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Try this to remove the directory: DirRemove( @ProgramsCommonDir & "\AC3Filter", 1)

OK, so if I have this straight: 1). Grab a copy of MageJubi's abcpy.ini file and edit to include your serial, then rename setup.ini to render it useless and drop the abcpy.ini in the same directory to get the job done. 2). Follow advice provided by majestix and edit the common.msi file to include the /DisallowSystemRestore switch. 3). Merge the relevant Bilou Gateux registry tweak found HERE to prevent post-install nags. Here's my AutoIt script, run from the Adobe_Photoshop_Elements directory, note the renamed .msi: SplashTextOn ("", "" & @CRLF & "Installing Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0..." & @CRLF & "" & @CRLF & "Please wait..." & @CRLF & "", 320, 90, -1, -1, 1, "Arial", 12, 12) RunWait ('msiexec /i "' & @ScriptDir & '\APE4.msi" /qn') Sleep (500) Run ( @ScriptDir & "\install.cmd", "", @SW_HIDE) Sleep (1500) SplashOff () Exit The batch (thanks Bilou G.): @echo off :: avoid users being prompted to look for updates reg add "HKLM\Software\Adobe\Updater" /v Entreprise /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f :: disable the Adobe Photo Downloader reg add "HKLM\Software\Adobe\Photoshop elements\4.0\Adobe Photo Downloader\Preferences" /v AutoLaunchOnDeviceConnect /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f :: registration done reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{EBB7C1C1-D439-4D9B-9FDC-954C10F266B0}" /v "EPIC_REGS_TYPE" /t REG_DWORD /d 4 /f reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{EBB7C1C1-D439-4D9B-9FDC-954C10F266B0}" /v "EPIC_REGS_STATE" /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{EBB7C1C1-D439-4D9B-9FDC-954C10F266B0}" /v "EPIC_REGS_LANG" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{EBB7C1C1-D439-4D9B-9FDC-954C10F266B0}" /v "EPIC_REGS_COUNT" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /t cls exit It works.

Yup. We had it loaded on my server and, at the insistence of our tech contractor removed Microsoft AntiSpyware because "SAV10 does that." Oh, really? So one evening we were looking at Web sites, comparing their merits and such as we contemplated our own design, and called it a day. The next day I went back to the machine and found the browser had been hijacked! Heck, we were only looking at established high school Web sites. That was it for me, the last straw. Dumped SAV10 and loaded MSantispy/AVG and called it a day. No problems since then. And our front office gets more darned viruses ("I just clicked that thingy, was that wrong?") on their SAV10-protected systems than I can count during the course of a year. Then they call the contractor, the guy who adamantly recommends SAV10, and he sits with the machines for a few hours...or days.... Hmmm.... Can you say "Ka-ching!" FYI, I loaded up Avast last night. Not a big fan of the splash screen that appears when I open Outlook, or the registration nag, or the error messages I am receiving on system startup. Nice interface, though, but I am already late in uninstalling that one.

Pick up a good NAT Router on eBay for less than $15 delivered to your door. Done and done.

OK, let's calm down, everybody. I took the time. I'm an elementary school computer instructor. Families bring their machines to me all the time to repair on the cheap, and I occassionally get calls from colleagues who "clicked that thingy" and now their machine is hosed.We pay for SAV10 here at school. It is a nightmare. All of the machines take a massive performance hit (PIIs @400MHz/512MB RAM) given that they are marginal WinXP machines in the first place, and all are easily wracked by viruses. Attachments get opened and Symantec sleeps while the virus runs wild. Again and again, that has been the story. True. I no longer help out when virus issues arise...I let them deal with it...all day...or all week. The systems in my Lab are protected. Families bring their "Norton protected" systems to me (Dell ought to be ashamed, because none of these people subscribe after their trial period ends, they simply don't know any better: "But I have Norton!" Yeah, but the definitions are two years out of date, so....). Teens using P2P, clicking IM links, surfing porn, playing games...and with no more sense than God gave a billy goat. The result is predictable. You and I don't need system-sucking virus protection, but these people do. I formerly used SAV10 to attempt to repair. No longer. I use AVG Free, and load it on all my installs. Take a typical, hosed machine: three minutes to boot to the desktop. Pop-up adverts all over the place, processes running from here to China, etc. Now load SAV10 and update. Now boot to Safe Mode and scan. 1 item detected. Joke. Now load AVG Free and update. Now boot to Safe Mode and scan. 106 items detected. Reboot and find the system cleaned. Completely. No joke. And I have seen AVG Free auto-update as many as three times in one day. Nice to know the boys and girls at AVG are working for you. I have yet to see a virus issue arise from an AVG-protected system (knock wood), and that's saying a lot in my environment. AVG made a believer out of me. In my experience, Symantec is simply a waste of money, system resources, and time. Oh, yeah, Trend micro's free version lacks real-time protection, so what use is it to a typical user surfing the Web? And as for Windows Live OneCare, I ain't payin'

