[Winamp 5.24 Msi Release]

AH!

Nevermind...i found my old copy.

[Winamp 5.24 Msi Release]

I have to say that I really don't like this 'new' version of winamp. i had been using the 5.12 version previously posted here and had no complaints. now this new, 5.21 version has totally screwed up my iPod. It wiped out a playlist i'd been working on FOR A YEAR. (yeah, a long one, i know)

Plus I really don't like the ipod interface at all. i liked the old version where it would just pop up under "devices" now there isn't even that category!

does anyone still have a copy of the 5.12 version that they'd be willing to post a download link to?

[STOP C000007B]

STOP C000007B {BAD IMAGE} THE APP OR DLL \??\C:WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\SFCFILES.DLL IS NOT A VALID WINDOWS IMAGE PLEACE CHECK THIS AGAINST YOUR INSTALLATION DISKETTE.

This actually sounds like a bit of an nLite bug. I recall having similiar issues, and the way to solve it was to disable Windows file protection. You can do this in the 'patches' section of nLite, I believe it is?

At least that's what this error message sounds like.

[Microsoft Office 12 Professional Beta]

Just reveived my beta dvds in the mail recently.

Surprised to find that it is loading faster than Office 2003 was!

I like the new interface.

Any other testers of this product?

Your impressions?

[XPize/nLite]

yes

Great! Thanks!

[XPize/nLite]

Add XPize as a hotfix using nLite. nLite will do the job for you.

How do you do that?! Literally just add the XPize installer as a hotfix?

[XPize/nLite]

This has probably been covered before...or maybe not...

but...

Say I want to patch an I386 folder with XPize that I plan on modding with nLite, as well.

Which should be done first or does it matter?

[Line 49 is invalid]

This is my first unattended cd, and it's not working. When I go to install windows, I get this error: "Line 49 of the INF file \i386\winnt.sif is invalid" Can anyone find any problems in it?

And where exactly is line 49?

If i paste your code, as is, into my text editor, I get this as line 49:

%systemdrive%\install\Applications\Real Alternative\realalt.bat

So I would assume there is a problem with that line...possibly the file is missing or the folder structure is misnamed on the CD?

[unattended reboot to safe mode]

Just curious about something....

Is it possible to have a computer reboot into safe mode after RunOnceEx finishes, or to have it as a command in ROE?

Ideally I'm looking for something like this:

finish ROE, reboot to safe mode, delete some files and settings (in which case, can a ROE be run in safe mode or a batch) and then reboot back into "normal" mode?

[Why Aren't My Reg Tweaks Working?]

Another issue that I can see are any tweaks that follow this string:

[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1004336348-436374069-839522115-1003\Control Panel\Appearance]

The long string following [HKEY_USERS] won't be the same each time you reformat and reinstall.

Your best bet is to try to set your tweaks to this path instead:

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Appearance]

['InstallRite' won't install]

Problem solved.

Apparently Firefox kept corrupting the download....resorted to the IETab extension to download it and now it works perfectly.

['InstallRite' won't install]

Everytime I try, no matter how many times I download a fresh copy...

I get the following error message....

Cannot find the file C:\InstallRite25\SETUP.EXE (or one of its components). Check to ensure the path and filenames are correct and that all required libraries are available.

Any suggestions?

[batch cleanup question]

As long as you have the cmd in this location %systemdrive%\Install\cleanup.cmd then it will run

after the reboot

Alright, I'm going to try something along those lines...

here's what i've got...

REG ADD %KEY%\086 /VE /D "Rebooting..." /f
REG ADD %KEY%\086 /V 1 /D "%PP%\folder.exe" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\086 /V 2 /D "%PP%\reboot.cmd" /f

SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

REG ADD %KEY%\090 /VE /D "Preparing Final Clean Up ..." /f
REG ADD %KEY%\090 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\cleanup.cmd" /f

EXIT

The second line is a simply a little SetupFactory program I made to change the location of My Documents.

I made a simple reboot batch to reboot automatically after 60 seconds. However, I'm concerned that the second ROE won't be entered into the registry until the reboot batch is completed, which wouldn't work, would it?

My reboot.cmd code:

cmdow @ /HID
shutdown.exe -r -f -t 60 -c "Windows XP will now restart in 1 minute..."

EXIT

Probably a simpler way to do that, as well.

