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This is from my registry hacks. I'm sure it could be applied to other Norton services as well. ;Disable Norton Unerase Protection [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NProtectService] "Start"=dword:00000004

Hey Gosh, can this method be used for the 3 different Windows 2003 Server editions as well? I'd like to include them all on my DVD but the three together take up 1.5 gb, and I will end up needing some of that space.

So then, where are the $OEM$ folders specifically in this structure? Is the WINXPPRO dir originally the XP Pro i386 directory just renamed? I'm making a DVD with about 5 different operating systems, and basically I was wondering where to put my $OEM$ folder for the XP install. Alongside the i386 folder (or renamed) for XP? And will I need to make anything point to it? If the XP Pro i386 folder is renamed to XPRO do it put it alongside that folder, or inside it? Thanks for the help.

Shockwave and Flash Redist. Read the second post.

No, you just won't be able to uninstall the hotfixes anymore. I've deleted them many times before. But, if one of the hotfixes causes you problems, and you've deleted that stuff, you won't be able to uninstall the hotfix.

I hate to say this, but I think you're wrong. Just because you created one user doesn't mean the default Administrator account is gone, it's just hidden. It will not show up in the User portion of the Control Panel. Go to "Start", then "Run", and type "compmgmt.msc". Expand 'Local Users and Groups" and click on "Users". I bet Administrator is listed there, as well as the other account you created at startup.

No offense, but my first suggestion would be to try your ideas before you post them. Every post I've seen you make lately you haven't tested out, and then you just repost saying that something went wrong. It's best to find out something works FIRST, then tell everyone.

If you ran PowerDVD with the -R switch, the setup.iss file that was created should have the serial number in it. ECHO. ECHO Installing Cyberlink PowerDVD 5.0 ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\PowerDVD5\Setup.exe -s %systemdrive%\install\Applications\PowerDVD5\setup.iss Here is my setup.iss code: [InstallShield Silent] Version=v6.00.000 File=Response File [File Transfer] OverwrittenReadOnly=NoToAll [Application] Name=PowerDVD Version=5.0 Company=CyberLink Lang=0009 [{6811CAA0-BF12-11D4-9EA1-0050BAE317E1}-DlgOrder] Dlg0={6811CAA0-BF12-11D4-9EA1-0050BAE317E1}-SdWelcome-0 Count=9 Dlg1={6811CAA0-BF12-11D4-9EA1-0050BAE317E1}-SdLicense-0 Dlg2={6811CAA0-BF12-11D4-9EA1-0050BAE317E1}-SdDisplayTopics-0 Dlg3={6811CAA0-BF12-11D4-9EA1-0050BAE317E1}-SdRegisterUserEx-0 Dlg4={6811CAA0-BF12-11D4-9EA1-0050BAE317E1}-SdAskDestPath-0 Dlg5={6811CAA0-BF12-11D4-9EA1-0050BAE317E1}-SdSelectFolder-0 Dlg6={6811CAA0-BF12-11D4-9EA1-0050BAE317E1}-SELECTSKINDIALOG-0 Dlg7={6811CAA0-BF12-11D4-9EA1-0050BAE317E1}-SHOW_CLPV_CLEV_DIALOG-1 Dlg8={6811CAA0-BF12-11D4-9EA1-0050BAE317E1}-SdFinish-0 [{6811CAA0-BF12-11D4-9EA1-0050BAE317E1}-SdWelcome-0] Result=1 [{6811CAA0-BF12-11D4-9EA1-0050BAE317E1}-SdLicense-0] Result=1 [{6811CAA0-BF12-11D4-9EA1-0050BAE317E1}-SdDisplayTopics-0] Result=1 [{6811CAA0-BF12-11D4-9EA1-0050BAE317E1}-SdRegisterUserEx-0] szName=Your Name szCompany=Company szSerial=Your Serial Result=1 [{6811CAA0-BF12-11D4-9EA1-0050BAE317E1}-SdAskDestPath-0] szDir=C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDVD Result=1 [{6811CAA0-BF12-11D4-9EA1-0050BAE317E1}-SdSelectFolder-0] szFolder=CyberLink PowerDVD Result=1 [{6811CAA0-BF12-11D4-9EA1-0050BAE317E1}-SELECTSKINDIALOG-0] DefaultSkin=Glow Result=1 [{6811CAA0-BF12-11D4-9EA1-0050BAE317E1}-SHOW_CLPV_CLEV_DIALOG-1] Result=1 [{6811CAA0-BF12-11D4-9EA1-0050BAE317E1}-SdFinish-0] Result=1 bOpt1=0 bOpt2=0

Didnt i already say that ? Yes, but you didn't really point out what the exact problem may be, nor how to fix it.

