Questions about creation of unattended cd

[theodoresdr]

I've created a new WinXP installation CD following the steps below.

1st Step:

nLite "Hotfixes and Update Packs"

- all the High Priority Updates (75)

- xable_QFECHECK-v1.1_addon.cab

- xable_MicrosoftUpdateEngine-v1.6_addon.cab

- xable_WGAV-v1.6_addon.cab

2nd Step:

Boogy's wmp11 Slipstreamer

- wmp11 Integration + Updates

3rd Step:

nLite "Hotfixes and Update Packs"

- PatchAddon_HIVESYS_v13c.cab

- OnePiece_IE8_WinXPSP3_True_AddOn_ENU.7z

- onepiece_repair_ie8_cosmetic_problems_addon.7z

- OnePiece_DirectX_AddOn_v1.8.0_For_WinXP_Post-SP3_INTL.7z

- OnePiece_Microsoft.NET_Framework_v3.5.30729.3644_True_AddOn_ENU.cab

- WindowsXP-KB961118-x86-ENU.exe

- HashCheckAddon-2.1.11.7z

- Adobe_Flash_AiO_full_AddOn.cab

nLite "Remove Components", "Unattended Setup", etc.

4th Step:

Modification of [Regional Settings] in Winnt.sif in order to have both English-US and Greek languages and keyboards

5th Step:

Creation of Bootable CD (using nLite)

You possibly consider the whole process awkward but the reason I created the cd like that is the following.

I had tried to create another cd where I'd firstly used boogy's slipstreamer to integrate wmp11 and it's updates and then just one nlite session for the rest.

At the Hotfix list in nLite, I had put all the High Priority Updates(75) sorted by Build Date and then the addons listed in the same order as above.

While nLite was processing I saw that addons where integrated before win updates and not in the order that appeared under the Hotfix list.

Isn't the integration supposed to be done from top to bottom of the list? (except if there is no problem with that)

What's your opinion? Should I continue like that or not?

I've tried the installation in a virtual machine and after playing around with it, things seemed right.

Well, if anyone of the experts could point me any things I should consider looking for especially, I would appreciate it.

Sorry for the long post and thanks in advance for your answers!

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[Guest]

nLite will process the add-ons first regardless of sort order. No ill effects will come from this. If you put the WMP slipstreamer in the nLite directory, nLite will call it. Just add the WMP 11 installer and updates into the hotfix, update packs and add-ons section, You can then do everything in one run which is the preferred method.