nuke747

Actually, now that I understand a little more..you really dont even need to copy the installers on to the hard drive itself. Only the batch script files need to be on the hard drive to allow relevant directories (ie. %systemdrive%). So in this case, I would only have to copy the batch file to the hard drive..run it and then delete the batch file? What other advantages would I have by copying all the installers to the hard drive first rather than running them off the cd?

I've created an unattended installation CD of XP and have included OEM folders to install other applications, but after the installations are complete..how do you tell it to remove the setup files that it copied to the hard drive from the OEM folders? Or is this even possible? Would implementing this command at the end of the script remove all setup files to all my applications: DEL /S "%systemdrive%\Installers\MSN\MSNMessenger.msi" DEL /S "%systemdrive%\Installers\MSN\" DEL /S "%systemdrive%\Installers\" etc.... Any tips?

Thanks so much for the help, I will dick around with that and see what i can put together. Appreciate it. So when Im using nLite, do I compile the whole cd and let it make the ISO before I go any further and include the other applications?

I understand the script writing procedures to make the switchless installs..I just dont understand if and how I could implement them into a nLite install after it has installed XP.

Any tips on keywords to use? Appreciate the help

Ya...tried that. Actually looked for like an hour and still couldn't figure it out. Im not that ignorant, but thanks for the insult.

I am new to the unattended installation idea and have been messing around with nLite to create a custom version of XP. I have it all figured out but now I want to add other programs to be installed at the same time. I am confused on how to use the switchless installs with nLite. If somebody could inform me on how to implement a switchless install of GoogleToolbar, or something like Quicktime or Real player into my nLite CD I would be most appreciative. Thanks for the Help! - Luke