By saying this, I'm assuming it's not legal. If you downloaded it, have you ever considered that the file itself is possibly screwed up? If it's messed up, burning it with every burner program available on every cd burner on every OS doesn't mean it's going to work. That's like burning an XP cd without ntoskrnl.exe on it or kernel.exe. It's just plain not going to work.

ECHO. ECHO Installing Nero Burning ROM v5.5.10.50 and plugins... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\Nero5.5.10.50\nero551050.exe /silent /noreboot <------------------------this is happening here If this is how it appears in your batch file, the '/silent /noreboot' is probably causing the problem. I copied and pasted it into notepad, and generally the code appears as it would had it been your actual batch. It shows that '/silent /noreboot' on a seperate line. This is what I think you want: start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\Nero5.5.10.50\nero551050.exe /silent /noreboot XP is looking at '/silent /noreboot' as completely different command, not part of the Nero install line. As a side note, running your Nero reg file before installing it causes the start menu entry to say "Nero 6 Ultra Edition" instead of "Nero 6 Demo". This is the case with Nero 6, I do not know what happens with Nero 5.

I'm not having any problems. This is the code I use. Maybe your ISS file is the culprit. Try creating a new iss file and see what happens. ECHO. ECHO Installing ATI Control Panel for Catalyst 3.7 ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\ATI_CP_3_7\Setup.exe -s -f1"%systemdrive%\install\Applications\ATI_CP_3_7\setup.iss"

Just Plus! for XP. The app that comes with the extra themes, and Labrynth, and all that other crap. Although, if someone knew how to install the other silently, that information would come in handy too. So basically I guess, either one, lol.

Does anyone know if there is anyway to integrate Microsoft Plus! for XP into the CD? I'd like to add it to my cd but I haven't any idea where I would start. If anybody knows that would be great. Thanks.

Found it. It is Serial6, and I have 6.0.0.15 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ahead\Nero - Burning Rom\Info] "User"="user" "Company"="company" "Serial6"="serial" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Ahead\Nero - Burning Rom\Info] "User"="user" "Company"="company" "Serial6"="serial" I just deleted my registry keys, opened Nero, and it asked for Serial info. Closed nero, ran my nero reg file, opened Nero and it was registered. So Serial6 is correct.

So wait, which is it then? Serial or Serial6 ?

If you have folders or files whose name contains digits, the sort order is different in Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP. In Windows 2000, the following file and folder names are sorted as shown: Ie4_01 Ie4_128 Ie401sp2 Ie5 Ie501sp2 Ie6 In Windows XP, the same files and folders are sorted as: Ie4_01 Ie4_128 Ie5 Ie6 Ie401sp2 Ie501sp2 This entry enables Windows 2000 file sorting methods in XP. ;Enable Windows 2000 File Sorting Method [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoStrCmpLogical"=dword:00000001

EDIT: I removed all unnecessary code. Yes, you CAN use the '/n' switch so that uninstall information is not copied to the computer, but it only works on hotfixes that do NOT use the /Q:A /R:N switches. This method is good if you want to still be able to uninstall hotfixes but you do not want the items appearing in 'Add/Remove Programs'. [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ieupdate] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KB282010] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KB820291] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KB821253] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KB821557] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KB823559] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KB823980] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KB824105] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KB824146] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\oeupdate] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Q322011] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Q327979] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Q328310] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Q329048] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Q329115] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Q329170] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Q329390] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Q329441] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Q329834] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Q331953] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Q810272] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Q810565] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Q810577] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Q810833] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Q811493] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Q814033] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Q814995] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Q815021] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Q817287] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Q817606] [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Q819696]

