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Actually I'll just spam them....multi-archive rar, total of 3 files. *update* I highly suggest not importing these into IE....its about 30,000 bookmarks and is likely to make IE very unhappy...tho they do work just fine in any browser with more advanced bookmarking sub-systems, Netscape, FireFox, Opera... File #1

Well like I said install firefox....from with in firefox import the bookmarks from opera directly.....then from firefox export those bookmarks as a html file that can be imported by IE....then you have to decide to import them into IE then grab the links it creats or just leave it as a HTML file and import it when ever, where ever... ahh hell PM me your email addy and I'll do up the html for you. blah scratch that....file is attached. Heh now if you want some bookmarks from hell...PM me.

Okay this is what I've found thus far looking into it. 1. Opera's export to html is worthless....doesn't import into IE or Firefox. Any ways Firefox will import Opera's bookmarks directly from the browser...then you can export the bookmarks to a html file that CAN be used by IE or any thing else. There is probably a utility out there some where that does this for you...just don't know of one right off hand...but really Opera is shooting its self in the foot with this type of crap. Any ways good luck

Well I don't have any experince with Opera...but generally you can export your bookmarks to a html file which you can then use to import it into any other browser that I'm aware of. This is how I've moved them in the past between firefox and IE....tho my collection has grown to the point that it drags IE into the ground if I have all of them ported over. Any ways hunt for that option and with any luck you'll find just such an option.

Wraith - I went to goof around with the CSS in the XML file....hmmm....whats the file encoded as? It displays funky....like some one parsed it removing a linefeeds or some thing. Any info would be great.

Well actually all the apps really should be adding to "RunOnce" rather than "RunOnceEx"...so ideally you shouldn't have any thing to worry about.

evilvoice - All I can say is try it and see for your self. If feel uncofortable with one large script you could do smaller scripts like so: WinNT.sif [GuiRunOnce] "%systemdrive%\Software\CD-DVD_Tools.cmd" "%systemdrive%\Software\Media_Tools.cmd" "%systemdrive%\Software\System_Tools.cmd" "%systemdrive%\Software\Shell_Tools.cmd" CD-DVD_Tools.cmd cmdow @ /HID @echo off for %%i in (C: D: E: F: G: H: I: J: K: L: M: N: O: P: Q: R: S: T: U: V: W: X: Y: Z:) do if exist %%i\WIN51 set CDROM=%%i SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Applications 1" /f REG ADD %KEY%\005 /VE /D "Installing App 1" /f REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\App1a.exe /s" /f REG ADD %KEY%\010 /VE /D "Installing App 2" /f REG ADD %KEY%\010 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\App2a.exe /s" /f REG ADD %KEY%\015 /VE /D "Installing App 3" /f REG ADD %KEY%\015 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\App3a.exe /s" /f start /wait rundll32.exe iernonce.dll,RunOnceExProcess Media_Tools.cmd cmdow @ /HID @echo off SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Applications 2" /f REG ADD %KEY%\005 /VE /D "Installing App 1" /f REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\App1b.exe /s" /f REG ADD %KEY%\010 /VE /D "Installing App 2" /f REG ADD %KEY%\010 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\App2b.exe /s" /f REG ADD %KEY%\015 /VE /D "Installing App 3" /f REG ADD %KEY%\015 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\App3b.exe /s" /f start /wait rundll32.exe iernonce.dll,RunOnceExProcess Any ways every thing will get installed prior to full login...at the same time as RunOnceEx normally executes. start /wait rundll32.exe iernonce.dll,RunOnceExProcess The above code is what forces the execution right then and there...not on reboot...not any time else...try it Any ways I'll stop trying to sale you on the idea...doesn't matter if you use it or not...just an option. Coolsights2000 - Well any that need to reboot to complete should be on the tail end of your scripts....since forcing the execution of RunOnceEx prior to that actual reboot would probably screw things up. Same thing would apply to Alanoll's method.

Hehe yeah that is much simpler...so then Bâshrat should only need to package a fake directory path with his driver packs, to be extracted into the OEM folder...and the have the drivers archives deployed with DetachedProgram or big_gie's method...and then just use your method for directory discovery. Seems simple enough.

