Mosselman

I don't like it at all... sorry if you worked really hard on it and don't like my opinion haha you should have done a better job then. Lol just joking of couse, keep doing stuff, you might do one I like too.

although people are refering to this topic nobody thanked you for it... so hereby... thanks... wont be using it though ...

Very true, although the games that I tried a year or so ago ran fine I ended up going back to XP anyway, its fun to install windows 2003 everyonce in a while, messing around with OS's never gets boring. A very big reason to use 2003 is the stability if you ask me, I am already running loads of programs at the same time including a very overloaded DC++ and I will be installing 2 extra harddrives pretty soon too, untop of my 4 current ones. I hope 2003 will give me the extra juice I will need to keep everything running smoothly for days in a row. And btw, those windows games, especially solitaire, rule when you are waiting for something to install, don't underestimate the power of small non-resource-absorbing games like that .

That is not true, I was able to run Norton Antivirus 2002 on it... Long time ago even, first alpha if I am not wrong.

Install the k-lite codecpack on a fresh system (vmware might be useful for that) and record the installation with a program like wininstall... It worked fine for me... Wininstall makes a .msi install file of another installation. I think its /qb (with progress bar) and /qn (very very silent ) for the .msi files ( you can find the exact switches on the site)... The useful thing about this is is that you can choose which components to install, although I DO recommend to NOT install BS-player like this because it gave me some probs afterwards when I DID do so....

Firewall: I use McAfee Anti-Virus: Symantec NAV Corp Advanced Windows Tuning (software like tweakXP): System Mechanic Download Utilities: Firefox mostly, and Opera integrated... E-Mail: Mozzila Thunderbird Webdesign: Dreamweaver 2004 MX... and somethings in notepad Graphics Development: Paint Shop Pro Hard-Drive optimization tools (defraggers for example): I installed O&O now.. Havent tried it yet, takes too much time for me to defrag (400GB), more time anyway than i can spare without my comp right now.. Windows error Checking (Like Norton Utilities): Norton Utilities, System Mechanic Aware/Spy removers: AdAware Pro, S&Destroy, and System mechanic integrated adware killer FTP: WS FTP Pro Browser: IE and MyIE2 (predecesor of Maxthon).. I use Firefox whenever I feel like I need to use a better browser than IE... IE is usually more compatible so I tend to use that more.. Benchmarking: 3dMark 03 and 2001 SE pro and Fresh Diagnose. Bandwith managing: NetLimiter (handy if you are on a network with shared internet connection, so that you dont get put back by other people downloading .. Remote computing: Remote Admin Diagnose: PC Alert 4 for CPU and System temperature, Speedfan for HDD temp, Norton utilites for system specs... CD-Image Software: Daemon Tools ofcourse P2P: DC++ and Kazaalite mostly, whenever I can spare the upload I use bittorent aswell... Multimedia center: Media Portal (free and very good for controlling with a remote control) (which I do ) Remote Control (the hardware type): Girder Media Players: Winamp for music and Windows Media Player classic (for .mov files and real media) and Windows Media Player (newest version) for all other movie types... I use BS player when I have subs which arent in sync with the image... Chatting and stuff: Skype (voice chat) and MSN Let me think what more... CD-Burning: Nero ofcourse, and sometimes alcohol... Other system stuff: CPU idle

hahahaha I wasnt even being Anti anything.... I just stated that Americans didnt think about the use of download managers concidering it actually were American people who stated that download managers were uselss I was right. I just stated the obvious... Dont flatter yourself by putting yourself in a box.

-needed? Because 2 Americans stated that using a download manager was outdated or of no use at all, thought they didnt look past the process of getting something in one go thus forgetting to see that download managers are very usefull still even if you have broadband. Was just a joke .

What kind of error does it give you, or what does it do/not do

What the f*ck is this black/silver packed with buttons and something that looks like a 3cd drawer and some blinking lights... O my God... It isnt what I think it is is it? YES it IS... It's a HiFi-Installation.... Maybe I could use my cd's in that... And what is this? A room outside my own room where my computer is located... Hey I DO have something to do while I let windows install itself, oh look maybe I'll sit on that couch and watch tv, or hey its Saturday night, maybe ill go out to town... I created my unattended cd's to be able to go do something else while windows installs, thats actually the biggest pro of unattended setups.

Not true if you get a interupted download or want to pause it... Haha I guess its an American thing then to not think further then your nose is long... Pausing downloads can be very usefull... Also having all your downloads managed by a more stable and reliable program than the standard IE downloader is very usefull... Firefox has a great downloader built in just like Opera but IE still has the same crappy instable one... Download managers arent for downloading faster these days but they are for fast managing of downloads and other usefull extras...

