Unattended install with hotfixes, wmp11 and IE7 -> weird behaviour

[Wuhtzu]

Hey all

This evening I updated my Windows XP Professional (English) CD with Service Pack 2, hotfixes, Windows Media Player 11 and Internet Explorer 7. I've done this many times except for the WMP11 and IE7 - previously I used to add WMP10 and IE6 was already an integrated part of XP.

However this time I experienced something odd / weird. During the T-13 minute stage I had to click [OK] to a "Windows Installer v3.1"-popup two times and when Windows XP started for the first time it had Windows Classic theme instead of the normal default Windows XP theme.

I used nLite to "integrate" IE7 using this update (listed under critical updates?) IE7-WindowsXP-x86-enu.exe (15MB).

Then I used WMP11 Integrator (http://wud.jcarle.com/ProgramFiles.aspx - WINT11B60Setup.exe) to integrate MP11 using this update wmp11-windowsxp-x86-enu.exe (24MB).

The hotfixes was added using the svcpack.inf method.

Based on the guide: Here is my svcpack.inf file and list of files in the /I386/SVCPACK directory based on the guide from this site:

SVCPACK Dir: http://wuhtzu.dk/random/unattended/svcpack...elist_guide.txt

svcpack.inf: http://wuhtzu.dk/random/unattended/svcpack.inf_guide.txt

In addition to that a svcpack.inf file and a /I386/SVCPACK directory was already created by nLite (adding IE7) and WMP11 Integrator (adding WMP11). This is how that svcpack.inf file and that I386/SVCPACK directory looked like:

After IE7:

SVCPACK Dir: http://wuhtzu.dk/random/unattended/svcpack...t_after_ie7.txt

svcpack.inf: No svcpack.inf created / edited

After WMP11:

SVCPACK Dir: http://wuhtzu.dk/random/unattended/svcpack...after_wmp11.txt

svcpack.inf: http://wuhtzu.dk/random/unattended/svcpack...after_wmp11.txt

After "realizing" this (I added wmp11 and IE7 before the other hotfixes) I just added my other hotfixes to the already existing files in i386/SVCPACK directory and added my svcpack.inf lines to those already in the file producing this result:

Copied together: Since there was already a KB926239.exe added to the svcpack.inf I moved it further down the list to keep the hotfixes in numeric order... other than that I just appended the other hotfixes and switches...

SVCPACK Dir: http://wuhtzu.dk/random/unattended/svcpack...elist_final.txt

svcpack.inf: http://wuhtzu.dk/random/unattended/svcpack.inf_final.txt

Actual question:

Things seem to work just fine, I test installed on a virtual machine (VMWare Workstation v6). The only problem is the "Windows Installer v3.1"-popup and windows having Windows Classic theme instead of Windows XP theme.

This is the windows installer update: WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe. Did I use some wrong switches since I got the popup?

Have anyone got any idea why theme change happened?

To those of you actually reading through all this, thank you very much for your time!

Wuhtzu

[Arie]

Again, why ask nLite related questions here and not in the nLite topic which exists on this forum? Please ask a moderator to move your posting.

[Wuhtzu]

All my hotfixes (except from wmp11 and ie7) including Windows Installer 3.1 were added manually using the svcpack.inf method, so I thought this was the place to go since it has nothing to do with nLite really....

[Arie]

There's a recent topic somewhere on this forum in regards to adding updates via SVCPACK.INF, search for that. Secondly, add updates one by one to find out which one is the culprit.