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I added (beta) support for nVidia international drivers with auto language detection of the host OS. I know the language selection doesn't work if your OS language is not supported by nVidia. Can someone please test this option?

Yes, it does. I will change this to make it clearer. I need to do some experimenting with this. I know in general you don't need these files. But I don't know what happens if I remove them from the INF files. Interesting idea and probably not impossible. Don't know if it is usefull. The idea is to make 1 CD for several different PC's, with different hardware. I have to look into the default settings and see if I can come up with some tuning options / detection. But I will keep in mind that they have to work on other PC's as well. DrvComp looks into the inf file and copies all files in that. Meaning, it uses exactly the same files as if you would get a popup from the auto install wizard and you point to a directory with the proper inf and install files. What installers (.exe .msi) can do extra is adding consoles and extra tools or programs. This can't be done with DrvComp. You need to find out what the command line options are for silent install and run this after installing XP or do this manually. If you don't want all the international help files from nvidia, use the english version in stead. If you compress this, you don't get all the unwanted helpfiles and it can compress to 8.56 MB (version 94.24).

I don't have much experience adding drivers like this, but I can look into this. What I do at the moment is compressing the BTS driver packs, copy the drivers with my $OEM$ dir to the windows dir and integrate the INF files before the install driver detection. Or integrate directly from the CD.

Improved check for source and destination dir. @dxdisaster Can you try the new version and tell me if you still get the bleuscreen.

Thanx for the feedback. You used the destination dir as a subdir from the source. This causes a loop back. Try this: Source: 'C:\Progs\Razer\Copperhead\Driver' Destination: 'C:\Progs\Razer\Copperhead\Comp' In the mean time I guess I have to rewrite the dir checking code.

I use a modified version of this: Drivers From CD (Simple Method) Basically I put the drivers in $OEM$\.drivers. This auto copies the driver to the windir. And with the batch file I then integrate the drivers with SetupCopyOEMInf.exe. And I scan every HD and CD for \.drivers and integrate those as well. This way I can those to leave the drivers on the CD, copy them to the windir or even use the latest drivers from the HD. I hope it makes sense. Anyway, if you compress the main BTS driver packs (not the b/c sound and display packs you can have winxp, drivers and some basic programs like firefox on 1 CD.

Never mind, I think I already found and fixed it. - Added about link to readme.txt. - Added some debug info to the log file. - Fixed error 'Parameter format not correct'. - Added check for same source and destination dir.

What OS do you use XP or Vista? It looks like vista.

Don't know. Where and when does it say that?

- Copy .cat is checked by default. - Version 2007.05.16

Me too Any ideas what you like to see changed/added to take it to the next level?

I tested this with the BTS driver packs and installed it on a few pc's. One of them had a nforce 2 mainboard. It is working now.

Ah well in that case... New thread started.

I created this new topic on request. Features: - Driver compression: This works only for drivers with .inf files! - Multi directory / multi inf files - Cab files support - Driver version check - Class/Provider dir structure creation - nVidia international driver support - XP installation CD driver integration Known errors: - When using Provider Disk Structure in combination with Realtek and VIA vinyl audio drivers, it creates a directory for every .inf file and copies the same drivers to all the dirs. - If there are 2 SourceDiskFiles sections it scans only the first one and won't copy files in the sections afterwards. (Logitech mouse drivers) How does this work? Driver Compressor searches in the source directory for .inf files. From this file it gets all the necessary information. Then it copies the source files to a new destination and compresses it. For more info, read the included readme.txt file. Changelog: 2007.08.09 Added XP installation CD driver integration. 2007.08.03 Renamed next button into Start. 2007.08.03 Fixed cancel button so the program exits. 2007.07.19 Fixed compatibility with Win98 as host OS. 2007.07.17 Added nVidia international driver support 2007.05.19 Improved check for source and destination dir. 2007.05.17 Added about link to readme.txt. 2007.05.17 Added some debug info to the log file. 2007.05.17 Fixed error 'Parameter format not correct'. 2007.05.16 Added check for same source and destination dir. 2007.05.16 Added displaying version. 2007.05.16 Copy catalog is selected by default. 2006.03.07 Disabled warning message for missing .com, .sys, .dos and .vxd files. 2006.03.06 Fixed error with files extensions less than 3 characters (ATI). DriverCompressor.7z DriverCompressorSource.rar

Fixed that. Moved program to a new topic.

As requested in here. I was already working on it so why not share it. ---------------------------------- Features: ---------------------------------- - Install multi programs - Edit registry keys (HKLM and HKCU) - Copy files - Shortcut creation ---------------------------------- Todo: ---------------------------------- - Add full registry handling (currently only HKLM and HKCU) - Add registering dll's - Add /register command that will attach itself to the runonce registry key ---------------------------------- How does this work? ---------------------------------- It just runs and gets the commands from an xml file. For more info see the included file "simple-installer.xml". Use /S for completely silent install. Write double quotes in install parameters as single quotes. ---------------------------------- Changelog: ---------------------------------- 2007.01.05 - Fixed error with shortcut creation - Added cmd - Added HKCU - Code cleanup 2007.01.04 - Added support for install parameters with quotes. (use single quotes) - Added autoclose option - Added log file creation - Added REG_EXPAND_STR - Added shortcut creation 2006.12.29 - Fixed msi installer execution 2006.12.27 - First release simple_installer.7z

Done that. Good question. I'm looking into that.

How about something like this? I was already experimenting with an nsis based installer. ---------------------------------- Features: ---------------------------------- - Install multi programs - Add registry keys (only HKLM at the moment) - Copy files - Add shortcut creation Moved to simple-installer

I had some problems as well. But then I found out that nVidia discontinued nforce2 support for vista. Google for: nforce2 vista discontinued I use the standard vista drivers without any errors.

.net 2.0 and 3.0 are included in vista.

Styxx, Can you provide complete instructions for this process please - i would be interested in testing this method. Same here. I tried to setup the USB stick with WinPE 2.0 as explained in the WAIK docs, but at startup I only get a blinking cursor at a black screen. However when I create a WinPE 2.0 ISO and burn that to cd, WinPE 2.0 does startup. I can go in the WinPE 2.0 dos box to my Vista source on my hardrive and run setup, but it would be nice to do that from the USB stick. If I create a dos startup disk from my USB stick it does boot into dos mode. So my system supports USB stick booting.

If there is still interest in it, I can create a new thread.

No, only got the mounting image error.

I installed the filter. Showed vLite where the files are (mounted ISO and burned DVD). vLite detected the DVD. Selected ultimate, business, etc. however nothing worked. Keep getting 'Mounting image error -> It needs filter manager, error 5'. ...Copied the DVD contents to my harddisk. And now it works... FYI: I am running Vista.

This is probably because you used the "Provider Disk Structure". This options copies every inf file to a different directory. Realtek uses the same drivers in every inf file. So you end up with 14 directories containing the same drivers. The same is happening with the VIA Vinyl sound drivers.