RyanVM

I call it from a batch file called by GuiRunOnce in winnt.sif and don't have any restart issues.

First off, punctuation is your friend. I'm not 100% sure I even understand what you were saying. What I think you're saying is that it runs fine if run by itself in Windows, but not if called from RunOnceEx in the registry. That's consistent with what others are seeing. And those are nearly the same parameters I use for my switchless installer. Unfortunately, I don't know what you can do about it other than contact Sun and see if they know why.

I found that UPX compression of EXEs isn't really any better than LZX-compressed CAB files or maximum compression 7zip archiving. I personally use UPX to compress the 7zip SFX file and that's it.

RAID1 is your friend. Otherwise, a program like SecondCopy can be a life saver. I personally have my MSFN stuff saved to two different hard drives on my system.

Hmm.. I'm not sure. I saw UPX but I haven't tried it yet. Give it a shot and let me know. The syntax is easy: upx file.xyz upx.zip

How does Petite compression compare to UPX?

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>echo %CD:~3% Documents and Settings\AdministratorLooks like it works to me... EDIT: Nevermind, I misunderstood. I was never able to figure out a way to use system environment variables within INF files. I attempted that in the early days of my update pack when I was trying to put the date in the registry. I ended up giving up and added the entries with a batch file instead.

hmm...you're the first person to have that problem. I personally have had no issues. Not really sure what to tell you.

I would have said something if I did. You ran the EXE with no switches?

Ignore the stuff twizt3d is talking about.

You could always extract it from the SP2 network install exe as well. It can be opened with a program like WinRAR.

Allow me to refresh you in the rules since you've apparently forgetten them since you read them after registering Second, regarding your integration troubles. I strongly recommend you read the MSFN guide on the matter, since all of those programs are covered in it. http://unattended.msfn.org/ Check out the Applications section.

@ pcportal - I suggest you read the FAQ on my website before complaining about download problems: http://www.ryanvm.net/msfn/faq.html @ Svend - If you want to make a similar installer for the Danish version, check out this thread: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?act=ST&f=70&t=26304 It's a bit long, the but entire procedure is documented in it.

so the file you put on the site is the same one you sent me to test? or should i re-download? It's the same file, relax.

Well, it turns out the error is on my end for it showing up in the first place. Apparently WhoLockMe is creating the registry entry which makes WindowsUpdate want to run the cleanup tool. I'm going to try and have it fixed for the next release. In the mean time, you can trick WindowsUpdate by adding the "MydoomTool" entry and removing the Shell key as described here

@ turbomcp: Administrative Installation Point of JRE5. Then 7zip compress. Then a 7zip self extracting installer (with a little icon hacking courtesy of ResHacker), following the directions laid out in the 7zip help file. @ All: Looks like this is a winner. I'll be updating the site (now back online ) with the new file shortly.

Yay, the site is back up Happy New Year everybody.

Well, you could always edit the MSI-based installers with Orca to not launch things.

Did you uninstall older versions prior to running it?

I've heard a few people say now that they had restarts when upgrading over an older version, but then others were running it from RunOnceEx. Can I get some more feedback from other people? I'm hoping we've got it here and I can have this available for download when my site comes back up tomorrow.

Here's a yousendit link for you guys to try. http://s8.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0HOKX3PHYTWGF18TI1QXYESXVJ Let me know if it restarts for you or not. Again, this is a switchless installer. If you try to run it with switches, chances are very good that it will behave erratically!!!!

I've got a switchless installer for Update 1 created, but nobody has PMed me to test it yet. My tests indicate that things are working fine, but I was only ever able to reproduce the restarts in one way (double clicking the exe from the desktop to run it).

Just wanted to let you know that this guide worked perfectly for me on an MSI K7N2GM2-LSR nForce2 w/ NVRAID. Setup detected my SATA RAID1 array just fine and the Windows installation went flawlessly.

NSIS is probably your best bet. And no, you cannot use the official Firefox artwork unless you're not publicly distributing your files. And finally, moox has said that he is planning on making an installer, but that's not the foremost item on his plate at the moment. Give him some time.

See the thread in my signature if you want access to my FTP. It appears in my early testing that Update 1 doesn't have the restart issues which have plagued the initial release so badly. I'll of course want some people who've had restart problems to try it out and let me know. Send me a PM if you're interested in being my guinea pig.