otherwise it's going to take a long time sorting through the MSI file figuring out what's needed and what's not. There's the challenge...now, to find the time....

A worthy project indeed, Glen. It bugs me no end the way Acrobat attaches itself to so many other programs and screws up their interfaces with those nasty toolbars. A simple "Print to PDF" from the menu would more than suffice for what I need to accomplish.

A Belarc AutoIt script that works for me, every time: TrayTip('Unattended Installation', 'Installing Belarc Advisor . . . please wait . . .', 0, 1) Run( @ScriptDir & "\advisor.exe") WinWait("Belarc Advisor", "Welcome to the Belarc Advisor Setup program") Sleep(1500) WinActivate("Belarc Advisor", "Welcome to the Belarc Advisor Setup program") Sleep(500) ControlClick ( "Belarc Advisor", "Welcome to the Belarc Advisor Setup program", "Button1") WinWaitActive("Belarc License Agreement") Sleep(1500) WinWaitActive("Belarc License Agreement") Sleep(500) ControlClick ( "Belarc License Agreement", "", "Button1") ProcessWait("IEXPLORE.EXE") Sleep(2500) ProcessClose("IEXPLORE.EXE") Sleep(500) FileDelete( @DesktopCommonDir & "\Belarc*.lnk") Sleep(100) FileDelete( @DesktopDir & "\Belarc*.lnk") Sleep(100) FileDelete( @ProgramsCommonDir & "\Belarc*.lnk") FileDelete( @ProgramsDir & "\Belarc*.lnk") FileDelete( @AppDataCommonDir & "\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Belarc*.lnk") FileDelete( @AppDataDir & "\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Belarc*.lnk") Sleep(100) FileCopy( @ScriptDir & "\Belarc Advisor.lnk", @ProgramsCommonDir & "\Accessories\System Tools") TrayTip("clear tip","",0) Sleep(1500) TrayTip('Unattended Installation', 'Updating Belarc Advisor . . . please wait . . .', 0, 1) Run( @ScriptDir & "\Extras\Belarc\advisor_update.exe") WinWait("Belarc Advisor", "Welcome to the Belarc Advisor Security Update") Sleep(500) WinActivate("Belarc Advisor", "Welcome to the Belarc Advisor Security Update") Sleep(500) ControlClick("Belarc Advisor", "Welcome to the Belarc Advisor Security Update", "Button1") Sleep(1500) ProcessWait("IEXPLORE.EXE") Sleep(2500) ProcessClose("IEXPLORE.EXE") TrayTip("clear tip","",0) Sleep(1500) Put advisor.exe and advisor_update.exe and copy a shortcut file into the same directory as the script. Belarc reads out the system specs after each install and displays the results through IE, so I wait for that process and then kill it. I contacted the people at Belarc long ago, asking about silent install switches. They were flabbergasted that anyone using the free version would attempt same and were no help at all. Hope this helps.

