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1) SwapFile : Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management] "PagingFiles"=hex(7):63,00,3a,00,5c,00,70,00,61,00,67,00,65,00,66,00,69,00,6c,\ 00,65,00,2e,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,20,00,31,00,30,00,32,00,34,00,20,00,31,00,\ 30,00,32,00,34,00,00,00,00,00 To have this work right, you'll need to update the HIVE*.INF.

Yes : google for "ResHacker" (or another resource editing tool) (but the guide you quoted should have said : "go to Dialog→500→1033 ; click once on the fake cancel button, then press DEL" same effect, but really easier )

Maybe with the same method as french characters : use the command prompt to ECHO them in a file, and copy/paste the result. example to get the character that will represent the french "é" (it's a coma, but not the one on the keyboard) : start > run > cmd ECHO é>temp.txt notepad temp.txt **** stupid codepages... You can also try to convert them, but not in Unicode, in OEM.

Look at guides on how to create multiboot CDs before continuing, and you will learn what is that folder structure : W3KE / W3KS are "boot folders", similar to the bootdiskettes or to "winnt32 /noreboot" ENGLISH\WIN2003\ENT and ENGLISH\WIN2003\STANDARD are the installation folders. and all of that fit on a single CD with tools like "cdimage"

An alternative would be to use only localizable strings ; 'coz different files makes more code to maintain (egg or chicken ? well both are ill now...) I'm interested about advpack.dll inf syntax too... Even about Setupapi documentation. About your last questions : -> I presume that shell extensions are always in use by explorer.exe ? (try this : register your SHX, use it once, unregister it, log off, log on, try to delete the DLL with an INF and sometimes it works ) -> there's a workaround to delete a directory with setupapi, under two conditions : 1/ the directory must be empty (no files nor subfolders) (it can be emptied by the INF file) 2/ it must reside on the same drive as the "All Users" profile ; or on the same drive as the "current user" profile (which is the same drive most times) 3/ you must know the real name of the folder (no variables) See the attached zip file for an example : "install" setupapi.inf ; look at your "program files" dir ; then remove it with ARP control panel SetupAPI.zip

You'll need to cab your fonts in the i386 folder, add a line in txtsetup.sif et al. to make the font copied during textmode (easy to do with nlite or hfslip). Then you'll need to update the registry to make GUI-mode setup "see" the font in the file "<X>:\I386\HIVESFT.INF" (or HIVESFT.IN_) wich contains the HKLM\SOFTWARE registry branch (in text) (to know what to add : google for regshot, launch it, take the 1st snapshot, install your font, take the 2nd snapshot and "translate" the result into the INF form) Finally, reshack the file as said on the unattended guide. Lots of work

I had found this link somewhere on a "how to learn batch" topic on msfn : %windir%\hh.exe ms-its:C:\WINDOWS\Help\ntcmds.chm::/ntcmds.htm (copy/paste the line in the run box)

Hmmm... Are you saying that you are really planning to do that ? Is it of ANY use ? (did you knew that someone walked on the Moon AGES ago ????) Well... go there : http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/70/ In the left menu, the page you'll see is located under : Advanced Users > Cosmetics > Setup Billboard > New Style Setup Billboards > Text That's the "state of art" about setup billboard customisation... And, of course, there's only ONE font, not TWO...

Are you meaning that these 3 lines do something on your machines : [Strings] toto="This string is the default language" [Strings.040c] toto="Les français de france verront cette ligne mais pas ceux du canada ou de suisse" [Strings.000c] toto="Les français pas de france verront cette ligne mais pas les français de france parce que les français de france ont une section rien que pour eux" [Strings.0409] toto="This string is seen only by american english and not by british" The "magic numbers" i used in this example are the standard "LANG_ID", in hexadecimal. (note that this trick works with non-ANSI langs, east-asian or arabic for example, providing you save your INF in unicode)

As I said, you only need to get the WinNT.SIF file created by nLite... nlite is working very well, so do not blame nuhi for his work, and make a real bug report (i've had problems also... even with my Plug&Play camera, i've had problems )

Create a WINNT.SIF file and fill it with all your data (names, key, etc...), then set the UnattendMode to ProvideDefaults in the [unattended] section : [Unattended] UnattendMode=ProvideDefaults You should read this page about WINNT.SIF : http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/19/ This page on how to create one : http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/7/ You can also use nLite and get the WINNT.SIF file it created.

Yes that's a great toy No one heard of a "Hash Column" ? (as with "FolderSize")

No DLL required for these two, only a few reg keys. Look at this post : http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...02entry373502 and take the first one !