[batch cleanup question]

Try this add this to the end of your RunOnceEx.cmd

SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

REG ADD %KEY%\170 /VE /D "Preparing Final Clean Up ..." /f

REG ADD %KEY%\170 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\cleanup.cmd" /f

This will run the cleanup.cmd after you have finished installing app and

have rebooted.

Ok, so if I have a small batch at the end of my ROE that is simply a reboot command, I can add this code as is and it will add my cleanup.cmd to ROE?

Sounds good. I'll have to give it a try.

[batch cleanup question]

The way i get arround this problem is to have a self deleting .cmd file copied into the Startup folder during install. This way it will only run once the %userprofile% is created. Its not the best way but its the only way i could find that works.

The only issue i have is i want the Startup folder to be hidden and i think this interfears with this.

Interesting approach.

I wouldn't mind seeing your code.

[batch cleanup question]

Generally, I use RunOnceEx to install all my applications and this works just fine for me.

However, at the end of ROE, I have had it run a batch command to clean up shortcuts, rearrange my start menu, and things like that. Now it has no problem handling %AllUserProfile%, but when it comes to just vanilla %UserProfile%, it can't do it since the user account hasn't been logged into yet. (I have a user account created via oobe, and that works just fine).

My question is, is it possible to have a batch command run at the end of ROE that enters in a second RunOnceEx command to run at next startup which would take care of the rest of my cleanup, or is there some simpler way to go about it?

[CDROMs disappear....]

I install both of these programs from svcpack.inf and never have these issues. You may want to try taking that route.

I had thought that method was rendered obsolete with SP2?

[Software recommendation for encoding DVDs?]

get a better computer.

LOL

Yeah, I know that. I'm working on it.

But I'm also looking for recommendations here. What is everyone's preferred software and why?

[Software recommendation for encoding DVDs?]

Right now I'm using DVDSanta and it's slower than hell. My digital camera records in AVI format, which is kind of a pain.

About two hours of AVI footage takes nearly 8 hours to convert. Bear in mind that my system is getting old...(a Celeron 900 processor)

Any suggestions for something that works better or (fingers crossed) quicker?

[CDROMs disappear....]

The dreaded Code 19 error. Have you checked to see what values appear for "UpperFilters" and "LowerFilters," or even whether only one (probably UpperFilters) or both exist? That might provide a clue as to what is causing the problem.

Usually I don't even get an error message. After an unattended setup has complete I open Explorer and notice that my media drives are missing and that's that.

There was only one time when any notice came up at all, and it was that Nero Filter Check had detected a problem and corrected it. But that only ever occured once.

[CDROMs disappear....]

Using the RunOnceEx method to install all my software, I install, among others, Nero 6 Ultra edition and Daemon Tools 3.47.

The problem I am having is that upon booting into the user account for the first time neither my CDR drive nor my DVDR drive appear in Windows Explorer.

Now I realize that there is a registry tweak to 'fix' this, but I have had little luck through that route.

In the end I am forced to go into the device manager, delete the drives, and then reboot in order to be able to use them.

I am curious as to whether this is a conflict between Daemon Tools and Nero. Nero 6 Ultra edition has an image drive feature, which I never use. I don't know how to silently install Nero to exclude it, either.

I also have an OEM version of Nero 6 that came with one of the drives which does not include the image drive feature (among other things) but I have yet to figure out how to install that silently. So far, no luck.

This is what my ROE entries look like:

REG ADD %KEY%\006 /VE /D "Daemon Tools 3.47" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\006 /V 1 /D "%PP%\daemon.msi /QB reboot=suppress" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\030 /VE /D "Nero Burning ROM" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\030 /V 1 /D "%PP%\nero\setupx.exe /SN=xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx /WRITE_SN /SILENT /NO_UI /NOREBOOT /NOLICENSE /NOCANCEL" /f

Absolutely normal...

The registry tweak to 'fix' this cdrom issue:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}]
"UpperFilters"=-
"LowerFilters"=-

Now I have this tweak entered twice...once in my big reg tweak file, which is executed via CMDLINES.TXT:

[COMMANDS]
"REGEDIT /S xpcd.reg"
"RunOnceEx.cmd"

This was sort of added as a redundancy to make sure it would work (which it wasn't).

