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Yep, for a first-timer, unattended *IS* step-by-step. (categorised, by pages, etc.)The idea of sitemap is good, but it still does not fulfil the purpose I want. It can't be too difficult actually, to have the JS-based menu, as well as "next page" thingies on each page. (I hope ) Hmm.... Noticed another modification needed. http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/space_saving_tips.htm In there, the words for LANG is not clear (ambiguous and open to interpretation). It really should have these words (decision is upto you, whether to add these words, or replace the old words with this): I had to think for a few minutes to get the meaning of what is currently there, and whether I could delete it *WITH NO PROBLEMS*. The above words will be more helpful to put it beyond doubt.

Use nLite only for cutting down size of source (or slip-streaming). For making the optimized ISO, you can use cdimageGUI. Or probably optimizing is of no use, since there's no common files between XP and 2k - if so then use ultraiso or Nero ImageRecorder. My own opinion: Never do 2 things at once when you are unfamiliar with it. *EITHER* do a multi-boot, *OR* use nLite to cut-out things. If you do both at once, the only result will be that you're back with more problems and questions to ask on the forum. Do one thing at a time, and do trouble-shooting (by eliminating possible causes of problems if any). Now, for the topic of reducing size of your files to fit on a single CD. 1. For WinXP, go to the guide page to see what you can delete - link 2. For win2k, you can (in addition to folders mentioned for XP) delete the DISCOVER, BOOTDISK folders too. Doing the deleting of folders mentioned above, you *WILL* see some differences in how useful your CD is. For example, if you delete DISCOVER folder, you can't anymore take the "Discover Windows 2000" tour. But who cares for that tour, anyway. And then, the SETUPTXT folder has readme files, etc. And the BOOTDISK folder too (which, incidentally is useless if you slip-streamed SP4 into win2k). In all such cases, the folders that you deleted are just additional tools which you might need to (manually) use with windows. If you just boot from a multi-boot CD and install windows, you will not at all miss those folders. (anyway, If you do need those additional tools, you can always pickup your original CD and copy it from there) Now, after deleting all unnecessary files, this is the statistics for my CD: Win2k Pro (SP4 integrated) - 201 MB WinXP Pro (SP2 integrated) - 390 MB So as you can see, you can comfortably have both OSes on one CD without screwing it up using nLite (yes, nLite is good, but first ensure that you can deal with multi-boot problems by yourself, before proceeding to nLite).

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epabx is a system of phone-line laying (and an instrument at the centre to manage it), such that intra-office calls are directly routed. It is an extension of the public phone-lines. So that calls from one PC to another will not be made thru your Phone-service provider. google for more info.

Do you have SP2 for XP installed? Have you checked whether "Automatic Updates" and "Background Intelligent Transfer Service" is running ? (run services.msc) And did you refuse the .bin update/control that WU wants to install when you visit it first time? And lastly, its possible that your connection is slow - if so wait until the page-redirection completes. I've noticed that after a clean-install, it takes atleast 2 minutes before WU is actually usable (while accessing thru browser).

@fincher Yes, its possible. You can either use oobeinfo.ini for adding of basic info later on. Or if you want full-fledged control of those parameters, you need to see SysPrep. (search this forum for info about it) Just FYI, if you want to use SysPrep, ensure that your CD (or the $OEM$ folder from network share, if so) is not accessible during SysPrep run. If your $OEM$ folder is accessible, your cmdlines.txt will again be run (which I don't think you would like ).

@MadGutts You can use different code-branching, based on detection of whether the browser accessing your page is IE or mozilla (like gmail does). Otherwise, why not use both styles of paths. <a href="javascript:sflashwindow('mail.htm')"> <img src="./anims/email1.gif" border="0"> <img src="..\anims\email1.gif" border="0"></a>

The older version of WMP can be strated with the command "mplayer2". @Simon BTW, I don't think CMD, explorer, and wmplayer were hidden or over-looked utilities.

ah, okay. The all-seeing eye notices everything, though. *topic moved

Well, if both PCs are connected by telephone network, then the second one can dial-in to the first one. Install Dial-up-server (it is a component in Add/Remove). But point is, it gets very costly. You should have 2 telephone lines for that - one to dial-in to the gateway, and then the gateway dials via DSL to your ISP. And neither of the two are actually being used for telephones then. IMO, this will give you huge phone bills, unless you run an EPABX between the 2 PCs.

