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    Windows7 and SSD (no 100mb partition)

    in Unattended Windows 7/Server 2008R2

    Posted · Edited by maxXPsoft

    You need nothing extra Win 7 bootable disk can handle everything.

    http://www.msfn.org/board/uploads/post-9484-0-92001300-1360052457.png

    When you get to partition screen create 1 and it adds the small one.

    Select 2nd partition and choose delete. Now just Extend the 1st part to fill drive. Format and install. Or just choose next and Windows will format it and install

    No 100mb disk

    On Win 8.1 its 350mb

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    Windows 8 and 8.1 Reg Tweaks

    in Windows 8

    Posted

    Thanks for the info MaxX, also found a free one at Tweaking.com (Registry Backup v1.6.7) http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/registry_backup.html that I am checking out now as well,
    then again I may just write a batch script using Hobocopy to backup and restore also.. :whistle:

    Took another look at that Tweaking.com Registry Backup. Works very well here even with restore off. :thumbup

    Don't know why I thought it wouldn't work.

    I just d/l the portable and set the settings and use TweakingRegistryBackup.exe /auto in my Startup folder on win 7. You can set a task also win8+

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    Se7en_UA - RunOnceEx Tester still working with Win 11 2022

    in Unattended Windows 7/Server 2008R2

    Posted · Edited by maxXPsoft

    note: I'm not sure it's becuz IIS and some networking stuff enabled, or is it?

    That could be it. I don't have any IIS at all.

    Or maybe some of your files have Streams in them. When I robocopy I use

    robocopy D:\_Backup %~dp0_Backup /E /COPY:DT /MT:32 /PURGE /R:1 /W:5

    The DT supposed to remove the S=Security=NTFS ACLs

    Checking my Update download dir I get this on some files if right click properties

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    So I do this to process all at once. Then just right click on a folder and choose

    Unblock the files inside

    EDIT: Upon doing this it removes the prompt "Do you want to run this file" mess when you normally double click to run

    EX:

    filterpack2010-kb2810071-fullfile-x64-glb.exe:

    Deleted :Zone.Identifier:$DATA

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00;Download the *Sysinternals* *Streams.exe* from the link below. (Remember to unblock the zip file.);Unzip and copy streams.exe to \Windows\System32 or any other directory in your path;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897440.aspx[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\unblockfile]@="Unblock file"[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\unblockfile\command]@="cmd /k streams -d \"%1\""[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\unblockallthefiles]@="Unblock the files inside"[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\unblockallthefiles\command]@="cmd /k streams.exe -d -s \"%1\""
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    Se7en_UA - RunOnceEx Tester still working with Win 11 2022

    in Unattended Windows 7/Server 2008R2

    Posted · Edited by maxXPsoft

    I integrate all 149 through Oct and never get a popup. Perhaps setting in xml? I do have UAC off at that point and generalize

        <settings pass="offlineServicing">        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-LUA-Settings" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">            <EnableLUA>false</EnableLUA>        </component>    </settings>    <settings pass="generalize">        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-PnpSysprep" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">            <PersistAllDeviceInstalls>true</PersistAllDeviceInstalls>        </component>    </settings>

    mp3 won't play till firstlogoncommands

    I've tried doing during setupcomplete just so I know where its at. even tried using "SAPI.SpVoice"

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    Add Right click .wim Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1

    in Unattended Windows 7/Server 2008R2

    Posted · Edited by maxXPsoft 

    $KILLPROCESS = (Get-Process | Select-Object -Property Id,ProcessName | Out-GridView -passthru -Title "Wise Guy Process Killer").ProcessName;Get-Process $KILLPROCESS | ForEach-Object -Process {Stop-Process -Id $_.ID}#

    I've been trying to figure out how to add certain things to the registry with a reg script and change them if they 32 or 64 bit. example

    C:\Program Files

    C:\Program Files (x86)

    I can get the processor but not this

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    Hide Bing Desktop and other Windows Updates

    in Unattended Windows 7/Server 2008R2

    Posted

    Is there a way to undo this? What is actually happening that hides the updates?

