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Thanks a lot Aaron, gota investigate thate. HEre is my listof Hotfixes, in case you'll see something i wouldn't find [C:\INSTALL\XPSP1\$OEM$\$1\INSTALL\HOTFIXES\1] KB282010.exe KB810243.exe KB817778.exe KB818043.exe KB820291.exe KB822603.exe KB823182.exe KB824105.exe KB824141.exe KB824146.exe KB825119.exe KB828026.exe KB828035.exe KB828741.EXE KB829558.exe KB835732.EXE KB837001.EXE KB839643.EXE kb839645.exe KB840315.exe KB840374.EXE KB841873.exe KB842773.exe Q322011.exe Q327979.exe Q329170.exe Q810272.exe Q814995.exe Q819696.exe [C:\INSTALL\XPSP1\$OEM$\$1\INSTALL\HOTFIXES\2] hu1002_pro KB823353 KB870669 q330994 q820223 q828750 q867801

Hello, If i were you i will throw out Realone and QT and install realalternative and quicktime altrnative instead. Both are freeware and silently installable. my 2 cents

Hello there, I'm using the good old batch way to install my hotfixes for XPSP1, here is my batch: echo Applying SP2 hotfixes... for %%i in (%systemdrive%\install\hotfixes\1\*.exe) do start /wait %%i /u /o /z /n for %%i in (%systemdrive%\install\hotfixes\2\*.exe) do start /wait %%i /q:a /r:n All but the Q867801 (Cumulative for IE SP1) are correctly installed. So the question is, what am i doing wrong with this one? I putted it in my type 2 Hotfixes folder, but when i run WU after my unattended installation, it tell me i still need this hotfix. Any help would be greatly appreciated. TIA

Hello and thanks for this nice tip. I followed all the steps you mentioned and got my daemontools.msi from dt346.exe and daemonscripts.msi. As i wasn't interested by the Makeiso option, i made the following daemontools.inf: [Version] Signature=$CHICAGO$ [DefaultInstall] AddReg = Mount DelReg = Daemon [Mount] HKCR,".ISO",,,"ISO_Image" HKCR,".CUE",,,"ISO_Image" HKCR,".CCD",,,"ISO_Image" HKCR,".BIN",,,"ISO_Image" HKCR,"ISO_Image\Shell\Mount\Command",,,%16422%\D-Tools\"daemon.exe -mount 0,%1 [Daemon] HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run","DAEMON Tools-1033" [Strings] here = """%1""" I copied the code you've given into a txt file and renamed this txt file: DaemonDriveInstall.DaemonScript Version|1.5.3|2| DeviceCount|1| Finally i made the following batch for tetsting purpose: test.bat start /wait c:\download\DaemonTools.msi /qn start /wait c:\download\Daemonscript.msi /qn start /wait c:\download\DaemonDriveInstall.DaemonScript rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 c:\download\DaemonTools.inf I moved Daemontools.msi, Daemonscript.msi, Daemondriveinstall.daemonscript, daemmontools.inf and test.bat under my c:\download folder. When i started my batch, the installation of daemonttools.msi was done correctly. But when it came to the daemonscripts.msi i get a message saying the installation couldn't finish because my PC was shutting down...and it defiinitly was: in the next second i experienced a fast reboot. After this reboot, Daemontools is corerctly installed (but require a new reboot) but that's it: the daemontools tray icon is running, no mountiso is available when right ccking an *.iso files and so on... Well, i don't know where the is the problem, but there is definitly something preventing me from using the *.inf file . Any help would be greatly appreciated EDIT:Installing the daemontools.inf with a right click work perfectly. Would that mean i made the same error than Cagliostro and forgetting the"." after "rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128" ? But in my case, i mentioned the complete path to my files in my batch (what Cagliostro haven't done). Does that mean this "." should also be added when using the %systemdrive% ?

YEs, i've seen a link to that tool under Aaron Guide, thanks to mention it however . I'm currently working on it I'm using this command line, thanks to Gosh, but i'm not sure it contains the optimisation switch, even if the "/o" switch look like it. Btw, this is the command i used for my XPSP1 CD, do i need to modify something for my SP1/SP2 DVD?

Oh god Alan...now i feel like i have to go from the "good old" Guirunonce to this "fancy" runonce...and convert all my batch in the process Oh well, look like it's the best way to go anyway.... As for the optimize...well, as long as CDIMAGE optimize by itself, that will be good Btw, on a completly different subject, wouldn't you have a clue on how disabling the hardware/Software DEP of XPSP2 while the unattended process? Or does disabling the security center will do the job (i doubt it)? Thanks again for your kindness

Thanks both of you those answer. Frankly, i don't have a clue what of what you mean by optimize the CD Indeed, i don't care much about disk space, since even with duplicates files, i still have plenty of space on my DVD. However the %CDROM% seems a good workaround to have a best looking layout But from what i know, the CDROM drive letter change for each computer: i guess i will need to do some search about that to have this variable working fine. Thanks Alan, i now applied the Gosh method to my SP2, that alone already reduce the wasted disk space by a great amount. I'm about to build the first image of my DVD and test it with VirtualPC: i'm crossing fingers all willl go well

