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No. No problems here (XPSP2 slip-streamed clean-install and XP Plus! pack).

Dang! That's right. I tried connecting through opera, and then through an FTP client - both could not access the site. But used IE now to browse to the address..... and it works.

No chance of not having that!In any case, if at all I somehow lost it, its just a 15 KB download from here. Far prefer simpler commands. Hey, in all this I don't mean to say using the ping method is bad at all. In fact, for your info, I used to use it till a year-and-half ago (that's when I stumbled on this site). But once I saw sleep.exe, I see no reason why more complex commands should be used for simpler purposes. Ping has far more uses, and sleep is a straight-forward tool with a single use (which it fulfils well) and nothing more.

@Alanoll I agree that the beginner should not muck around with hotfixes. As you said - slip-stream, winnt.sif and GO! Never mind the break-up of posts below - there's simply too much content to put all in one post and still make sense. Now, here comes suggestions below, numbered. 01. A slight change needed in drivers page. I think ppl should have their drivers at "$OEM$\$$\PnPdrvrs\" path. That way, the drivers is not exposed at root of C: drive, and you don't need to delete it. So you can keep it to be used when you add more drivers. At the end of setup, instead of deleting the additional drivers, do this instead: attrib +h %systemroot%\PnPdrvrs And in the drivers page, add a link to bashrat's forum sticky for device-driver packs. 02. In the "graduate" section of the guide, say that the below is purely for educational purposes, and add the info found on this page: http://www.thetechguide.com/howto/setuppini.html We have enough number of new members flowing in, who have OEM disks, and borrow retail disks. Now is it immoral, is a different question, but fact is obviously their OEM key don't work with the retail disk. Now if the guide can enable them to stay on the correct side of the law (by converting the retail disk to OEM, or upgrade to normal) - why not. 03. Add a link to multi-boot guide (as a logical next-step) at the end of "graduate" level of uA guide. 04. On Office XP/2003 advanced page, link to "Office Shrink" forum page. 05. More info about runonceEX and how to run it in 2 stages using the "rundll32 -----" command to trigger its execution. 06. Give example of how to run an INF setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132 "%ProgramFiles%\Maxthon\maxthon.inf" 07. Make oobeinfo.ini to be the recommended method of users creation for beginners. 08. The advanced users might like a link and usage-description of the netuser.exe (which is used for security, to rename Administrator account). 09. The registry tweaks page should not be for beginners - only for advanced. And put a link on that page, to the forum thread for regtweaks (I'll soon consolidate regtweaks into a new, clean thread). 10. Have the "QuickLaunch bar enabled" tweak in the default regtweaks.reg (towards the end of file) - dammit, we're getting asked about it too many times. 11. Give scope for a plugin for running more batch-files - enables per-machine customised installs, and cuts down the need for you to frequently-rebuild your CD. 12. In tips section, for advanced users on XP pro - preset the swap file to a constant (example: 256 MB) on the systemdrive. This will only work if run from a CMD prompt or batch-file at first-logon (but not prior to that): cscript //nologo //B //T:600 %systemroot%\system32\pagefileconfig.vbs /change /I 256 /M 256 /VO * more is coming

I think its relevant here to ask: How do you know its hanged? (so that we can find out what's happening) I mean...On what basis do you arrive at the conclusion, that it has hanged. If nothing else works, use an alternative creator for your winnt.sif and customize it as you go along. The customizing needs to be done manually, anyway - see the ref.chm in deploy.cab for customizing.

rofl Not a bad idea. Multiple-choice questions as in the entrance exams.... Ha ha.

Hi Skywing, take a look at the Device Drivers forum here - link. There are driver-packs being maintained, which include yours as well. See the "overview" topic there, and download the "MassStorage" driver-pack (that is the one for SATA/RAID).

