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I answered your question in your other post. Also if you dont use my fiels then I'm not sure what you did. I already provided a working set of files for you.

you must have used theat windmancd thing. Dont use it it will break your install.

nope all you need to do is add the driver path to your winnt.sif DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\Nvidia4403\" as stated above. You do not need to edit any other files. With this method you just need to make sure that you give the correct path to the driver files. And it also does not install the drivers if you dont have an nvidia card installed. I'm currently using this with the latest nvidia drivers available.

you need to supply your internet settings in the winnt.sif. For that everybody has diffeerent needs. I use a generic setup in mine like this. [Identification] JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

I'm not really familliar wiht those exact patches as I dont use msoffice but I jsut posted a link on your other thread : http://board.MSFN.org/index.php?showtopic=8363 and it has info on how to slipstream hotfixes into your install. Those should be able to install just like the others.

well this will also include hotfixes into your install but I gave the general idea here: http://board.MSFN.org/index.php?showtopic=8363 If you download the files I provide it will include the winnt.sif and in there you can see the line OemPnPDriversPath=" " There are a bunch of drivers I have set it up for in there all seperated by ; You can modify that line and add your drivers in there and the installer will find them for you.

well wiht that code above you will have to do your hard drive setup manually just like you want it's not automatic but it will let you format the hard drive before it starts the install. The only downside i have found is taht I can not do a revocery of windows it will simply not give me the option if it finds windows on the hard drive already. You can either format the drive or delete the windows directory.

well I have a way. I think I have posted most of this in little palces arround here. You dissable that in your winnt.sif like so. ;SetupMgrTag [Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" [Unattended] AutoActivate="no" ;CrashDumpSetting="0" DisableDynamicUpdates=Yes ;FileSystem=LeaveAlone ;Hibernation=0 UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes TargetPath=\WINDOWS Repartition=No UnattendSwitch="Yes" WaitForReboot="No" NoWaitAfterTextMode=1 NoWaitAfterGUIMode=1 DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\IDE_RAID;Drivers\4in1442v;Drivers\4in1442v\AGP;Drivers\4in1442v\AGP33" [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=* EncryptedAdminPassword=no OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone="004" OemSkipWelcome=1 [UserData] ProductID=You-need-to-put-your-prductid-here FullName="User" OrgName="My Home" ComputerName=Computer that will shut off most everything for you then you need to make sure to load your user settings through cmdlines.txt [COMMANDS] ".\user.cmd" cmdlines.text goes under $OEM$ then in user.cmd use this CLS @ECHO OFF ECHO Adding Default User... net user User /add net localgroup "administrators" User /add ECHO. ECHO Applying Root Registry Tweaks... REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\Reg_Root_Tweaks.reg ECHO. EXIT ok final part in Reg_root_tweeks.reg use this Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ;This will allow you to autologin. ;Replace User 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"="User" "DefaultPassword"="" "AutoAdminLogon"="1" ok thats it now when you install any apps they will insatall as your user who will also have admin right.

well it will handle slipstreaming of the service pack 1 if they need it as well as slipstreaming of the hotfixes. I paln to include a working raid driver setup like i have already posted here. The rest will be up to the user to customize. I have no plan to make it unusable or to keep others from making it custom.

