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I download the zipped version and extract them in $Progs$/Mozilla Firefox. That way, it is setup already and don't have to worry about wasting time installing it. Same goes for Thunderbird.

Hi all. A strange problem has surfaced on the week-end and I am not sure how this has really happened. When I go into the Desktop Properties to select a wallpaper, only BMP files can be seen. I went into the C:\windows\web\wallpaper\, all the pictures that came with my XP Pro are there as well as mine own imported pictures. I can right click the picture in the folder to "Set as Desktop Background", but in the Display Properties, I could go to Browse to the above folder to get to my favourite wallpaper which is a JPG file, it does not get applied in the preview neither did it gets added to the list. What would be wrong?

When you create user accounts via the command prompt, XP creates limited users by default. That is why you need: net localgroup Administrators username /add Simply leave the above codeline out when creating user accounts.

Is LANG needed to be available on CD for XP to install Language support? If I want just the English language, do I delete the folder?

But this is on my home machine. I use unattended installs because I regualarly format and reinstall windows.

Hi all I am wondering how to automatically enable the Guest account. I would like to run this command in the cmdlines.txt at the 13T moment of Windows Setup. Thanks

Simple. Open two explorer windows, one exploring the Windows CD and the other in a folder you want the file to be copied to. in the Windows CD window, drag the folder called I386 into the other folder. XP will copy the folder and contents to the target folder (you can't delete what is on CD anyway).

If you put any program in System32\ you don't need to type in the full path just the name of the program you want to use (in this case, pskill) and you don't need the .exe at the end of pskill. Just type like this: pskill appnameWindows will automatically look in your system32 folder for the pskill program.

your welcome. To enable the list, import this hack: ;Disable Frequently used programs list[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]"NoStartMenuMFUprogramsList"=dword:00000000Basically replace the 1 at the end of the code with another 0.

Your talking about the Frequently used programs list? If so, you must have implemented a registry hack that disables it. This is what controls the FMU list: ;Disable Frequently used programs list[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]"NoStartMenuMFUprogramsList"=dword:00000001

$Prog is the correct variable to use.

deregard my post. I thought you missed something.

I haven't yet done the runonceex.cmd method yet but I think I can see why. Maybe remove the EXIT from the install.cmd file

Is it possible to create custom variables like for my desktop %desktop% and %downloads% for my downloads drive?

You mean to only to include the winnt.sif file and no other programs to install. Yes this is possible. All you have to do is delete the line under [GuiRunOnce]. I am not sure but there might be more lines to delete.

I visited the "Replacing Modified System Files" of AaronXP's great unattended guide demostrating how to replace uxtheme.dll. Is it possible to replace msgina.dll and themeui.dll using the method on the guide? Thanks.

Yeah. I wish they hadn't done the menus at the top. The menus drop open very slow on my computer. The old design was much better because it use simple design - and easier to download for people on dialup.

Hi, I am about to do yet another test of the unattended install. But before I start, I would like to know in which order of commands that is in cmdlines.txt I should setup. Here's what is in my cmdlines.txt file: [COMMANDS] ".\useraccounts.cmd" "REGEDIT /S quicklaunch.reg" "REGEDIT /S regtweaks.reg" Is this ok? or do I put useraccounts.cmd at the end? Thanks.

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Hi. When I create a new user account, after a slight-installation of my windows XP pro, There are some shortcuts created automaticaly like Media Player, Internet Explorer and Outlook Express and some Accessories leading to the creation of a unwanted folder called Accessories in the Start Menu. There also are some shortcuts in the Frequently Used Programs List in the Start menu. Is there a way to stop this from happening? At the moment, I have a batch in the startup folder in Defaults folder to automatically delete them as soon as it creates them but it won't delete itself after it has done it's job.

You will need to delete the Links folder manually. The reg code you mentioned only aviod any links being placed in the Links folder as when I did mine, my links folder was empty. Just put a small batch that will automatically delete the links folder AFTER you merge that Links Lock reg you have up there.

Nice! How do you create CD covers? I've tried using Microsoft Word but it printed out smaller then expected. I've tried Nero CD Cover Creator but the print came out fizzy and jagged.