I decided to make this a How-To thread. Hoping this helps everyone to enhance your unattend. Pre-configure the windows firewall (part of XPSP2 and the upcoming Srv2k3SP1) - this is do-able thru the registry. (You can do it from netfw.INF, but IMO that involves too much effort). Below is a sample WF config: ; Windows Firewall policies [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List] "%windir%\\system32\\sessmgr.exe"="%windir%\\system32\\sessmgr.exe:*:Disabled:Remote Assistance" "%windir%\\system32\\mmc.exe"="%windir%\\system32\\mmc.exe:*:Enabled:Microsoft Management Console" "%ProgramFiles%\\Yahoo!\\Messenger\\YPager.exe"="%ProgramFiles%\\Yahoo!\\Messenger\\YPager.exe:*:Enabled:Yahoo! Messenger" "%ProgramFiles%\\Yahoo!\\Messenger\\YServer.exe"="%ProgramFiles%\\Yahoo!\\Messenger\\YServer.exe:*:Enabled:Yahoo! FT Server" "%ProgramFiles%\\messenger\\msmsgs.exe"="%ProgramFiles%\\messenger\\msmsgs.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messenger" "%ProgramFiles%\\mIRC\\mirc.exe"="%ProgramFiles%\\mIRC\\mirc.exe:*:Enabled:mIRC" "%ProgramFiles%\\Kazaa Lite Revolution\\kazaalite.kpp"="%ProgramFiles%\\Kazaa Lite Revolution\\kazaalite.kpp:*:Enabled:kazaalite" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\DomainProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List] "%windir%\\system32\\sessmgr.exe"="%windir%\\system32\\sessmgr.exe:*:Disabled:Remote Assistance" "%windir%\\system32\\mmc.exe"="%windir%\\system32\\mmc.exe:*:Enabled:Microsoft Management Console" "%ProgramFiles%\\Yahoo!\\Messenger\\YPager.exe"="%ProgramFiles%\\Yahoo!\\Messenger\\YPager.exe:*:Enabled:Yahoo! Messenger" "%ProgramFiles%\\Yahoo!\\Messenger\\YServer.exe"="%ProgramFiles%\\Yahoo!\\Messenger\\YServer.exe:*:Enabled:Yahoo! FT Server" "%ProgramFiles%\\messenger\\msmsgs.exe"="%ProgramFiles%\\messenger\\msmsgs.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messenger" "%ProgramFiles%\\mIRC\\mirc.exe"="%ProgramFiles%\\mIRC\\mirc.exe:*:Enabled:mIRC" "%ProgramFiles%\\Kazaa Lite Revolution\\kazaalite.kpp"="%ProgramFiles%\\Kazaa Lite Revolution\\kazaalite.kpp:*:Enabled:kazaalite"The above code is for a standard home PC - all application names are self-evident. Doing it as it is above, will block remote assistance for security, and also enable the below for usability: - MMC needs to be enabled because diskeeper9 needs it - The yahoo messenger and file-transfer and webcam enabling speaks for itself - mIRC being enabled also needs no comment to help you understand! - And KaZaA lite revolution (above) is for v2.6 to be allowed.

You don't need the ping commands. You can use "sleep.exe" for that - easier too.

Registry Healer looks good (for those who believe that only paid software is good ). I've been using RegClean 4.1a for the purpose since ages - no problems with it as yet (even with XP and ws2k3).

Famer, look in the root of your CD. If you have a file called WIN51??.SP1then its a SP1-included CD. If it don't have that file, then you have the gold release (without SP1). And as for "Version 2002" - all versions of XP are called that. Right from gold to SP2, it is still "Version 2002".

What are the components you removed? I'm surprised that your 99.1 MB bare win2k works without errors. 'Coz sooner or later within a week of removing too many things using nLite, people start having problems.

Oh well, good for you. I had a similar problem with GoBack (3 years ago when it was still with Roxio) on WinME. I did not know what to do back then! Lost all files and re-partitioned. And from all accounts, GoBack still hasn't become useful by much - giving headaches to all and sundry.

Me neither! Does it require a password?

The official unattended guide tells you how to integrate the JRE into your install CD. Go to the link ChunkDog mentions, to download the full network-install version of it (you can download then install it from that file itself over the network or from CD - without needing to access the internet). And if you need the JRE to install silently for unattended installs, go here to download a custom rebuilt installer - link.

Hi jjhirsch, Are you sure its a silver box? Then you are probably on the "Energy Blue" theme. You can just change it to standard XP (blue). Or if you don't like that either, download StyleXP and install it - then get yourself new themes (or "Visual Styles") from ThemeXP. Or if you really want something looking radical, check out Aston Desktop Shell.

I liked the definition of slip-stream here - someone's blog: No, not needed to add it to the site (I just mentioned it, that's all). If it sounds simple or good, then add it.

Home Page Its been stuck at v1.08.5 long enough. Was previously called nV System Utility. It allows you to benchmark and tune your system. Allows you to see system stats like voltage, etc. Allows to over-clock. Looks pretty sweet. Runs only on nForce2 and 3 mainboards, and is supposedly going to be bundled by default with all nForce4 boards. News Source: Softpedia and Betanews (look below for download) ScreenShot : Download from: Betanews or SoftPedia

