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um... winzip has to be either extracted, copied over and THEN called via winzip32.exe or you have to remake the SFX calling it. it must be nice being able to get the corporate versions of Winzip and WinRAR legally.....

try adding the -f2 switch. Installshield has a tendency to quite if it can't write a log, and the -f2 makes sure you have a path -f2"%windir%\temp\install.log"

memdisk isn't use by dos.... but if you want to hide CDShell. go to CDShell.org and there is a page on that website that tells you how.

my guess would be that they're system components that microsoft definetely doesn't want removed or whatever. Display looks like the Display Control Panel

test the darn thing on your own system!!! put mIRC in one folder, and set a destination somewhere you know to check for it. then change the paths to suit your CD.

get the switches yourself.... most DOS commands have a /? switch type the command in a dos windows followed with the /? it will tell you ALL

REG ADD %KEY%\120 /V 2 /D "cmd.exe /c\"xcopy /y %CDROM%\Applications\CDRWIN\Cdrwin.dat %systemdrive%\CDRWIN3\" /f

yes, but again check the paths and change 170 to 180 as you already have a 170

I'm all for that one man show idea..... i remember the original XPC (the green thing), and i didn't even look at the website. lol. This new one is even easier.

for later use, you have to rerun a batch with the IF EXIST commands. It only stays untill the batch closes, and even then only active in the batch itself. as for the paths.... make sure your files are where you're tell the batch where they are. All of your folders that you're installing from (just glancing at your batch file) need to be at the root of your CD. Not in a subfolder. as for the cleanup, just make another key in your batch (another section thingy) and have the command to execute be your cleanup. Then you can get rid of that other line. This is all simple logic here.

where are you doing multiple reboots? or do you just want it for later use after you done installing everything? as for your runonceex batch, be sure your paths are correct. If you get errors and don't correct your paths, I'm not gonna have any sympathy. Remember CDROM is the drive letter and colon and that's it. though the dude does have a good point, why do you run Cleanup from Run instead of RunOnceEX? preference, or you have no idea what you're doing?

actually even easier especially for the ultra drivers, is just MAKECAB E:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\005rdata\ultra.SYS E:\XPCD\i386\ultra.SY_ and then in txtsetup.sif do a search for = ultra. there should be a couple lines starting with PCI then add in the PCI values from the txtsetup.oem file included with the ultra drivers. then you're gravy. And you'll have support if for some odd reason also put in a ATA100 card. It's all the same driver, just differnt PCI values.

what variable? OEMPnPDriversPath? mmkay... just browsing through the ZIP, it appears that there are multiple drivers for multiple chipsets. Copy all the drivers from the WDM directory to $OEM$\$1\Drivers\004_Audio then in your WInnt.sif file, have these set. OEMPreInstall=YES OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\004_Audio" DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore then all should be gravy. Or if you're like me and also want to run it's install program itself to get all the goodies.... i believe it's a InstallShield install, so...go here... http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/applications/installshield.htm

please do keep in mind, if they DON'T work, its because the NSIS is open source, and a developer to disable the silient switch if they choose to.

hmmmm... XPC somehow gets it to work i thought...... @XKnoppix the reasoning behind the variable it quite simple. After the batch executes its GONE. When you run the batch, all instances of %CDROM% should be replaced prior to being inputed into the registry, so you have a value drive letter. RunOnceEX doesn't like variables when it calls programs, so this gets around it. Last i saw in your runonceex.cmd file, you were missing the IF EXIST commands to actually assign CDROM a value

in your runonce file, do you have CDROM defined? if not that's a very good indication of why it didn't work. You need to change the source path to what You actually have. It's not rocket science. And even then i bet you could get the right mixture of Oxygen and Helium to make your propellant and a nice aerodynamic design should be fairly simple after that.

it's because you're missing the modules that the command is in. Maybe deleted one you thought you didn't need but did. make sure you have ALL the modules from the distro zip file in the MODULES folder inside your CDSH/BOOT folder. to be more specific, you're missing : basic.csm in the module folder.

XPCreate no longer supports autoadding regtweaks, so you have to do that using another method. As for programs, if they DON'T require ANY switches, they go in SVC-EXE. If they are hotfixes, you shouldn't have to install them since you're isntalling SP2. For programs refer to unattended.msfn.org

if you extracted the XPCreate archive with FULL PATHS the directories should be been made automatically. If not, just run XPCreate, and let it error out (don't put the XP CD in). The directories should be created now. Or you could create the directories beforehand in the XPCreate directory and then run XPCreate normally. Directories should be in the same directory as XPCREATE.CMD whereever you put it. refer to here for some quick steps: http://greenmachine.msfnhosting.com/XPCREATE/quickstart.htm ServicePack2 would go in the same directory to replace ServicePack1.

thats not neccesarily wise... unless you have WFP disabled, XP will just overwrite the file you just copy with the original one. YOu could look in the Custiming topic in the sticky seciton for a better way to change the boot screen.

it should, but god forbid you from testing it yourself.

downlaod modifype from the Unattended website, and at a command prompt type... modifype winntbbu.dll -c makecab winntbbu.dll

You also have OEMPreinstall twice... OEMPreInstall=No OEMPreInstall=1

don't? %CD% is Current Directory... Everything else in your batch has %systemdrive% in it. Just use it instead. You don't have to use everything everyone else uses in your batch.

why would you want that? unless maybe you don't have XP to start with?