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Hmm... still didn't work for me... ahwell...

It sure is. I found it using RegMon while I tried to install WMP10. It was looking for that value, so I made it, and voila. Still haven't been able to find the "Windows Logo Certification" one though.

Sorry pastl, but none of the methods mentioned on that website work. It's a real bugger to fix.

I'm wondering if someone else can help me here... When installing some programs (most notibly, WMP10 Tech Beta), I get an error saying: The software you are installing has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP. This software will not be installed. Contact your system administrator. Is there a way around this? Is there a registry edit or something? This is an EXTREMELY frustrating error that I need fixed. Anyone have any information?

You guys give up to easily... To make WMP10 unattended, do the following... Download WMP10 Beta... Extract to some folder on your CD... Add the following to your registry tweaks file (MAKE SURE THIS IS CALLED BEFORE WMP10 SETUP)... HKLM,SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Setup,AllowUnattendedMode,%REG_DWORD%,0x00000001 or, for you registry files... [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Setup] "AllowUnattendedMode"=dword:00000001 Then, install WMP10 with the following command line: setup_wm.exe /Q:A /R:N Note: This still doesn't work on SP2... I still get the "Windows Logo Certification" error.

I thought "ConvertNTFS" would only convert a FAT drive. Ahwell, just tested my "WINNT.SIF" file and it works great. Even with the "Filesystem=NTFS" line. Thanks.

You mean the Windows Post-Install Wizard?? http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=11491 FYI: If you were to search for "+windows +post +install", it gives you a slew of topics... Including the one above.

Thankyou very much evilvoice. I now almost have everything finished with my SP2 unattended... Just hope they don't change to much between RC2 and RTM (or anything in between).

Can anyone tell me what I need to put into my WINNT.SIF file to do the following unattended: 1. Remove all existing partitions from first hard drive. 2. Create 1 NTFS partition to install Windows on (using FULL drive space). 3. Format the 1 partition using NTFS. At the moment, I've deduced it to: [Data] AutoPartition="1" [Unattended] FileSystem=NTFS Repartition="yes" TargetPath=\WINDOWS Is this correct?

Does anyone know how to clear the "Application" and "System" event logs unattended?

I don't think I've seen this registry tweak anywhere yet... [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Management] "ShowUpdates"=dword:00000001 This will check the "Show Updates" checkbox on Add/Remove Programs in Windows XP SP2.

I'm wondering if anyone else is having these problems... I'm using Windows XP SP2 RC2, and some of my registry edits are being overwritten after RunOnceEx is complete. 2 examples of these registry edits are "Removing IE and OE icons from the start menu" and "Removing links folder from Favorites menu". To make my problem clear, here is my current setup: Install Windows... Registry edits are executed at RunOnceEx after first boot (like usual). Some registry edits are being overwritten once the shell loads. Registry edits are executed AGAIN at RunOnceEx after 2nd boot. The registry edits seem to stick. This confuses me but I my workaround works fine for me. I'm just wondering if anyone else is having any problems.

@]Bonkers[: If the cmd file and inf file are in the same directory, change you .cmd file to this: @ECHO OFF rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 .\custom.inf EXITTake note of the .\custom.inf

I think you missread what I meant. I don't want a custom theme. I just need the theme/shell to LOAD before I apply my registry edits. When the shell loads, it seems to overwrite some of my registry edits. 2 examples are the "LinksFolderName" registry value that gets the value of "Favorites" if I set it to nothing before the shell loads and the other is the "Favorites" registry value that removes IE and OE from the start menu. It seems to get overwritten when the shell loads. BTW... I'm using SP2 RC2.

It handles "My Pictures", "My Music" and "My Videos" fine. It's new folders like "My Downloads" that I want to set an icon to.

Is there any way to pause RunOnceEx so that it loads the Windows Theme? I need to pause the RunOnceEx section so that I can apply the registry edits AFTER the shell loads.

Is it possible to apply a custom icon to a folder created during RunOnceEx?? cleanup.cmd: mkdir "%userprofile%\My Documents\My Downloads" mkdir "%userprofile%\My Documents\My Documents" mkdir "%userprofile%\My Documents\My Videos" I want to be able to apply a custom icon (in shell32.dll) to the "My Documents" and "My Downloads" folders.

Add the following to WINNT.SIF: [SystemFileProtection] SFCQuota=0 SFCScan=0 Then, in a .cmd file called at RunOnceEx or RunOnce, have the following lines: rmdir /q /s %systemroot%\System32\DllCache mkdir %systemroot%\System32\DllCache That will clear you cache automatically.

Does anybody know if "reg.exe" is available to use during the DetachedProgram part of setup (T-39...?)?

