GrimSage

huh... Before it wouldnt let me add the power settings to the registry. said it couldnt find it or something. but now it does not seem to ahve a problem

anyone know if it would be possible to integrate this http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&displaylang=en

ok now the question I have is. How do I change it so that when I close the lid on my computer the computer does not shut down. I dont see how to do this...

so if I took the user and password off it would work correctly? Could this possibly be why the t-9 installation does not work correctly?

I was wondering if anyone knew how to apply different power settings surring an install. I am on a laptop and I hate it when I close my lid it turns off or that if I am on power it decides to standby after 15 min. Is there anyway to change this durring the install? I tried createing reg files that seemed to change when I changed the settings but it wont let me use them. says "Error Accessing Registry"

I am having a problem getting msi packages to install correctly. if it is an exe it works fine butas for msi packages it will not work. Also I was wondering how I get it to work durring the install rather than on first boot. I tried putting it in [setupParams] UserExecute="%SystemDrive%\Install\XPlode.exe" but it just runs though not doing anything here is my xml file <XPlode> <config> <hidewindow>Windows Update</hidewindow> <hidewindow>CMD.EXe</hidewindow> <show total='6' after='2' subcount='true' /> <!-- make antialiasing false if you're running GUIinstall mode --> <font face='Tahoma' antialias='false' small='8' large='12' /> <!-- note the position attribute - it is listed in 'x,y' positions. --> <!-- 0..8 still may be used. --> <window width='440' position='8' fixmain='0' /> <!-- can be standalone, guitransparent, or guiredraw --> <!-- for the latter two, you don't need to specify background colours, or images. --> <windowmode mode='standalone' /> <colours> <header back='#003399' fore='#FFFFFF' image='%XPLODE%\images\head.png' /> <footer back='#003399' fore='#FFFFFF' image='%XPLODE%\images\foot.png' /> <progress border='#FFFFFF' back='#00000000' fore='#FFFFFFAA' fore2='#00000033' /> <main back='#0000FF' fore='#000000' current='#FFFFff' description='#FFFFFF' image='%XPLODE%\main.png' overlay='#FFFFFF87' /> </colours> <strings> <!-- main XPlode string --> <title>Post-Install Configuration</title> <complete>complete</complete> <!-- adduser plugin strings --> <adduser>Adding user #1#</adduser> <addusertogroup>Adding user #1# to group #2#</addusertogroup> <addgroup>Adding group #1#</addgroup> <!-- file/dir ops plugin strings --> <copy>Copying #1# (#2#/#3# - #4#)</copy> <move>Moving #1# (#2#/#3# - #4#)</move> <delete>Deleting #1# (#3#)</delete> <!-- shortcut plugin --> <shortcut>Adding shortcut: #1#</shortcut> </strings> </config> <items> <item display='Adding users and groups...'> <!-- note the different use of quotes due to the data held in them --> <adduser username='Me' password='pass' groups='Administrators' fullname='' comment="Don't mess with the best!" /> </item> <item display='Registry Tweaks'> <execute display='Applying tweaks...' program='regedit' arguments='/s "%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Install\RegTweak.reg"' username='Me' password='pass' /> </item> <item display='WinRAR Plus 3.3...'> <execute display='Installing...' program='%systemdrive%\install\Applications\wrar330.exe' arguments='/s' username='Me' password='pass' /> </item> <item display='Office 2003...'> <execute Display='Extracting Archive...' program='%systemdrive%\install\Applications\Office2003.exe' arguments='' username='Me' password='pass' /> <execute Display='Installing...' program='%systemdrive%\install\Applications\Office2003\setup.exe' arguments='TRANSFORMS=%systemdrive%\install\Applications\OfficeXP\Unattended.MST /qb-' username='Me' password='pass' /> </item> <item display='TweakUI'> <execute display='Installing...' program='%systemdrive%\install\Applications\TweakUI.msi' arguments='/qb' username='Me' password='pass' /> </item> <item display='Symantec AntiVirus Corp v9.0.0.338'> <execute display='Installing...' program='%systemdrive%\install\Applications\sav\sav.msi' arguments='/qn RUNLIVEUPDATE=0 REBOOT=REALLYSUPPRESS' username='Me' password='pass' /> </item> <item display='Google Toolbar'> <!-- note the username and password - it will run under the user 'Spike', using the account password --> <execute display='Installing...' program='%systemdrive%\Install\Applications\GoogleToolbarInstaller.exe' arguments='/qn' username='Me' password='pass' /> </item> </items></XPlode>

i thought i got the new version one from yesterday day before. might be wrong though...