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"Group policies"=1 "Net Watcher"=1 "System Monitor"=1 "System Resource Meter"=1 [Printers] [InstallLocationsMRU] "C:\windows\drivers" "C:\temp" [Install] AddReg=RunOnce.BatchDelay,Run.Installed.Components,Skip.PCMCIA.Wizard,User.Profiles.Reg,User.Box.One ,User.Box.Two,Registry.WinUpdate,RegistrySettings CopyFiles=regfile.copy,customTweaks.UserBranding [regfile.copy] settings.reg [customTweaks.UserBranding] instTime.bat tweaks.bat oemlogo.bmp oeminfo.ini tweaked.reg regClean.exe regclean.txt MPSetup.exe wrar.exe [RunOnce.BatchDelay] HKLM,%KEY_RUNONCE%,BatchRun1,,"%25%\rundll.exe setupx.dll,InstallHinfSection Delete.MSN.Icon 4 %10%\msbatch.inf" HKLM,%KEY_RUNONCE%,BatchRun2,,"%25%\rundll.exe setupx.dll,InstallHinfSection Delete.Welcome 4 %10%\msbatch.inf" [Run.Installed.Components] HKLM,%KEY_INSTALLEDCOMPS%\>BatchSetupx,,,">Batch 98 - General Settings" HKLM,%KEY_INSTALLEDCOMPS%\>BatchSetupx,IsInstalled,1,01,00,00,00 HKLM,%KEY_INSTALLEDCOMPS%\>BatchSetupx,Version,,"3,0,0,0" HKLM,%KEY_INSTALLEDCOMPS%\>BatchSetupx,StubPath,,"%25%\rundll.exe setupx.dll,InstallHinfSection Installed.Components.General 4 %10%\msbatch.inf" HKLM,%KEY_INSTALLEDCOMPS%\>BatchAdvpack,,,">Batch 98 - Advanced Settings" HKLM,%KEY_INSTALLEDCOMPS%\>BatchAdvpack,IsInstalled,1,01,00,00,00 HKLM,%KEY_INSTALLEDCOMPS%\>BatchAdvpack,Version,,"3,0,0,0" HKLM,%KEY_INSTALLEDCOMPS%\>BatchAdvpack,StubPath,,"%25%\rundll32.exe advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %10%\msbatch.inf,Installed.Components.Advanced" HKLM,%KEY_INSTALLEDCOMPS%\>Batchwu,,,">Batch 98 - Windows Update" HKLM,%KEY_INSTALLEDCOMPS%\>Batchwu,IsInstalled,1,01,00,00,00 HKLM,%KEY_INSTALLEDCOMPS%\>Batchwu,Version,,"3,0,0,0" HKLM,%KEY_INSTALLEDCOMPS%\>Batchwu,StubPath,,"wupdmgr.exe -shortcut" [Installed.Components.General] AddReg=Browser.Settings, Shell.Prep BitReg=Shell.Settings [Installed.Components.Advanced] DelFiles=Connect.Icon, OLS.Icons CustomDestination=Custom.Dest RunPostSetupCommands=DirCleanup [Custom.Dest] 49070=DesktopLDIDSection,5 [Connect.Icon] connec~1.lnk [Delete.MSN.Icon] DelReg=MSN.Icon [MSN.Icon] HKLM,SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{4B876A40-4EE8-11D1-811E-00C04FB98EEC},,, [DesktopLDIDSection] HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders",Desktop,OLSFolder,"%25%\Desktop" [OLS.Icons] americ~1.lnk at&two~1.lnk compus~1.lnk prodig~1.lnk themic~1.lnk aboutt~1.lnk abouto~1.txt services.txt [DirCleanup] rundll32.exe advpack.dll,DelNodeRunDLL32 %49070%\%OnlineLong% [Delete.Welcome] DelReg=Registry.Welcome [Registry.Welcome] HKLM,Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run,Welcome,, [Registry.WinUpdate] HKLM,Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer,NoDevMgrUpdate,0x10001,1 HKLM,Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer,NoWindowsUpdate,0x10001,1 [Browser.Settings] HKCU,%KEY_IEXPLORERMAIN%,"Start Page",,"about:blank" HKCU,%KEY_IEXPLORERMAIN%,"First Home Page",,"about:blank" HKCU,%KEY_IEXPLORERMAIN%,"Search 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Menu\Programs\Startup" HKCU,"%CurrentVersion%\%SecondaryRec%\Startup",LocalFile,,"Start Menu\Programs\Startup" HKCU,"%CurrentVersion%\%SecondaryRec%\Startup",MustBeRelative,1,01,00,00,00 HKCU,"%CurrentVersion%\%SecondaryRec%\Startup",Name,,"*.lnk,*.pif" HKCU,"%CurrentVersion%\%SecondaryRec%\Startup",ParentKey,,"Start Menu" HKCU,"%CurrentVersion%\%SecondaryRec%\Startup",RegKey,,"%CurrentVersion%\Explorer\User Shell Folders" HKCU,"%CurrentVersion%\%SecondaryRec%\Startup",RegValue,,"Startup" [RegistrySettings] HKLM,%KEY_RUNONCE%,BatchReg1,,"%25%\regedit.exe /s "%10%\settings.reg"" [DestinationDirs] Connect.Icon=10,alluse~1\desktop OLS.Icons=49070,Online~1 regfile.copy=10 [Strings] KEY_RUNONCE="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce" KEY_INSTALLEDCOMPS="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components" OnlineLong="Online Services" KEY_IEXPLORERMAIN="Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main" CurrentVersion="Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion" PrimaryRec="ProfileReconciliation" SecondaryRec="SecondaryProfileReconciliation"All files mentioned in "customTweaks.UserBranding" and "regfile.copy" need to be placed in the Win98 cabs folder. It will get copied to C:\Windows folder (delete it afterwards through batch-files). This is contents of instTime.bat @ECHO off CLS ECHO. ECHO please standby until the tweaks scheduled for applying are performed ECHO Do not close this window until a message says so ECHO. ECHO Installing Windows Media Player 9 C:\Windows\mpsetup.exe /Q:A /R:N ECHO Wait for 3 minutes (to allow installation to complete) ECHO. ECHO Installing WinRAR 3.20 Licensed Corporate Edition C:\Windows\wrar.exe /s ECHO finished ECHO. regedit /S C:\windows\tweaked.reg ECHO Starting Branding operations if exist "c:\windows\system\oeminfo.ini" del "c:\windows\system\oeminfo.ini" move "c:\windows\oeminfo.ini" "c:\windows\system" move "c:\windows\oemlogo.bmp" "c:\windows\system" ECHO tweaks successful, Enjoy! ECHO. ECHO Deleting Temporary Installation Files... if exist "c:\windows\settings.reg" del "c:\windows\settings.reg" if exist "c:\windows\tweaked.reg" del "c:\windows\tweaked.reg" ECHO. ECHO IMPORTANT - You may close this window after 3 minutes EXIT This is Settings.reg REGEDIT4 ; make windows think it has been registered [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion] "RegDone"="1" ; get rid of the bloat called Scheduled Tasks [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices] "SchedulingAgent"="-" ; execute this script at first-login (during end of last phase of setup) [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce] "configure"="C:\\Temp\\install\\main.bat" "tweaking"="C:\\Windows\\instTime.bat" ; Tweaks.bat @ECHO off CLS ECHO. ECHO Deleting Temporary Installation Files... if exist "c:\windows\mpsetup.exe" del "c:\windows\mpsetup.exe" if exist "c:\windows\wrar.exe" del "c:\windows\wrar.exe" ECHO. if exist "c:\windows\instTime.bat" del "c:\windows\instTime.bat" if exist "c:\windows\tweaks.bat" del "c:\windows\tweaks.bat" ECHO You may now close this window EXIT tweaked.reg REGEDIT4 ; remove the below planned tweaks once completed [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce] "configure"=- "tweaking"=- With the above files, what I am doing is to make use of the RunOnce keys of registry to run custom setups with switches (and .bats or .regs). I hope the above is understandable. If you have any questions, just ask.

