biatche Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 (edited) So after a bit of googling, I found a few ways of installing applications1. installing applications directly to the image, and sysprep it i think?2. setupcompletes.cmd3. FirstLogonCommands ?4. wpiI'm still thinking a little traditional, for those familiar with my name and the posts i make, I'm actually transitioning from XP to Win7. Needless to say, I have the XP mentality and here's how I used to do things. I had cmdlines.txt which called a few batch files, one for runonceex registry adds that in turn called application setup files with silent switches. One for registry tweaks. And one to create a user, which is no longer needed here as I now do this in Autounattend.xml.Again, all that's a little confusing. If someone might tell me, firstlogoncommands should be similar to cmdlines.txt where I could add runonceex (or is there a better way?), and regedit /s bla.reg? As for customizing windows 7 itself, how would it be best to remove say shortcuts, add desktop icons, remove unneeded features? sysprep this?I have considered the option of installing applications directly to the image, but, i think keeping that up to date, and also customizing the programs I want for each machine I use won't be very convenient. By customizing the looks, things not easily do-able by registry or files, seem better with mangling with the image directly.OK, hope for some ideas. Thanks Edited November 17, 2009 by Tripredacus too early for unsolved, wait a month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamtheky Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 setupcomplete.cmd is imho the easiest method for all those tasks. i liken it to runonceex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajua Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 I use Setupcomplete.cmd to run tweaks and other scripts.My applications are being installed via FirstLogonCommands.This way I don't need to mount the WIM image every time I update some application or setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1 Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 I use WPI to install my applications and my reg tweaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tcntad Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 (edited) Pretty interesting all this:): But how do i actually use it ? any easy to use guides around here ? I just want to integrate all windows updates available (including, java, flash etc) my firewalll/antivirus and its latest virusdefinitions + Google Chrome..How do i do that ? Im a little confused:/Ill deal with all my other applications later since i want them to be installed to another partition (Lets say i like to keep my windows as small as possible)Edit: And i mean all win updates available för 64bit and 32bit.. Edited November 19, 2009 by tcntad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamtheky Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 An install is an install, whether its an update or 'other applications'.I drop the actual executables into the install folder on the root of the disc then just put all the silent install commands into the setupcomplete.cmd.http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library...314(WS.10).aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tcntad Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 An install is an install, whether its an update or 'other applications'.I drop the actual executables into the install folder on the root of the disc then just put all the silent install commands into the setupcomplete.cmd.http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library...314(WS.10).aspxThanks, ill take a look at that:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biatche Posted November 20, 2009 Author Share Posted November 20, 2009 I use Setupcomplete.cmd to run tweaks and other scripts.My applications are being installed via FirstLogonCommands.This way I don't need to mount the WIM image every time I update some application or setup.Would you be so kind to share your setupcomplete.cmd and firstlogoncommands cmd script? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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