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Hí Bilou, thanks a lot for the advise I've right chosen the described svcpack.inf method to get rid of the awful extracting of the .cat files. However, after numerous attempts it seems that I have success: I 've changed the extension of the names of the hotfix files into lowercase (e.g. KB873339.EXE to KB873339.exe) in svcpack.inf and in the SVCPACK folder and all hotfixes install fine. Btw I find better to use the /U switch instead of /O because one can see the very time consuming processes at T-13. I know, this sounds crazy but this was the only change I've made to the installation package and now it works. The forum is superb, I learn a lot - thank you again Andy

Hi all , sorry if I'm redundant but did'nt found any hit in the forum I need some help: cannot install hotfixes as instructed in http://unattended.msfn.org/beginner/hotfix/svcpack.htm. Following steps have been done: - Creating the folder SVCPACK under I386 - Copying the files KB905749.exe (exemplary hotfix) and qchain.exe into SVCPACK folder - deleting svcpack.in_ and creating svcpack.inf in \I386 with the content: [Version] Signature="$Windows NT$" MajorVersion=5 MinorVersion=1 BuildNumber=2600 [setupData] CatalogSubDir="\i386\SVCPACK" [ProductCatalogsToInstall] [setupHotfixesToRun] KB905749.exe /Z (I removed other switches for better tracking) qchain.exe - adding [OptionalSrcDirs] to DOSNET.INF: [Version] signature="$Windows NT$" DriverVer=07/01/2001,5.1.2600.2180 [Directories] d1 = \I386 d2 = \cmpnents\starter\I386 [OptionalSrcDirs] SVCPACK [Miscellaneous] ProductType = 4 MinimumMemory = 67108864 DestinationPlatform = i386 ServicePack = 2.0 [unsupportedArchitectures] halcbus.dll = %cbus2_mp% halcbusm.dll = %cbusmc_mp% halmca.dll = %mca_up% halmpsm.dll = %mps_mca_mp% halncr.dll = %ncr_mp% missprocfeat = %missing_proc_feat% During unattended install a command line window pops up at the T-13 stage for a second but without any result. My WINNT.SIF is: ;SetupMgrTag [Data] AutoPartition=1 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" [unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes TargetPath=\WINDOWS FileSystem=* UnattendSwitch=yes WaitForReboot=No DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore CrashDumpSetting=0 DUDisable=Yes UnattendSwitch=Yes Repartition=No [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=* EncryptedAdminPassword=NO OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=95 OemSkipWelcome=1 [userData] ProductKey=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX FullName="John Doe" OrgName="none" ComputerName=ABIT [Display] BitsPerPel=16 Xresolution=1024 YResolution=768 Vrefresh=75 [TapiLocation] CountryCode=36 Dialing=Tone AreaCode=1 LongDistanceAccess=00 [identification] JoinWorkgroup=AFHOME [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes Home_Page=http://www.index.hu [shell] DefaultStartPanelOff=Yes DefaultThemesOff=Yes Seems I make something wrong but what??? Second question: despite the parameters in [Display] section of WINNT.SIF I get the default resolution of 640x480/60Hz which can be modified to 1024x768/85 Hz without installing proper drivers. What can be the reason? THX for reply, wishing nice day Andy the pigheaded