did you guys read the guide here: http://www.MSFN.org/unattended/xp/index.htm it explains things very well and there is no need to use any winboom.ini now to answer you guys directly here is part of the winnt.sif that handles what you refer to. ;SetupMgrTag [Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" [Unattended] AutoActivate="no" ;CrashDumpSetting="0" DisableDynamicUpdates=Yes ;FileSystem=LeaveAlone ;Hibernation=0 UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes TargetPath=\WINDOWS Repartition=No UnattendSwitch="Yes" WaitForReboot="No" NoWaitAfterTextMode=1 NoWaitAfterGUIMode=1 DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\radeon-cat3_6\2KXP_INF;Drivers\radeon-cat3_6\TV_Capture\WDM_XP;Drivers\Nvidia;Drivers\nforce;Drivers\nforce\AudioDRV;Drivers\nforce\AudioUtl;Drivers\nforce\Display;Drivers\nforce\Ethernet;Drivers\nforce\GART;Drivers\nforce\IDE;Drivers\nforce\MemCtl;Drivers\nforce\SMBus;Drivers\nforce\USB;Drivers\IDE_RAID;Drivers\4in1442v;Drivers\4in1442v\AGP;Drivers\4in1442v\AGP33;Drivers\4in1442v\AgpME;Drivers\4in1442v\IDEWinXP;Drivers\4in1442v\Inf;Drivers\4in1442v\IRQ;Drivers\4in1442v\Pfd;Drivers\4in1442v\WinXP;Drivers\VIA-VT6103;Drivers\wdm;Drivers\wdm\wdm;" This will let you partition it yourself as that is how I have mine setup.

yup I'm working on a complete installer that will do it all for you. I cant say when exactly it will be done. Most likely next week but for now I have been releasing my scripts little by little here so others can use at least parts of it now. When I'm done I hope to have a nice little bit of work done for you all. The only bad part is that the installer will not hadnle the second cd only the first one. If like me you use two cd's or a dvd rom you will have to prepare it some other way. I plan also to include some nero stuff so everybody should be able to just use that for nero to burn thier cd's or dvd's.

ok got some new pics up there. they make take a few minutes to update. but here you go http://community.webshots.com/album/88765910NgOtEo there should be 10, 11, and 12 that are new. Also an update on this I have found a way to install msi files with an inf installer. I will be trying this next. I think i may have also found a way to do things that were previuosly not working.

lol thats the way I did it more or less but it is more work. There is no reason to edit the hive file. You simply edit the textsetup.sif like I did and then include your drivers in the oemdriverpath in the winnt.sif. that one is not as easy. On a side note if you grab the files in the downlaods I provided you can simply use the txtsetup.sif I've already done for you. Also note that I have included drivers for many raid controlers also. Altogether they only come to about 2 megs so they dont take up much space.

I use the first one already and it does work with both a gforce2 mx400 and an fx5200. Everything is autoamitic and it works great. Not only that but the controle panle is laoded automaticly. I siggest if it does not work for others then they ahve something setup wrong. I might also add it is the easiest and most full proof. It also does not ask me if I want to install the drivers or not.

