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X-Ecutioner

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  1. I'm gonna but this drive and jsut want to know some things. Is it a good drive? anyone had probs with it? It can write to both dvd-/+ rw and dvd ram. what the difference between rw and ram? Is quality Scalable? What I mean is a dvd holds about 2hrs of video. Can it do the same as a vhs - like reduce the quality and fit more video on it? So I could get like 3hrs on a dvd? thanks.
  2. @Lost Soul What your talking about is in power management. there are settings that turn off harddrives and monitors after a set time. Goto control panel and then power management
  3. Yaaaaaa u da man!!!! I will put this method to the test A.S.A.P. Thanks
  4. lol noprob. Just want to verify that this idea is not mine. As gosh posted, he came up with this before I did so I don't want to steal what may have been his original idea.
  5. back and forth, back and forth. lol. I could be wrong but I don't think you are logged in (COULD BE WRONG). I have never tried to install everything from runonce because I have heard that .msi files don't install perfectly as they would if you were logged in. Like I said I have heard. I have not yet tried installing everything from runonce.
  6. @Gism0 I can't be sure but from what I gathered is not every program I have can successfully be run unless you are logged in. @Gosh. I took a quick glance and I apologize if this is what you posted. I knew that if I read the whole thread I would find something like this. I knew I couldn't have been the only person to think of this.
  7. Okay. I have a theory so please bare with me. I pretty much understand the whole concept of runonce where cmdlines.txt runs a batch file and this in turn makes a reg value in the regitry and setup deletes it as it runs so it only runs once. hence the name. However many things such as .msi files dont run correctly (from what I understand. Please correct me if I am wrong) unless the shell is running and you are logged in. My theory: Lets say you want to install things while logged on using the windows update method (the fancy looking .inf installation method for us obsessed with look, kind of people) hehe. You would finish off the runonce updates (called from cmdlines.txt) with a batch file that copies a shortcut from your install folder to the all users --> startmenu --> startup folder. This shortcut calls up a batch from the install folder on your system drive (I use a shortcut rather than an actual batch because I have had no luck in running a batch file then having it delete itself. This is so that the first time you logon it will run a batch file that will in turn run an inf, lets say Gosh's idea for an installing inf file ----> I apologize for only referencing Gosh's work because he is the only person I can think of right now. Once again I apologize as I and my others know there is some tension in this forum with the people who have all those stars beneath their name. Anywho, back to what I was saying, the batch file file would run the installation of an inf file and then would run a command to delete the shortcut in the startup folder so to not run every startup. I think thats it. Do you guys think I hit the mark with this or should I stop smoking what you guys think I would be smoking when I wrote this. lol
  8. I have many reg tweaks that are applied after windows setup. I have seen that within inf files there are sections that add reg settings to the registry. What I am wondering is are there any inf files that I can add custom reg setting to? The point of this is to eliminate all reg tweaks from the runonce section. EDIT: Once again I found my answer right after I posted this message. Never knew wha t cmdlines.txt was for. Now I know. Sorry once again. Admin's can you please delete this message.
  9. I created a bootcd that has the PE Builder version of PE and it works great. I want to make a batch file that runs winnt32.exe and includes the parameters for an unattend install. What are the parameters I need? I will put this batch file in the root so it will have to look in I386. I put it in the root so I dont have to search through all of those files in I386 dir. EDIT: My mistake. The answer is posted below in another post. You admins can delete this as it just clutters up this forum.
  10. I ran through this guide and finished it with almost complete success. I don't really notice a difference in the time it takes to install xp. I notice a huge size difference like gosh says. Its like around 350 megs. Gosh if you're seein' this...how long did it take for u to install xp with this rapid install copy?
  11. Thanks again but I found out why I couldn't find the I386 value. It was because I was changing an existing set of files and that person had already changed the values in the file. Thanks again
  12. Thanks a lot. Also I have had no luck in editing the 3 files with UltraEdit to make custom boot location. I can edit the txtsetup.sif fine but the other files like i think setupdlr.bin and the two others are all encripted code and I cant edit them. Could you or anyone else give me a little help in this area?
  13. I have made a somewhat unattended installation of xp pro. Here is the question: Is there a way I can have control of the dos setup stage of the installation and yet still have full unattended setup in the gui? I want this because just incase I want to change the partition or format it differently or any other thing that may come up. Is this possible? Thanks btw: I fully commend all of you who have helped people like me to finally have control over the installation of xp. You guys are the greatest!
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