Edit: I knew I posted all this somewhere else: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=21766 - Take a look at that. You might be able to understand it better. @Bonkers: Here is my current setup of files (try and bear with me)... First, at the cmdlines section of setup, I run "UserSetup.cmd"... @echo off %systemdrive%\MSA\Utilities\cmdow.exe @ /HID title Setup Administrator Accounts %systemdrive%\MSA\Utilities\renuser.exe Guest Disabled net localgroup guests Disabled /delete cls %systemdrive%\MSA\Utilities\cmdow.exe @ /VIS set /p NewAdmin="Enter a new administrator name: " %systemdrive%\MSA\Utilities\cmdow.exe @ /HID %systemdrive%\MSA\Utilities\renuser.exe Administrator %NewAdmin% reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList" /v %NewAdmin% /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" /v RegisteredOwner /t REG_SZ /d %NewAdmin% /f echo. > %systemdrive%\MSA\%NewAdmin% cls %systemdrive%\MSA\Utilities\cmdow.exe @ /VIS set /p RemAdmin="Enter a remote administrator name: " set /p RemPassd="Enter the remote administrator password: " %systemdrive%\MSA\Utilities\cmdow.exe @ /HID net user %RemAdmin% %RemPassd% /add net localgroup Administrators %RemAdmin% /add net localgroup users %RemAdmin% /delete reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList" /v %RemAdmin% /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f exitAs you can tell, that asks for the administrator name and saves it to a file. Then, I have RunOnceEx.cmd called... @echo off %systemdrive%\MSA\Utilities\cmdow.exe @ /HID rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 .\RunOnceEx.inf if exist %systemdrive%\MSA\RaveRod rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection RaveRodInstall 128 .\RunOnceEx.inf if exist %systemdrive%\MSA\MissCath rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection MissCathInstall 128 .\RunOnceEx.inf exitThat installs my RunOnceEx settings based on a username. Here is my RunOnceEx.inf file... [Version] Signature="$Windows NT$" [DefaultInstall] AddReg = RunOnceEx.Default [RaveRodInstall] AddReg = RunOnceEx.RaveRod [MissCathInstall] AddReg = RunOnceEx.MissCath [RunOnceEx.Default] HKLM,%RunOnceEx%,Title,%REG_SZ%,"MSA Post Setup Installation" HKLM,%RunOnceEx%\1000,,,"Installing WMP codecs..." HKLM,%RunOnceEx%\1000,1,%REG_SZ%,"%24%\MSA\codecs.cmd" HKLM,%RunOnceEx%\9000,,,"Adding registry entires..." HKLM,%RunOnceEx%\9000,1,%REG_SZ%,"%24%\MSA\regedits_glob.cmd" HKLM,%RunOnceEx%\9999,,,"Final Cleanup And Reboot..." HKLM,%RunOnceEx%\9999,1,%REG_SZ%,"%24%\MSA\cleanup.cmd" [RunOnceEx.RaveRod] HKLM,%RunOnceEx%\9000,2,%REG_SZ%,"%24%\MSA\regedits_rave.cmd" [RunOnceEx.MissCath] HKLM,%RunOnceEx%\9000,2,%REG_SZ%,"%24%\MSA\regedits_miss.cmd" [Strings] RunOnceEx = "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx" REG_SZ = 0x00000000 REG_BINARY = 0x00000001 REG_SZ_NOCLOBBER = 0x00000002 REG_BINARY_NOCLOBBER = 0x00000003 REG_MULTI_SZ_APPEND = 0x0001000A REG_MULTI_SZ = 0x00010000 REG_DWORD = 0x00010001 REG_MULTI_SZ_NOCLOBBER = 0x00010002 REG_DWORD_NOCLOBBER = 0x00010003 REG_MULTI_SZ_DELVAL = 0x00010006 REG_ADDREG_APPEND = 0x00010008 REG_EXPAND_SZ = 0x00020000 REG_EXPAND_SZ_NOCLOBBER = 0x00020002It doesn't do much at the moment, but only because I just started converting to INF based installations... I'm working on my new CD now (just in time for SP2). As I don't use gosh's method (I'm using nLite for now) I can't really say how you could use the multiple computer thingy. I don't mind answering questions at the cmdlines stage. I'm hoping to be able to place UserSetup.cmd file during the initial part of setup (where DetachedProgram runs).

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] "SFCScan"=dword:00000000 "SFCQuota"=dword:00000000

Heh.. yeah that's what I thought. Also, with SP2, I seem to have the strange quirk in that the links folder is replaced with "Favorites" when I remove the above string. Edit: Deleting it again fixes the problem.

I just checked again and the Rewards section doesn't exist. I don't know if it's only Australia that doesn't have any rewards yet.

Hmm.. seems they've removed the rewards and audiovox tests for us Aussies...

In the registry, change the following: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar] "LinksFolderName"="Links" Change "Links" to "" (without quotes... eg. an empty string).