Hello there, Last year, following the Gosh method, and carefully reading a lot of excellents articles here, i managed to create a bootable XPSP1 CD with basically 3 options: 1 regular install 2 unattended + Pre SP2 hotfixes 3 OEM preinstall Here is my CD layout: \$OEM$\... \I386\ -> Created with Gosh method from XPSP1 ROllup1 \VOL1\ -> Regular install \VOL2\ -> Unattended install+hotfixes \VOL3\ -> OEM preinstall (+hotfixes) I used the CMDLINE only to create an user account. The unattended and OEM job were made by calling 2 differents batch files from winnt.sif under the [GUIRUNONCE] section. As you can see, nothing very complicated. Now, with the SP2 coming out, i'd like to add 3 more options to my CD (and make it a DVD in the process). I would like to keep the 3 former install options (SP1 regular, SP1 unattended, SP1 OEM preinstall) and add SP2 regular/Unattended/OEM . Here is the DVD layout i'm working on: \VOL1\ -> SP1 Regular install \VOL2\ -> SP1 Unattended install+Hotfixes \VOL3\ -> SP1 OEM preinstall (+hotfixes) \VOL4\ -> SP2 Regular install \VOL5\ -> SP2 Unattended install \VOL6\ -> SP2 OEM preinstall \XPSP1\ ....\$OEM$\... .....\I386\ -> Created with Gosh method from XPSP1 Rollup1 \XPSP2\ .....\$OEM$\... ...... \I386\ Now that, i hope, you see the big figure, it's time to ask some question 1°) Into the XPSP2 folder i copied the full content of my WInXP SP2 CD because i didn't know if i could use Gosh method with SP2. is it the way to go, or do you think i could use Gosh method here also? 2°) If i have well understood what i've read so far the I386 and $OEM$ folders must be parallel. That's why i've got 2 $OEM$ folders (one for XPSP1, another for XPSP2). But it's obvious than the content of those 2 folders is almost the same (except that i'm not applying any pre SP3 hotfixes in XPSP2 when i'm applying all the critical hotfixes for XPSP1). Is there a way to avoid having duplicate datas in those 2 folders? (ie, i'm doing an unattended install of Office2003 for both SP1 and SP2, does that mean i need to have twice the datas under those 2 $OEM$ directories?) I'm almost sure i'm doing something really wrong with those 2 $OEM$ folders, but i can't see the workaround. In fact, i'm convinced there should be only one $OEM$ folder...but i can't see where to place it if i have to respect the paralelism with the I386 folder. 3°) Since i had kept all the data from my first SP1 multiboot CD, i just have edited the txtsetup.sif under VOL1/VOL2/VOL3 folders to modify the setup source path: SetupSourcePath = "\XPSP1\" Of course i did the same for VOL4/VOL/5/VOL6 : SetupSourcePath = "\XPSP2\" Should i made any other change, or should it work well ? Well, any tip and advice would be very welcomed TIA

Very nice switch Baliktad, i'm gonna try it now.Could you tell me if this code is correct ?

I fit with AVP3.5 for a long time ago now: light and covenient

Anyone would know how i can install ZoneAlarm pro unattented ? TIA EDIT: Well, indeed i can install it silently with /s and then PSkill the registration wizard. But i can't find how i can register it silently after that.

I just have followed your instruction for MSN messenger, Aaron, and /qb result on a silly popup (click OK to install). I'm gonna try with /qn.

Well, of course yes Here is the list: 810565 Hyperlinks Open in Internet Explorer Instead of in Default Browser or Help and Support Center 821557 MS03-027: An Unchecked Buffer in the Windows Shell Could Permit Your System to Be Compromised 811493 MS03-013: Buffer Overrun in Windows Kernel Message Handling Could Lead to Elevated Privileges 328310 MS02-071: Flaw in Windows WM_TIMER Message Handling Can Enable Privilege Elevation 823980 MS03-026: Buffer Overrun in RPC May Allow Code Execution 331953 MS03-010: Flaw in RPC Endpoint Mapper Could Allow Denial of Service Attacks 323255 MS02-055: Unchecked Buffer in Windows Help Facility May Allow Attacker to Run Code 810577 MS03-005: Unchecked Buffer in Windows Redirector May Permit Privilege Elevation 815021 MS03-007: Unchecked Buffer in Windows Component May Cause Web Server Compromise 329115 MS02-050: Certificate Validation Flaw Might Permit Identity Spoofing 329170 MS02-070: Flaw in SMB Signing May Permit Group Policy to Be Modified 817606 MS03-024: Buffer Overrun in Windows Could Lead to Data Corruption 814033 Cannot Install Driver Updates from the Windows Update Web Site 810833 MS03-001: Unchecked Buffer in the Locator Service Might Permit Code to Run 823559 MS03-023: Buffer Overrun in the HTML Converter Could Allow Code Execution 329048 MS02-054: Unchecked Buffer in File Decompression Functions May Allow Attacker to Run Code 329441 You Cannot Create a Network Connection After You Restore Windows XP 817287 Windows Update 643 Error and the Catalog Database 329390 MS02-072: Unchecked Buffer in Windows Shell Might Permit System Compromise 329834 MS02-063: Unchecked Buffer in PPTP Implementation May Permit Denial-of-Service Attacks 811630 HTML Help Update to Limit Functionality When It Is Invoked with the window.showHelp Method 824146 MS03-039: A Buffer Overrun in RPCSS May Allow Code Execution

@Capdilly I love your ugly install CMD I would have a stupid question about the registration process: ie, in your script, you install PowerDVD and Nero: both require registration. I can't figure how i could "pre-create" the regfile from a serial number ? Any help would be greatly appreciated. TIA

Hi there, First i'd like to thank you all fot the great job you're doing here. I'm gonna try to create my first unattended XPcd....and next time i'll take time to rad the whole forum before asking something