Okay silly idea...but hear me out...even tho I'm probably talking out of my a**. Now I'm not sure what Pyron's method searchs for to build the paths for OemPnPDriversPath, I'm guessing *.inf ... Any ways would it be possible to create a app that could scan an archive (7zip, zip, rar,...) for directory paths to the needed files contained in the archive. Then take that information and rebuild those paths correctly in OEM but...the folders are all empty execpt for a single dumby ASCII file "driver.dir" that holds nothing...its just some thing to scan for with Pyron's method to build the driver paths. Any one follow what I'm suggesting? Basically its just a false directory path and files to sit on the CD taking little to no room up...that will be copied to the HDD, and scanned to create path data, then later filled with the actual drivers from a archive. Well the idea is out there...maybe some thing will come of it one way or another.

Well then your seeing some thing I'm not. With this method applications are installed, reg tweaks applied....all prior to full logon. GUIRunOnce & RunOnceEx execute at the same time....thus the script & and any thing else running from GUIRunOnce is being executed at the same time as RunOnceEx. So the script and every thing done from with in it are running at the same session time as the orginal GUIRunOnce & RunOnceEx executions...well a few cpu cycles later...but...who cares. Now the script adds some values to the regestry in the RunOnceEx key...it then forces a execution of that key...thus installing, applying, adding, removing,... what ever is in those sub-keys...and with each sub-key being completed...it in turn gets deleted from the registery. Thus you can keep applying the same key values over and over agian if you so like just as long as they are in different sub-sections of the script, thus once one section is done its values will be no more...so in the next section when it adds back those sub-keys...its not over writing any thing...just making a new key. Any ways it applys cleanly, and does do the job thats asked of it. Just test it and see how it does, I'm sure you'll be pleased with the end result. *update* Just worded it differently and added a bit more detail.

Well with this method outlined by Alanoll, keys can be what ever you want...they can be reused in different subsections....there is no multiple lists displayed at one time....just one right after the other. enjoy WinNT.sif [GuiRunOnce] "%systemdrive%\Software\GuiRunOnce.cmd" GuiRunOnce.cmd cmdow @ /HID @echo off for %%i in (C: D: E: F: G: H: I: J: K: L: M: N: O: P: Q: R: S: T: U: V: W: X: Y: Z:) do if exist %%i\WIN51 set CDROM=%%i SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Applications 1" /f REG ADD %KEY%\005 /VE /D "Installing App 1" /f REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\App1a.exe /s" /f REG ADD %KEY%\010 /VE /D "Installing App 2" /f REG ADD %KEY%\010 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\App2a.exe /s" /f REG ADD %KEY%\015 /VE /D "Installing App 3" /f REG ADD %KEY%\015 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\App3a.exe /s" /f start /wait rundll32.exe iernonce.dll,RunOnceExProcess REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Applications 2" /f REG ADD %KEY%\005 /VE /D "Installing App 1" /f REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\App1b.exe /s" /f REG ADD %KEY%\010 /VE /D "Installing App 2" /f REG ADD %KEY%\010 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\App2b.exe /s" /f REG ADD %KEY%\015 /VE /D "Installing App 3" /f REG ADD %KEY%\015 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\App3b.exe /s" /f start /wait rundll32.exe iernonce.dll,RunOnceExProcess EXIT

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JohnnyDo - You sure you got all of them....just doing a quick line count between your file and mine (page 86) stripped of all comments, with nearly always a single line return between keys (didn't get anal about it)....I came up with about a 700 line diff....and I know I don't have all the tweaks in this thread as of yet. I'm not knocking your work....just questioning is all. To be fair tho...I have updated that file a few times since it was orginally posted....probably grew by 800 lines or so....with still much to add.

Well some times you can mount the image with virtual cd drive software (deamon tools, Nero, Alcohol 120%) then just copy over the files....this doesn't always work...but some times....worth a try any ways.