Lol well I dont know if it's more stable or not but I do prefer to add the microsft things early on so that any apps that are installed later that may need the funcionality will be able to take advantage of it. This is also why I install sun java before openoffice and mozilla. As for the early on stuff. You need to have a cmdlines.txt in your $OEM$ directory. The cmdlines.txt then calls whatever other things you want to install. This is what my cmdlines.txt looks like. [COMMANDS] "cmdow /run /hid .\USER.CMD" "RunDll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 0 .\Setup.inf" "cmdow /run /hid .\SETUP.CMD" I find here I also want to setup my user so that I can boot in and install all my apps as my user and not admin. I also prefer to add any system whide registry settings here so that when you boot in the first time these settings are already setup and ready to go so I install my root reg tweaks here. My user.cmd is placed in $OEM$ right along with the cmdlines.txt Now for my user.cmd CLS @ECHO OFF ECHO Adding Default User... net user User /add net localgroup "administrators" User /add ECHO. ECHO Applying Root Registry Tweaks... REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\Reg_Root_Tweaks.reg ECHO. EXIT My reg_root_tweaks.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"="User" "DefaultPassword"="" "AutoAdminLogon"="1" ;This will add "Services" to the right-click menu of "My Computer" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\services] @=hex(2):53,00,65,00,72,00,76,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,00,00 "SuppressionPolicy"=dword:4000003c [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\services\command] @=hex(2):25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73, 00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6d,00,6d,00,63,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00, 65,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,20,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52, 00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00, 32,00,5c,00,73,00,65,00,72,00,76,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,2e,00,6d,00,73, 00,63,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,00,00 ;This adds the "Open Command Window Here" on the right-click menu for folders [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd] @="Open Command Window Here" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd\command] @="cmd.exe /k \"cd %L\"" ;Disable Windows Picture and Fax Viewer [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\ShellImagePreview] ;Disable Automatic Restart in the event of a BSOD [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl] "AutoReboot"=dword:00000000 ;Disables Error Reporting, but notifies when errors occur [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting] "DoReport"=dword:00000000 ;Disable Imapi CD-Burning Service [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ImapiService] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Messenger Service (to block spam. Does not affect MSN or Windows Messenger) [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Messenger] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Remote Registry Service [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteRegistry] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Windows Time Service [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable Welcome Screen and uses Classic Logon ;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] ;"LogonType"=dword:00000000 ;Removes Language Bar [-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{540D8A8B-1C3F-4E32-8132-530F6A502090}] @="Language bar" "MenuTextPUI"="@%SystemRoot%\\System32\\msutb.dll,-325" ;Remove Shared Documents from My Computer [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\DelegateFolders\{59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}] ;Remove Shortcut Arrows [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile] "IsShortcut"=- ;Allow renaming of Recycle Bin [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder] "Attributes"=hex:50,01,00,20 "CallForAttributes"=dword:00000000 ;Speed up browsing remote computers [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace\{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}] ;Speed up NTFS [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem] "NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation"=dword:00000001 "Win31FileSystem"=dword:00000000 "Win95TruncatedExtensions"=dword:00000001 "NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"=dword:00000001 ;Always unload Dlls [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] "AlwaysUnloadDll"=dword:00000001 "NoStartMenuPinnedList"=dword:00000001 ;RAM usage tweaks [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management] "DisablePagingExecutive"=dword:00000001 "LargeSystemCache"=dword:00000001 "IoPageLockLimit"=dword:1bf00000 "SecondLevelDataCache"=dword:00000100 ;Prefetcher tweak(faster booting) [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters] "EnablePrefetcher"=dword:00000003 ;Changes Windows Driver Signing Policy 'prompt' to 'ignore' [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Driver Signing] "Policy"=hex:00 ;Disable Nvidia Driver Helper Service [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NVSvc] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Disable System Restore ;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore] ;"DisableSR"=dword:00000001 ;Disable Remote Assistance ;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server] ;"fDenyTSConnections"=dword:00000001 ;"fAllowToGetHelp"=dword:00000000 ;Disable Autoupdates ;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU] ;"NoAutoUpdate"=dword:00000001 ;Disable Autoupdates ;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update] ;"AUOptions"=dword:00000001 ;"AUState"=dword:00000007 ;Disable QoS ;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Psched] ;"NonBestEffortLimit"=dword:00000000 ;Disable the Desktop Cleanup Wizard [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\CleanupWiz] "NoRun"=dword:00000001 ;Adds search keywords to Internet Explorer (in this order: Microsoft Knowledge