Very nice, fly. Here's a script that works well with your second version: AutoItSetOption("TrayIconHide", 1) AutoItSetOption("WinTitleMatchMode", 4) Run( @ScriptDir &"\setup.exe") WinWait("AIM", "You have completed the installation of AIM") ControlClick("AIM", "You have completed the installation of AIM", "Button2") ProcessWait("aolsoftware.exe") ProcessClose("aolsoftware.exe") ProcessClose("aim6.exe") FileDelete( @DesktopCommonDir & "\AIM Triton.lnk") DirRemove( @ProgramsCommonDir & "\AIM", 1) FileCopy( @ScriptDir & "\AIM Triton.lnk", @ProgramsCommonDir ) Sleep(2000) ProcessClose("aolsoftware.exe") RegDelete("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run", "HostManager") Exit It goes a few steps further and rearranges Start menu/Desktop entries and removes items from Startup. Do a test install, then copy the "AIM Triton" shortcut to the installation directory. Then run the script from there. [EDIT]Tested working on a clean install.[/EDIT]

[EDIT]See post below.[/EDIT]

@seabird: I believe the ultimate solution to moving My Documents to another partition/disk was created by Yzöwl. You can view his script HERE and perhaps adapt it to you needs?

@reido113: I like to run several operations from first boot and use a method described HERE to accomplish the task. You could easily change the batch file (called "cleanup.cmd") to import your reg tweaks. It is a tad involved, but very versatile.

@thilakshan: I believe the batch you quoted could be adapted for the RunOnceEx install method. You will find instructions in the unattended guide (at the top of the page under the MSFN logo) in Intermediate Users --> Methods of Install --> RunOnceEx. Good luck.

The $OEM$ schema is the greatest thing since sliced bread, IMHO. I rely on it.

Here's my adaptation of Yzöwl's wonderous batch, run from Cmdlines.txt: If a clean D: partition does exist, then format it, name it, move My Documents to it, and add an extra directory for backup purposes. If a D: partition does not exist or if any data resides on same, then abort the batch. <EDIT> I thought the "IF NOT EXIST" statement would work, but it fails. I partition the drive manually at the beginning of the install and create two partitions, a C: and D: The batch works fine without that line. Anyone have any ideas? </EDIT>

big poppa pump is--of course--correct: the IDE rules. I have an ASUS P4C800-E motherboard with onboard SATA RAID and have a removeable rack connected to the primary IDE controller. If I remove the rack and later reinsert, the IDE automatically takes precedence over the RAID array, which was set as the first boot device! One becomes accustomed to this asinine behavior, but as Rogue Spear mentions, you'd think they could do better.

...and if you have a working Internet connection during your unattended install you can use this AutoIt routine to install, update, scan, and close the app all in one shot: RunWait("msiexec /i " & @ScriptDir & "\Extras\WindowsDefender.msi /qb""") Sleep(1500) WinWait("Windows Defender", "Your computer is running normally") WinClose("Windows Defender")

There are several, "Google is your friend." Spend some time with the help file as well, it warrants a close read.

No need, save yourself the scraped knuckles. Jumper drives as primary/secondary or cable select, set winnt.sif to AutoPartition=1 and Repartition=Yes. Throw in FileSystem=ConvertNTFS for good measure. That's it, that's all. Primary alone is scrubbed, the other hard drive is untouched.

It will only autopartition one hard drive, the drive jumpered as master (primary). Any partition(s) on that drive will be toast. ?!?! Where did that come from? You're going to need to create a RAID array via other mechanisms.

Is this behavior occuring on a fresh Windows XP install? Or is it happening on a machine where IE7 beta has been installed and uninstalled? There is a simple reg tweak fix for that behavior if the later (IE shows a white screen when selecting a favorite link, for example) but I will be damned if I can relocate it, sorry. It is documented by Microsoft I'm guessing that's about the time you began to fiddle with IE7 beta?

Not only is QBFC not free, it doesn't work well. Read more HERE for a solution that works every time, in my experience.

I'm with AndreK on this one, but with a twist: I place a WinRAR SFX called Finish.exe in the All Users Startup folder ($OEM$\$Docs\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup) that unpacks the .cmd file to the temp directory and runs it from there. The last line of the .cmd deletes the SFX from the Startup directory. Finish.exe WinRAR SFX Archive comment: cleanup.cmd:

You're kidding, right? Ask around, someone you know has a disc.

There are dozens of examples scattered about here at MSFN, with entire threads devoted to this subject alone. Please search!