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For those who don't want to get the full Windows-KB870669-x86-ENU.exe patch, here is the .REG file: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ActiveX Compatibility\{00000566-0000-0010-8000-00AA006D2EA4}] "Compatibility Flags"=dword:00000400

Good luck managing The Troops! Be sure and give me a holler when you need help with the batch code!

Nice work, Naumi! Sorry to make you do it all yourself, but thank you for sharing the solution! Looks like you did a bit of testing. Once again, trial abd error: always works in the end.

Oh no ... Mac's getting ideas ...

Well, if that don't kick a** (or wipe it), I don't know what does!

Welcome to MSFN, Naumi! Sorry, I've not seen that error. It really does not sound like an XPCREATE issue (but it could be: one never knows ... ), so you may have more luck posting in the Unattended Forum, if this one is not moved there soon. Wish I could help! Anyone else?

Hmmm. I've no time today ... but I will look into it post ASAP.

Where is DerRickster? Come back and fight like a man: I ain't dead yet!

Thank you Vel Straty, and Welcome to MSFN! Virindi, The List Master seems to have it under control. If anyone finds any errors, please let us know!

What did Jacques Brel say? Vous, les Flamandes, je vous en ... Why can't everyone just stick to the standard 7 bit ASCII set? Thanks, Bilou, I'll get that into the next update!

Welcome to MSFN, matze! I have seen that myself sometimes, and sometimes not ... I do believe it is the POST install hotfixes that cause this: try removing them to see if the directories are no longer created. There really isn't much I can do from inside XPCREATE. Please try NOT adding the POST install hotfixes, and post back!

RunOnce or RunOnceEx in the HKCU hive, as opposed to the HKLM hive, should work. There was a post about just that in the last couple months, and I believe this was the solution. Keep us posted as to if you find it, and it works!

Good luck! Now that I think about it, I like this idea, as it allows me to easily configure different admin and user acount defaults. Please post back what worked!

By knowing where you are, and where the file is located.

I don't like it: it destroys all the data that may be on the disk, and I partition my disk. However, and thank God, not everyone is like me ... If you are sure you have no data to loose, and yuo want a 1 partition disk, this should be fine for you.

Irrelevent ... This is not under windows ... Doesn't work that way. .\PROGRAM.EXE is OK as a call, but not as a passed parameter (sometimes ... )

Hmmm ... You've been here long enough to know some debugging ... 1) The .REG file was not found. Provide the full / correct path. 2) That would be the first program I've ever seen with [/d]. I suspect it should be /d, or you will get a list of CORRECT switches... 3) Beats me: I am not familar with the program. 4) SHORTCUT.EXE was not found. Again, full / correct path. 5) Beats me: I am not familar with the program. Put a PAUSE command at the end of the file, and LOOK AT THE ERRORS!

Bienvenue, buggas! There is not, as such, a FORMAT option in Windows Setup. There is an AutoPartition option that will repartition, then format, your disk. More information is in REF.CHM from the DEPLOY.CAB file on your Windows CD.

I doubt this will work: rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 .\RunOnceEx.inf You probably need to pass the correct path to RunOnceEx.inf, e.g. rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 D:\$OEM$\RunOnceEx.infYou wiill need to be sure that D is the CD drive (if hardcoded), or devise a way to have the correct CD Drive letter in a variable. Try first hardcoded, for easier debugging ...

You are trying to copy over NTUSER.DAT to a copy that is in use: C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\NTUSER.DAT, as that is the hive used by XP at the T-13 stage. You could try to copy it over on first boot, using GuiRunOnce. The disadvantage will be that the administrator does NOT have your custom profile, but all other users will.

Attaboy, 996, I figured it was something like a nights sleep that was keeping you from seeing the light! You can use either > or >>, as noted above: just depends how many log files you want, and how many times you need to "call" it.

Au contraire, mon chere ... I hate to contradict you ... but %SYSTEMDRIVE% in the shortcut target has always worked for me ... Here is the target directory from a desktop shortcut: %systemdrive%\Windows\regedit.exe(cut and pasted)

http://greenmachine.msfnhosting.com/READING/addraid.htm As for all the fuss about "hacking" TXTSETUP.SIF: that is a load of rubbish ... the changes made are both documented by Microsoft, and quite similar to the "hacks" you will otherwise need to make to another Setup Information File, a.k.a. SIF file, WINNT.SIF. Six of one, half dozen of another ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;en-us;817616

Nice list, Jotnar, I've looked for, but never found, that info before. Thanks!

Hmmm. I'm not sure there was a slipstreaming problem ...