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Make sure yousved it wiht the cmd ending and not the txt ending. If you dojnt have this set in your visual settings windows will not show you the ending of your files.

ok here are mine. 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 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.webmedic.net...." The nice thing about this is that these settings are set for all users. the ones with a ; are disabled. now in this is the winnt.sif. This is all working perfectly by the way. Now that I have worked all the bugs out. ;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\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\Promise_sata;Drivers\SI_rdvr;Drivers\hpt372; 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;" [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=* EncryptedAdminPassword=no OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=4 OemSkipWelcome=0 [UserData] ProductID=Badgers? We dont need no stinking badgers! FullName="User" OrgName="My Home" ComputerName=Computer [Display] BitsPerPel=32 Xresolution=1024 YResolution=768 Vrefresh=85 [TapiLocation] CountryCode=1 [Identification] JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes [Branding] BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes [URL] Home_Page=www.webmedic.net Help_Page=www.webmedic.net Search_Page=www.google.com [Components] msmsgs=off msnexplr=off freecell=off hearts=off minesweeper=off pinball=off solitaire=off spider=off zonegames=off OEAccess=off [Shell] ; DefaultStartPanelOff = Yes ; DefaultThemesOff = Yes ; defaultthemesoff = yes will override this setting CustomDefaultThemeFile = "%systemroot%\Resources\Themes\MyTheme.theme" [GuiRunOnce] %systemdrive%\install\first_boot.cmd I broke the driver path line above so it would not break the forums. That should all be on one line. ok and last but not least the first_boot.cmd. Please note this will allow for a dual cd setup right now. I gues I could add more cd's but two is good for me right now. CLS @ECHO OFF SET CDROM= IF EXIST D:\$OEM$\$1\install\First_boot.cmd SET CDROM=D: IF EXIST E:\$OEM$\$1\install\First_boot.cmd SET CDROM=E: IF EXIST F:\$OEM$\$1\install\First_boot.cmd SET CDROM=F: IF EXIST G:\$OEM$\$1\install\First_boot.cmd SET CDROM=G: IF EXIST H:\$OEM$\$1\install\First_boot.cmd SET CDROM=H: IF EXIST I:\$OEM$\$1\install\First_boot.cmd SET CDROM=I: IF EXIST J:\$OEM$\$1\install\First_boot.cmd SET CDROM=J: IF EXIST K:\$OEM$\$1\install\First_boot.cmd SET CDROM=K: ECHO. IF EXIST %systemdrive%\install\hotfixes.cmd GOTO RUNCMD ECHO If you only have one cdrom please remove your cd ECHO from the cdrom and place the second cd in the drive. ECHO. ECHO If you have two cdroms then make sure your second ECHO cd is in the second cdrom drive. ECHO. PAUSE IF NOT EXIST %CDROM%\install\hotfixes.cmd GOTO RUNCMD xcopy %CDROM%\install %systemdrive%\install\ /S /C /Q /H /Y ECHO. :RUNCMD IF NOT EXIST %CDROM%\$OEM$\$1\install\First_boot.cmd GOTO RUNBATCH ECHO Please remove your cd from the cdrom drive. ECHO. PAUSE ECHO. IF EXIST %CDROM%\$OEM$\$1\install\First_boot.cmd GOTO RUNCMD :RUNBATCH ECHO Running Main Batch ... ECHO. start /wait %systemdrive%\install\main_batch.cmd :: load from second cd without intervention IF NOT EXIST %systemdrive%\install\hotfixes.cmd GOTO ERROR ECHO Running Hotfixes Batch ... ECHO. start /wait %systemdrive%\install\hotfixes.cmd IF NOT EXIST %systemdrive%\install\CUSTOMIZE.CMD GOTO ERROR ECHO Running Cumstom Batch ... ECHO. start /wait %systemdrive%\install\CUSTOMIZE.CMD IF NOT EXIST %systemdrive%\install\applications.cmd GOTO ERROR ECHO Running Applications Batch ... ECHO. start /wait %systemdrive%\install\applications.cmd GOTO END :ERROR 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 1 minute... shutdown -r -f -t 60 -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 Notice I have disabled the deletion of the install and drivers directories. This will also take care of those leaving the cd in the drive and will also bypass the second cd part if you are using another type of media like a dvd. It will still ask you to remove the dvd or cdrom in eather case if it is in the drive.