    Yes real easy. Open Windows Update from control panel

    Upper left is a link say Restore hidden updates just click it and select the ones to restore and choose Restore at bottom right

    What this does is search the Windows Update catalog and Hides the updates you don't want. Same as right click on one and choose Hide Update

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    Windows 8 and 8.1 Reg Tweaks

    in Windows 8

    Posted · Edited by maxXPsoft

    Question MaxX, I see you have a context menu with a Registry Backup/Restore, I am in need of something like this to backup my Win 8 and 8.1 registry, What program are you using or is this a script file that you are using? And for anyone else out there if you have a script or favorite app that you use to backup and restore your registry, post it here please..Thanks DP

    I was using Regbak but it may not work on Win 8.1

    Worked really great on Win 7 backing up all the hives each time Windows started. using this in Startup folder

    The right click brought up program where I could choose backup to restore

    RegBaksilent.lnk = %windir%\Regbak\regbak64.exe "%windir%\Regbak\<DATE>\<TIME>" /reg:suo /silent /overwrite /limitdays:7 /limitcount:14

    running in win 8.1 I get a

    unable to auto-detect correctly.

    verify Mode and restore to Root

    I tried and it is failing

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    Se7en_UA - RunOnceEx Tester still working with Win 11 2022

    in Unattended Windows 7/Server 2008R2

    Posted · Edited by maxXPsoft

    For those that use it

    'Jump2reg 3.0.5 November 01, 2013, 2:04:18 PM' Updated RegSearch2013.vbs. Was exporting and searching just 2 keys HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE + HKEY_USERS. Added all others - MaxXPsoft

    I modified the Reg Search where it searches through all Hives. :w00t:

    Still works with XP, or rather I tested in Windows XP Mode

    RegSearch2013.vbs

    'Nov 3 2013 Updated file to increment sRegTmp for Error: Permission denied

    'RegSearch2013.vbs - Search All the Registry for input string and display results.'© MaxXPsoft Nov 1 2013 based on Bill James RegSrchXP.vbs' Was exporting and searching just 2 keys HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE + HKEY_USERS. Added all others - MaxXPsoft'Problems reply here  3 2013 Updated file to increment sRegTmp for Error: Permission deniedOption ExplicitDim oWS : Set oWS = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")Dim oFSO : Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")Dim oShell,os_name, RegVersionDim SystemSet, System, os_VerRegVersion = "REGEDIT4"Set oShell = CreateObject( "WScript.Shell" )os_name=oShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%OS%")If os_name = "Windows_NT" Then OSVersion()Dim sSearchForsSearchFor = InputBox("This script will search your Registry and find all " & _  "instances of the search string you input."  & vbcrlf & vbcrlf & _  "This search could take several minutes, so please be patient." & _  vbcrlf & vbcrlf & "Enter search string (case insensitive) and " & _  "click OK... Or Hit [ ENTER ]", WScript.ScriptName & " " & Chr(169) & " MaxXPsoft",,50,380)If sSearchFor = "" Then Cleanup()Dim StartTime : StartTime = TimerDim sRegTmp, sOutTmp, eRegLine, iCnt, sRegKey, aRegFileLinessRegTmp = oWS.Environment("Process")("Temp") & "\RegTmp" & _      Hour(Now) & Minute(Now) & Second(Now) & ".tmp "sOutTmp = oWS.Environment("Process")("Temp") & "\sOutTmp" & _      Hour(Now) & Minute(Now) & Second(Now) & ".reg "Dim RegHives(4)  RegHives(0) = "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT"  RegHives(1) = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER"  RegHives(2) = "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE"  RegHives(3) = "HKEY_USERS"  RegHives(4) = "HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG"With oFSO.OpenTextFile(sOutTmp, 8, True)  .WriteLine(RegVersion & vbcrlf & "; " & WScript.ScriptName & " " & _  Chr(169) & " MaxXPsoft" & vbcrlf & vbcrlf & "; Registry search " & _  "results for string " & Chr(34) & sSearchFor & Chr(34) & " " & Now & _  vbcrlf & vbcrlf & "; NOTE: This file will be deleted when you close " & _  "NotePad." & vbcrlf & "; You must manually save this file to a new " & _  "location if you want to refer to it again later." & vbcrlf & "; (If " & _  "you save the file with a .reg extension, you can use it to restore " & _  "any Registry changes you make to these values.)" & vbcrlf)  Dim j  For j = 0 To UBound(RegHives)    oWS.Run "regedit /e /a " & sRegTmp & " " & RegHives(j) , , True '/a enables export as Ansi for WinXP      With oFSO.GetFile(sRegTmp)      aRegFileLines = Split(.OpenAsTextStream(1, 0).Read(.Size), vbcrlf)    End With      oFSO.DeleteFile(sRegTmp)    For Each eRegLine in aRegFileLines      If InStr(1, eRegLine, "[", 1) > 0 Then sRegKey = eRegLine      If InStr(1, eRegLine, sSearchFor, 1) >  0 Then        If sRegKey <> eRegLine Then          .WriteLine(vbcrlf & sRegKey) & vbcrlf & eRegLine        Else          .WriteLine(vbcrlf & sRegKey)        End If        iCnt = iCnt + 1      End If    Next    Erase aRegFileLines        Next  If iCnt < 1 Then    oWS.Popup "Search completed in " & FormatNumber(Timer - StartTime, 0) & " seconds." & _    vbcrlf & vbcrlf & "No instances of " & chr(34) & sSearchFor & chr(34) & _    " found.",, WScript.ScriptName & " " & Chr(169) & " MaxXPsoft", 4096    .Close    oFSO.DeleteFile(sOutTmp)    Cleanup()  End If    .Close    oWS.Popup "Search completed in " & FormatNumber(Timer - StartTime, 0) & " seconds." & _  vbcrlf & vbcrlf & iCnt & " instances of " & chr(34) & sSearchFor & chr(34) & _  " found." & vbcrlf & vbcrlf & "Click OK to open Results in Notepad.",, _  WScript.ScriptName & " " & Chr(169) & " MaxXPsoft", 4096  oWS.Run "Notepad " & sOutTmp, 3, True  oFSO.DeleteFile(sOutTmp)  Cleanup()End WithSub Cleanup()  Set oWS = Nothing  Set oFSO = Nothing  WScript.QuitEnd SubSub OSVersion()  Set SystemSet = GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf ("Win32_OperatingSystem")   for each System in SystemSet   If System.Version > "6.0.0000" Then RegVersion = "Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00"  nextEnd Sub
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    Ask your Seven xml ? here

