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Thanks RickSteele! I didnt even know that nlite was capable of recognizing other iso makers (for want of a better term). That worked a treat and is very much appreciated! Cheers buddy!

RickSteele, could you please explain how you replace makeiso with cdimage using nlite? i would greatly appreciate the ability to do this. is it an inbuilt option (which i havent come across) or a matter of copying cdimage to the nlite directory and renaming it to makeiso.exe or something like that (incidentally i tried and it didnt work for me) Everyone Else, Thank you guys so much for your help with this matter. It is very much appreciated

if you dont mind me asking, where do you get your boot image from, so as to make your dvd bootable? i've added the same contents (bar the boot file) and created an iso with ultraiso, but i cannot create a BOOTABLE dvd because it needs a bootable image. i tried using the image from my windows cd but i get the same result when i try to use my new image...it hangs at the same screen. thanks for your help by the way

well to be honest i should have been more clear - i was specifically talking about using nlite. but i think we'd all like a guide on how to do it. i'm currently downloading a free trial of ultra iso and at $30 i'd consider buying it if i thought it would help

i'm so happy that someone else has come across this problem too! i am using nlite to create my dvd and once i put any big applications in oem folder (i.e. it totals over 4/4.5GB) i get stuck on "setup is inspecting your computer's hardware configuration" when installing windows. she wont go any further after that. has anyone had any success with this?

Hi Amit, You seem to know your stuff so i have a question (rather than posting another topic). Does the $OEM$ folder have a size limit? its just that i've got a succesfully working image using winnt.sif but when i add a large number of applications (i'm talking over 5GB) my installation hangs on the "Setup is inspecting your computer's hardware" screen. If i turn off oempreinstall then my folders dont get copied over. I have limited it to exactly this area since when i remove some files everything works again, Thanks jasirw

Hi there, Recently i've been using 7-zip to compress my programs for silent installation based on all the topics posted on MSFN. its worked perfectly for a number of programs including office 2003. however, when i try to compress Encarta 2006 everything seems to run fine, but during the actual extraction before installation somehow not all files are extracted (i can see a number of important files missing in the temp folder, including setup.exe). my question are a) does this method have a file limit and B) is there anything i need to be changing from install to install (i've been using the same 7zS file for all) i really appreciate the help

take a look in your c:\documents and settings\[enter user here]\local settings\temp there should be a text file in there generated by the installation. you should be able to identify it by its name. if thats not there then try the same installation without the silent switches to see what error is occuring i.e. if you are using /qb- then remove it so you can see whats happening. hope this helps By the way, i had a similar problem as you and the error i found in my log was that the installation process couldnt delete a file in c:\windows\installer so i use a command like del /F c:\windows\installer\*.* BEFORE i start the office installation. i'm not sure if this is specific to my problem but maybe it will help

Ya, thanks muiz. I had read all of the posts on MSFN before posting myself. The main problem with XPLODE is the lack of clearcut examples, but when you go onto their forum you find that the creator was good enough to post and upload some personal examples. Its an amazing program and i just cant believe more people arent using it - especially that it uses XML which i'm sure most computer guys and girls are more than comfortable with