Well one of the problems with reactivating it, is that after a certain amount of times reinstalling the OS you have to physically phone in to get a new CD-key....doesn't matter if its the same hardware...being activated from the same IP or not....after you hit that limit....its time to call MS. Normally they (MS) are on the ball and you can be on and off the phone with in 5min...tho there are times I've seen it take upwards of 30min and I've heard a few horror storys of it going much longer than that. I personally think the way its setup is crap.

hmm not really...the script maybe to some degree...but end user's wouldnt' be toying with that...just the answer sheet. ; VIDEO DRIVERS ATI set install_ATI_Control_Pannel="Y" set install_ATI_Rage3d_Tweaker="N" ....

Always got to be some one trying to be cute. Okay let me break it down for you. 1. Base drivers get installed like normal from OemPnPDriversPath. 2. GUIRunOnce, executes AutoIt file. 3. AutoIt scans System32 folder for driver dll's put in place by OemPnPDriversPath. 4. AutoIt then takes collected dll info and applys answer sheet. 5. AutoIt then installs Add-on goodies based off of the answer sheet & dll info The answer sheet basically would store the disired add-ons based off what is found...if ATI is installed it could install the ATI control pannel, Rage3D tweaker, certain reg tweaks....but if it finds Nvidia it would install selected components for that....so on and so forth. Thus your CD could install on a wider range of systems...rather than only ATI or only Nvidia...that is if you wanted the correct add-ons. I don't know about you...but I don't want the ATI control pannel on a Nvidia box.

Well going off of Kaspin idea couldn't you just do up a AutoIt script to look for the required driver files in use....put in place by OEM driver install, if found it installs wanted add-on support files. I'll see if I can't write up a sample script with an answer file in the next day or so.

Same type thing - Linky

Well maybe at some point we will have pinned thread or some thing for them. As is it would seem that there are a fair number of them that user's have created....just not a lot are sharing them unless there is a request made for them. I'll probably be making some more here in the near future...which I'll continue to place in that thread till some one creates a offical thread for them....at which point that person or I will post the ones I've done up in it. As is mine are free to be posted where ever and edited in any way one feels the need to. So feel free to use any of mine as a base's for the creation of your own, just if you could mention me some where in it...and more importantly share your script. Cya around

I don't think Im really have any thing new to share tweak wise, but I might have a better format in which to share reg text files. While its still a little rough around the edges...it seems to me to be more clean. Basic idea is to compact tweaks into a simple format with comments and default values where they apply, or reasonable options. The format must be one thats easy to clean up using a text editor that supports regex. To view mine correctly use a mono spaced font like Courrier New, and a tab spacing of 8 characters, this should render the text file in a readable mannor. Now to clean up the file using UltraEdits method of regex: Find ^t+;*^p Replace ^p Find %;*^p Replace ^p Find ^p^p Replace ^p All that basically means: "Find (TAB) one or more times where it is followed by a (SEMICOLON) then any thing else and enclued (NEWLINE), then Replace with (NEWLINE)" "Find (SEMICOLON) at the beginning of a line plus any thing after that and inclued (NEWLINE), then Replace with (NEWLINE)" "Find (NEWLINE) twice in succession, then replace with (NEWLINE)" Not sure if others will find this method better or not, but its an idea to toss out there all the same. **Update** #4 Probably some new tweaks by now...please be sure to read through it and make adjustments....don't apply it blindly as I haven't gone through it yet to make sure safe settings are used by default.

In this thread I have a AutoIt script to install it....while its not silent it is automated.

hmm well actually I'm the kind of prick that would pull over. Do you live in the Seattle area? If so I could always swing by. I'm also sure you didn't plan on some one calling BS on your arguement...you seem to be the type that expects only "yes sir's". hmm I don't recall off hand ever saying the game didn't suck...just that your reasons for stating why you disliked it where flawed. As for me stating your "incompetent" in the use of a computer...well thats simply a matter of perception based off the facts at hand. Its not a personal attack...hell I'm incompetent when it comes to flying a plane. I'm sure you won't lose any sleep over your statements....but you do seem to be worried about losing face...hence the PM me bit. Take it personal if you like, I could careless...you have shown little worth, to earn my respect or concern.