Two XP-SP2/MCE Questions

[ZaForD]

Hi Guys,

I thought I'd play with HFSlip and WinXP over the weekend.

[Yes, its true, I have no life ]

Anyway, I kept getting two little problems:

1. In WinXP some of of my .REG files don't seem to work.

They are imported into the Registry, and show up in the Registry.

But aren't applied untill I reset them manually ?

These are .REG files I've used many times with both STD installs and RyanVM's Pack installs.

I nomally start them from the CMDLINES.TXT which didn't work, so I then tried them from the HFGUIRUNONCE folder, but it made no difference. Any ideas why they maybe messing around ?

2. I tried HFSlip on MCE05, and I have to say I'm really impressed how easy it was to do.

Adding Rollup2 with the .NET fixes is normally a right pain to get working. But it was a breeze with HFSlip.

The problem I'm having is, I added the IE7 files to this as well. It's being packed up and added to the SVCPACK folder, but its not installing. Is there a difference process to installing IE7 in MCE05 ?

Thanks Guys.

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[Tomcat76]

1. In WinXP some of of my .REG files don't seem to work.

They are imported into the Registry, and show up in the Registry.

But aren't applied untill I reset them manually ?

These are .REG files I've used many times with both STD installs and RyanVM's Pack installs.

I nomally start them from the CMDLINES.TXT which didn't work, so I then tried them from the HFGUIRUNONCE folder, but it made no difference. Any ideas why they maybe messing around ?

If the .REG files were placed in HFGUIRUNONCE you may need to reboot first before they take effect. Did you try that before reapplying them?

2. I tried HFSlip on MCE05, and I have to say I'm really impressed how easy it was to do.

Adding Rollup2 with the .NET fixes is normally a right pain to get working. But it was a breeze with HFSlip.

The problem I'm having is, I added the IE7 files to this as well. It's being packed up and added to the SVCPACK folder, but its not installing. Is there a difference process to installing IE7 in MCE05 ?

Well... Installation of IE7 requires the OS to be activated already, otherwise the setup program will abort. I suppose your "regular" XP source is a corporate edition or one that doesn't require activation, which explains why IE7 installed properly on that. You could try to slipstream it instead by using IE7SVCPACK=1 in HFANSWER.INI.

[ZaForD]

If the .REG files were placed in HFGUIRUNONCE you may need to reboot first before they take effect. Did you try that before reapplying them?

I think I did, as I installed some other Apps/Utils/Drivers before I noticed the missing tweaks.

But I run through it again [adding the drivers I forgot last time ] and see what happens after a reboot.

Well... Installation of IE7 requires the OS to be activated already, otherwise the setup program will abort. I suppose your "regular" XP source is a corporate edition or one that doesn't require activation, which explains why IE7 installed properly on that. You could try to slipstream it instead by using IE7SVCPACK=1 in HFANSWER.INI.

Duh.....

I even went to the trouble of digging out the three OEM disks, to make sure the source and updates were clean. But then installed on a Virtual PC to test it...

Sorry Tomcat76. I'll go back to my corner and leave you alone now.