If you have "Power" & "Sleep" & "Wake Up" keys on your keyboard, you can simply bind one (Power or Sleep) to the hibernation feature in the power settings control panel. That's really simpler that hitting "Start -> Stop -> Hibernate" (with some BIOSes, you can do the same with the tower's "power" & "sleep" buttons) For you question, the answer is no (IMHO) ; but you can try to hack the logon executable (not remembering the name, maybe logonui.exe)

Why not using HFSLIP to slipstream them to Driver.cab ?

Disassemble setup.exe, modify code & recompile. - OR - Write a program that will subclass WM_PAINT & WM_REFRESH mesages in the setup application and run it with DetachedProgram= in winnt.sif. bye

There is two command line tools in the "Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools" : Cdburn.exe: ISO CD-ROM Burner Tool Dvdburn.exe: ISO DVD Burner Tool download page

This is not working with Paint.NET : it's mandatory to use the "setupfrontend.exe" (because of x86/x64) So try with the .NET Framework 2.0 x86 redistribuable... MS exe : ~20 Mo 7z exe : ~30 Mo There's Acrobat Reader 7 too... (not remembering the sizes ; but 7z is faster than FEAD)

Did you tried to exclude "temporary" files ? ("/NOCOPY:T" i think) Better solution would be to have only ONE robocopy thread across your network... or even a scheduled batch...

Here's how to do with a batch file :

dowloaded too. this marvellous flag makes the big difference ! (no sarcasm)

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/current.aspx St-Valentin Patch Day (download links are for XP SP2 with WMP 9 if nothing specified 'coz that's my OS) KB910620 Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/...n/MS06-004.mspx http://support.microsoft.com/kb/910620 (DL link only for IE5.01SP4 on Win2000 SP4 : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...5F-6E0BD6806151 ) KB911565 Vulnerability in Windows Media Player Could Allow Remote Code Execution critical http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/...n/MS06-005.mspx http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=911565 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...EF-1797B52D0B4B KB911564 Vulnerability in Windows Media Player Plug-in with Non-Microsoft Internet Browsers Could Allow Remote Code Execution http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/...n/MS06-006.mspx http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=911564 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...FA-BB8570A7321C KB913446 Vulnerability in TCP/IP Could Allow Denial of Service updates TCPIP.SYS http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/...n/MS06-007.mspx http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=913446 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...10-71D4680680A7 KB911927 Vulnerability in Web Client Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/...n/MS06-008.mspx http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=911927 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...BF-EAE14567C2D5 KB901190 Vulnerability in the Korean Input Method Editor Could Allow Elevation of Privilege http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/...n/MS06-009.mspx http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=901190 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...0C-5D65D92216BF KB889167 Vulnerability in PowerPoint 2000 Could Allow Information Disclosure http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/...n/MS06-010.mspx http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=889167 (DL link only for PowerPoint 2000 SP3 : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...68-CE626FED5B7D ) Plus, guess what ?.. YESSS ! The updated MRT tool ! (KB890830) But its only on WU for now

This piece of s***, erm, of script : if "%Username%"=="Test" ( set /p choice=Do you want to continue? [y/n] echo You entered: !choice! pause ) ...Is interpreted as a single line by CMD.EXE : if "%Username%"=="Test" (set /p choice=Do you want to continue? [y/n]&echo You entered: !choice!&pause) If you use %choice%, the variable expansion will be done before executing the full line ; so : -> %Username% and %choice% will get their values filled in simultaneously -> the IF test is executed, and return true (in this example) -> the SET /P is executed and the variable CHOICE gets the inputed value -> the ECHO displays the old value, because %Choice% has already been replaced by "nothing" If you use !choice! (this needs the "setlocal enabledelayedexpansion"), the variable expansion will be done only when needed ; so : -> %Username% will get its value filled in -> the IF test is executed, and return true (in this example) -> the SET /P is executed and the variable CHOICE gets the inputed value -> Now, !choice! is replaced by the value of the variable CHOICE -> the ECHO displays the new value Now you can stop reading.

What a funny problem Try this one : @echo off setlocal enableextensions enabledelayedexpansion set Username=Test set choice=nothing if "%Username%"=="Test" ( set /p choice=Do you want to continue? [y/n] echo You entered: !choice! pause ) The truth is inline... bye

excellent trick nakira ! I may suggest to use this location for the BMP-converted wallpaper : C:\Documents and Settings\<your_account_name>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Wallpaper<N>.bmp It's the location Windows puts BMP-converted wallpapers when you use the Display Settings control panel to select a JPG or GIF or PNG, etc. By default, <N> is 1 (and the file seems to be replaced when you convert a new file), but I suppose it can increase... bye