Ok, I found a solution to my problem and thought i would share it in case anyone is interested. If an expert in the area sees this i would appreciate some feedback - there might be a better way... <items> <item display='Installing Critical Files...'> <execute display='Installing .Net Framework 1.1...'> <program>#XPLODE#\..\misc\dotNET11SP1.exe</program> <hide>true</hide> <wait>true</wait> </execute> <execute display='Installing .Net Framework 2...'> <program>#XPLODE#\..\misc\dotNET2.exe</program> <hide>true</hide> <wait>true</wait> </execute> <execute display='Installing J# 1.0...'> <program>#XPLODE#\..\misc\VJsharp11.exe</program> <hide>true</hide> <wait>true</wait> </execute> <execute display='Installing J# 2.0...'> <program>#XPLODE#\..\misc\001_VJsharp20.exe</program> <hide>true</hide> <wait>true</wait> </execute> <execute display='Installing ClearType Tuning...'> <program>#XPLODE#\..\misc\Powertoy-ClearTypeTuning.exe</program> <hide>true</hide> <wait>true</wait> </execute> <execute display='Installing TaskSwitchXP...'> <program>#XPLODE#\..\misc\TaskSwitchXP.exe</program> <hide>true</hide> <wait>true</wait> </execute> <execute display='Installing Firefox...'> <program>#XPLODE#\..\misc\firefox.exe</program> <hide>true</hide> <wait>true</wait> </execute> <execute display='Installing QuickTime Alternative...'> <program>#XPLODE#\..\misc\QuickTimeAlternative.exe</program> <hide>true</hide> <wait>true</wait> </execute> <execute display='Installing Acrobat Reader...'> <program>#XPLODE#\..\misc\AdobeReader705.exe</program> <hide>true</hide> <wait>true</wait> </execute> </item> <item display='Installing AutoIt...'> <execute display='Installing Program...'> <program>#XPLODE#\..\autoit\autoit-v3-setup.exe</program> <arguments>/S</arguments> <hide>true</hide> <wait>true</wait> </execute> </item>

Its a program used to automate software installations. Its pretty neat and allows for the interface to be customized. Can be done at any of the T stages too. And its gone from proprietary to free for personal use. There's a link here http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/60/

Hey everyone, I just started using XPLODE and i must say i absolutely love it but i'm having one problem. Being new to this program it could be something simple, so if anyhone could help i'd greatly appreciate it. Basically the problem is that i can only see one application (that has yet to be installed) at a time. I read through the pdf document and have seen a number of examples but no matter what i do to the <show> tag i cant get more than 1. If anyhone can help i would be truly grateful. Below is a sample of my code: <XPlode4> <config> <display plugin='#XPLODE#\XPlodeGFXInstall.x4d'> <show total='6' after='3' subcount='false' /> <font face='Tahoma' antialias='true' small='8' large='13' /> <window width='420' height='200' position='8' /> <windowmode mode='GuiRedraw' border='false' /> <colours> <header x='4' y='4' fore='#FFFFFF' /> <footer x='4' y='180' width='410' fore='#FFFFFF' /> <progress border='#000000' back='#FFFFFF' fore='#008800' fore2='#00AA00' /> <main x='16' y='40' width='388' fore='#FFFFFF' current='#FFFF00' description='#FFFFFF' overlay='#FFFFFF22' /> </colours> </display> <environment> <display.title>Installing Software. Please Wait...</display.title> <display.complete>completed</display.complete> </environment> </config> <items> <item> <execute display='Installing AutoIt...'> <program>#XPLODE#\..\autoit\autoit-v3-setup.exe</program> <arguments>/S</arguments> <hide>true</hide> <wait>true</wait> </execute> </item> <item> <execute display='Installing Java SDK...'> <program>#XPLODE#\..\jdk\j2eesdk-1_4_02_2005Q2-windows.exe</program> <arguments>-silent #XPLODE#\jdk\profile</arguments> <hide>true</hide> <wait>true</wait> </execute> </item> </items> </XPlode4>

