nLite-ing XP Tablet PC edition 2005

[faimag]

Hallo. I would like to share with you all my experience with nLite-ing Windows XP Tablet PC ed 2005. Windows XP Pro has always worked fine for me, but Tablet turned out to be a bit tricky. You may already be aware of these peculiarities, but here they are anyway:

1) Removing .NET Framework (under OS Options) kills the Tablet's on-screen keyboard (you just get an empty frame) and does not allow Tablet Input Panel to launch. I wasn't able to correct these problems post-install with dotnetfx 1.1, 2, or higher.

2) It's self-explanatory that you need to keep Tablet PC and Speech Support (under Multimedia), but this is not all. For the Speech feature to function properly, you also need (possibly) MS Agent and (definitely) Input Method Editor (under OS Options). In one installation without either of the two, Speech just crashed all the time. I installed the MS Agent core components and SAPI 4 post-install but that didn't work (that's why MS Agent gets a "possibly"). In another installation (with 10-20 others in-between!) where I kept both Agent+IME, everything worked and the Tablet finally listens to what I have to say!

Well, that's it! Hope you find this useful.

[doufer]

could u please show me your ini file cuz i had a similiar problem awhile ago

[faimag]

Here you go:

Be aware of the following:

1) This is for an ASUS R2H UMPC.

2) Target is XP Pro with tablet features integrated.

3) It's a no sounds/themes and no WMP install.

4) Some (perhaps 5 out of 80) hotfixes included in Xable’s 7z pack show up again post-install (I ignored them).

5) I keep the latest hotfix for IE7 (now it’s the KB942615) and apply it post-install. For some reason, IE7 refuses to launch due to something going on in the urlmon.dll, but applying the update resolves this (this is not the case when you integrate it; I have no idea why).

I've never had issues 4 and 5 with XP Pro (without Tablet) so I guess they have something to do with adding the tablet features.

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[Main]

Env = 1.4.1 - 2.0.50727.832.Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2

Target = Windows XP Professional SP2 - 5.1.2600.2180 - English (United States)

[Tasks]

Remove Components

Unattended Setup

Hotfixes and Update Packs

Tweaks

Create a Bootable ISO

Options

[Components]

;# Applications #

I only kept defrag

;# Drivers #

Removed all

;# Hardware Support # (removed most but be careful- what else you might need)

AGP filters

ALI 1535 SMBus Host Controller

ALI IDE Controller

Brother Devices

CMD PCI IDE Controller

CPU AMD

CPU Transmeta Crusoe

Firewire (1394) Support

Firewire Network support

Floppy Support

Gravis Digital GamePort

Intel PCI IDE Controller

Iomega Zip drive

Joystick Support

Multi-port serial adapters

Multi-Processor Support

PCMCIA

Ramdisk

Smart Cards

Teletext codec

Toshiba PCI IDE Controller

VIA PCI IDE Controller

Windows CE USB Host

;# Keyboards #

Removed all but US-Intl and Greek

;# Languages #

Removed all but Western Europe and Greek

;# Multimedia # (among others, keep Tablet PC and Speech Support)

Acm Core Codecs

AOL ART Image Format Support

DirectX diagnostic tool

Images and Backgrounds

Intel Indeo codecs

Luna desktop theme

Media Center

MIDI audio support

Mouse Cursors

Movie Maker

Music Samples

Old CDPlayer and Sound Recorder

OpenGL Support

Windows Media Player

Windows Media Player 6.4

Windows Sounds

;# Network # (among others, keep .NET)

Active Directory Services

Client for Netware Networks

Communication tools

FrontPage Extensions

H323 MSP

IP Conferencing

MAC Bridge

MSN Explorer

Netmeeting

NetShell Cmd-Tool

NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS Protocol

Peer-to-Peer

Share Creation Wizard

Synchronization Manager

TAPI Application Support

Windows Messenger

;# Operating System Options # (among others, keep Agent and IME)

Administrative Templates

Administrator VB scripts

Blaster/Nachi removal tool

Color Schemes

Command-line tools

Desktop Cleanup Wizard

Disk and Profile Quota

Disk Cleanup

Document Templates

DR Watson

Extensible Storage Engine (Esent97)

Extra Fonts

FAT to NTFS converter

File and Settings Wizard

Group Policy Management Console

Help and Support

IExpress Wizard

Local Security Settings

Manual Install and Upgrade

MS XML 2.0

Out of Box Experience (OOBE)

Private Character Editor

Remote Installation Services (RIS)

Search Assistant

Security Center

Service Pack Messages

Symbolic Debugger (NTSD)

Tour

User account pictures

Zip Folders

;# Services #

Alerter

Beep Driver

Error Reporting

IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service

Indexing Service

IPSEC Policy Agent

Messenger

Network DDE

QoS RSVP

Quality of Service (QoS)

Remote Registry

Removable Storage

Route Listening Service

RPC Locator

Secondary Logon

Service Advertising Protocol

Simple TCP/IP Services

SNMP

System Restore Service

TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper

Telnet

Uninterruptible Power Supply

Volume Shadow Copy

;# Directories #

DOCS

SUPPORT

VALUEADD

;# Compatibility #

[KeepFiles]

msconfig.exe

ntprint.inf

ipconfig.exe

[RemoveFiles]

clock.avi

yahoo.bmp

swtchbrd.bmp

[Options]

ClassicSetup

BlackSetupBack

DupeFiles

ProfilesDir = "%SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings"

