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Hi mluca, Welcome to MSFN. Try checking your winnt.sif to see if "OEMpreInstall" is set to yes or not! Because only if set to yes it will copy files to HD from the $OEM$\$1 folder.

_maybe_ you should have tried changing the name of the EXE for it to work. InstantCDDVD.msi /qn PIDKEY=XXXXXXXXX REBOOT=Suppresswhere the XXXX in the PIDKEY is your serial key.

That's the spirit jpatto. We need more of people like you, at a time when piracy is eating away the software industry. Now for the fact... OEM copies of windows are supposed to only be given along with the purchase of a new computer, and is supposed to be the responsibility of the manufacturer (HP, Dell, Gateway, so on...) to support. MS's responsibility ends at the point where they gave the OEM manufacturer "X" number of licenses to bundle along with new purchases. So as such, it is not totally wrong, but it IS wrong to buy an OEM copy. Retail is your best bet - costs more, but you get the satisfaction of being on the correct side of the law and the EULA of Microsoft. And you're supported too, with retail boxes!

*sigh* Ain't it costly man? Link to product page - THE BEAUTY Its indeed wonderful.

No discussion allowed on deleting "the file" please - that will get interpreted as "circumventing activation". But yeah, the "over complicated" method does seem to work.

It does look that way. Both the two are extremely bloated, and so require re-boot in-between. But I see two things: 1. Use the "/QB" switch - "/O" alone is not enough. 2. Deleting the NAV folder (and related objects) from NIS 2005 install, might help. Because it gets installed through NSW as well. So maybe that conflict is what forces a re-boot.

Please see the MSFN forum rules, #12 And use a more descriptive topic title the next time. (done for your sake this time)

I suppose using "/QR" switch is needed, and then a way to enter the serial into registry - described in this thread here. *topic title edited

ran, here's a simple set of steps if you're using english version of reader 6.02. 1. Download the installer simplified for unattended - http://www.ryanvm.net/msfn/acroread602.exe (15 MB) 2. Put it in "$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\" folder on your CD. 3. Put this section in winnt.sif: [GuiRunOnce] %systemdrive%\install\Applications\acroread602.exe That's all. Make your CD, and you'll have it installed when you log-in first-time.

Yup, you did. 4 links to guides, I think...

Posted just a few hours ago by Cee-Kay. But still.... well... news is good when we get it. Looking around in this forum fetched this thread - similar.

Indeed Drac0. Welcome to MSFN forums. And now that you have registered here, and will (hopefully) participate in here, you can look forward to even more things.

I believe you just need to copy all the contents of both CDs onto one, and then use the "/Q" switch to install the Media Center.

It seems that Dell OEM CDs have hot-fixes integrated. You need to delete a folder called "SVC*" and also "svcpack.inf" in I386. After that the slip-stream will happen fine. All the best, do tell us how it goes.

LuK4S, Having forceware is easy. Just the normal having drivers as mentioned in the MSFN guide. Nothing special needed to be done to integrate that driver (and its graphics control panel) into setup. If you followed the guide, the driver will be installed if XP detects an nVidia card, and not installed if not detected. Simple enough. The ATi though, is more complex. And it has been discussed all over this forum too. Searching will show you how to do it. Do post back on how your unattended experience goes.

Anyways svsaustin, This debate is questionable. That hot-fix is not needed - already included in XPSP2 (and Office 2k3 SP1). So just slip-stream the latest service pack, and you're ready to go.

Luk4S, The best thing to do would be to use "Full Unattended" mode (as you already have), and then: Don't have the line for key in the winnt.sif. If your setup sees that there is no key specified, it will stop and ask you.

cybri2k, Check out "oobeinfo.ini" which does what you want. You don't need to bother about a .CMD to create users anymore. oobeinfo.ini usage

Maybe you haven't set the mode to be used for your unattended. Maybe you used "Provide Defaults" instead of "Full Unattended".

Amazing how much a googling can help. Third time I'm posting this link here, in as many days. http://www.windows-help.net/WindowsXP/activation.html These CDs use something called SLP, and their BIOS-locked activation is in OEMBIOS.BIN probably.

Right. Fixed for now.@Screamer Don't forget to use tags when posting. It makes things easier to read.

Maybe that file is corrupted... Just install the latest version of DirectX run-times. The re-distributable package is about 34 MB, I think.

Why not edit the resources in the DLL that contains the folder icon? Use "Resource Hacker" (google to get a link to download). Then put the edited DLL directly in the I386 folder. No sweat!

If you are using Windows XP or 2003, you can use EFS (Encrypted File-System). While making the partition itself, choose to use NTFS and enable encryption - and then right-click any folder and choose "Encrypt". But don't ever re-install windows on the computer from where you're going to access that Hard-disk without moving away the data on the external HD to some un-encrypted place. Because the encryption and file-permissions might rely on existing windows users and their SIDs.

Hi skydancer, welcome to MSFN. Yes, quite possible. Try finding out what switches it uses (in command prompt, run the setup EXE for MUI with "/?" switch to get a listing). Or, if its an MSI installer, just putting the MUI folder on your XPCD, and installing it with "/QB" switch should be enough. Do tell us on how it goes.