Ok, well i decided to try my hand at AutoIt for this one as there didnt seem to be a work around. If anyone is interested here is the script i used (with a lot of help from AutoItMacroGenerator ) I hope this helps someone else in the same position as myself ; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ; ; AutoIt Version: 3.1.0 ; Author: jasirw ; ; Script Function: ; Silently Install XAMPP 1.5.1 ; ; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ; Script Start - Add your code below here Run("xampp-win32-1.5.1-installer.exe /S") WinWait("XAMPP 1.5.1 Setup","Install XAMPP servers (Apache,") ControlClick("XAMPP 1.5.1 Setup","Install XAMPP servers (Apache,","Button1") WinWait("XAMPP 1.5.1 Setup","Install Apache 2 as service?") ControlClick("XAMPP 1.5.1 Setup","Install Apache 2 as service?","Button1") WinWait("XAMPP 1.5.1 Setup","Apache 2 Service was installed") ControlClick("XAMPP 1.5.1 Setup","Apache 2 Service was installed","Button1") WinWait("XAMPP 1.5.1 Setup","Install MySQL as service?") ControlClick("XAMPP 1.5.1 Setup","Install MySQL as service?","Button1") WinWait("XAMPP 1.5.1 Setup","MySQL Service was installed su") ControlClick("XAMPP 1.5.1 Setup","MySQL Service was installed su","Button1") WinWait("XAMPP 1.5.1 Setup","Install FileZilla FTP Server a") ControlClick("XAMPP 1.5.1 Setup","Install FileZilla FTP Server a","Button1") WinWait("Question","Install Service?") ControlClick("Question","Install Service?","Button1") WinWait("Question","Autostart service?") ControlClick("Question","Autostart service?","Button2") WinWait("Question","Start server?") ControlClick("Question","Start server?","Button2") WinWait("Question","Uninstall Service?") ControlClick("Question","Uninstall Service?","Button2") WinWait("XAMPP 1.5.1 Setup","Congratulations! The installat") ControlClick("XAMPP 1.5.1 Setup","Congratulations! The installat","Button2")

What i do is the following. I create my bat file and also a WSF file in which i have my VB code An example is the following, i use it to install clonedvd. It is the complete script and simply sends the ALT-N combination to the program. I have this file named as keystrokes.wsf and call it from my bat file using I hope this helps

Has anyone had success in installing xampp? For those who dont know it is open source and contains PHP, APACHE, FILEZILLA and MYSQL and is amazing! Basically i can use the /S to silence the install but when it comes to starting the services for each of the above programs a dialogue pops up. If anyone had any ideas i would GREATLY appreciate it For anyone that's interested, the app can be freely downloaded from here: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html

Dude, it's an INNO setup, just use: setup.exe /SILENT /NOREBOOT

Alright, So my ipod is on the blink so i cant fully test this but i think this is how it works. I have installed it and the program itself seems to work as per usual. The only problem is the fact that it doesnt recognise my ipod (dont worry, this was a problem already, it has nothign to do with this installation). First i extracted the contents of the ORIGINAL xplay installation (installshield) exe. Then i used msiexec /a XPlay.1033.msi on the extracted msi to run an administrative insall and when asked for a path gave it the path install/xplay. To install it i used: With respect to updates i extracted the contents of the most recent downloadable update (xplay_2.2.7.0_enu_update.exe) and extracted this file, getting an msp file.Immediately following the last command i simply add Now with respect to the serial number i'm not exactly sure what the story is. The program seems to run without asking for one. But just in case i found the following line in my registry: I have taken the step to import this key after install as it seems to be the only location that refers to my serial number which i have X'd out above. I hope someone finds this useful and would appreciate it if someone who uses this could confirm that it works correctly. Otherwise when my ipod is back up and running i'll let you guys know

Thanks John. I am very excited to give this a look. It's much appreciated!

Is there any way this can be made a sticky and put up at the top of the page with the other permanent ones? i think it merits that!

wow, thank you so much! this is exactly the kind of thing we're all looking for

Hey there, i am trying to make a silent install for a program called xplay. it uses installshield and i have scowered the forum looking for an answer. in short i use the -R with the setup file but there is never an iss file. i've used the search feature to search all (including hidden) files on my pc and none exists. I have tried it with the normal installshield exe and the setup exe that i extracted from the normal installshield exe. please, if anyone can help, i would greatly appreciate it. if i have to type in the serial number one more time...

so it's warez?!? is that allowed?

why did you upload office xp?

Are there any beta testers here that have successfully used the office customization tool (using /admin) to create an unattended setup. i have used it to create a msp file but after that i am lost. thanks