Well the thing is that Wininstall for example just looks what the changes were you made since the last checkpoint... So it should also take note of the updates on programs... I think its possible to use such programs to make one huge .msi file to install everything you need... I myself just packed some programs into seperate msi files, I only did this with programs I couldnt find a switch for or programs of which I wanted to custumize the installation... I succesfully installed Dreamweaver, Mcafee personal firewall, Direct Connect ++, Kazaa lite, bittorent, Picture Toolbar, Winamp, Gordian Knot Codec pack, K-Lite Mega Codec Pack and messenger plus using some mixed msi files... It works great... Its also very usefull to register software with, even when you dont use the msi packed versions in the installation of the programs... For example I installed Nero on a vmware machine, I started the program up but didnt register yet, I then ran discovery of Wininstall so that it would capture all the regestry keys and files at that moment, then I entered the regestry key and then I let discovery make the msi file of the changes, all I needed was the regestry key so I took that to use it on my own in the batch file... I did the same with Dreamweaver, only in the case of dreamweaver I just recorder the complete installation...

Ok its getting really old (the advice I am about to give that is)... WinInstall in combination with vmware... Vmware gives you the best simulation of a actual pc... WinInstall the records everything that is changed since its last check point (which you create before you install) up to the latest (which you create after you install) It then makes you a .msi installer which you can make silent using the following switch... /qb REBOOT=Suppress Example: ECHO. ECHO Installing K-Lite Mega Codec Pack, Gordian Knot Codec Pack, Winamp 2.9, Mozilla Firefox and Messenger Plus Extentions... start /wait %systemdrive%\Install\Application\media\media.msi /qb REBOOT=Suppress

Wouldnt using vmware in combination with wininstall be faster? And it would also allow you to automatically include user profiles and settings aswell...

It might get anoying to hear me moan about it, but I use WinINSTALL on a vmware machine to record installations of software... I think its the easiest way...

Much easier ... All that work and then you would have to change some stuff in the end aswell...

Correct me if I am wrong, technically the cmdlines.txt file is the same thing as a .cmd file except for that it doesnt need to be specified anywhere because windows detects it automatically... So, and again please correct me if I am wrong, you could make .cmd files with the exact same commands as you would place in the cmdlines.txt file for each users...

What do you think is the best application for each of the following purposes? (Money Is not an option (only the best of the best not quality/price comparisons) ) Firewall: Anti-Virus: Advanced Windows Tuning (software like tweakXP): Download Utilities: E-Mail: Webdesign: Graphics Development: Hard-Drive optimization tools (defraggers for example): Windows error Checking (Like Norton Utilities): Antything else that comes to mind:

Winrar Norton Antivirus Corporate McAfee Personal Firewall MSN + messenger plus Dreamweaver 2004 MX Winamp 2.91 K-Lite Mega Codec Pack Gordian Knot Codec pack Kazaa Lite Microsoft Office 2003 Adobe Acrobat Reader 6 Full Service Pack 1 + hotfixes Sun Java Nero Burning Rom Ultra Ad-Aware 6 Pro Picture Toolbar Ati Catalyst drivers (latest) Ati Control Panel (installer not in drivers) Bittorent Direct Connect ++ (DC++) Powertoys (TweakUI, Timershot and Imageresizer) DirectX 9.c I will use a DVD... Now still in testing stage and still adding programs to this list...

Pff, ok ok ill arrange it for you then.... As a make up for my critics on the forum and the members on it.... You can download the file from: Matroska Download the .zip file... The MSI installer is located in the .zip file, unpack, etc, etc you know the drill... Havent tested it 100% concidering it is very hard to test such codec installations when you have already installed other codec packs... Please tell me how it went if you get to testing it... I installed everything from the first screen, left out translation files and onetime usage or whatever, I left the rest like it was... I hope it works because I already had ff filter installed... Use this code (edit to fit): ECHO. ECHO Installing Matroska 1.02 Full... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\codecs\matroska\matroska.msi /qb REBOOT=Suppress

I would install deamon in a vmware or virtual pc and record the installation with winInstall... then I would just compile a installer with winInstall of the complete installation... This is also very usefull when you are installing drivers that arent certified without having to supress the windows protection on it... (am not sure about last bit though, but I havent had any problems so far)...

Why does the firewall b***h now then and didnt it do so before with version 1 and sp1? The firewall has always been present in Windows XP... even in the Home edition...

ok thanks, i thought the same

maybe true... I use winInstall to include many programs in one installation so I only need 1 thread of it in the bach file... So for example you could install Winamp, video codecs and other media programs in one installer created by winInstall... You dont really need seperate ones...

I have started aswell with unattended windows XP installation and have a fine list of software on the cd now: SP1 + updates Direct X 9.0c MSN Norton Anti Virus Corporate Java Power Toys (timersnap, imageresizer and TweakUI KazaaLite Direct Connect Bittorent Acrobat Reader Ad-Aware 6 Pro Nero Burning Rom 6 Winrar mcafee personal firewall ATI drivers + control panel dreamweaver 2004 mx Winamp Picture Toolbar Messenger plus Kazaa lite codec pack + gordian knot codecpack Mirosoft office 2003 A trick I used is making a fresh install of windows xp using the cd without all the apps, only including the service pack and updates on a vmware machine... Then I used winInstall to record all the application installations, I installed some applications at the same time (smaller ones) so that I saved time... I tested it with the vmware machine again and it worked perfectly... Not bad for a newb if I may say so myself, and that despite the crappy feedback from this suck-a** forum where the only ones being actually helped are the people who have over 200 posts or pretend to be total n00bs, even when they arent. bunch of ...