Custom XP Pro Help

[fiberglasscivic]

I've learned a lot so far about creating the unattended setup disk. I don't believe that I will have any problems creating a non customized disk.

I have successfully slipstreamed SP2 and all hotfixes available to date into my setup.

I have modified the winntbbu.dll file to change the billboards and the look of the GUI portion of the setup.

I have modified my logonui.exe file for a custom logon screen.

My first few attempts were successful in creating a mostly unattended setup, I encountered a few errors that didn't stop the setup from completing but required the user to interact. The first error I encountered was the windows setup recognizing the modified logonui.exe file. The second problem was my $OEM$ folder not being copied during the installation (thus my users wern't setup, custom settings wern't applied ect.).

I modified the layout.inf file to correct the copied file size for logonui.exe and found out that I had forgot to change the OEMPREINSTALL to YES in my winnt.sif file. I changed both of those and then encountered 2 new errors. Windows Setup recognized my winntbbu.dll file as modified, and then encountered a fatal error when starting the GUI portion of the setup with the error 800b0100.

I've read a lot on this error as well as problems with modifing the layout.inf file. Several other threads mentioned that the syssetup.dll file could caues this error and that attempting to re-install should help resolve the issue. I can't afford to attempt multiple re-installs if the setup fails and my poor Pentium II can't handle a Virtual PC. My real questions are, do I receive this error because I moddified the layout.inf file and where can I find information to help me keep from getting the "file was copied incorrectly" error during WXP setup when Windows recognizes a modified file without modifing the layout.inf file?

Thanks for you time and expertise!

[nfiniteFX]

well from what it sounds like these three Patches you would need to have added also.

1. Patched: SFC_OS.DLL

Disables Windows File Protection from registering, sets it to "Always Off" even during Text-Mode & GUI setup.

2.Patched: SYSSETUP.DLL

INF Unlock refers to Disabling the check for M$ Digital Signature on the syssetup.inf file,

flagging it as "Always Valid" so that it can be modified.

3.Multi-Patch: UXTHEME.DLL

Allows for the use of Themes & boot screen replacements that are not Digitally Signed by M$

Hope that Helps

[fiberglasscivic]

Is that information included in the unattended.msfn.org guide?

[ricktendo]

If you use nLite it patches syssetup by default and you can patch uxtheme and sfc with nLite also.

Edited August 21, 2007 by ricktendo64

[fiberglasscivic]

I like doing things the hard way. That's why I haven't used NLite yet. It's more fun to actually know what goes on behind the sceens.