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nope still nothing.. you sure your not firewalled on port 21 ..im not even getting as far as username

getting connection error dave you want me to upload directx??

cheers Dave your a diamond

i had to bump this as i think this is worth knowing.. if you make a setup.iss silent install script for an installshield setup you only need the command line setup.exe -s as long as the setup.iss file is in with the setup.exe.. very handy to know if your repackaging your applications up with winrar.. superb tip btw RyanVM im repackaging everything

good job RyanVM.. sorry bout the delay i was sleeping ..but i see you took matters into your own hands good job you may get a few hits this is unique to MSFN but i know theres quite a few people on the net that wouldnt mind a method like this would you mind if i added your link to the original post?? heres a link to the pretty little icon right click and save target as

superb thanks RyanVM its now 7mb's and silent even gave it a nice directx icon no switches .. i like it .. i like it a lot edit :: main post is updated

im as far as i can go with it now.. the installs down to 9mb's.. heres the new hijak.cmd @echo off title Hijaking DX ... Please Wait md .\directx md .\dxtmp copy %systemroot%\system32\DirectX\websetup\*.* .\dxtmp >NUL md .\bdaxp cabarc x .\dxtmp\bda_wxp.cab .\bdaxp\ >NUL cabarc -m LZX:21 n .\directx\bdaxp.cab .\bdaxp\*.* >NUL del .\dxtmp\bda_wxp.cab >NUL rd /s /q .\bdaxp move .\dxtmp\dsetup32.dll .\directx >NUL move .\dxtmp\dsetup.dll .\directx >NUL md .\dxnt for %%i in (.\dxtmp\*.cab) do cabarc x %%i .\dxnt\ >NUL cabarc -m LZX:21 n .\directx\dxnt.cab .\dxnt\*.* >NUL rd /s /q .\dxnt rd /s /q .\dxtmp im guessing this can be compressed a bit more by a packager of some kind

theres quite a difference in size.. its no different apart from that.. totally up to you which you use.. could crunch it down more by changing the compression type with the cabarc command.. it works out at 10.9mb's and can go lower.. obviously its easier downloading DaveXP's opk ..i wanted to see if i could do it cause i knew dxwebsetup downloaded around 8mb's for a setup, the only problem was the download doesnt contain the dll's and exe.. thats where the other mb's comes from.. maybe someone knowledgable in other areas could crunch this up some more.. i havent finished with it yet ..i only came up with it today and gonna try lzx compression on the cabs, as it stands though it works the main feature of this is the only other way to create an install like this is to download a 200+ mb directx sdk and even then its a headache creating the install ..this'll save you 200+ mb's worth of download time and its easy to do edit :: changed the line cabarc n .\directx\dxnt.cab .\cabtmp\*.* >NUL to cabarc -m LZX:21 n .\directx\dxnt.cab .\cabtmp\*.* >NUL install is now 9.2mb's and guessing i can still go lower

true but this should work with every directx websetup.. if a new version ever is released.. up to you if you use it

edit :: updated final version after a wee bit of jiggery pokery, i've made a batch that'll hijak dxwebsetup.exe and create a directx9.0b install that you can squeeze down to just under 7mb's in size.. create a folder and call it hijak go here and download dxwebsetup.exe and place it in your hijak folder download the cabsdk from here, extract it, open the bin folder and copy cabarc.exe to your hijak folder save this script as hijak.cmd and place it in your hijak folder edit :: this is the updated script @echo off title Hijaking DX ... Please Wait md .\directx md .\dxtmp copy %systemroot%\system32\DirectX\websetup\*.* .\dxtmp >NUL md .\bdaxp cabarc x .\dxtmp\bda_wxp.cab .\bdaxp\ >NUL cabarc -m LZX:21 n .\directx\bdaxp.cab .\bdaxp\*.* >NUL del .\dxtmp\bda_wxp.cab >NUL rd /s /q .\bdaxp move .\dxtmp\dsetup32.dll .\directx >NUL move .\dxtmp\dsetup.dll .\directx >NUL md .\dxnt for %%i in (.\dxtmp\*.cab) do cabarc x %%i .\dxnt\ >NUL cabarc -m LZX:21 n .\directx\dxnt.cab .\dxnt\*.* >NUL rd /s /q .\dxnt rd /s /q .\dxtmp read all of the next paragraph and make sure you understand it before you do anything execute dxwebsetup.exe and follow the prompts so that setup starts to download the components.. this is where you gotta be quick.. when its finished downloading and a split second after it starts to copy files, double click hijak.cmd and wait for it to finish when hijak.cmd has finished you should be left with a directx folder containing these files bdaxp.cab dsetup32.dll dsetup.dll dxnt.cab dowload the hexed dxsetup.exe here and place it in your newly created directx folder compress the files with winrar as a sfx package that runs silently with no switch's.. thanks RyanVM ..heres how.. select the five files in your directx folder, right click on one and select 'add to archive...', give your archive a name, change compression method to best, tick 'Create SFX archive', select the Advanced tab at the top and click the SFX options button, in the 'Run after extraction' text box type 'dxsetup.exe /opk', select the modes tab at the top, tick 'Unpack to temporary folder', Silent mode set to Hide all, Overwrite mode set to Overwrite all files, click ok, click ok ..job done i must say that RyanVM has added a link to a pre built exe for anyonce not wanting to try the method.. but ..for anyone using a different language your better off building your own.. this works for all language versions of dxwebsetup.exe as an extra bonus heres a link to the pretty little directx icon.. right click and save target as.. cant believe i downloaded a 200+mb sdk for a little icon lol

