djfin Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 (edited) It's about time to start my Windows XP Unattended project version 2.0Goal of this project is to make unattended Win XP installation disk(s) to my system.Feel free to comment or give me feedback about this project.I'm going to update this post when doing this.[DONE] Windows XP SP2 Slipstreaming[DONE] RyanVM's Windows XP SP2 Update Pack[DONE] Removing un-needed components[DONE] Driver integration: Samsung SyncMaster 750s monitor[DONE] Driver integration: ATI Catalyst[DONE] Driver integration: Realtek LAN[DONE] Rest of ATI product installation (control panel)[DONE] Driver integration: SP128 sound card[DONE] Driver installation: HP DeskJet 3325 printer[DONE] Adding 2 users[DONE] Adding RegTweaks[DONE] Office 2003 installation[DONE] Office 2003 SP1 slipstreaming[DONE] Office 2003 HotFix integration[DONE] Office 2003 shrinking[DONE]SUN Java (RyanVM's pack) (Changed from MS... Happy RyanVM? )[DONE]MicroSoft MediaPlayer 10[DONE]Acrobat Reader 6.02[DONE] WinAmp 5.05 installation[DONE] WinRAR 3.40 installation[DONE] Ad-aware installation[DONE] DAEMON tools installation[DONE] AC3 Filter installation[DONE] Cole2K media codec pack installation[DONE] ffdshow installation[DONE] SpyBot Search % Destroy installation[DONE] BSPlayer installation[DONE] Restore my documents for 2 users[uN-DONE] Kerio Personal Firewall installation + configurationInstallation ok, but how to restore old (good) configuration?[DONE] Norton Antivirus 7.61 Corporate Edition installation + updating[DONE] SmartFTP client installation[DONE] TeamSpeak client installation + configuration[DONE] TeamSpeak server installation + configuration[uN-DONE] Miranda IM installationUnattended switches? How to copy 2 differend profiles to 2 users?*[uN-DONE] Easy CD-DA Extractor installationUnattended switches?*[uN-DONE] K9 spam filter installation+configurationInstallation ok but how to copy my configuration?*[uN-DONE] Restore mail-accounts+mails for MS Outlook for 1 userHow?*[uN-DONE] Restore mail-accounts+mails for MS Outlook express for 1 userHow?[uN-DONE] Configuration of desktop+shortcuts etc.This is ok, doing it after all others done [uN-DONE] BootScreen editingThis is ok, doing it after all others done [uN-DONE] LogonScreen editingThis is ok, doing it after all others done [DONE] Theme editing[uN-DONE] Installation screen editingThis is ok, doing it after all others done* marks means that I haven't solved that part yet or/and I need help with that so please if you know the answer or any help.. POST IT ----Dj Edited November 9, 2004 by djfin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denney Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 LOL... I wonder if SiMoNsAyS has started a trend... If so, we might need another forum for this stuff... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiMoNsAyS Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 LOL... I wonder if SiMoNsAyS has started a trend... If so, we might need another forum for this stuff... very proud of it.. if that's the case i really like how a project like this evolves, i'll check it in a few time, maybe then i can see some [DONE] strings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanVM Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 MS Java VM? Ewwwww... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djfin Posted October 17, 2004 Author Share Posted October 17, 2004 Got some work done.. See my first post RyanVM: I know, some like daughters, some like mothers.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanVM Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 Got some work done.. See my first post RyanVM: I know, some like daughters, some like mothers.. Yes, some do like old, haggerd mothers instead their beautiful young daughter.(You realize the MS JVM is based on a revision of Java from 1997, right? Version 1.1.4)EDIT: Not to mention that it's exploited by CoolWebSearch to infiltrate computers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmarable Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 I've got to say it sounds like a cool idea. Like SiMoNsAyS said, it's good to see a project evolve over time.I like it because it shows a logical, organized way to develop an unattended CD. Too many times we all try to do everything and once and then get frustrated trying to work out what went wrong when it doesn't work.This should be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeFiend Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 Even I gave toughts to that one. At first I wanted to make a database with registry tweaks, but a few hundred tweaks down the road, I figured it was definately too time consuming (especially doing it all by hand!). But, it was the other part of the DB I really cared for. It would have outputted both GUIRunOnce (batch) and RunOnceEx syntaxes.It would have for each app:-Command line to install silently-Associated scripts (if req'd, ie: autoit, ...)-Upgrade information (command lines, how to, ...)-Registration information (reg files with fake info, path to keyfiles, etc)-Common registry tweaks for that specific app (accept EULA, no surveys, no registration, no tip of the day, ...)-Place where default information (basic config) is kept (ie: if you want to have say, customized FeedDemon channels - you backup your old opml files from C:\Program Files\Bradbury\FeedDemon\Data\defaults\Groups and replace the default with those, or whatever/however it's stored or has to be done for that app).-Alternate installation ways (perhaps as links to other entries for the same app - like for people using AutoIt to install specific components or what not instead of a silent command line)(I know I'm forgetting a lot more stuff... It's just off the top of my head)All my app installs are customized like that. It's not about just installing the apps, but rather having them all ready to go. Fully configured, tweaked and everything. After my DVD finished installing, all apps are ready to use. It's all about productivity. It's not so much about saving time installing apps (well, it's nice, but that saves you what, a few hours?) but also about saving you from spending days configuring your system after reinstalling. After I reinstall, I make note of everything that's wrong or misconfigured, and fix it for the next time. Sure, it takes a lot of time to make such a in depth install, but once it works, you never go back. Right now, to add all this to your install disc, you have to spend a great deal of time, searching for switches, registration information, do some snapshots/compares to find some settings, ... Lots of reasearch and time spend to have all this for every app, where we could easily share it all.I think it would have been great. It couldn't cover some of them really in depth ones (ie: firefox) but for the rest, I think it would be a major time saver and central point of knowledge. (easier than searching for forums for every answers too) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djfin Posted October 17, 2004 Author Share Posted October 17, 2004 Uh, time to sleep... Lots of apps are go as you can see at first post I edited..crahak: nice idea.. maybe for v3.0 i'll do more.. For this project I want to have everything to work B) (It's just second time I'm doing this.. First CD was just slipstreamed+nLited)Got bunch of problems or maybe I just didn't search enough.. But now.. ZZzzzzZZZZzzZZBack tomorrow!---Dj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeFiend Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 Oh, don't take this as a feature request, it's just a side comment. It would be hard making an app like that which could handle it all properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanoll Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 [DONE]WinAmp 5.01 installationWHy 5.01? 5.05 is out and contains it's security fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djfin Posted October 17, 2004 Author Share Posted October 17, 2004 [DONE] WinAmp 5.01 installationWHy 5.01? 5.05 is out and contains it's security fix.It was just a typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djfin Posted October 18, 2004 Author Share Posted October 18, 2004 Hiyah again,Got some more work done.. Still need lots of information.. Check BOLD lines at my first post. Any help is great news for me Thanks,Dj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymo Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 Is this going to be released? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djfin Posted October 18, 2004 Author Share Posted October 18, 2004 Is this going to be released?When i'm done all the tasks mentioned in first post i'm gonna post my diary and instructions how did I do all the tasks. There's nothing more to "release" in this kind of projects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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