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That would be great.

This cmd file could be modified to perform driver installations depending on your hardware. I've only had a chance to test this on 2 different machines & it worked fine. Please test this on your systems & let me know what kind of results you get. Requires DEVCON.EXE in your path. Obtain devcon.exe here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...b;EN-US;Q311272 atiornv.cmd @echo off :detect_vid devcon find * | find "ATI" >NUL if not errorlevel 1 goto ati devcon find * | find "NVIDIA" >NUL if not errorlevel 1 goto nvidia goto neither :nvidia echo nvidia goto end :ati echo ati goto end :neither echo neither goto end :end

*** UPDATED *** check new post http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=26963

I initially was using wget & decided to see how else I could do what I wanted, not sure which I'll use yet to be honest, I'm still testing Wget Post: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=24317&hl=wget

*** UPDATED *** check new post http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=26963 Here's another way to download application/update "packages" over your network using an ftp server. I prefer this method as I can just update the files on the ftp server if I ever want anything on my unattended cd to change. Saves time on burning cds. Unlike my wget post this one doesn't require any extra files other than unrar.exe in your path. Let me know if you use this, I will write a full tutorial if enough people are interested. What it does: 1. Creates necessary directories. 2. Creates ftp_cmd.txt 3. Runs ftp.exe against ftp_cmd.txt to download packages. 4. Extracts downloaded packages. 5. Deletes compressed files & installs packages. md %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install md %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\apps md %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\updates md %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\tweaks @ECHO open 192.168.1.25 >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt @ECHO username >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt @ECHO password >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt @ECHO bin >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt @ECHO prom >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt @ECHO lcd %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt @ECHO cd unattend >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt @ECHO get apps.cmd >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt @ECHO get updates.cmd >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt @ECHO get cleanup.cmd >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt @ECHO lcd %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\apps >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt @ECHO cd apps >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt @ECHO mget *.rar >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt @ECHO lcd %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\updates >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt @ECHO cd ../updates >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt @ECHO mget *.rar >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt @ECHO lcd %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\tweaks >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt @ECHO cd ../tweaks >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt @ECHO mget *.reg >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt @ECHO bye >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt %SYSTEMDRIVE%\windows\system32\ftp.exe -s:%SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt del %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt for %%i in (%systemdrive%\install\apps\*.rar) do UNRAR x %%i %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\apps del %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\apps\*.rar for %%i in (%systemdrive%\install\updates\*.rar) do UNRAR x %%i %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\updates del %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\updates\*.rar %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\apps.cmd

You can also script ftp.exe to download your packages from a ftp server. Put this file in $OEM$\$$\system32 ftp_cmd.txt open 192.168.1.25 username password lcd c:\install prom get apps.cmd get updates.cmd get cleanup.cmd bin cd unattend cd apps mget *.rar cd ../updates mget *.rar bye Then just run this command when you want to d/l the packages: %SYSTEMDRIVE%\windows\system32\ftp.exe -s:%SYSTEMDRIVE%\windows\system32\ftp_cmd.txt Or you could just add the following to your batch file: ECHO open 192.168.1.25 >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt ECHO username >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt ECHO password >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt ECHO lcd c:\install >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt ECHO bin >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt ECHO prom >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt ECHO get apps.cmd >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt ECHO get updates.cmd >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt ECHO get cleanup.cmd >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt ECHO cd unattend >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt ECHO cd apps >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt ECHO mget *.rar >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt ECHO cd ../updates >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt ECHO mget *.rar >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt ECHO bye >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt ECHO bye >> %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt %SYSTEMDRIVE%\windows\system32\ftp.exe -s:%SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\ftp_cmd.txt

I will never understand why people use this thing... notepad with terminal size 9 works fine for me.

Glad to hear that it works for you, I'm in the process of writing a more detailed tutorial right now... the big question is wether or not I ever finish it

What applications does everyone install with their unattended cd? The following is my current list of applications & tools. Applications Installed: WinRAR v3.30 Alcohol 120 v1.9.2.1705 Firefox v0.9.3 Sun Java v1.4.2.05 Nero Burning ROM v6.3.1.15 ultra edition K-Lite Mega Codec Pack mIRC v6.16 Including dccAssist v1.72 Adobe Acrobat Reader v6.01 Full SpyBot Search & Destroy v1.3 (also schedules silent scans every 5 days) Azureus Bittorrent Client v2.1.0.4 SecureCRT v4.1.0.205 Total Commander v6.01 SiSoft Sandra v2004 10.9.89 Trillian Pro v2.013 Microsoft Office 2003 (Access, Excel, Infopath, Powerpoint, Publisher, & Word) UltraVNC Viewer Winamp 5.04 Putty v0.55 Command Line Tools: wget.exe - v1.9beta w/ssl support uptime.exe - Shows system uptime sleep.exe - Puts a pause in a batch file fport.exe - Maps open ports to their applications unrar.exe - Duh shortcut.exe - Create shortcuts from command line (Note: All my applications are downloaded using wget & installed via GuiRunOnce. CD Size does not matter if one has a network!)

In my unattended CD I have spybot S&D install & schedule it to scan every 5 days. I want to be able to determine if a certain process is running & act accordingly. My problem is this... I have several computers that cannot be interrupted (scan would cause them to fail) while a certain process is running. I want a batch file to check for a certain process.. if it see's it I would like to remove & reschedule the scan. If it is not running I would like it to run the already scheduled task. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

I could do that, but I like to be selective. What if I want some of those icons? I could definately clean it up using %PROGRAMFILES% and such, but I'm a lil tired

Gotcha! fixed.

