Evan

I am currently working on registry tweaks for my WinXP CD. Many of the tweaks I use are located in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER branch. Will the settings I apply in there work automatically for all subsequent user accounts? I want to adjust global settings whenever possible, but it seems some of the entries I tweak in HKCU are not available in the other branches (e.g. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE). I have not tested my unattended installation yet (still some work to do) so I'd appreciate any time-saving tips on those issues. Thanks!

I am looking for info on what files/directories one can safely remove after the Windows XP installation has taken place. This will be placed in the batch file. I have already seen people remove screen savers and backgrounds. One forum user also wanted to remove the System32\dllcache folder (it is huge on my system, but is it safe to remove?). Please post your thoughts. Thanks!

I am trying to add the Intel Chipset and UDMA (i.e. Application Accelerator) drivers in my unattended setup paths. When I extract the main installation file however, I do not see any .INF files anywhere in there. In the chipset installation software, there are only *.CAT files where the documentation claims INF files should be. So now what do I do?

Excellent, thank you people! Now if I could take it a bit further and add Y/N type of questions to allow the user to control the installation process. Or even better, create a menu with options and let the user type a number to install the relevant part of the batch file. Can this be done at all through simple batch files? Thanks!

Out of curiosity... why would you want to disable that service? What is it useful for? I am constantly looking information on services and try to disable the ones that are useless to me, and I was wondering what that one does. Thanks. (and what is the registry tweak to disable it?)

Hello, I need some help with *.cmd batch files. I have made one which automatically installs the hotfixes etc. No problems there. The Command Prompt window that pops up however, disappears immediately after the process is finished thus leaving me no time to make sure everything has worked out fine (I have not used the EXIT command). Is there a command to insert a delay? Also (or alternatively), is there a command which aks for the user to press ENTER to continue, or ask the user for an input letter (Y/N) in order to specify which parts to install and which not. I am not putting these batch updates in the unattended procedure, I'd rather let me execute the batch after Windows has been installed. Thanks for any help!