Denney

no probs. any more questions, just ask.

SP2 is still in beta and hasn't been released yet. SP1a is available from Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&displaylang=en That is the network install... that's the one you need. If you want to try SP2, you can get it here: http://download.microsoft.com/download/C/1...C9FA8/xpSP2.exe

This intreges (spelling?) me... so all you did just just zero out the files that you wanted to unprotect? I could swear the actual files protected were contained in the .cat files... hmm... gosh, any input on this? I'll have to have a close look at this.

Just a quick post to inform everyone that I have now fixed the SFC_OS.DLL file to disable WFP during setup (same as with the SP1 file). @swgreed: I think your muddled up because it doesn't matter if WFP is enabled or disabled... you can use any drivers you want so long as you have the correct entries in your winnt.sif file to disable driver signing.

@Bashrat: re-read the first post...

Change "ProvideDefault" to "DefaultHide". Doing so will hide any pages that you have supplied all the informatio for (eg. CD-Key). And remove the [Networking] section if you want to do your own networking.

I've figured it out (kinda). During cmdlines, I have a .cmd file that asks for an alternate administrator name (eg. "RaveRod" or "MissCath"), then I have ANOTHER .cmd file that adds the RunOnceEx commnds to the registry. If I combine both of those .cmd files, I can use the "NewAdmin" variable I set to determine if I need to run each reg command to add the RunOnceEx method. I don't know if I can move to a total INF format but this is close enough. Still need to work out the registry files though... at the moment I have a regedits.cmd file that gets run at RunOnceEx to load my registry edits. for %%i in (%systemdrive%\MSA\registry\*.reg) do start /wait regedit /s %%iI guess the best idea would be to put all common registry edits in this folder and then make 2 more dirs, "rave" and "miss" and put specific regedits in there, make 2 more regedits.cmd files and just change the paths.... **** I'm smart!

If anyone can supply me with the ORIGINAL uxtheme.dll files for the following versions of Windows XP, I'll add them to the list: XP SP2 build 1154 XP SP2 build 1185 XP SP2 build 1204 XP SP2 build 1213 XP SP2 build 1224 XP SP2 build 2108 XP SP2 build 2111 XP SP2 build 2120 XP SP2 build 2126 XP SP2 build 2135 XP SP2 build 2138 XP SP2 build 2142 XP SP2 build 2144 W2k3 SP1 build 1069 W2k3 SP1 build 1069 AMD64 W2k3 SP1 build 1137 W2k3 SP1 build 1159 W2k3 SP1 build 1159 AMD64 W2k3 SP1 build 1184

When are you getting that error? During cmdlines I take it? Try adding the following line to the start of your .cmd file: attrib -R %systemdrive%\install\RunOnceEx.cmdChange the path ofcourse. Also, make sure the RunOnceEx.cmd is actually being copied/echoed to your %systemdrive% and not to the CD.

Time for some input by me... [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] "DesktopProcess"=dword:00000001That little registry edit makes the desktop and explorer start with the same process. Any subsequent explorer Windows will open in their own processes. Also, this edit: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AlwaysUnloadDLL] "@"="1"I've seen in many places that "AlwaysUnloadDLL" is a registry key, whereas in other places, they say it should be created as a value: "AlwaysUnloadDLL"="1"Now, my question is which one is which? Which works, which doesn't? Do they both work? Which one's prefered?

Hey guys. I'm wondering if this is possible.... I have 2 computers which the unattended CD will be installed on. Is there a way to have a separate profile for each PC? By profile, I mean a list of installed applications, registry tweaks and program registrations. For example, I have a GF4 MX440 and I install the ForceWare drivers. The other PC has a Matrox G400. In my registry files I enable CoolBits. Now, as you can tell, I don't need the CoolBits part for the second PC. Another example, I want to install Serious Samurize on one PC but not another. Is this possible? One last example is a registry file for registering mIRC. Now, both computers have different registrations, how can I import only the registration I need. These profiles should be based on the username ("RaveRod" and "MissCath"). I'm going to convert all my batch and registry files to INF soon so if there was a way to do this, I would be grateful. One idea was if it was possible to read a registry key into a variable during INF processing. I don't know how to do this though (gosh?? ). Thanks in advance.

On the topic of security bugs and fixes, I'm sure, no, positive, that all the other browsers would have similar bugs. The reason you have to update IE so much is because IE is hard pressed by all the crackers to find as many exploits as possible. Why? Because IE is the web browser that Joe Blo uses. If everyone started using FireFox, I'm sure crackers could find just as many exploits. Edit: The only reason I keep posting here is because I LOVE debates. No insults meant at anyone btw.

@Tribble: Try adding this registry edit to your .reg file: ; Fix "Show Super Hidden" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\SuperHidden] "DefaultValue"=dword:00000001

@swgreed: This modded sfc_os.dll has nothing to do with vendor drivers or Windows ones. The drivers are totally separate from this file. @Louie666: The sfc_os.dll from nLite is the one I modded from SP1. This sfc_os.dll file is the actual one from SP2. That's about the only difference. I cannot gurantee that the sfc_os.dll from SP1 will work with RTM of SP2 when it comes out. That's why I'm doing this. Also, using SP2's sfc_os.dll, adding SFCDisable to your winnt.sif file does NOTHING. That variable is no longer used so there's no point putting it in there. This file is currently only for people who want to use the actual sfc_os.dll from SP2, not the one from SP1 (which just happens to work, for now).

You just need to know where to look.

I frequently use command scripts to do misc. jobs... Like with cmdlines, I use a command script to prompt for a new administrator name (safer than having an Administrator account on your PC) and then renames the guest account and removes it from the guests group. Command scripts are good for a lot of things. Just need to know how to use them.

@[bM]Crusher: After making that CD did you then use nLite or some other reduction tool? I didn't mean to say that you couldn't. I meant that if your going to use reduction tools etc. you should start with a clean slate. The reason I say this is that in the official beta for SP2, Microsoft highly recommends, if slipstreaming, to slipstream using an original Windows XP CD to prevent any errors/compatibility problems from occuring.

Don't mean to be rude but could you use the search feature next time? This error was posted about a month earlier...

Problems like those can be caused by slipstreaming SP2 into a SP1 CD... you should never slipstream a SP into a CD with another SP. Always start using the original CD. Try slipstreaming SP2 into a Vanilla (no SP) Windows XP CD. The win51ip.sp1 file on your CD tells me that the CD you slipstreamed into was a SP1 CD.

@rustycaps: Thanks for those reg tweaks. I'm all for searching the board and stuff but when it comes to registry tweaks it is getting a little hard to find what your after.

There is still a few bugs with the script (been getting a lot of corrupt downloads lately) so I haven't published it yet. I might do that one day. It only suppots XDCC's at the moment. FServes may be a little harder to code into it.

Your best bet would be to try AutoIT... I use it for a ton of programs that don't support silent switches. Takes a little bit to get used to though.

There are a few other codecs I'd include: DivX (which you already have) Indeo Video Codec 3ivX (probably not required) XVid

Your right sorry... Here is what I actually meant: I have written a mIRC script that can download "parts" of a file from different sources via IRC. You specify what file your downloading, who your downloading from (one or more people) and then my script will calculate the file size, split it up and request sections from each of those people. So yes, IRC itself isn't a true peer-to-peer but with a little help it can be.

Radimus has a good point... It not only depends on how smart you are with computers but how smart OTHER people are with computers.