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I'm 99% sure it's because of "missing network-connections". My previous motherboard had dual LAN of which one connector wasn't used. The error messages stopped when I disabled the unused LAN device. My current board has single LAN but these errors reappear when the network cable is disconnected. Disable the unused devices and see if the error messages keep coming.

Hmm... I take that back... At least part of it. I just remember that Event Viewer is riddled with error messages for .NET 2.0: The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( .NET Runtime ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. The following information is part of the event: Unable to open shim database version registry key - v2.0.50727.00000. Edit: Whoops... Nevermind. I just realized I'm talking of a partition that contains a "fully manual" installation of Windows 2000 (ie, the .NET Frameworks were installed LATER) so it's a problem with the installation program of 2.0 itself.

I've been using SF8 for a while now and these are my findings: PRO: It can save music files in the Quicktime format. Previously, I used Quicktime Pro to do this. I can now ditch the heavy-for-no-reason QT Pro in favor of a program I'm using for other purposes as well. CON: This new version of SF requires .NET 1.1 which I'd like to avoid. My questions: 1) Which components of .NET 1.1 are required for SF8 to function properly? 2) Can these components be installed/registered without installing the full .NET package? 3) Can the latter be done via SVCPACK (HFSLIP)?

Strange. I'm installing .NET 1.1 for a while now (because SF8 requires it) and .NET 2.0 recently. The .NET 1.1 silent installer is a package from RyanVM and I've found the .NET 2.0 silent installer somewhere on these forums. I haven't had any problems so far...

Minor update... I just tried this with Windows XP but WUv4 didn't install properly. Office Update works. Oh well... You can't have everything...

As far as I know, SVCPACK is the Windows installation program's business. It should process the files alphabetically so rename the Color applet to something like "zClrCPA.exe".

It requires .NET Framework 1.1 so I believe you can only get this to work as a silent install (make a silent/switchless installer and place it in HFSVPK) but it needs to be installed after .NET 1.1.

KB900725 / MS05-049 (Vulnerabilities in the Windows shell) replaces KB894320 / MS05-024 (Vulnerability in Web View).

Thanks for the reply. Windows Script 5.6 for Windows XP and Windows 2000

Both Windows Script 5.6 and MSXML 4.0 SP2 are available for Windows XP, but the HFSLIP tutorial for Windows XP doesn't mention these. Are they completely redundant on that OS?

KB885834 (Vulnerability in the License Logging service) is supposed to be included in the Update Rollup: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891861/#XS...123120121120120 (13th from the bottom) Would you consider KB894391 "critical"? "Generic Host Process" error message (5/18/2005) It's included in the list of hotfixes for Windows XP...

KB899588 is included in KB905749. KB896424 missing: Download page

Uh... I have Win2K HFSLIPped with WMP9 running on the test partition... It's working. So I still need the codecs when slipstreaming the player? Thanks.

I also don't know if I need the WM9/10 codecs when slipstreaming WMP9 or 10. I insert both WMP9 as well as wmfdist.exe into HFSLIP when making a Win2000 CD just to be sure...

It's a bit of a mess, yes. But MS do distinguish between both: one is a "cumulative update" (KB887797) while the other is a "cumulative security update" (KB823353). On the download page for KB887797 they even say "This non-security update helps resolve..."

Just wondering. I haven't included KB887797 ("additional" cumulative update for OE) in the last couple of HFSLIPs and Windows Update never complained. Am I the only one who doesn't need it, or has something changed in the HFSLIP script? The KB page doesn't contain a link to the download page. Here it is: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...56-a1a3da675baf @fdv: Something like this?

It's been discontinued. You can read all about it here: http://www.driverpacks.net/Projects/ They still have it up for download (see previous link) but advice you to use other tools: http://www.uawiki.org/doku.php?id=wxp:ua:misc&s=wmp10 I was confused by this as well and decided to skip it. It's already hard enough to get the XP hotfixes...

I have had mine at 1% (global) for as long as I can remember. It's not the time it takes to delete files that bothers me, but the time it takes before Windows STARTS to delete them. This appears to be irrelevant to "how full" the Recycle Bin is. I can empty it, create a new, empty TXT document, delete it, right-click the Recycle Bin icon and choose "Empty Recycle Bin". It takes approximately 8 seconds before Windows starts doing what it's supposed to do. On a clean install, when my SATA drives aren't connected yet, it doesn't take that long and if only one small partition is available (say, 3GB), it's as good as on XP.

