Terrific work, TommyP It's been more than a year since I messed with unattends, and that was the only time I dealt with installing hotfixes automatically before. It's actually pure coincidence I found this forum thread as I wasn't into this type of thing anymore at all but I've tried it and I'm really impressed. It's the best thing I've seen in a long time... I do have some difficulties but I'm sure they're my fault and that there's a chance they have been covered before. One of them certainly is, and that's the "JScript 5.6 update" which I fixed per someones instructions to install version 5.1 of the update instead. The other problem that appears to be directly related to the Total Slipstream program (or at least my usage of it) is that Windows fails to reboot properly when installation has finished. I click OK at the prompt to "remove the CD and press OK to reboot", after which the screen turns green but a reboot doesn't occur. I can still move the mouse cursor around so it's not "frozen". At first I thought it was because I used a full IE6 version that I made with IEAK6, but that wasn't the case; at the second attempt I used the "regular" IE6 (per the instructions) and it still happens. Strangely, when I do an unattend install, this issue isn't there anymore. After I press OK at the end, another dialog shows telling me that the computer needs to reboot; it's counting down from 15 and has that blue progress bar moving to the left. If I press "Restart computer" on that dialog, the system reboots properly. I wish it would do this without the WINNT.SIF file as well. Note: this doesn't happen with my "virgin" SP4 slipstream. The other issues are related to WINNT.SIF (can't format after selecting a partition, and "US/US" is still in the list of keyboard layouts inspite of my efforts) so I'll be posting about these in a different thread. If of help, these are the "preparations" I've done to create the Total Slipstream (not necessarily in this order)... - The folder "FIX" contains the bootfiles from Windows XP - "HF" contains all hotfixes, XML4 and the Update Agent - "IESRC" contains all cab files from the IE6 package as well as the two mentioned cab files from DirectX 9.0c (redist) - "SOURCE" has the entire SP4 slipstream (including BOOTDISK, DISCOVER, etc.) - "SVPK_NO_SW" contains Acrobat Reader (renamed to 8:3 format), and the JRE 1.5.0_4 (all from Fred Vorck -- thanks Fred!) - "SVPK_SW" holds the JScript 5.1 update, the Root Certificate Update and SCRIPTEN.CAB (per the instructions) After the SOURCESS folder is created, I copy over the contents into a pre-made Win2K-Pro bootable ISO, save it, and burn it using Sonic RecordNow DX 4.61. I've also made a different version including netfxsp1.exe from Vorck, WMP9 and the update for WMP9 (they were placed in SVPK_NO_SW, SVPK_SW and HF respectively). This was just for testing purposes as I don't use these on my regular installs. That's it. Where am I going wrong?