if i remember rightly you can use 50 lines in autoexec.bat to get more text on your screen.. pretty sure of it heres another option for your batch's ..use local variables by using setlocal set VARIABLENAME=%systemdrive%\blah\blah\blah heres an apps.cmd @echo off MODE CON COLS=50 LINES=2 COLOR 1B TITLE Installing setlocal set APPSPATH=%systemdrive%\install\Applications ECHO MSN Messenger 6......................Please Wait start /wait %APPSPATH%\MSN\MsnMsgs.msi /QB ECHO Adobe Reader.........................Please Wait start /wait %APPSPATH%\AdobeReader6\AR6.msi /QB ECHO Kerio Personal Firewall 2.1.5........Please Wait start /wait %APPSPATH%\KPF\Setup.exe -s -f1"%APPSPATH%\kpf\setup.iss" ECHO PowerDVD 5...........................Please Wait start /wait %APPSPATH%\PowerDVD5\Setup.exe -s -f1"%APPSPATH%\PowerDVD5\setup.iss" start /wait %APPSPATH%\PDVD_patch\Setup.exe -s -f1"%APPSPATH%\PDVD_patch\setup.iss" EXIT

that would be setupldr.bin.. make sure you used capital letters everytime you need to type BOOT in the guide.. i tried the method and it does work with the exception that i used a different bootloader to xpboot.bin that loads a menu with a 5 second timeout and directly loads BOOT\setupldr.bin.. no need for bootfix.bin that way ..but.. the guide does only speed up the hardware detection phase of text setup before the copy files process, which i think was a wee bit misleading in the guide.. id use gosh's guide to minimise your i386 folder.. switch to this method to do the rest without hex editing anything and live with the extra 30 or so seconds.. but first make sure you followed gosh's guide to the letter edit :: anyone tried the -y5 option using cdimage.. im wondering if it makes copying files from i386 faster?? edit :: scrub that idea.. -y5 slowed mine down :/

i used the method in the link i posted with no problems.. dont have to hex anything.. might be best to try it that way from scratch.. i'll try the boot folder method tomorrow and see what happens

well spotted that man.. just testing lol ..i need some sleep i take it you did hex em then??

under [GuiUnattended] in winnt.sif change OemSkipWelcome=0 to OemSkipWelcome=1 that'll stop the welcome dialog your seeing.. you can safely click next to test the rest of your install and make the change after you can remove this line from winnt.sif too ProfilesDir="%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\" it isnt changing anything or if you keep it remove the last backslash ProfilesDir="%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings"

did you hex edit your xpboot.bin and setupldr.bin to replace the word i386 with boot

thanks flyakite i forgot all about dllcache ..oops no wonder might be worth trying the reg method though ..put your modified msgina.dll in $OEM$\$$\System32 not forgetting to give it a different name.. add the reg to your regtweaks.. soon as xps finished setting up you've got your modified dialogs

did you download yours or hack it yourself.. i did mine myself i mustv done something wrong windows wouldnt boot without the reg method mine looks a mess anyways lol need a new one heres where i got my info http://www.virtualplastic.net/html/logo_scr.html

your right flyakite.. you only need to go the reg key route if your using ntfs

read this post http://www.MSFN.org/board/index.php?showto...indpost&p=65398 at the bottom it says to use the bootfix.bin from your old i386 folder to avoid a setup loop edit :: doesnt seem any faster than a normal install to me :/

must be a problem with sfc if it does it when you used windows update for the hotfixes.. or maybe just a feature of sfc that it requires a cd to run.. doesnt seem to change anything.. didnt even pick up on my modified uxtheme.dll.. ive disabled wfp here and saved 350mb's

use this reg key to use a modified msgina.dll and leave the original in place.. it contains login security that'll stop xp starting up when modified.. this regkey will bypass the problem [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] "GinaDll"="Cbfield.dll" rename your modified msgina.dll to whatever and change the cbfield.dll part to the name you chose.. only worth hacking msgina.dll if you use classic login and shutdown edit :: im wrong contains xp style shutdown too

yes you can.. but that wouldnt apply to your unattended installations cmd windows

no sorry will we seem to be stuck with the default font

try a 1 line cmd window i didnt see a thing.. except a blinking cursor ..thats why i stretched to 2 lines or direct any output to NUL using " > NUL" at the end of a command line like this del "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Windows Catalog.lnk" > NUL any output sent to NUL dissappears never tried this in config.sys so it may not work but worth a try