I did the same here you go. CLS @echo off ECHO Installing All Pre-SP2 Hotfixes... ECHO Please Wait... CD "%systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes for %%i in (*.exe) do start /wait %%i -u -f -o -z -q -m 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 /Q ECHO Done. EXIT that last one is for the last fix repoerted jsut today but the switch still does not work for a silent install.

post your reg file I found some things that will cause it not to aply even though it will say it's all ok.

yes this is how I test without wasting more cd's

it's a registry tweak that you have to apply. ;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"

Um if you are trying to install it on a already installed system then <<spam>> has a patcher to patch it so you dont need to turn off file protection. Otherwise yes grab that bad boy and stick it in $OEM$/$$/system32 and $OEM$/$$/system32/dllcache this will cause it to be copied with no problems. Durring install.

ok got it fixed the run_once.reg should be like this: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce] "FinishInstall"="c:\\install\\First_Boot.cmd" I'll fix my post at the top also.

wait on this I have not perfected the loading of the registry file to do the runonce. I jsut tried it and for some reason the runonce was not loaded but all hte rest went as planed. it logs in as admin once and then aplies the runonce registry and then imediatly reboots. Now as for why the run once does not exicute the registry does not even show it as being there.

Ok I think i have it solved how to do apps as user and also how to use a second cdrom. As for the apps as user the first loging will always be as admin but the only script that admin runs is this. from winnt.sif [GuiRunOnce] %systemdrive%\install\setup.cmd next is setup.cmd CLS @ECHO OFF ECHO. :: REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\Reg_Root_Tweaks.reg REGEDIT /S .\RUN_ONCE.REG ECHO. shutdown -r -f -t 10 -c "rebooting now" EXIT then in RUN_ONCE.REG Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce] "FinishInstall"="c:\\install\\First_Boot.cmd" ok and now for First_Boot.cmd CLS @ECHO OFF ECHO. IF EXIST %systemdrive%\install\hotfixes.cmd GOTO RUNCMD SET CDROM= IF EXIST D:\install\hotfixes.cmd SET CDROM=D: IF EXIST E:\install\hotfixes.cmd SET CDROM=E: IF EXIST F:\install\hotfixes.cmd SET CDROM=F: IF EXIST G:\install\hotfixes.cmd SET CDROM=G: IF EXIST H:\install\hotfixes.cmd SET CDROM=H: IF EXIST I:\install\hotfixes.cmd SET CDROM=I: IF EXIST J:\install\hotfixes.cmd SET CDROM=J: IF EXIST K:\install\hotfixes.cmd SET CDROM=K: IF NOT EXIST %CDROM%\install\hotfixes.cmd GOTO RUNCMD ECHO If you only have one cdrom please remove your cd ECHO from the cdrom and place the second cd in the drive. ECHO. ECHO If you have two cdroms then make sure your second ECHO cd is in the second cdrom drive. ECHO. PAUSE ECHO Please wait while applications and hotfixes are copied ECHO to the hard drive. xcopy %CDROM%\install %systemdrive%\install\ /S /C /Q /H /Y ECHO. :RUNCMD %systemdrive%\install\main_batch.cmd >> %systemdrive%\install\install.log ; load from second cd without intervention IF NOT EXIST %systemdrive%\install\hotfixes.cmd GOTO ERROR %systemdrive%\install\hotfixes.cmd >> %systemdrive%\install\install.log %systemdrive%\install\CUSTOMIZE.CMD >> %systemdrive%\install\install.log %systemdrive%\install\applications.cmd >> %systemdrive%\install\install.log GOTOT END :ERROR ECHO. ECHO *******************WARNING******************* ECHO Hotfixes and Applications were not installed ECHO because they could not be found ECHO *******************WARNING******************* ECHO. PAUSE :END EXIT OK I think that is about it. The rest is done through commands.txt wich creates the user and aplies the registry entry that allows that user to autologin. If anybody would like instructions on that let me know. Also notice above that the cdrom will be recognized even if it is a second cdrom. Enjoy. This will also also work if you burn it all to a dvd as it will detect and use the scripts if they are there and skip the copy process for the second cdrom. EDIT: FIXED A LITTLE TYPO IN THE FIRST_BOOT.CMD

