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thanks for providing any and all information that will lead us to help you resolve this issue...

stop bumping your thread! It's annoying. the lines that they gave you are not hard to figure out. The only tough one MIGHT be the del %0 which is deleting the current directory. Did you happen to think that maybe you have the paths screwed up, or that the files themselves don't get created untill the desktop loads?

Done! This be the thread. All others posting to this thread... I figure it's time to update the site regardless of whether the PHP is done or not. I've received MANY PMs over the months the current revision has been up, and I'm not sure what happened to them I would like any typos or suggestions posted to this thread. I DON'T want ANY posts asking how to do something. I'm not really looking for stuff to add yet, but if you want feel free to comment WITH A LINK to what you're referring to.

Boomerang won't work as it only supports 32bit PE based files (amonst others that aren't relevant). These files are easily found, they're the ones you can open in a resource editor and have been the main programming standard since Windows 95. NASM is good. I'll look into it. The problem comes down to what type of file it is. I'm not sure if it's a 16bit or 8bit file, which makes a LARGE difference in disassembly. The file is most commonly called a sort of "flat file" i believe. bastard looks promising, but I don't have a Unix based environment to run it in. And as I was writing this, i had a case of Deja vu, though I don't know why. It feels like I've done this before...

Nah I think i found a dissembler, but i don't know if it's the proper one. It actually dissassembles the files (which is a start) but that's about it. Every character is written in integer form, and doesn't appear to relate to the HEX address of the compiled file (though it should). I'll keep looking

umm...there's an entire Multiboot forum where this kind of disc is used extensively

you don't seriously belive those are official IBM discs do you? If you do, I really and truly think you need to go do some reading. The Windows CD is obviously using a Multiboot type layout using a FREEWARE applicaiton called BootScriptor later called CDShell. The way it works is that though there the total size of ALL individual files will add up to 1.14 gigs, is that they're really and truly doubles written to the disc ONCE. A program such as CDIMAGE or MKISOFS have the ability to use dynamic file linking to create the illusion you see. The Office CD is the same way, and uses a Autorun file made AutoPlay Menu Studio I believe (there's alittle tag at the bottom right as a signature of the guy who made it) and was released by a group name xISO i believe. If you were to make an ISO from those CD, or went to the properties of the drive itself (not selecting all files, but selecting the drive) you'll see the size of them is actually less then 700MB.

didn't work for me....

@braunchen210 I'll test it in a second as well. Sure you didn't forget to replace your nonSP1 file with that of the SP1 file?

Yeah, it's a typo...i've been putting off fixing it for sometime now, as I've been working on making the site MySQL based rather then static HTML.

wait three days, and then I'll violate the EULA. http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=46455

Any reason you can't read the documentation PDF and the included XML files? It's not that difficult you just sit down for 30 minutes and read. <item display="Final Steps" image="#XPLODE#\images\office.gif"> <execute display="Shutting Down" desc="Restarts the computer." <program>shutdown.exe</program> <arguments>-r -t 90 -c "Unattended Installation is restarting the computer." -f</arguments> <wait>false</wait> </execute> </item> That's the lines you'll need to shutdown the computer in 90 seconds. Edit as you need. It's also good to show you what to do.

that will do it if you're trying to perform a CD based install

BAH! We're trying to be more open about it, but if people aren't observant we can't do too much after that.

Yes it's possible. ALL the instruction you will get is in the included PDF file. XPlode is not just a tool for Windows Install. It's a general script like application that can be run from anywhere within windows, doing what you wish that is in the bounds of the application. Starting XPlode, you could use a simple CMD file (one is included) and make sure it uses your XML file. You will have to make sure that everything that XPlode needs iswhere it's supposed to be (I'm assuming second harddrive or similar?)

@DKasler where can i find the wallpaper for your current desktop screenshot? I rather like space themes, and i rather like that one...

Alright now to fix some myths on this... @Sgt_Strider You should REALLY read what's been said. http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...ndpost&p=333760 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...ndpost&p=333914 That's TWO of Yzöwl posts in THIS VERY TOPIC that did what you asked. You didn't read it TWICE. @ponghy and Yzöwl The error he got was RD was an unrecognized command. He did not try it through the CMD interprety as Yzöwl had fixed his code to do. RunonceEX and consequently ierunonce.dll are able to find any executable that is in the %path% which includes %systemroot%\system32. There is no problem with having just cmd.exe or rundll32.exe as the entire line without the path to them.

depending on the method you used for the BTS driverpacks...it could just be caused by the driverpacks extracting themselves as it would take time for them to finish.

If memory serves, Sysprep locks the HAL used during configuration to similar systems, and if that system uses a different HAL then it won't work. This could also happen when on a P4 system specically, you have HT and nonHT systems, and have one image. It won't work as the two system types have conflicting HALs

@Yzöwl That entry is only for an EXTERNAL CDIMAGE executable. @topic starter are all the paths correct? The switches are fine, and when I correct your boths to fit my system, i don't get any error

where in the world are you trying to download from? the MSFN server has no bandwidth limitations in place (last i checked) and only have hotlink protection enabled (be sure to enable RefererIDs to be sent through any protection/download software you have). flyakite.msfnhosting.org has a nice little page to extract teh boot sector.

could also attach the INI file in the same directory so we know what you tried... for some reason you're getting the switch listing of CDIMAGE, which implies you're trying something you're not supposed to.

Custom Action - It's a page in most MSI development suites taht let's you execute custom scripts, call external/internal files and so on. What you could consider doing, is A. Create a SFX file. B. How is the original file not a native MSI? Wrapped in an EXE? If so, the MSI should get extracted to the TEMP folder.

It's working here. All the boot.img is is the bootsector of the XP CD. You can also obtain it by using ISOBuster and extracting it from the CD.

i'm not sure if those cmd lines will work, but regardless it's just a syntax error. Remove the trailing \ in those lines (just before the last quote).