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Hotfixes crashing the installation


Ephilei

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One, possibly more, Windows hotfixes are causing my Windows nLite installation to fail. The DOS segment (partition & file copy) goes fine but as soon as the GUI segment starts, it says "Startup is restarting........" and reboots into a loop. I haven't narrowed down the exact villain(s) as that would take MANY trial and errors. My gut is that a windows media player update is one, but not the only problem. Any tips?

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Well, first read the sign with BIG RED letters. Attach your LastSession.ini so we can see what you did with nLite and tell you what went wrong. Second, use a virtual machine to test your CDs; make an ISO with nLite and see how it goes. There more than one free VMs, like VirtualBox and VirtualPC.

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This is from Program Files\nLite\Presets\Last Session.ini. I hope thats the right one. I didn't before because the Red Letters refer to removing components and I didn't remove any components.

I am using a virtual machine for testing, but it's still time intensive to test every one.

Thanks for your help! I appreciate it

Last Session.ini

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C:\Documents and Settings\XPMUser\Desktop\nlite\add-ons\ENTRIES_Foxit.ini

Are you sure you integrated the whole add-on, since it shouldn't be unpacked.

Also, does your PC have SATA hard disks? Because if it does, you will need to integrate a SATA driver.

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C:\Documents and Settings\XPMUser\Desktop\nlite\add-ons\ENTRIES_Foxit.ini

Are you sure you integrated the whole add-on, since it shouldn't be unpacked.

I don't know what you mean by that. But this addon isn't the problem; the installation crashed before I added it and the installation works fine with this addon minus the hotfixes.

Also, does your PC have SATA hard disks? Because if it does, you will need to integrate a SATA driver.

Dunno. I've only used this in VirtualBox so far. I believe VirtualBox uses PATA.

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That's right, you can't test SATA drivers in a virtual machine, but you may still need them for your PC. Open Device Manager and search for SATA/AHCI/RAID controllers. User Fernando 1 has a sticky topic on how to correctly integrate those drivers in nLite.

As for the problem, try to avoid Desktop as a working folder. Instead, create a folder in C:, for e.g. C:\addons and integrate them from there.

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try to avoid Desktop as a working folder. Instead, create a folder in C:, for e.g. C:\addons and integrate them from there.

Thanks. Out of curiosity, why does it matter what folder? Permissions?

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