Base, Altavista, Google, MSN, FileMirrors) [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\MSKB] @="http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=%s" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\AV] @="http://www.altavista.com/sites/search/web?q=%s" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\GGL] @="http://www.google.com/search?q=%s" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\MSN] @="http://search.msn.com/results.asp?q=%s" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\FM] @="http://www.filemirrors.com/search.src?file=%s" ;Prevents Internet Explorer windows from being reused [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main] "AllowWindowReuse"=dword:00000000 ;Max your Internet Explorer's simultaneous downloads to 10 (default was 2) [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings] "MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:0000000a "MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:0000000a ;Change MenuShowDelay (Start Menu load speed) ;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Control Panel\Desktop] ;"MenuShowDelay"="2" ;Disables Windows Tour bubble popup ;[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour] ;"RunCount"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour] "RunCount"=dword:00000000 ;NoLowDiskSpaceChecks won't check if you are low on diskspace or pop-up a balloon telling you. ;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] ;"NoLowDiskSpaceChecks"=dword:00000001 ;Disable Recycle Bin ;Removes low disk space check, start menu pins, recent docs, and forces control pannel into classic mode ;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] ;"NoRecentDocsMenu"=dword:00000001 ;"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:00000091 ;"NoCDBurning"=dword:00000001 ;"NoRecycleFiles"=dword:00000001 ;"NoLowDiskSpaceChecks"=dword:00000001 ;"NoStartMenuPinnedList"=dword:00000001 ;"ForceClassicControlPanel"=dword:00000001 ;"Start_NotifyNewApps"=dword:00000000 ;Stop Messenger ;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\MSNMessenger] ;"AppSettings"= hex:22,04,00,00 ;Removes MSN v6 from startup [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] "MsnMsgr"=- ;IE stuff [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main] "Start Page"="about:blank" "ShowGoButton"="no" "NotifyDownloadComplete"="no" "Use FormSuggest"="yes" ;Stuff ;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] ;"Hidden"=dword:00000001 ;"ShowCompColor"=dword:00000001 ;"HideFileExt"=dword:00000000 ;"DontPrettyPath"=dword:00000000 ;"ShowInfoTip"=dword:00000001 ;"HideIcons"=dword:00000000 ;"MapNetDrvBtn"=dword:00000000 ;"WebView"=dword:00000000 ;"Filter"=dword:00000000 ;"SuperHidden"=dword:00000001 ;"SeparateProcess"=dword:00000000 ;"ListviewAlphaSelect"=dword:00000000 ;"ListviewShadow"=dword:00000000 ;"ListviewWatermark"=dword:00000000 ;"TaskbarAnimations"=dword:00000000 ;"StartMenuInit"=dword:00000002 ;"Start_LargeMFUIcons"=dword:00000000 ;"Start_MinMFU"=dword:00000000 ;"Start_ShowControlPanel"=dword:00000001 ;"Start_EnableDragDrop"=dword:00000001 ;"StartMenuFavorites"=dword:00000000 ;"Start_ShowHelp"=dword:00000000 ;"Start_ShowMyComputer"=dword:00000000 ;"Start_ShowMyDocs"=dword:00000000 ;"Start_ShowMyMusic"=dword:00000000 ;"Start_ShowMyPics"=dword:00000000 ;"Start_ShowPrinters"=dword:00000000 ;"Start_ShowRun"=dword:00000001 ;"Start_ScrollPrograms"=dword:00000000 ;"Start_ShowSearch"=dword:00000001 ;"Start_ShowRecentDocs"=dword:00000000 ;"Start_AutoCascade"=dword:00000000 ;"Start_NotifyNewApps"=dword:00000000 ;"Start_AdminToolsRoot"=dword:00000000 ;"StartMenuAdminTools"=dword:00000000 ;"TaskbarSizeMove"=dword:00000001 ;"TaskbarGlomming"=dword:00000000 ;"NoNetCrawling"=dword:00000001 ;"FolderContentsInfoTip"=dword:00000001 ;"FriendlyTree"=dword:00000000 ;"WebViewBarricade"=dword:00000001 ;"DisableThumbnailCache"=dword:00000001 ;"ShowSuperHidden"=dword:00000001 ;"ClassicViewState"=dword:00000001 ;"PersistBrowsers"=dword:00000000 ;"CascadeNetworkConnections"="YES" ;"StartButtonBalloonTip"=dword:00000002 ;"Start_ShowNetConn_ShouldShow"=dword:00000042 ;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\General] "BackupWallpaper"="c:\\windows\\web\\wallpaper\\Sunset.jpg" "Wallpaper"="c:\\windows\\web\wallpaper\\The Beach.jpg" ;[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main] ;"Start Page"="http://www.latinguia.com...." ; Make mozilla the default browser. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\.htm] @="MozillaMarkup" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\.html] @="MozillaMarkup" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\ftp\shell\open\command] @="C:\\Program Files\\mozilla.org\\Mozilla\\Mozilla.exe \"%1\"" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\http\shell\open\command] @="C:\\Program Files\\mozilla.org\\Mozilla\\Mozilla.exe \"%1\"" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\https\shell\open\command] @="C:\\Program Files\\mozilla.org\\Mozilla\\Mozilla.exe \"%1\"" the setup.inf is what you are seeing that looks nice I'm trying to get it setup to completly install the microsoft apps here. and last the setup.cmd CLS @ECHO OFF ECHO Copying OEM Information... COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\Oeminfo.ini" "%systemroot%\system\Oeminfo.ini" COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\Oemlogo.bmp" "%systemroot%\system\Oemlogo.bmp" ECHO. ECHO Copying Windows XP 3D Screensaver... COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\Powertoys\3D Windows XP.scr" "%systemroot%\system32" ECHO. ECHO Deleting useless ASP.NET User Account created by .NET Framework 1.1... start /wait net user aspnet /delete ECHO. EXIT Now along with the way I have it setup you will want to change your winnt.sif so that the default user is setup with these files instead of with the winnt.sif so Use this in your winnt.sif [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=* EncryptedAdminPassword=no OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone="004" OemSkipWelcome=1 [UserData] ProductID=use-your-own-cd-key FullName="User" OrgName="My Home" ComputerName=Computer of course you will want to use your own timezone but the rest should be fine. There you have it all how to do your complete setup and have everything installed as a user on your system One last thing I have a bat file that loads as the very last thing durring the install after all the apps have been laoded. This file does all my clean up work like deleteing icons off your desktop. The most important part of this is that it also moves all the links from users start menu folder to all users. I have found this is a good way to make all apps avaialble to all users on the system.

