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Welcome to MSFN, doctorh! I know that some file names are added twice, but I was unaware that it caused a problem ... Another thing to put on my To Do list. Thanks for pointing it out!

Just because it's on the Internet, does not mean you can believe it ... Personally, I install office upon first boot into the GUI. Concerning using CMDLINES.TXT/SVCPACK.INF for installations, my rule of thumb is simply, if it works there, do it there, if not, use GuiRunOnce, or equivilant.

A wonderful job of cut and paste! http://www.mail-archive.com/unattended-inf...t/msg00107.html

Yes, assuming that 7,0,19,0 is indeed the version of the .OCX file.

Perhaps this thread will help? http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=12263

Just to see if the title catches his attention! Many wishes for a very, very happy birthday to XPerties! (Assuming, of course, he is not a Yankees fan!)

Cute ...

Voting machine error gives Bush 3,893 extra votes in Ohio Remember, as Stalin said, it does not matter who casts the votes, it matters who counts the votes ...

Or download them, and then look in %SYSTEMROOT%\Windows Update.txt. There you will find the links to the CAB files, as well as everything else Windows Update has downloaded.

Yes, you posted a key in your first post, where you assumed you had the answer to your own problem ... You asked a question that you could have easily answered yourself. In fact, you did so in your next post, where you ask if there was another way. What I would have considered a better question would simply be: I guess I should have known better than to reply to your post, or even read a post with such a hopeless title, but fret not: this is the last reply you will get from me ... If you cannot be bothered, neither can I.

When I drive my Benz to the ballgame, I don't call them asking for directions ... Believe me, your questions are not XPCREATE related. Use XPCREATE for what it is intended: updating a Windows Distribution CD, NOT an all in one answer to Unattended CD creation.

Your welcome! Now be very carefull about double posting, or you will suffer the wrath of Alanoll!

Not at all XPCREATE related ... You will have more luck generating answers if you post in the appropriate forum ...

Here is your working solution: Launch the Photoshop installer from one RunOnceEx entry. From the next RunOnceEx entry launch a Command Script that looks to see if the Photoshop Icons have been created. If they have not been created, wait a certain amount of time, and look again. You will need SLEEP.EXE, or similar. Psuedo Code: :CHECK IF EXIST SHORTCUT GOTO FOUNDIT SLEEP 30 GOTO CHECK :FOUNDIT EXITNow please don't ask me to write the Command Script for you ...

With such a poor title, I cannot believe I even looked in here ... I would have suggested "Change ComputerName without rebooting" http://www.jsiinc.com/suba/tip0200/rh0285.htm And for future reference ... http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html baptize.zip

Actually, CDBURN will not do it, but DVDBURN will, as well as Nero, Roxio, etc. I burn the ISO to DVD using one of these, AFTER XPCREATE does it's thing.

I burn my images to DVD no problem ... Two hours seems long, but it depends on your configuration, what you've included, what else is running,, etc. If it created an image that works, I would have to say "reasonable".

I have not had a chance yet to test WIN2K, but, as always, Bilou_Gateux's advice is good advice!

The XPCREATE Directories are intended to hold the different Microsoft Windows Updates and Hotfixes, which would not include the programs you mention. There is one directory that is intended for generic program installation, SVC-EXE. Here you may place switchless installers that can be run from SVCPACK.INF. Other than that, you should simply follow make your XPCREATION, use it as the base CD, and follow the instructions from The Unattended Guide at http://unattended.msfn.org. Welcome, P1R4T3, to MSFN!

Sorry: Wasn't trying to show you up ... I re-assign that key myself, after changing the drive letters to something more logical. At the same time I create a new system wide environmental variable with the CD letter. The reason I went this route was that I would sometimes get "Drive not ready" errors. I cannot remember which kind of drive did it, but not all like being referenced when empty.

I believe what is really being looked for in 99% of these cases is the cd letter from which windows was installed: that is where the CD is ... FOR /F "TOKENS=3" %%I IN ('REG QUERY "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" /v "SourcePath" ^| FINDSTR "SourcePath"') DO SET CDROM=%%~dI

Must have been late last night ... that is DOCABS=NO, not DPCABS=NO. I'll run HFNetChk next time I have a WIN2K Server going. I've used it before, but I found MBSA more "complete".

Welcome back, mdes! I like that HF1/HF2 image: can I use it, too?

I believe what is really being looked for in 99% of these cases is the cd letter from which windows was installed: that is where the CD is ... FOR /F "TOKENS=3" %%I IN ('REG QUERY "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" /v "SourcePath" ^| FINDSTR "SourcePath"') DO SET CDROM=%%~dI Neater, and more efficient ...

I've not used HFNetChk for a while: I use the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer. I was under the impression that they used the same XML file, but I do know that the latest MBSA is not compatible with the previous version. Perhaps HFNetChk still uses the previous version XML file, which may no longer be updated. Who knows ... But I still prefer MBSA. The CAB compression can be a killer. I would suggest you set DPCABS=NO in XPCREATE.INI, while testing, and change it back for the final CD. Can saves tons of time ...