getting an annoying message, which stops the otherwise smooth process.... The install goes smoothly (format drive, windows install, system reboots...) but when it goes to log on for the first time, an error message pops up saying: The system could not log you on. Make sure your user name and domain are correct, then type your password again. Letters in passwords must be typed in the correct case. In the background I can see my username and the password box is filled (with the circle characters disguising the password). The only thing it lets me do is click OK... When I click OK, it goes to the user Log-in screen and then if I click on my name, it logs in automatically (no password needed). It then begins to run my applications.cmd file, and everything goes smoothly from there (hotfixes.cmd runs, then reboots automatically, using the correct username). Anyone have any ideas as to why that error message is there? I hate it...everything runs smoothly otherwise and I'd like to solve it. Is anyone else getting the same thing? users.cmd: @ECHO OFF @ECHO OFF net user "Cam" /add>nul net localgroup administrators "Cam" /add>nul ECHO. ECHO Applying Root Registry Tweaks... REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\RegRootTweaks.reg ECHO. EXIT RegRootTweaks.reg: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ;This will allow you to autologin. ;Replace InsertName value with the Username you want to autologin with. ;Replace InsertPassword value with the password corresponding to the Username specified. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] "DefaultUserName"="Cam" "DefaultPassword"="mypassword" "AutoAdminLogon"="3" Thanks for anyone who can help!

Ummm...doesn't look like that is the command I'm looking for... Anyone else?

Just wondering if anyone knows which commands to use to force a silent install of the new update # 823718. I used the /Q:A /R:N commands, but that doesn't work... Thanks to anyone who can help...

Hmmm....I must say TravelCard, that I didn't know you could finalize your rewritable and then still erase it.... I"ll give it a shot, and it'll save me some money! How much do I owe you?

Nope It seems a few of my registry tweaks aren't being applied...(Autologon isn't working either).... Maybe I need to doublecheck a few things... At least I know it's working for other people....I'll try again

devil270975 - you're awesome...I've got almost everything working now... The only problem left is that after my apps and hotfixes install, my computer reboots and then waits for my password at the login screen... What's the best way for me to enable Autologin? Maybe I've misread what you've written and have missed something, but I don't think so... Which part specifically (if any) tells it to auto-log-me-in ? Thanks for the help...

Well this stupid Windows XP Tour bubble keeps popping up on me.... I had the standard tweak to disable it, but it's not working. Anyone got any ideas on this? Or is anyone encountering the same thing as me? Or am I just a moron? No, don't answer that last question...but the other ones would help. THanks

No problem on the files on your server....1 week as I said is just fine...thanks again. As for the installation...I'm also running corporate, but I did slipstream SP1 (why can't you do this?)... Your version of the files should be the same.....my unattended install first installs the programs I want....then it applies all hotfixes, then reboots and replaces the system files using the batch file you're hosting. By the time it replaces those system files, they are all completely up-to-date, because all hotfix patches until today's date have been applied... So I think it should be the same....?

Lol....yah I've got a pile of them in my garbage can... Those system files look ok? And have many people been getting them from you?

How's this going for you webmedic? Got everything worked out? I'm still having a few probs....but it's close. Just curious if you've got it perfect yet....