Ok many of you have been asking how to do a 2 cd install. For this I have setup my cd's with pretty much nothing but the install with service pack 1 and hotfixes slipstreamed and drivers on the first cd. On the second cd is any other apps I want to install. In my winnt.sif I use this. [GuiRunOnce] %systemdrive%\install\first_boot.cmd ok that's so that I have only one cmd file to call witch does all the real work. This is my first_boot.cmd CLS @ECHO OFF ECHO. ECHO Ejecting CD-ROM Drives... ECHO If you are using a cd rom please remove it from ECHO the cdrom drive and If you have a second cd place ECHO it in the drive at this time please. ECHO. ECHO If you are using a dvd please remove it ECHO at this time. ECHO. ECHO Wait till the cdrom/dvd drive quits blinking ECHO and then ... start cscript %systemdrive%\install\Tools\cd_eject.vbs >null PSKill cscript.exe >null ECHO. PAUSE IF EXIST %systemdrive%\install\applications.cmd GOTO RUNBATCH SET CDROM2= IF EXIST D:\install\applications.cmd SET CDROM2=D: IF EXIST E:\install\applications.cmd SET CDROM2=E: IF EXIST F:\install\applications.cmd SET CDROM2=F: IF EXIST G:\install\applications.cmd SET CDROM2=G: IF EXIST H:\install\applications.cmd SET CDROM2=H: IF EXIST I:\install\applications.cmd SET CDROM2=I: IF EXIST J:\install\applications.cmd SET CDROM2=J: IF EXIST K:\install\applications.cmd SET CDROM2=K: IF NOT EXIST %CDROM2%\install\applications.cmd GOTO RUNBATCH ECHO Please be patient while files are copied to your hard drive. xcopy %CDROM2%\install %systemdrive%\install\ /S /C /Q /H /Y ECHO. :RUNBATCH :: cmdow @ /hid :: ECHO Running Main Batch ... :: ECHO. :: start /wait %systemdrive%\install\main_batch.cmd :HOTFIXES :: This hopefully has been obsoleted by slipstreaming the hotfixes into the installer. :: Keeping it around just in case it is needed for anything else. :: IF NOT EXIST %systemdrive%\install\hotfixes.cmd GOTO APPS :: ECHO Running Hotfixes Batch ... :: ECHO. :: start /wait cmdow /run /hid %systemdrive%\install\hotfixes.cmd :APPS IF NOT EXIST %systemdrive%\install\apps.inf GOTO CUSTOM ECHO Running Applications Batch ... ECHO. start /wait RunDll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 0 %systemdrive%\install\Apps.inf :CUSTOM IF NOT EXIST %systemdrive%\install\CUSTOMIZE.CMD GOTO ERROR :: ECHO Running Cumstom Batch ... :: ECHO. :: start /wait %systemdrive%\install\CUSTOMIZE.CMD GOTO END :ERROR IF NOT EXIST %systemdrive%\install\hotfixes.cmd GOTO _ECHO IF NOT EXIST %systemdrive%\install\apps.inf GOTO _ECHO IF NOT EXIST %systemdrive%\install\CUSTOMIZE.CMD GOTO _ECHO GOTO END :_ECHO ECHO. ECHO *******************WARNING******************* ECHO Hotfixes or Applications were not installed ECHO because they could not be found. ECHO. :: ECHO Check %systemdrive%\install\install.log for :: ECHO more information. ECHO *******************WARNING******************* ECHO. PAUSE :END ECHO. ECHO Restarting the PC in 30 seconds... shutdown -r -f -t 30 -c "Windows XP will now restart in 1 minute, this will give enough time for the shortcuts to update and for the shell to fully load before its ready to restart!" ECHO. ::ECHO Deleting Temp Installation Files... ::RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\install ::RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\Drivers ::ECHO. EXIT Ok on the second cd you should have an install folder with everything setup in it just like you do now. Also to note that you should only have the cmd files that go with whatever you have on your second cd. For instance if you have \install\applications on the second cd like me then you should also have your applications.cmd under \install on oyur second cd. Hope this helps others. oh forgot here is the cd_eject.vbs Set oWMP = CreateObject("WMPlayer.OCX.7" ) Set colCDROMs = oWMP.cdromCollection if colCDROMs.Count >= 1 then For i = 0 to colCDROMs.Count - 1 colCDROMs.Item(i).Eject Next ' cdrom End If