You actually don't need to download. You need it only if you don't have it, but you already HAVE it. We'll now use your Windows XP CD to get it: 1. Take a look at your CD after putting it in the drive. 2. Need to browse to "\SUPPORT\TOOLS" folder. 3. Open the file named "deploy.cab" and extract to where you want it. 4. Go to the folder where it was extracted and run setupmgr.exe 5. Now it should be fine. If that doesn't work either, then this really stumps things. Take deploy.cab to a friend's PC (must have win2k/XP/2k3) and try running it there - that will tell you for certain about whether setupmgr is corrupted or whether its your OS gone bad. Lastly, lets check whether your setupmgr really is stopping halfway through - please post your winnt.sif here (remove CD key from it). Maybe you just assumed that its not a full file. Hoping this helps...

@gunsmokingman Nice guide there. I think you need to "modifype" the explorer.exe before CABbing it (otherwise you get error messages or corrupted-file dialogs). Or is it not necessary?

You can instead have both on one CD. You need what is called "multi-boot" on the CD. So that, when you put the CD in the drive and startup, it will ask you whether to load as an unattended CD, or as a normal CD. And then when you choose whichever option you want, it will carry on appropriately. Remember that if you add a winnt.sif, you will lose repair-capability. So what you could do, is to have a third option on the multi-boot with limited-unattended parameters (like product key auto login and so forth).

If you had really run it in kiosk-mode, you wouldn't have had access to the taskbar (no explorer.exe as shell, they just run a custom UI).

Yes, unattended app-installs and commands is quite possible in win98 as well. Its so do-able, that you can pick/choose your method. You can modify the MSBATCH.INF to add entries to registry for running commands, for copying files, and such... And you can put your .BAT in the startup folder to make it run, or you can apply a .REG from MSBATCH.INF - its all do-able. If you'd like to see a sample of how I do it, just post saying so, and I'll describe the whole process tonight.

Can't you just buy 2 NICs and connect the two thru cross-crimped/null CAT-5 cables. (basically, networking the two) Then, it becomes a simple job of one PC bering the gateway to internet, and the other accessing the net thru it.

I don't know why alcohol, carbonated drinks and water are all in one place. Because all of them are needed - but if I *HAD* to choose, I'd choose water for one can obviously not survive without it. And yeah, milk is a favourite too - chocolate milk-shakes.

I don't know about DVD-region free. Maybe it needs just a registry entry. But opera I do know. 1. When you enter your key in opera after installing, you will see that this file is updated: C:\Program Files\Opera76\OUsr600.dat2. That is your license file and you need to copy it over to the new installation, that is all. The license is the same for the entire 7.x series (i.e., same ousr600.dat can be used for opera 7.0, 7.2, 7.5, and even 7.60 beta). The opera folder name might change according to your version. And the method you use to copy over the file can be possible in many ways too. What I do, is to put that file on my CD at "\$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\". And then have this command run from one of the batch-files: copy /Y %systemdrive%\install\Applications\ousr600.dat "%ProgramFiles%\Opera76"Change the paths according to your circumstances. Also, you can do the file-copying to opera folder in any other way too, its not compulsory to use batch-files alone.

Yes, its a bitmap resource. Edit shell32.dll, I think.

I think it is to be placed here: C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\Skins\ So therefore, 1. it is to be placed on the CD at: $OEM$\$Progs\Windows Media Player\Skins\2. Or, you can make an SFX archive to extract silently to "%ProgramFiles%\Windows Media Player\Skins\" Does it work now?

Oooh... So beautiful. Really Breath-taking.

You have certainly seen the below quote, any number of times and in many signatures on forums: But the one further below really takes the cake.

Please post your most favourite quote. (about life/love/silly/etc.) Sometimes, we see a quote which feels most meaningful, and some have a certain policy which they base their entire life on. So here's a place for you to tell it, and see what others post too. Repeated quotes, or saying the same thing as someone else is cheating! These are some of mine.

I'd been using LiteStep since a long time. But not since we started moving to XP. Because having XP demands a pretty good spec, and if you have such good spec why'd you want to not enjoy the graphics. Found XP and its own visual-styles and WindowBlinds and such to be better than litestep. So not re-visited it much - more so, since its development stopped for some time last year. Litestep now looks not as good as it used to (I mean, "feels" not worth it). Because if you want your desktop to look good, there's better alternatives than LS. And if you want your interface to be minimalistic and consume lesser memory, again there's better alternatives. Moreover, there seems to be infighting and different distros of it and very infrequent updates of it (and the paid versions and compulsory registrations, and cash-crunches.... bah!). But its linux cousin, AfterStep is still a good choice according to me. ...So that's the story.