webmedic

I'm using the way posted in another thread here. It is a vb script. and it works great. Ah it is so nice when the little parts start falling into place.

I run it as one of the last things I do tested last night and it works great.

ok thanks.

Ok here goes I've finaly got the whole thing working accept for sun java. That is rather minor for now. I wanted to share the pics I do have. Tomarrow I'll post my updated scripts for slipstreaming hotfixes and also for the two cd install. I have replaced the old pics with new ones. The new ones are numbered 3.1 - 3.7 so if you dont see those then the site has not updated them yet. The old ones will give you an idea of how it looks though. Just come back in about 30 minutes if they have not updated yet. http://community.webshots.com/album/88765910NgOtEo

OK that saves some time. Thanks. Well I'm off for tonight. Thanks for the input and Before I go for tonight I'll start a thread with my installer the way it looks now. The inf files are cleaning it up really nice.

thanks? I give it a go that way? Do you know will .net 1.1 sliptream also or is it better left alone.

thanks I'll keep that in mind. I'm pretty handy wiht the inf scripts also so it should not be to hard to work out. And I'm sure I'll need to use that method as I jsut noticed somebody wanting dx9b slipstreamed and at this point I'm thinking maybe to try a few other things.

Now thats interesting i had not thought about altering the files in the hotfix to achive my ends. I was looking for a way to use the stock stuff as passing around modded hotfixes could cause problems for some people. Well at any rate it works like I have it now so I'm pretty happy with the results.

well i have not posted this one yet. I'm testing it first. I'm creating a cmd file and loading outside of the actaull install setting through that. I'm calling the cmd file in the svcpack.inf instead the of the hotfix itself and then the cmd file calls the hotfix directly and gives full paths for everything. That hotfix is very stinky about full paths.

besdies some of use use more apealing methods. I for one use inf files extensively to run installers and stuff to give a much prettier look.

on a side note I finally in the last incarnation got that mdac hotfix to apply slipstreamed. I cant believe it worked. I have been playing with that thing for days.

also thanks for the nudging in the right direction so we could figure it out in the first place.

doh microsofty in the house. Yea I do this stuff for a living so. I find it insteresting and I'm still working on the script to better it. If the tools given did what we all needed then were would the fun be?

were is it wrong from what I have found it is correct. It even does what you have listed before on how to do it. It is just more automatic is all.

http://board.MSFN.org/index.php?showtopic=8363

exactly that is what the slipstream version is for that is the correct way to do it.

@sepheris well the one listed here on this thread does work fine for a normal install of hotfixes after login and all. The other method well all I can say is it works and I'm not sure why some users have issues. It may be that i use windows xp pro and not home. It may also be that I slipstream my own sp1 and that I did not purchase it with sp1 already slipstreamed. It may also be that I use sp1a and not sp1. There are a few reasons why it could be but it does indeed work or else I would not be able to show screenshots of the install like I'm about to do. I've got some more inf install routines worked out and the install goes quite nicely. Especially since I dont have to fudge the installer into taking the hacked uxtheme.dll anymore. Man that was a pain to get going it did work but it was a pain.

in a word yes. It's a hotfix autoinstaller more or less. But the slipstream method on the link above is better. there are still a few hotfixes that need to be done this way but not many.

um wait on that i have a new improved one that I'm testing now. I promise you all will like it better.

oh my you have not seen the thread yet. I cant believe it. Ok here http://board.MSFN.org/index.php?showtopic=8363 in retrospect I should have named the thread better but hey it works.

hm interesting close to waht i was using before I slipstreamed the hotfixes into my install so that this was not needed. here is my older version CLS @echo off cmdow @ /hid ECHO Installing All Pre-SP2 Hotfixes... ECHO Please Wait... CD "%systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes1 for %%i in (*.exe) do start /wait %%i -u -f -o -z -q -m ECHO Done. ECHO Installing All Pre-SP2 Cumulative patches... ECHO Please Wait... CD "%systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes2 for %%i in (*.exe) do start /wait %%i /Q:A /R:N ECHO Done. ECHO Installing All Pre-SP2 Extra patches... ECHO Please Wait... CD "%systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes3 for %%i in (*.exe) do start /wait %%i /C:"dahotfix /q /n" /Q ECHO Done. EXIT Now the one in hotfixes3 is the mdac hotfix

yes it does.

I'm still curious how he got the the uxtheme.dll to work? Either he cracked the digital signature or? It's that or part that is interesting since I dont think he seriously cracked the digital sig. You know though I wonder if the digiatl sig can be faked somehow. Oh well htis will save me much much work trying to get the cd yanked during graphical install was killing me.

sorry was away doing work. http://www.webmedic.net/uxtheme.zip yes same here I wont have the time to test it till later.

man this will simplify things allot. I'll make it available for everybody.