[My first try.. need info]

Please read the pinned topics first - I did - and it made me wiser.

When You are at it look around among the other posts 2.

/ SwedenXP

[Setting up 2 (two) virtual disks.]

Jono, that is truely cool

But I downloaded a bootdisk, partitioned and formatted the virtual disk. I am most grateful that I have not forgotten all old DOS trix

So now I am up and trying again. This time with the latest version of VMware Workstation which is a new release and it looks great and fast!

/ SwedenXP

[Setting up 2 (two) virtual disks.]

I believe You.

But I still need both drive C and D during the installation - and drive D is not formatted yet...

/ SwedenXp

[Setting up 2 (two) virtual disks.]

That is creative of You

Big thanx

/ SwedenXP

[Setting up 2 (two) virtual disks.]

Want to try redirecting the "Documents and Settings" folder to a virtual D: (drive).

Have only one PC so I use Virtual PC or Vmware - and I have some "small" problems...

In the setup of XP I have a possibility of deciding how my (virtual) harddrive should be partitioned - fine I create 2 partitions - But I can only format one - the one to install XP on.

And the installation + winnt.sif and main_batch.cmd requires 2 (both C and D).

So - the installation is terminated.

If anyone has a creative suggestion - please do not hesitate.

Thanx in advance

/ SwedenXP

[redirecting favorites and my documents]

There are some programs which let You change the direction of Your Favorites.

I took a regshot before and one after. Here is the comparison.

Before;

HKEY_USERS\XXX\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders\Favorites: "C:\Documents and Settings\XXX\Favoriter\"

HKEY_USERS\XXX\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\Favorites: "C:\Documents and Settings\XXX\Favoriter\"

After;

HKEY_USERS\XXX\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders\Favorites: "C:\Test"

HKEY_USERS\XXX\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\Favorites: "C:\Test"

And it worked just fine. The question is if this works when changed with a regfile?

Just a simple suggestion/question from

/SwedenXP

[Put XP CD in drive A ! what gives?]

Should be a couple of more things there...

Think this is the problema.

Back to slipstreaming and burning again

[Put XP CD in drive A ! what gives?]

May I see Your other .cmd files 2?

It might give us some ideas of what went wrong...

/ SwedenXP

[WÖFF - it really rocks!]

Congrats?

Congrats!

Thanx

[WÖFF - it really rocks!]

Got my first unattendent install to work

A very silent install, some regtweaks, a lot of disabled services and some installed programs 2

Acrobat Reader 6.0

DirectX 9.0b

Messenger 6.1

MediaPlayer 9.0

Nero 5.5.10.42

And at last a nice reboot. All burnt to a CD-R.

Now its time to finetune it all using RegSnap and adding the changes to my regtweaks!

Have a nice night

/ Sweden XP

[Look over my code]

Bit curious? Have You changed Your code?

Find it a bit different compared to Your code in the beginning of this discussionstring.

Then You used the "main_batch.cmd" and now You have it in "installs.cmd" .

But since I´m new to these methods - I can only ask - and learn!

/ SwedenXp

[Look over my code]

Looks really nice!

Question; Is there a complete list of commands that is OK to use in the winnt.sif?

And which command go under which heading?

Curious as usual

/ SwedenXP

[Unattended install worked - almost :-(]

Thanx guys - I think I have heard enough...

/

[Make a partition/format happen]

Hello; I don´t want to be rude - but I found many excellent things in this forum just by looking at the old posts - especially the pinned one´s at the top

I also found a great link http://www.MSFN.org/unattended/ whick answered many of my questions.

So - as they say - most things are "out there" it´s just about finding them.

/ SwedenXp

[Unattended install worked - almost :-(]

My idea was to try an easy one - the "extra" thing I was going to try was making an "silent" install of a videodriver (45.23_win2kxp_international_whql.exe).

I followed the instructions from www.MSFN.org/unattended.

Result - everything worked fine - except for the videodriver - afterwards I checked everything again and guess what I found?

There is an inconsistency between the the different pages at this site

On the Resources page, from which I copied the winnt.sif it says as follows

OemPnPDriversPath="\Drivers\Catalyst3_6\2KXP_INF;Drivers\Catalyst3_6\TV_Capture\WDM_XP"

That backslash does not appear on any of the other pages...

Question - can this be the reason that my silent install of the videodriver didn´t work?

Thanx in advance

/ SwedenXP

ps. Virtual PC is really cool - but also really slow... any tips on how to speed it up?

ppss. include my winnt.sif

;SetupMgrTag

[Data]

AutoPartition=0

MsDosInitiated="0"

UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[unattended]

UnattendMode=FullUnattended

OemSkipEula=Yes

OemPreinstall=Yes

TargetPath=\WINDOWS

Repartition=No

UnattendSwitch="no"

WaitForReboot="No"

DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

OemPnPDriversPath="\Drivers\Nvidia_45.23"

[GuiUnattended]

AdminPassword=*

EncryptedAdminPassword=NO

OEMSkipRegional=1

TimeZone=105

OemSkipWelcome=1

[userData]

ProductKey=Secret

FullName="Test1"

OrgName="Test"

ComputerName=*

[Display]

Xresolution=1024

YResolution=768

[TapiLocation]

CountryCode=46

[RegionalSettings]

LanguageGroup=13,1

[identification]

JoinWorkgroup=ARBETSGRUPP

[Networking]

InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Components]

msmsgs=off

msnexplr=off

freecell=off

hearts=off

minesweeper=off

pinball=off

solitaire=off

spider=off

zonegames=off

[shell]

DefaultStartPanelOff = Yes

DefaultThemesOff = Yes

[Supervise/monitor tool?]

Found an interesting little program called RegSnap which monitors the following:

- changes to the registry

- win.ini

- system.ini

If one only wants to look at registry changes RegShot i good, simple and free.

/ from a sunny Sweden

[Norton Systemworks Alternate Programs]

I totally agree with B0r3d - Diskeeper rocks!

/ SwedenXP

[Acrobat Reader Light?]

Not so happy with Acrobat Reader 6.0 - It´s really heavy and it doesn´t unload from memory when I close it down.

Does anyone know any good alternative program for reading pdf files.

/ Light keeps Your system nice and slim

[Supervise/monitor tool?]

Can anyone recommend a tool for supervising/monitoring an installation of a program in XP?

Ie which files are added, which are changed, new and changed registry entries, etc...

/ Thanx from a dark and windy Sweden

[Nice finding You!]

To Doggie!

No, actually they are somewhat older than that.

[Security roll up question.]

After reading most posts on this forum I would like to ask some questions. Some may be a bit silly - but just so I have understood it all

Will this upcomming security roll up of hotfixes make all the hotfixes redundant?

Is there a save way to slipstream all updates in with the original XP just as I slipstream SP1 togeteher with my original XP?

If I want to add programs in my unattended install - can I keep them on another partition and call upon them when I need them to install? If I do that I can always have the lastest version without a remake of the XP install CD.

Thanx in Advance

/ SwedenXP

And - please don´t laugh too much over my questions... I will improve!

[Nice finding You!]

Nice finding You - You asked for a short intro and here it is.

My two sons are probably You age...

I have been taking MS products apart since 1990...

And now I would like to learn how to make a good unattended

install of Windows XP.

Thanx in advance

/ SwedenXP