You can download BATCH98.exe (for creating MSBATCH.INF) from here: Deploying Windows 98 Using Batch 98 and Infinst.exe (that's just information, the actual tool is to be found on the CD)

There's no such thing as "turning it off". There's nothing under the skin - there's a pre-defined set of skins and you just choose which of them you want. In my case, I don't want the default skin - I want my users to see a simpler interface. So I set this regtweak at T-12: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Skins] "CurrentSkin"="res://wmploc/RT_TEXT/corporate.wsz"You don't need to copy or put that skin anywhere - it comes natively with WMP8 (or higher). Please try that and tell me if that was what you wanted too.

I saw this one some time ago. Was mighty good way to fool ppl. Someone added that it kills thousands of ppl every year (floods ) and that its being released into ricers, etc. and supposedly tabled a bill for it in Congress (of course it was detected to be a joke).Google for more similar things:

Nice work. Now ppl can install tb easier.

VMware5 is now final - so forget all the betas for latest stable/final release, scroll down to post at bottom of thread This version: Beta - Build 10737 View : Source - betanews What I liked about it - its ability to convert VirtualPC disks to VMware disks. Lets hear it for compatibility! Publisher's Description: VMware Workstation features the ability to run multiple operating systems on the same PC without the need to partition the hard drive, or rebooting. Users can isolate and protect each operating environment, and the applications and data that are running in it. It allows users to interoperate among each of these operating systems, including full networking, device and file sharing, and cut-and-paste capabilities, and undo changes made in a given session. It allows operators to encapsulate and manipulate each operating environment, and have the ability to roll back and restart an application, or move an environment among differently configured machines. Screenshot: Enjoy the new features in this version: Download (39.8 MB) {its a 30-day trial, but another build would be out before 30-days anyway. And if you have a key for v5, you can unlock it to be non-trial}