OK..so heres the problem...I've tried running Xplode at T-13, T-12, and T-9. Under Sp1 it works fine at T-12, But under SP2 i can't get it to run at all during setup.

And at first logon XP is saying that Xplode isn't a valid win32 application.

If anyone could help me out with this it would be much appreciated

Heres my files

Folders

cmdlines.txt

[commands]
"..\XPlode\XPlode.exe /log:#systemdrive#\xplodelog.txt"

winnt.sif

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
    AutoPartition=0
    MsDosInitiated="0"
    UnattendedInstall="Yes"
    AutomaticUpdates=yes

[Unattended]
    UnattendMode=FullUnattended
    OemSkipEula=Yes
    OemPreinstall=yes
    TargetPath=\WINDOWS
    Repartition=No
    FileSystem=*  
    UnattendSwitch="yes"
    WaitForReboot="No"
    OemPnPDriversPath="xxxxx"
    DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
    KeyboardLayout="US"

[GuiUnattended]
    AdminPassword=xxxxx
    EncryptedAdminPassword=no
    OEMSkipRegional=1
    TimeZone=35
    OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
    ProductKey=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx
    FullName="xxxxx"
    OrgName="xxxxx"
    ComputerName=xxxxx

[Display]
    BitsPerPel=32
    Xresolution=1024
    YResolution=768
    Vrefresh=60

[TapiLocation]
    CountryCode=x
    Dialing=Tone
    AreaCode=xxx

[RegionalSettings]
    LanguageGroup = 13,17,3,2,5,16,4,12,15,7,8,10,11,9,6,14,1
    SystemLocale = 00000409
    UserLocale = 00000409
    InputLocale = 0409:00000409

[Branding]
    BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

[URL]
    Home_Page=about:blank
    Help_Page=about:blank
    Search_Page=about:blank

[Proxy]
    Proxy_Enable=0
    Use_Same_Proxy=1

[Identification]
    JoinWorkgroup=xxxxx

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[IEPopupBlocker]
    BlockPopups=Yes
    FilterLevel=Medium 
    ShowInformationBar=Yes 

[WindowsFirewall]
    Profiles = WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall

[WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall]
    Mode = 0

[SetupParams]
    UserExecute="%SourceDrive%\XPLODE\XPlODE.EXE /log:#systemdrive#\xplodelog.txt"

[GuiRunOnce]
    %systemdrive%\XPlodeLog.bat
    XP-AntiSpy.exe

xplode.xml

<XPlode>
	<config>
  <hidewindow>Windows Update</hidewindow>
  <hidewindow>CMD.EXE</hidewindow>
  <show total='6' after='2' subcount='true' />
  <font face='Tahoma' antialias='false' small='8' large='12' />
  <window width='400' position='200,64' fixmain='0' />
  <windowmode mode='guiredraw' />
  <colours>
  	<header back='#003399' fore='#FFFFFF' image='%XPLODE%\images\head.png' />
  	<footer back='#003399' fore='#FFFFFF' image='%XPLODE%\images\foot.png' />
  	<progress border='#000000' back='#000000' fore='#660000' fore2='#000000' />	
  	<main back='#FF00FF' fore='#FFFFFF' current='#333333' description='#FFFFFF' image='%XPLODE%\main.png' overlay='#FFFFFF22'/>
  </colours>
  <strings>
  	<title>Carpe Noctum</title>
  	<complete>complete</complete>
  	<adduser>Adding user #xxxxx#</adduser>
  	<addusertogroup>Adding user #xxxxx# to group #xxxxx#</addusertogroup>
  	<addgroup>Adding group #xxxxx#</addgroup>
                        <title>Carpe Noctum</title>
  </strings>
	</config>
	<items>
  <item display='Alpha...'>
  	<addgroup groupname='Administrators'/>
  	<adduser username='xxxxx' password='xxxxx' groups='xxxxx'/>
  </item>
  <item display='Beta...'>
  	<execute display='Preparing...' program='#XPLODE#\PREPARE\prepare.cmd' arguments='' />
  </item>
  <item display='Gamma...'>
  	<execute display='Installing DirectX 9.0c...' program='#XPLODE#\APPLICATIONS\DIRECTX9c\' />
  </item>
  <item display='Xi...'>
  	<execute display='TweakReg...' program='regedit.exe' arguments='/S #XPLODE#\REGTWEAKS\RegTweaks.reg' />
  </item>
  <item display='Omikron...'>
  	<execute display='Cleaning up...' program='#XPLODE#\CLEANUP\cleanup.cmd' arguments='' />
  </item>
	</items>
</XPlode>

and Just for fun my winntbbu.dll(Setup Screen)

I would supply a log file but i cant since XPlode isn't even running.

Look here:

[commands]"..\XPlode\XPlode.exe /log:#systemdrive#\xplodelog.txt"

You have got ".txt" there, but it must be ".xml" (without the quotes). Hope that works for you

EDIT:

[setupParams]UserExecute="%SourceDrive%\XPLODE\XPlODE.EXE /log:#systemdrive#\xplodelog.txt"

...same here.

cu

FuNKeR

FuNKeR

As stated in the original "run_with_logging.bat" that is included in the Xplode.zip

[commands]
"..\XPlode\XPlode.exe

will call the default XPlode.xml

and the

/log:#systemdrive#\xplodelog.txt"

tells Xplode.exe where to put the log file and what to name it.

though in the .bat file it names it Xplode.log instead.

Well, I've been running XPLode without problem with XP-SP2, so we know it works. I've had it run at both the T-13 and at first login.

What is happening when it fails? Is it logging anything? Can you execute it manually after Windows is up and running? Have you tried a simple XML file that only creates a new user for example?

Most importantly, what version of XPLode are you using?

I've been runing Xplode under SP2 with no problems at all ... i'm calling it from RunOnceEx

[offtopic]

shadol: What program did you used for creating your custom Setup Screen ?

[/offtopic]

so far ive tested every version of xplode except for the ver 2 beta (which i wouldnt mind testing to).

as for the off topic i used peexplorer (and photoshop)to edit the winntbbu.dll (if ya want to know how it was done im sure theres a post in here somewhere..heres a good place to start setup screen

FuNKeR

As stated in the original "run_with_logging.bat" that is included in the Xplode.zip

[commands]
"..\XPlode\XPlode.exe

 

will call the default XPlode.xml

and the

/log:#systemdrive#\xplodelog.txt"

tells Xplode.exe where to put the log file and what to name it.

though in the .bat file it names it Xplode.log instead.

Oops! Didn't read with care

cu

FuNKeR