So my question goes out to those who have had this issue before:

how did you fix it? Is it possible?

I don't want any potential end user to have to go and delete their cdroms from the device manager. That's not even viable in most cases.

[UltraIso 7.5.1 unattended]

I don't unstand the problem. I always registered UltraISO through "HKCU\Software\EasyBoot Systems\UltraISO" key without problem. It has worked for each version for as long as I can remember.

Some people don't seem to have any problem using a reg file to register UltraISO unattended, but from what I can tell by reading all the posts on this forum, the majority have problems no matter what version.

I have 7.6.5.1225 and if I simply try to import an HKCU reg entry it doesn't work. And I can't import HKU entries for it as the subkey (currently S-1-5-21-1214440339-1202660629-842925246-1001) changes with each install of Windows and simply won't work.

For those who like to mess around with software, they may like to do what I did (I have never used AutoIt and never plan to) and create an installer that does the trick. I used Indigo Rose's SetupFactory, but I believe that the free Inno Installer maker software would also do it well.

[UltraIso 7.5.1 unattended]

I have tried to register but without success, i have followed the following method:

cmdow @ /HID

@echo off

SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing application" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\065 /VE /D "UltraISO 7.51 Build 926" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\065 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\uiso7_me.exe /verysilent" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\065 /V 2 /D "REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\Ultraiso.reg" /f

exit

Any suggestions please?

Thanks

The biggest problem you may run into is registering. When UltraISO installs, it writes identical keys to HKCU and HKU. The problem is that the subkey under HKU in which the Software key is located, changes each time you reinstall windows.

The only solution that I came up with that successfully registered UltraISO was to write a silent installer using IndigoRose's SetupFactory 6.

There I just had it read the UltraISO directory in the registry, write those as variables, and apply the registration information to them.

Other than that, I have yet to see a successful solution on these forums.

[Partition unattend.txt]

Hello everyone.

I haven't created an unattend.txt for a while. I have got my file working nicely except for the following.

I would like to build a system, with 3 partitions. Limiting the system partition to 10GB. I don`t believe its possible to customer the partitioning info. Just all or nothing.

Any ideas?

It is indeed possible...found a good explanation on the forum here once, but you won't have a lot of luck using the forum's integrated search...use the google search instead...

Anyway, as for autopartitioning your hard drive with winnt.sif...here's a quick starter...

[Data]
Autopartition = 1
MsDosInitiated = 0
UnattendedInstall = Yes
OemDrivers = OemInfFiles

[Unattended]
UnattendMode = DefaultHide
UnattendSwitch = No
OemPreinstall = Yes
OemSkipEula = Yes
Repartition = Yes
WaitForReboot = No
NoWaitAfterTextMode = 1
NoWaitAfterGUIMode = 1
DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore
NonDriverSigningPolicy = Ignore

[DiskConfig]
Disk1 = "Disk1.config"

[Disk1.config]
Size1 = "*"
PartitionType1 = "primary"
FileSystem1 = "ntfs"
Quickformat1 = "yes"

Notice under Disk1.config you have Size1.

Leaving it as an asterix means it will reformat the entire hard drive and use it as a single partition.

You can specify the size here (in MB) of the partition size you'd like. So in your case it would be

Size1="10000"

As for adding other paritions, I think that you would have to do something like this...

[DiskConfig]
Disk1 = "Disk1.config"
Disk2 = "Disk2.config"
Disk3 = "Disk3.config"

[Disk1.config]
Size1 = "10000"
PartitionType1 = "primary"
FileSystem1 = "ntfs"
Quickformat1 = "yes"

[Disk2.config]
Size2 = "10000"
PartitionType2 = "logical"
FileSystem2 = "ntfs"
Quickformat2 = "yes"

If at all possible, I would test this with Virtual PC or VMWare before potentially screwing up your system.

I know that the first part is right for autopartitioning, but I'm not entirely sure whether or not i have the code right for adding more partitions.

[delete shortcuts without success]

rendrag is in the right, but if you insist on runonceex.cmd it should by as:

REG ADD %KEY%\002 /V 4 /D "cmd.exe /c del /Q /F ""%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Menu inicio\WinZip.lnk"""

It should be pointed out that you would likely, in the event of using this in RunOnceEx, need to add in those extra backslashes as mentioned in the unattended guide.