express i believe is smaller

I think it is the updater. It is usuing express files...(not sure how they work) when I went to the website from MSBSA it gave me this url http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/1/5/615a50e9-a508-4d67-b53c-3a43455761bf/WindowsXP-KB835732-x86-ENU.EXEinstead ofhttp://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/WINDOWSXP-KB835732-X86-ENU-express_9030241b92ea5a6cba1e1c129f5a221.EXE This URLhttp://download.microsoft.com/download/8/c/9/8c9f999d-c55b-4e09-8cc0-b75bcf7368cc/WindowsXP-KB828741-x86-ENUinstead ofhttp://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/WINDOWSXP-KB828741-X86-ENU-express_24e598ce52105a127d731416348f9fa.EXE this URLhttp://download.microsoft.com/download/6/8/d/68d5abd5-da33-4403-a55a-af5625bb8d2d/WindowsXP-KB837001-x86-ENU.EXEinstead ofhttp://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/WINDOWSXP-KB837001-X86-ENU-express_97fdc847788c118764c0e2ddd71f9b7.EXE

where would that be? I deleted XP create when I did this actually. (Windows was severly f-ed up. WMI got corrupted thoughout. I think some of the files were different sizes. I downloaded them with the XP Updater that Jono did. And when I used MSBSA It sent me to pages and some of the files were different by a few megs... I will create again with these new files and see if I get the same errors.

how do I slipstream these? Could you just give me a link please....

I ran xpcreate and put all the hotfixes in the folders they were supposed to be in and this is what I got after running MSBSA MS03-011 Flaw in Microsoft VM Could Enable System Compromise (816093) File version is less than expected. [C:\WINDOWS\system32\msjava.dll, 5.0.3805.0 < 5.0.3810.0] *******I know this one is susposed to be here******* MS04-011 Security Update for Microsoft Windows (835732) File version is less than expected. [C:\WINDOWS\system32\gdi32.dll, 5.1.2600.1106 < 5.1.2600.1346] MS04-012 Cumulative Update for Microsoft RPC/DCOM (828741) File version is less than expected. [C:\WINDOWS\system32\catsrv.dll, 2001.12.4414.42 < 2001.12.4414.53] MS04-014 Vulnerability in the Microsoft Jet Database Engine Could Allow Code Execution (837001) File version is less than expected. [C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\DAO\dao360.dll, 3.60.8025.0 < 3.60.8618.0] Security updates that the tool cannot confirm as installed MS03-008 Flaw in Windows Script Engine could allow code execution (814078) MS03-030 Unchecked Buffer in DirectX Could Enable System Compromise (819696) MS03-051 Buffer Overrun in Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions Could Allow Code Execution (813360) And I got one that was greater than expected... MS03-021 Flaw In Windows Media Player May Allow Media Library Access (819639) File version is greater than expected. [C:\WINDOWS\system32\wmp.dll, 9.0.0.3128 > 9.0.0.3008] So i guess my question is, is this xpcreate or is this that I didnt get the newest versions of the hotfixes?

When you update the list of hotfixes could you add the date you added each file as in Q323183_WXP_SP2_X86_ENU.EXE 1,137,512 Bytes 4/28/04 So that we know when the new update was added.

the updates I ahve found that are on the SUS server are as follows for XP at least...(This is only current with jono's update script which hasnt been updated since the 15th) Q811114 Q815021 Q828026 KB810217 KB823182 KB824105 KB824141 KB825119 KB826939 KB828035 Q832894 Q837009 Q831167 Q832483 I found these but they dont have the -express in the filename but they do have the same filesize KB837001 KB828741 KB835732 I agree having every single hotfix is less critical but when doing an new install of the OS it saves time to have them integrated. WINXPsus.cmd WINXPsus.cmd

I was just hoping someone would be able to make a GUI for greenMachines scripts. Something where we could select some options ans stuff. Also I cant get all of the updates to run ccorrectly Q816093 824141 828035 Q824145 These are ones that I still have to update I dont know but maybe I am putting them in the wrong directories... Would there be a way to have a program check to see what folder they need to go in? I thought that I put them in the right ones (using the icon, setup or white blue) Also a program that will help make it a bit easier to do custom programs. I am not sure how to do them. for example I wanted to do one for google toolbar and winrar but I am not sure how I have to do this with greenmachines xpcreate. I may just be dumb and not understanding his directions. so a program that would create the files I need or whatever would help out tremendously. Now if I could just get a dvd burner and make it install Office 2003 too....