You can try MSN messenger if you like that too. I tried it during the summer, though, so I can't say if it still works with the newer builds.

Nice topic, fdv. I'm not an extremist myself;-- I even call you an extremist with your FDV files... Today's machines should be capable enough. I don't often work with or repair older computers but I've never tried to squeeze the max out of these by downsizing the installation. I do some reg tweaks here and there but the systems are fully up-to-date and "complete" otherwise. I do want to comment on some things you wrote. I'm maybe taking this out of the original context, but it's a bit hard to put swap files on different drives or partitions when you're dealing with a multi-OS rig. Just take mine as an example: IDE1M: 80GB system drive * C: Windows 2000 * D: Windows XP * E: Test partition (for newly slipstreamed OS) * F: various junk / preparation installs / drivers SATA1: 320GB (general data) SATA2: 320GB (videos) SATA3: 320GB (backup) SATA4: 320GB (backup of other computers) Where do I put the swap files? I don't have the necessary room for any more hard drives (my full computer specs). And this is a system with "only" two OS's... The second thing is about "stability". Windows XP is more capable and more stable in some domains. I have to use XP too for two reasons: 1) It's proven to be more stable when capturing/editing/exporting videos with Pinnacle Studio 2) It can handle the creation of Sonic RecordNow image files (.gi) larger than 2GB on NTFS partitions I've once done an extensive comparison in this field and this is "my stability list": 1) Windows XP SP2 2) Windows 2000 SP4 3) Windows XP SP1 4) Windows 2000 SP3 5) Windows XP Gold The testing was based on how long a fresh installation could do without BSOD'ing when not all drivers were installed, and how it does afterwards. When SP4 for Windows 2000 came out, I found it was the only one which could stand up against all others: it NEVER crashed when the drivers weren't installed "in due time". XP SP2 never crashed either. For all other purposes, I use Windows 2000. I find it the prettiest OS ever made (Windows Millennium looks the same but it should be obvious why I'm opting for 2000) and it doesn't have this visual "blupp" effect that XP has when browsing through folders (except when browsing network folders). It also doesn't come with the junk that I need to disable on XP. Oh... and this... XP SP1 found it necessary to warn me of invalid characters when copying and pasting a URL as the name for a new folder. I usually safe pictures in a folder that has the name of the site they came from, and I manually change the slashes to double dashes before applying the new name. The warning I can actually live with, but XP SP2 finds it necessary to actually REMOVE the slashes! This means that I have to move the Save As box away so I can see my browser's address bar, localize the forward slashes, and insert double dashes at those positions in the name of the new folder... What a waste of time! About the only thing I don't like about 2000 (besides screwing up with Pinnacle Studio and with creating +2GB .GI files) is the time it takes before it STARTS emptying the Recycle Bin when you have a "large amount" of storage space... Any tips?

Alright-- Thanks for the explanation, wilkol. I know everything I wanted to know. ...und dein Englisch ist so gut wie mein Deutsch... Man versucht, macht Fehler, aber die Leute verstehen dich. Das ist das wichtigste... B)

I could've sworn there was a file attached to the main post yesterday; I should've downloaded it... BTW... Is there a document (or two) explaining the purpose of this? I mean, I do set the time stamp on the "visible" files when creating the ISO with UltraISO but I do that only for cosmetics. I didn't know this was actually necessary -- let alone for the files inside driver.cab.

Nope. Your version errors out with the same message: Internal Error 2103. 26 I was having good hopes about this because your file was 4KB larger than mine, but apparantly the problem is still there. I give up.

TommyP... KB885492 has an updated wmp.dll. It's discussed in Step 5. You're right about the others...

Hey Nathan... I just downloaded your file for Flash8 (IE) and will test it soon. Prior to reading this thread, I found another thread on the MM support forums by someone who had troubles getting Flash to install silently. Someone replied, saying that the topic starter should go through the licensing thingee, after which he'd get other installers. I did the same and downloaded the files I needed. I already had a non-licensed full MSI installer for Flash8 so I tried that first. I created an executable with IExpress with the following command: msiexec /i flash8ie.msi /qb! Then I made another executable for the licensed MSI of Shockwave 10, using this command: msiexec /i shwave10.msi /qb! Both installers worked fine when I tested them on an existing installation of Windows, but failed during a fresh installation made with HFSLIP. Flash 8: Internal error Shockwave 10: Network communication error I hope I'll get better results with your file and I can't wait for the Shockwave installer.....