yes thats the idea but my main system is really - - well it's almost like it's on crack. I hate windows. Really I do my linux boxen never give all this trouble. So anyway I'm really hoping to have this installer done shortly so I can rebuild my main system. I'm afraid however that it is horibly over do for a clean install. For instance I used the patched uxtheme and well It wont see and of the new styles but if hte style is done as part of a theme I can apply the theme and at least get the colors but the graphical part will not work. If i sellect the classic theme my whole system more or less accept for the icons goes black. I spent a few hours trying to find the drop down box for the theme properties to try and select any theme but classic. and since the whole box was black it was not to easy to find anything.

command prompt does let you copy and past copy it here ten goto your command prompt and right click it will be pasted into place. I've been usoing it here all week for different things. As for the rest bah barts bootable is easier to do.

well as for barts bootable cd I like it. It lets me work and tweak and not have to do all that other stuff when I'm ready to burn a cd I just goto the root directory and type bcd wxppro and it makes the iso, makes it bootable and then burns it. Also I like things a little more well I dont mind the command prompt and I use linux most of the time. I think this this last week testing installs is the most I've used windows in about 3 or 4 years.

yes. It should work that way just make sure the versions of the files are the same as the ones you use. I have had issues so bad that it corupted my hard drive from using verisons of files that dont match the current service pack and hot fixes on the system.

if anybody has that file I would apriciate it the site is down right now or at least I cant get to it.

open a terminal and do a net /help that will get you started. The reason I did not answer this at first is because I really dont do domains.

google for barts bootable cd. It's at http://nu2.nu His bootable cd works great. Well I should say there are instrutuctions there and files to do this it even burns it for you after building the iso.

I thought of that. I hope it is true. Also I found a hack that gets rid of all the backup files from hotfixes that are stored in your windows directory. It also cleans all the entries out of your add/remove programs if anybody is interested.

The nice thing about using $OEM$\$$ is that it will bypass anything done by windows file protection so the windows file protection hack is not needed. These files are copied right after the system is transfered and while it is still in text mode. This is the last thing the text mode instaler does before rebooting. It copies everything under $1 and $$.

well I did them all numericly on my systems and it simply leavs a good portion of them out. I think out of waht 30 maybe it leaves out about 10 of them.

Well if I slipstream sp I have a problem with passwords. No password i have or can find will let me into windows. So I have to change the password to a normal pro password before aplying the sp1. If you know another way i would love to hear it as I tried about anything I could find for quite a few days to get around it.

well for some reason on my end they did ok only once. The big problem is that I'm using corporate version and cant slipstream sp1 so I have to add it right before the hot fixes. The only problem is that if I use your patched files really bad things happen. I think it's because my verion of the files might be somewhat different. I dont know but it's like the next time I reboot I get unreadable file errors and then it goes into an endles loop of error messages and never lets me even log in. One of the dll's one that starts with an s is slightly diferent but it was perty for what I did see. The error's are so bad I thought my hard drive died. Then I suspected the nvidia hard drive drivers. Since they dont activate them in the latest drivers but the folder is sitll there I pointed my installer to them and they did install so at first I thought that things were very bad. As for the files they are on a remote server that i juat have space on but I dont monitor it so I'm not sure how much bancdwidth is used on that server. Also because it's not my server really I cant leave them up more than a month or so.

I've been working away at it also. It's so close. I tried something new jsut now that was not at all want we want though. Another bad cd.

just tried the uxtheme is a no go. that is for sure.

no you will run into problems wiht mocrosoft durring activation only if you have multiple installs using the same product id code. The cd's are all more or less the same.