;Stop MSN Messenger from Running on Windows Startup [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MSNMessenger] "AppSettings"= hex:22,04,00,00 ;Remove QuickTime Icon from Taskbar [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Apple Computer, Inc.\QuickTime\ActiveX] "QTTaskRunFlags"=dword:00000002 ;Remove Outlook Icon from Desktop [-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{00020D75-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}] ;Remove Norton Antivirus from IE Toolbar List [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar] "{42CDD1BF-3FFB-4238-8AD1-7859DF00B1D6}"=- ;Enable ClearType for ALL Users [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop] "FontSmoothing"="2" "FontSmoothingType"="2" ;Set System Restore Space Allotment [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore] "DiskPercent"=dword:00000005 ;Disable Windows Update [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update] "AUOptions"=dword:00000001 "AUState"=dword:00000007 ;Change Default Search Options (1 = ON, 0 = OFF) [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] "SearchSystemDirs"=dword:00000001 "SearchHidden"=dword:00000001 "IncludeSubFolders"=dword:00000001 "CaseSensitive"=dword:00000001 "SearchSlowFiles"=dword:00000000 ;Force Classic Control Panel [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "ForceClassicControlPanel"=dword:00000001 ;Accept Acrobat EULA [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\6.0\AdobeViewer] "EULA"=dword:00000001 ;Disable Norton Unerase Protection [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NProtectService] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Show 'My Computer', 'My Documents', etc. on Desktop [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel] "{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}"=dword:00000000 "{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000 "{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000 "{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000

Thanks for the link Paul. I even searched the forum for info about it but never found what I was looking for, although, I didn't look through EVERY result.

GizmoZone Screensaver I've had this screensaver basically since the day it was released (in 2000), and even today it is still unbelievable. The installer is only 100 KILOBYTES. I checked, and it extracts 3 files. The actual .SCR file and two dat files, totaling 13mb. How in the world they compressed 13mb of data into 102kb is beyond me. Anyway, if you have never seen/heard of this screensaver, I HIGHLY recommend you check it out. NOTE: The screensaver is OpenGL ONLY.

So you can make your own WINNTBBU.DLL file and use the 'makecab' command to create the winntbu.dl_ file. So.... is it possible to use this command to take the hacked uxtheme.dll file and create a uxtheme.dl_ file that we can just throw in the I386 directory, thus avoiding having to use the batch file to replace it?

EDIT: All %userprofile% instances have been changed to %username%. After testing with Virtual PC, it seems that %userprofile% didn't work. ;Remove QuickTime Icon from TASKBAR [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Apple Computer, Inc.\QuickTime\ActiveX] "QTTaskRunFlags"=dword:00000002 ;Disable Norton Unerase Protection [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NProtectService] "Start"=dword:00000004 ;Enable Cleartype on Welcome Screen [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop] "FontSmoothingType"="2" ;Stop MSN Messenger from Running on Windows Startup [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MSNMessenger] "AppSettings"= hex:22,04,00,00 (The last one was found by someone else so credit goes to him, but I've only seen it once so I figured I'd list it here) This next tweak I developed does a few things. 1) Deletes the 'My Shared Folder' directory from the C:\ 2) Creates a 'My Shared Folder' directory in "C:\Program Files\Kazaa Lite K++\" 3) Changed Kazaa's Download Directory to the folder created in Step 2 and disables File Sharing by default. Place this code into your Applications.cmd file (Or whatever your cmd file is) ECHO. ECHO Installing Kazaa Lite K-plus-plus 2.42 ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\KazaaLite\klitekpp242e.exe /silent ECHO. ECHO Changing Shared Folder Path MKDIR "C:\Program Files\Kazaa Lite K++\My Shared Folder\" REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\Applications\KazaaLite\kazaa.reg ECHO. ECHO Deleting Old Shared Folder RD /S /Q "C:\My Shared Folder\" Create a reg file called kazaa.reg and place it in "\install\Applications\KazaaLite\" and then place this code into the file. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Kazaa\LocalContent] "DisableSharing"=dword:00000001 "DownloadDir"="C:\\Program Files\\Kazaa Lite K++\\My Shared Folder" Here is some better code to remove useless shortcuts. This is placed in my Applications.cmd file after I have installed ALL of my programs, that way all the stupid desktop icons get deleted. The QuickLaunch icons are deleted without wildcards because if I had it delete *.lnk it would delete the IE icon. ECHO. ECHO Removing useless shortcuts... DEL "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Microsoft Office.lnk" DEL "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\*.lnk" DEL "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\*.lnk" DEL "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\%username%\Favorites\*.url" DEL "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\AOL Instant Messenger.lnk" DEL "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Kazaa Lite K++.lnk" DEL "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Nero StartSmart.lnk" DEL "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\QuickTime Player.lnk" DEL "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Yahoo! Messenger.lnk"