TargetPath = "WINDOWS"

temp_dir = %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp

CleanBiosInfo

AdvTweaks

[Patches]

TcpIp = 100

DoUxTheme

DoSFC

[services2]

[Tweaks]

Boot and Shutdown-Auto-End tasks immediately

Boot and Shutdown-Ctrl-Alt-Del at logon-Disabled

Boot and Shutdown-Disable saving Last Good state at boot

Boot and Shutdown-Do not Parse Autoexec.bat

Boot and Shutdown-Logon Page-Welcome screen

Boot and Shutdown-Numlock-Off

Boot and Shutdown-Setup Prefetch-Cache-Applaunch and Boot enabled

Boot and Shutdown-Status Messages-None

Desktop-Internet Explorer icon-Hide

Desktop-My Computer icon-Show

Desktop-My Documents icon-Hide

Desktop-My Network Places icon-Hide

Desktop-Recycle Bin icon-Show

Explorer-Advanced Search: preconfigure options

Explorer-Change Windows Explorer folder view-Details

Explorer-Classic Control Panel

Explorer-Disable Autorun

Explorer-Disable Beep on errors

Explorer-Disable Prefix: Shortcut to

Explorer-Launch folder windows in a seperate process

Explorer-Preset Places Bar to-Desktop, My Computer, My Network Places, C:, D:

Explorer-Recycle Bin: allow to rename and delete

Explorer-Show extensions of known file-types

Explorer-Show Statusbar in all windows

Explorer-Show the full path in the Address Bar

Internet Explorer-Disable Market Place bookmark

Internet Explorer-Disable Media Player 6.4 created bookmarks

Internet Explorer-Disable sound when popup is blocked

Internet Explorer-Keep IE URL-History for-10 Days

Internet Explorer-Set Homepage-about:blank

Internet Explorer-Set Internet Explorer to accept 10 connects at a time

My Computer-Add Device Manager to Context Menu

My Computer-Add Registry Editor to Context Menu

My Computer-Add Software to Context Menu

My Computer-Remove Search from Context Menu

My Computer-Remove Shared Documents

Network-Allow receiving Remote Assistance-Disable

Network-Disable administrative shares

Network-Disable automatic search for network folders and printers

Network-Disable restoring mapped network drives on logon

Network-Remote Desktop-Disable

Performance-Disable Last accessed Timestamp on files

Performance-Disable Tracking of Broken Shortcut Links

Performance-Disable Warn on low disk space

Performance-Disable WBEM logging

Performance-Do not cache thumbnails

Performance-Enable USB Idle Endpoint support

Performance-Speed-up Access to AVI Media Files

Privacy-Disable Driver Update Internet prompt

Privacy-Disable Tracking of most used programs

Privacy-Remove Alexa

Security-Disable Web Open With prompt

Security-Screensaver Password-Protection-Disabled

Start Menu-Control Panel-Display as a link

Start Menu-Disable Highlight newly installed programs

Start Menu-Disable popup on first boot

Start Menu-Do not use Personalized Menus

Start Menu-My Computer-Display as a link

Start Menu-My Documents-Don't display this item

Start Menu-My Music-Don't display this item

Start Menu-My Network Places-Don't display this item

Start Menu-My Pictures-Don't display this item

Start Menu-Network Connections-Display as Connect to menu

Start Menu-Number of programs on Start menu-6

Start Menu-Printers and Faxes-Don't display this item

Start Menu-Reduce popup delay

Start Menu-Remove Logoff User

Start Menu-Remove Search For People from Search

Start Menu-Remove Search the Internet from Search

Start Menu-Remove Set Program Access and Defaults

Start Menu-Remove User name

Start Menu-Remove Windows Catalog shortcut

Start Menu-Remove Windows Update shortcut

Taskbar-Disable Hide inactive icons

Taskbar-Hide Volume Control Icon in System Tray

(Normally, for XP Pro, I also disable the Language bar, but not for Tablet because it gives you fast control over the mic [on/off] and speech [dictate/command])

[unattended]

UnattendMode = 0

ComputerType = ACPI Uniprocessor PC

HibernationNo

AutoLogon = faimag

MaximumDataStorePercentOfDisk = 12

RestorePointLife = 30

DesktopTheme = Default||

IISInstall = 2

AutoUpdates = 3

AutoUDay = 5

AutoUHour = 15

ProgFilesPath = "\Program Files"

[GuiRunOnce]

[Drivers]

I have never been able to integrate all of them successfully, so I just use the driver CD once after installation to put them all.

[Hotfixes]

F:\Hotfixes\Xables-November-SP2-UpdatePack.7z

F:\Hotfixes\Xable_WindowsUpdateEngine-v1.1_addon.cab

H:\Hotfixes\Windows Genuine Advantage v1.7.59.1\Validation\xable_WGAV-v1.1_addon.cab

H:\Hotfixes\Windows Genuine Advantage v1.7.59.1\Notification\xable_WGAN-v1.1_addon.cab

F:\Hotfixes\IE7-WindowsXP-x86-enu.exe

F:\Hotfixes\WindowsXP-KB936357-v2-x86-ENU.exe

F:\Hotfixes\WindowsXP-KB937894-x86-ENU.exe

F:\Hotfixes\WindowsXP-KB941568-x86-ENU.exe

F:\Hotfixes\WindowsXP-KB942763-x86-ENU.exe

F:\Hotfixes\WindowsXP-KB944653-x86-ENU.exe