webmedic

well my inf files are executed from either cmdlines.txt and a cmd batch file so it would be very easy in both palces to just import a reg file after the inf terminates. As for running the reg from the inf I'm not sure if that would work or not. You could test it anfd let me know For now I'm going to try the other way. Another thing about this is that is all the apps are installed during the graphic setup instead of durring guirunonce then you can pull off a few other little tidbits. Now if we could find out how to turn on quick links globaly for all users. A vb script is not exactly the best way to do it.

7zip I didn't want to use a few of the others since they mess up empty directories. And 7zip is far superior to rar which I never liked and also unlike rar is free.

well from what i have noticed they simply dont clear to after you reboot. Thats why the whole key needs to be deleted. Possibly just using a reg file between each one and clearing the reg that way. Oh man why didn't I think of that sooner. Ok never mind me. That should work great just use a reg file that zeros the regestry key should work great after you run the inf just zero it with the reg file. then run the next inf file. That would be even easier than a vbscript to do the job.

I'll be working on that next but for now I'm using the mdac hotfix. I was told by somebody else that the mdac 2.8 works jsut fine also. I wnat it all to be working for now though. After I make sure it's all stable then I'll be adding dx9, .net and mdac 2.8.

ok guys sorry this is taking so long. My main windows box that i was doing all my work on lost the hard drive I wwas doing the work on. I have most of the important pieces but I'm still missing the whole hard drive at this time. Makes it kind of hard to work on the thing when hte hard drive is not coming up. Ok i did have a good copy of my hotfix stuff on my linux box though just not the reest of it :/ So here is the updated hotfix stuff hotfixes

so did it actually work like that? That would be great if it did. Thanks man I was going nuts trying to get this to work.

well the one I'll post in a bit has nothing hard coded and it has a part that figures out were it's sitting and runs of that. Any hard coded dirs you see need ot be left alone if you think they are hard coded because they are there for a reason. And also to note that the mdac one works now also.

ok not quite there yet. Arron it will compile everything into directory 5 these files you will have to copy to i386. When I make sure it is working 100% correct I'll make it so that it will add files to a compiled directory and you only need to add any new hotfixes to the mix at that time. Also of note Greenmachine I have fixed any path issues wiht hte latest ones you will no longer have to edit files to get it to run.

o could you post your midified one because I tried another tac with it but it never worked like i wanted. I finaly gave up out of frustration.

Oh man arron you are going about it the hard way today sorry i did not catch this a little sooner. Hold on a second and I'll make a download for you all. I'll do a new one wiht the latest version and all the dirs and little proggies I use to work it all together. give me about 30 minutes.

Yea shure the thread is right here. http://board.MSFN.org/index.php?showtopic=8632

well and here is another issue if you are not using updated chipset drivers like you should there could be other issues latter on. You might want to reconsider the way you are doing it. The default chipset drivers in windows xp should not be used if there is a newer version of them available. And if there is a newer version you should only install the video card drivers after the chipset drivers have been installed.

Oh boy yes I recently ran into this. On a thread here I have seen a vb script that will delete a reg key but I have not tried it yet. I had the same issue as you I simply could not get two in a row working after may days of playing with them. Possibly wiht that vb script we could execute it right after the first one but before the second one runs. I would very much like for that to work also. If you would like to test this also it would be great. I'll see if I can find the thread wiht that nifty little pice of stuff init again.

if you made a few changes Can you pm them to me I'd like to see.

it does if you set it u[p right. In another thread it is explained that you need to list your motherboard then raid then video card drivers. If you dont bad things will happen. I;'m not sure as it jsut simply worked for me but this is the way it is supposed to be done so I will change it in my setup to ward off any future problems.

do you still ahve that version of .net for me to try or is the current way good enough?

nothing for some unknown reason some of the hotfixes check the uninstall data to find out if they are installed. Guess waht during silent install uninstall data is not generated so it comes up as not installed. I know a small oversite on microsofts part but it is still installed.

Do you know the thread link to where this is explained in full detail? Is this a tedious task to do, or is webmedic's solution better? I'm afraid I test anything to do with Nvidia, as I don't own one of their graphics cards. to the "svcpack-installation"-method: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;en-us;814847 it's bit more work than just installing the patches 1 by 1, but worth the effort! works great for me! to "nvidia"-graphic driver: - just unpack the nvidiadrivers.exe to install\drivers\nvidia - add "OemPnPDriversPath=install\Drivers\nvidia" to winnt.sif - edit DOSNET.INF, DRVINDEX.INF & TXTSETUP.SIF by DELETING following entries, so winxp-setup is forced to use the files located in "install\drivers\nvidia" works 100% with the new WHQL'ed 45.23 driversyes that method is the one I use. It works well but the script automates it. Any service packs left that can not be installed this way can be done through cmdlines.txt or the other method I use. by the way the nvidia drivers work jsut fine without editing those files by just adding them to oempnpdriverpath.

arron thats the way I do it already. My script just automates it is all.

I guess this is a hint to write an actuall thread jsut telling them how to add the raid drivers. Hm thats an interesting idea. Considering i have seen it at least two other places and there are countless others that are guessing but never get it right. Let me write the guy that wrote about this first and ask if it's ok if so I'll post more or less his original article. Possibly I'll try keeping differnt sets of known to be working and post which motherboards they work with driver sets. This may solve a few issues some are having. How does that sound.

yes that should do it. If you use spaces any more remeber tpo wrap the line like so "%systemroot%\stuff with spaces\target.txt" that will also help you out allot.

Are you sure about that? Why would they not work, it's like an unattended install except it allows you to change things just in case? I agree I have had issues with provide default as soon as i went to full unatended it worked great.

same here after my setup is done mostr everything applies to all users I had previously moved all my actual app setups to gui runonce but at cleanup time at the very end of my install I have a bat file that deletes files I want gone and then have it copy startup items and quick launch items over to default user. this gives me a default user with exactly the same stuff as my main user. The reason I moved the apps to guirunonce is that some of them dont install cleanly when you do the install using the cmdlinex.txt. Other than that i was using that also at first.

url is bad and I already have driver for that include in my droivers cab unless you vender has changfed the id strings which is why generic lines alike abovbe dont always work. Those do work on my hardware however. MY email is bah at webmedic dot net. for those that need it. as for not needing lal that all that I need is the inf file for most drivers to add them. @djus sorry I jsut got back to were I can add them I take one day off a week and yesterday was it.

bah all mine are stuff like hubble space telescope pics and are much under that this if it works will help allot for those of us with 10 gigis of little ity bity space pics. most of the pics themselves are maybe a meg or two. There are a few mpg's and quick time movs though but those have never given me the problems.