help a noob

[trav75]

Hey guys, I'm very new to this so pardon my ignorance. I just downloaded nLite and did a little test run. All I did was use nLite to remove the MSN Explorer component from my XP PRO disk which was slipstreamed to SP3. (I have this setup on a USB thumd drive created by the WinSetupFromUSB program) After nLite finished, I did a test install. During the installation, it complained about missing a couple files...clock.avi and msnmsn.inf. msnmsn.inf is the component I removed, so I wouldn't expect it to be there. But when removing components with nLite, is it normal for the XP installation program to still look for them? That seems like it kind of defeats the purpose. Anyway, I hit escape and XP installed ok. However, when XP booted up, I get an error about framedyn.dll not being found, followed by an error about srclient.dll not being found.

The only thing I told nLite to do is to remove MSN Explorer components. Did I do something wrong?

[johnhc]

trav75, you should get no missing files messages after removing components via nLite. In the Components task, under Advanced is the default remove files. See below, from my Last Session.

[RemoveFiles]
clock.avi
yahoo.bmp
swtchbrd.bmp

If you need clock.avi, most don't, then remove the name from the list. I have no idea what you are doing with the Thumdrive thingy, so can't guess what is causing your problems. So, please attach (not paste) your Last Session.ini. Make sure to always start with a fresh copy of your CD files/folders, do all your work in one nLite session and integrate only one SP. Please report when you have a solution, so others can benefit. Enjoy, John.

[jaclaz]

Please don't tell me that you used nlite on target (the WinsetupfromUSB) instead that on source (a copy of your original CD).

Just in case, the general idea is:

• have an original CD source, copy it to a foder on your hard disk, (source for nlite)
  
• nlite it, (slipstreaming Service packs as needed/wanted)
  
• use WinsetupfromUSB on the result of the above (modified source) to put it on the USB stick (target)
  

jaclaz

Edited May 15, 2009 by jaclaz