Thought this might be good to start a new thread for this.... Here's a link to my SnowE system files (kindly hosted by webmedic - http://www.webmedic.net), which use Sash's SnowE icons ( http://www.rad-e8.com/ ). SnowE System Replacement Files by bigred These files will replace almost all of the ugly yellow XP icons with SnowE icons....and there are also files for the control panel. They are current with all XP Updates including SP1 as of August 18th. Anyway, it might be of help to you or anyone else if I post my sysfiles.cmd ..... (my name for my system files replacement batch file)...seeing as we are talking about using these in unattended installs. Enjoy! CLS @echo off ECHO Copying patched shdocvw.dll... REN %systemroot%\System32\dllcache\shdocvw.dll shdocvw.old COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\shdocvw.dll" "%systemroot%\System32\dllcache\" REN %systemroot%\System32\shdocvw.dll shdocvw.old COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\shdocvw.dll" "%systemroot%\System32\" ECHO. ECHO Copying patched mstsc.exe... REN %systemroot%\System32\dllcache\mstsc.exe mstsc.old COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\mstsc.exe" "%systemroot%\System32\dllcache\" REN %systemroot%\System32\mstsc.exe mstsc.old COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\mstsc.exe" "%systemroot%\System32\" ECHO. ECHO Copying patched mshtml.dll... REN %systemroot%\System32\dllcache\mshtml.dll mshtml.old COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\mshtml.dll" "%systemroot%\System32\dllcache\" REN %systemroot%\System32\mshtml.dll mshtml.old COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystmFiles\mshtml.dll" "%systemroot%\System32\" ECHO. ECHO Copying patched msgina.dll... REN %systemroot%\System32\dllcache\msgina.dll msgina.old COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\msgina.dll" "%systemroot%\System32\dllcache\" REN %systemroot%\System32\msgina.dll msgina.old COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\msgina.dll" "%systemroot%\System32\" ECHO. ECHO Copying patched mstask.dll... REN %systemroot%\System32\dllcache\mstask.dll mstask.old COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\mstask.dll" "%systemroot%\System32\dllcache\" REN %systemroot%\System32\mstask.dll mstask.old COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\mstask.dll" "%systemroot%\System32\" ECHO. ECHO Copying patched browselc.dll... REN %systemroot%\System32\dllcache\browselc.dll browselc.old COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\browselc.dll" "%systemroot%\System32\dllcache\" REN %systemroot%\System32\browselc.dll browselc.old COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\browselc.dll" "%systemroot%\System32\" ECHO. ECHO Copying patched url.dll... REN %systemroot%\System32\dllcache\url.dll url.old COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\url.dll" "%systemroot%\System32\dllcache\" REN %systemroot%\System32\url.dll url.old COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\url.dll" "%systemroot%\System32\" ECHO. ECHO Copying patched mydocs.dll... REN %systemroot%\System32\dllcache\mydocs.dll mydocs.old COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\mydocs.dll" "%systemroot%\System32\dllcache\" REN %systemroot%\System32\mydocs.dll mydocs.old COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\mydocs.dll" "%systemroot%\System32\" ECHO. ECHO Copying patched netshell.dll... REN %systemroot%\System32\dllcache\netshell.dll netshell.old COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\netshell.dll" "%systemroot%\System32\dllcache\" REN %systemroot%\System32\netshell.dll netshell.old COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\netshell.dll" "%systemroot%\System32\" ECHO. ECHO Copying patched wiashext.dll... REN %systemroot%\System32\dllcache\wiashext.dll wiashext.old COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\wiashext.dll" "%systemroot%\System32\dllcache\" REN %systemroot%\System32\wiashext.dll wiashext.old COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\wiashext.dll" "%systemroot%\System32\" ECHO. ECHO Copying patched iexplore.exe... COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\iexplore.exe" "%systemroot%\System32\dllcache\" COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\iexplore.exe" "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\" ECHO. ECHO Copying patched explorer.exe... REN %systemroot%\System32\dllcache\explorer.exe explorer.old COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\explorer.exe" "%systemroot%\System32\dllcache\" REN %systemroot%\explorer.exe explorer.old COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\explorer.exe" "%systemroot%\" ECHO. ECHO Copying new cpl files... ECHO Beginning with access.cpl... COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\access.cpl" "%systemroot%\System32\dllcache\" COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\access.cpl" "%systemroot%\System32\" ECHO. ECHO And now appwiz.cpl... COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\appwiz.cpl" "%systemroot%\System32\dllcache\" COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\appwiz.cpl" "%systemroot%\System32\" ECHO. ECHO And now desk.cpl... COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\desk.cpl" "%systemroot%\System32\dllcache\" COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\desk.cpl" "%systemroot%\System32\" ECHO. ECHO And now hdwwiz.cpl... COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\hdwwiz.cpl" "%systemroot%\System32\dllcache\" COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\hdwwiz.cpl" "%systemroot%\System32\" ECHO. ECHO And now inetcpl.cpl... COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\inetcpl.cpl" "%systemroot%\System32\dllcache\" COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\inetcpl.cpl" "%systemroot%\System32\" ECHO. ECHO And now intl.cpl... COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\intl.cpl" "%systemroot%\System32\dllcache\" COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\intl.cpl" "%systemroot%\System32\" ECHO. ECHO And now joy.cpl... COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\joy.cpl" "%systemroot%\System32\dllcache\" COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\joy.cpl" "%systemroot%\System32\" ECHO. ECHO And now main.cpl... COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\main.cpl" "%systemroot%\System32\dllcache\" COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\main.cpl" "%systemroot%\System32\" ECHO. ECHO And now mmsys.cpl... COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\mmsys.cpl" "%systemroot%\System32\dllcache\" COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\mmsys.cpl" "%systemroot%\System32\" ECHO. ECHO And now ncpa.cpl... COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\ncpa.cpl" "%systemroot%\System32\dllcache\" COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\ncpa.cpl" "%systemroot%\System32\" ECHO. ECHO And now nusrmgr.cpl... COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\nusrmgr.cpl" "%systemroot%\System32\dllcache\" COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\nusrmgr.cpl" "%systemroot%\System32\" ECHO. ECHO And now powercfg.cpl... COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\powercfg.cpl" "%systemroot%\System32\dllcache\" COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\powercfg.cpl" "%systemroot%\System32\" ECHO. ECHO And now sysdm.cpl... COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\sysdm.cpl" "%systemroot%\System32\dllcache\" COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\sysdm.cpl" "%systemroot%\System32\" ECHO. ECHO And now telephon.cpl... COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\telephon.cpl" "%systemroot%\System32\dllcache\" COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\telephon.cpl" "%systemroot%\System32\" ECHO. ECHO And now timedate.cpl... COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\timedate.cpl" "%systemroot%\System32\dllcache\" COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\timedate.cpl" "%systemroot%\System32\" ECHO. ECHO And now sapi.cpl... COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\sapi.cpl" "%systemroot%\System32\dllcache\" COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\sapi.cpl" "%systemdrive%\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Speech\" ECHO. ECHO Copying patched shell32.dll... REN %systemroot%\System32\dllcache\shell32.dll shell32.old COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\shell32.dll" "%systemroot%\System32\dllcache\" REN %systemroot%\System32\shell32.dll shell32.old COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\shell32.dll" "%systemroot%\System32\" ECHO. ECHO Restarting the PC in 10 seconds... psshutdown.exe -r -t 10 -f -m EXIT

Thanks webmedic....I run a batch file using GUI Run Once, which installs all of my system files....I don't disable the Windows File Protection....I run the batch file, and then reboot after a 10 second timer...it works great. The only problem I've had is getting the auto-logon to work so that all of this stuff is installed for the correct user (you see no matter what user you are, but you know what I mean)... I've been following the other thread on Auto-Login and think I've got it working now.... Anyway, it might be of help to you or anyone else if I post my sysfiles.cmd ..... (my name for my system files replacement batch file)...and a link to the SnowE icon replacement files I did up (thanks to webmedic for hosting these ) You can find it HERE

Ok...they're on the way, and I sent you an e-mail.

Sounds good..just let me know how you'd like me to get them to you...

If someone can host them, then I can upload them to him....I've had a few people ask for them but I have no place to put them (13mb)...they would need to stay up for at least a week...