You can use this to download & install your hotfixes & applications via a Web/FTP server. My Unattended CD pulls "packages" off my intranet server and then installs them. This means I only have to make one CD. If I need to change something, I just change the files on the web server. This takes some knowledge of how the unattended install process works. Sorry for not going into detail. My unattended cd logs in as administrator once, runs start.cmd & then reboots to the login screen. Keep in mind this is just what I did with it. I'm sure everyone can come up with some ideas of their own. This setup installs the following: Alcohol 120 v1.9.2.1705 retail multi-language WinRAR v3.30 corporate edition WGET v1.9beta w/ssl support Nero v6.3.1.15 ultra edition mIRC v6.16 incl dccassist 1.72 UltraVNC Viewer Putty v0.55 K-Lite Mega Codec Pack Adobe Acrobat Reader v6.01 Full Azureus v2.1.0.4 SecureCRT v4.1.0.205 Total Commander v6.01 SiSoft Sandra v2004 10.9.89 Retail Trillian Pro v2.013 SpyBot Search & Destroy v1.3 (also schedules silent scans every 5 days) These are the files in my $OEM$\$$\SYSTEM32 folder: start.cmd sleep.exe vncviewer.exe putty.exe shortcut.exe unrar.exe ssleay32.dll libeay32.dll wget.exe This file will download the list of packages from the webserver & then run wget against the list of URLS to d/l the RARs & CMD files. $OEM$\$$\SYSTEM32\START.CMD cls @echo off echo Downloading Packages... md %systemdrive%\install wget -P%systemdrive%\install\ http://bender/unattend/url_list.txt wget -P%systemdrive%\install\ -i%systemdrive%\install\url_list.txt %systemdrive%\install\apps.cmd Now setup a web server (you can use an ftp server but you will need to alter the batch files) The webserver needs the to have the following directories: /unattend/ - Put the cmd & url_list files here. /unattend/apps - Put your application rars here. /unattend/updates - Put your hotfixes here. /unattend/tweaks - Put your reg hacks here. Now you need to put the following files in their corresponding directories on the web server. /UNATTEND/url_list.txt http://bender/unattend/apps/alcohol.rar http://bender/unattend/apps/winrar330.rar http://bender/unattend/apps/firefox.rar http://bender/unattend/apps/sunjava.rar http://bender/unattend/apps/nero.rar http://bender/unattend/apps/klmcodec.rar http://bender/unattend/apps/mirc.rar http://bender/unattend/apps/adoberd.rar http://bender/unattend/apps/spybotsd.rar http://bender/unattend/apps/azureus.rar http://bender/unattend/apps/securecrt.rar http://bender/unattend/apps/tcmdr601.rar http://bender/unattend/apps/sandra.rar http://bender/unattend/apps/trillian.rar http://bender/unattend/updates/netfw11.rar http://bender/unattend/tweaks/tweaks.reg http://bender/unattend/apps.cmd http://bender/unattend/updates.cmd /UNATTEND/APPS.CMD @echo off ECHO. ECHO Installing Winrar v3.30 Corporate Edition... unrar x %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\winrar330.rar %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install start /wait %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\winrar330\winrar330.exe /s REGEDIT /S %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\winrar330\cascade.reg etc... etc... etc... %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\updates.cmd /UNATTEND/UPDATES.CMD @echo off ECHO. ECHO Installing .NET Framework v1.1... unrar x %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\netfw11.rar %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install start /wait %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\netfw11\netfx.msi /QB %SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\cleanup.cmd /UNATTEND/CLEANUP.CMD ECHO. ECHO Cleaning up... del "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Set Program Access and Defaults.lnk" del "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Windows Catalog.lnk" del "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Windows Update.lnk" del "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\MSN Explorer.lnk" del "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Windows Messenger.lnk" del "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Windows Movie Maker.lnk" net user "ASP.NET" /delete

Desktop X does some pretty neat looking stuff, but I personally use samurize. I just converted my g/f from desktopx to samurize... it took her awhile to get used to but she likes it better now.

I would like for my users to browse an intranet site & click an install link. I want it to then install the associated application. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to do this? Currently I'm using ZeroG Install Anywhere & it works great, but I'm looking for something different that doesn't require Java. I've been told I can do what I want using InstallShield, but there are going to be lots of applications, so I need something low maintenance. I would also like to know how to make applications install when needed. EXAMPLE: user clicks .PDF file & Adobe Reader isn't installed. I would like windows to automatically install Adobe Reader via the Intranet site. Suggestions anyone?

I'll have to give this a try... thanks

Yes, you place it in the root of the cd.

IE culmulative patch patches browser vulnerabilities which you are still vulnerable to. Yes, it would be a good idea to update windows. No, you do not HAVE to update anything, but you're just asking for it if you don't.

goto microsoft.com click support on the left, then customer service along the top.

I don't understand how not having MB drivers leaves you without a pc...

haha... I always miss somethin small

Read this: http://board.MSFN.org/index.php?showtopic=...9346&hl=win51ip

net user blah /add net localgroup "administrators" blah /add

Try this: http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp...folder_open.htm

Well I've got an ATI AIW 7500 and the WDM drivers are a pain to get installed correctly sometimes. Thought you might not have em installed.... or maybe you should try to re-install em.