First off, I'm new to the forum, and I've been reading through previous posts relating to this but probably not all, so bear with me and hopefully point me in the right direction...

I've been trying to make an unattended install disc for 98se, which also installs ie6sp1, dx9b, the "unofficial" sp 1.2, and a few other updates. Please don't flame me about the outdatedness of 98se, etc... I work for a small computer company and I need to create said disc because we still sell lots of used computers with 98se. I used the ms batch creator and told it to execute a .reg file, in which I tell 98 to load the updates in the RunOnce and other .reg files for subsequent updates following restarts. I've tried about 10 combinations thereof, i.e. loading some things in RunServicesOnce and others RunOnce, etc... and I sortof got what I wanted at one point, except that ie6setup /q would NOT load from RunOnce, and I had no idea why because all the other updates (sp 1.2, dx9) would load from RunOnce fine...?!?

So, is there a better way to go about doing this, without a bunch of reg files? I'm sure the answer is yes, but I need some resources on how to do it right...

Thanks

maybe xplode might help u

I dunno if it works with 98 installs but it'd be a good replacement....

nope.

I've been trying to get it to work on a Win98 machine i have, and even moving gdiplus.dll does not get it to work. There are some missing functions that are included XP and 2000 that 98 doesn't have.

how about using the correct switches i dont know off hand but i know it isnt just /q

I'll check into xplode... as far as switches go, was confused me was that just /q worked if I manually ran it from a prompt, but not in the .reg file... :cry:

looks like xplode is only for 2k and up. oh well. I shall persist, however, until I either succeed or run out of options...

I finally got it to do what I wanted... I needed a reg entry like so:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce]

"ie6setup"="C:\\WINDOWS\\OPTIONS\\UPDATES\\IE6SP1\\ie6setup.exe /Q:A /C:\"ie6wzd /S:\"\"#e\"\" /Q /M:2 /R:N\""

You just need to use:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce]

"ie6setup"="C:\\WINDOWS\\OPTIONS\\UPDATES\\IE6SP1\\Ie6setup.exe /Q:A /R:N"

It's more than enough for Windows 98SE.

pfear

You just need to use:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce]

"ie6setup"="C:\\WINDOWS\\OPTIONS\\UPDATES\\IE6SP1\\Ie6setup.exe /Q:A /R:N"

It's more than enough for Windows 98SE.

pfear

Hallo

how do you get IE in C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\UPDATES under unattended?

something like win xp e.a $oems$

Maybe trough the msbatch.inf or so :

[install]

AddReg=RunOnce.BatchDelay,Run.Installed.Components,Skip.PCMCIA.Wizard,Registry.WinUpdate,RegistrySet

tings

CopyFiles=regfile.copy

[regfile.copy]

logon.reg

[RegistrySettings]

HKLM,%KEY_RUNONCE%,BatchReg1,,"%25%\regedit.exe /s "%10%\logon.reg"

[DestinationDirs]

QuickLaunch.Icons=49050,Micros~1\Intern~1\QuickL~1

OLS.Icons=49070,Online~1

regfile.copy=10

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