    in Unattended Windows 7/Server 2008R2

    Posted

    I am sad because of oobe pages were not hidden by using xml file:

    account name, password, protect windows(update) and time zone.

    I didn't add that and it was only a xml to enable Administrator autologon. You have to add all them things yourself

    Look at <settings pass="oobeSystem"> in first post. It is updated

    I add as much as possible to block them.

    Perhaps you need to add language and the OOBE, never done it with minimal stuff.

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    Ask your Seven xml ? here

    in Unattended Windows 7/Server 2008R2

    Posted · Edited by maxXPsoft

    Ok here it is Autologon with Administrator and nothing else Windows 7 SP1 and this is X86.

    I add so many things so I don't have to add them later or answer but this is the basic needed.

    EDIT: You may not need the settings pass="specialize" but it worked this way so I don't think it hurts to have it in there.

    I watched it running setupcomplete.cmd and then went to desktop after personalizing settings

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">    <settings pass="specialize">        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">            <RunSynchronous>                <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">                    <Order>1</Order>                    <Description>Enable Admin Account</Description>                    <Path>net user administrator /active:yes</Path>                </RunSynchronousCommand>            </RunSynchronous>        </component>    </settings>    <settings pass="oobeSystem">        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">            <AutoLogon>                <Enabled>true</Enabled>                <LogonCount>2</LogonCount>                <Username>Administrator</Username>            </AutoLogon>            <UserAccounts>                <LocalAccounts>                    <LocalAccount wcm:action="add">                        <Password>                            <Value></Value>                        <PlainText>true</PlainText>                        </Password>                        <Group>Administrators</Group>                        <Name>Administrator</Name>                    </LocalAccount>                </LocalAccounts>            </UserAccounts>        </component>    </settings></unattend>
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    Ask your Seven xml ? here

    in Unattended Windows 7/Server 2008R2

    Posted · Edited by maxXPsoft

    I do not want to specify color depth, resulation, system&input language and oem information.

    Only I want hide user account,password,updates ,time zone and skip wireless network.

    You don't have to use all of it, he said look

    To logon with Admin you need to add this to <settings pass="specialize"> so it will be set active for oobepass

    <settings pass="specialize">        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">            <RunSynchronous>                <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">                    <Order>1</Order>                    <Description>Enable Admin Account</Description>                    <Path>net user administrator /active:yes</Path>                </RunSynchronousCommand>            </RunSynchronous>        </component></settings>

    then

    <AutoLogon>

    <Enabled>true</Enabled>

    <LogonCount>2</LogonCount>

    <Username>Administrator</Username>

    </AutoLogon>

    <UserAccounts>

    <LocalAccounts>

    <LocalAccount wcm:action="add">

    <Password>

    <Value></Value>

    <PlainText>true</PlainText>

    </Password>

    <Group>Administrators</Group>

    <Name>Administrator</Name>

    </LocalAccount>

    </LocalAccounts>

    </UserAccounts>

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