Exactly I must not have been very clear but this is how I have it running now.

Yes I already have a few other things being called that way. I could move it completely out of the inf file though I suppose.

well I'm going to just make a cmd file and then call the cmd file. I know it's a little cheesy but hey. I have a little progy that will hide the cmd windows from view completetly. it's very nice to use accpet for when you are trying to debug your install.

well yes I tell how to do it in that thread using inf files. It works quite nice too. Accept for a few small glitches. Like the inf method does not like msi installers. but other than that it looks good when done.

Oh man only if. I searched for answer to that all over and found none. What i did find in many palces was the solution i used. I got tired of working on it for days and then i tired this and it simply worked and was easy to do also. As for the dvd thing. That must be nice. I split my install up into 2 cd's and have wasted about 50 trying ot get this to all work.

ok have it your way. You will waste allot of cd's and hours. I tired it that way first. After many days of tinkering I gave up and did it this way. this way simply works and is expandable. And for the most part is the correct way to do it.

LOL well I try to install any windows components and other things before you actually boot in. I also apply my root registry tweeks there and a few other things that customize it. Then when you reboot almost everything is done accpept for installing applications and deleting things from the desktop and stuff like that. The last time you boot it boots into windows with the start menu open and with things looking clean. For some reason though the desktop background did not take corectly after converting the installer over to the inf files. I will need to look at that. It would be my guess that for some reason my registry tweaks are not taking correctly. Not sure exactly why it would happen though as it was all working fine before and the rest of the registry tweeks seem to be taking just fine. I'll have to look into it. I could always force the inf file to install it stuff by hand like the inf is supposed to do but I would rather do it this way.

Ok I thought i would show everybody waht my latest install is looking like. Remember that it will look cleaner. For right now the text boxes are still there because I was debuging something but in the next version they will be gone. Anyway here you all go. http://community.webshots.com/album/88765910NgOtEo

Thanks I can add or or well change it in my files but I really advise using the other method to install them as it integrates it into the inataller. I left the hotfixes in just in case anybody had some that would not install correctly any other way.