W2K3 in Workstation mode

[odwoh]

Been having a go at customizing W2k3 by unattended installl. I have managed to automate the following:

-disable Manage Your Server

-Add secondary Account

-Enable Themes

-Turn off error reporting

-Install Dx9b

-Install Java

-Install Uxtheme fixed

-Install updated video driver

-Install some Utiiliities

Things to do ......and suggestions most welcome

-disable IE Hardening. Lower security setting

-Enable Hardware acceleration for audio and video

-Enable those 3 buttons under dxdiag.

-System Failure, no dump file

-Processor and Memory settings changed to Programs

[1chaoticadult]

Well it would help and benefit us if you post your method and/or files so people can use this. Otherwise this is just you rambling...

[odwoh]

Ok......been making headway......only 3 things left now

1. Accelerate Video and Audio

2. Dxdiag enable and

3. Explorer Security Hardening

Heres what I have so far.

Start.cmd; nothing complicated here though they're not all automatic

CLS

@echo off

TITLE Windows W2k3 in Workstation Mode - Unattended Installation

ECHO.

ECHO Over the next few minutes you will see automated installations

ECHO of various sofware applications, windows updates, and registry

ECHO tweaks being implemented. The computer will restart automatically

ECHO once the whole process has finished!

ECHO.

ECHO Removing Wallpapers and Screensavers...

DEL "%systemroot%\*.bmp"

DEL "%systemroot%\Web\Wallpaper\*.jpg"

DEL "%systemroot%\system32\dllcache\*.scr"

DEL "%systemroot%\system32\*.scr"

ECHO.

ECHO Installing TweakUI 2.10 Powertoy

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Powertoys\TweakUI.msi /qn

Pause

ECHO.

Echo Copying Favorites

cd %systemdrive%\install\Favorites

xcopy *.* /s \"Documents and Settings"\Pentium\Favorites

Echo

echo Installing DirectX 9.0b

Echo Please Wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\directx9b\dx9ntopk.exe

pause

ECHO.

ECHO Installing Microsoft JavaVM - Build 3810

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\MSJava\MSJavaVM_3810.exe

pause

Echo

Echo Installing 4NT

Echo Pleae wait

cd %systemdrive%\install\Applications\4NT

start /wait 4nt500b124.exe /s

copy 4nta.exe %systemdrive%\"program files"\JPSoft\4nt\4nt.exe

COPY 4START.btm %systemdrive%\"Program Files"\JPSoft\4NT

COPY myaliases.txt %systemdrive%\"Program Files"\JPSoft\4Nt

COPY 4nt.ini %systemdrive%\"Program Files"\JPSoft\4Nt

pause

Echo

Echo Installing Power Pro

Echo Pleae wait

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\PowerPro\setup

pause

Echo

Echo Installing Winrar

Echo Pleae wait

cd %systemdrive%\install\Applications\winrar

start /wait wrar340.exe /s

copy patch.exe %systemdrive%\"program files"\winrar

copy patch2.exe %systemdrive%\"program files"\winrar

copy rarreg.key %systemdrive%\"program files"\winrar

cd %systemdrive%\"program files"\winrar

patch

patch2

pause

ECHO.

ECHO Installing Adobe Reader 7

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\AdobeReader7\adberdr70_enu_full.exe /v"/qb EULA_ACCEPT=YES"

REGEDIT /S NoUpdates.reg

pause

cls

echo

echo Things left to do for Workstation Mode

echo 1. Accelerate Video and Audio

echo 2. Dxdiag enable and

echo 3. Explorer Security Hardening

ECHO.

pause

ECHO Restarting the PC in 1 minute...

shutdown.exe -r -f -t 60 -c "Windows XP will now restart in 1 minute, this will give enough time for the shortcuts to update and for the shell to fully load before its ready to restart!"

pause

EXIT

Regtweaks:

REGEDIT4

;Remove Shortcut to. works

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]

"link"=hex:00,00,00,00

;Auto Timeout

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager]

"AutoChkTimeOut"=dword:00000002

;Chk Disk countdown

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager]

"AutoChkTimeOut"=dword:00000002

;Speed up shutdown

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control]

"WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="3000"

;Max your Internet Explorer's simultaneous downloads to 10 (default was 2)

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]

"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:0000000a

"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:0000000a

;NoRecentDocsmenu removes the recent documents from the start menu.

;[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

;"NoRecentDocsMenu"=dword:00000001

;Disable the Desktop Cleanup Wizard

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\CleanupWiz]

"NoRun"=dword:00000001

;Disables Error Reporting, but notifies when errors occur.works

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting]

"DoReport"=dword:00000000

;Disables Windows Tour bubble popup

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour]

"RunCount"=dword:00000000

;Disable Imapi CD-Burning Service

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ImapiService]

"Start"=dword:00000004

;This adds the "Open Command Window Here" on the right click menu for folders. works

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd]

@="Open Command Window Here"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd\command]

@="cmd.exe /k \"cd %L\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\cmd]

@="Open Command Window Here"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shell\cmd\command]

@="cmd.exe /k \"cd %L\""

;[shutdown Tracker] works

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Reliability]

"ShutdownReasonOn"=dword:00000000

; Shutoff Manage Your Server. works

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Srvwiz]

"CYSMustRun"=hex(7):30,2c,30,00,00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\MYS]

"DisableShowAtLogon"=dword:00000001

;Turn off Balloon tips

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]

"EnableBalloonTips"=dword:00000000

;Auto end non responsive apps

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]

"AutoEndTasks"="1"

;Add Shutdown to Logon

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]

"ShutdownWithoutLogon"="1"

;No Dump File

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\CrashControl]

"CrashDumpEnabled"=dword:00000000

;Memory Usage to Programs 1 for System Cache 0

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]

"LargeSystemCache"=dword:00000000

;Processor sheduling Performance for services=18 programs=26

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\PriorityControl]

"Win32PrioritySeparation"=dword:00000026

;Balloon tips No Personal Menus

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]

"StartButtonBalloonTip"=dword:00000002

"EnableBalloonTips"=dword:00000000

;Start Audio Service

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\AudioSrv]

"Start"=dword:00000002

Had no problem installing this on my laptop

added a few other things like drivers and user too.

Not sure if the remaining items like accleration of audio and video and dxdiag depend on drivers installed.

Undoing the Hardening of IE should be straightforward but might change with the addition of SP1 when its done.

[MAVERICKS CHOICE]

Thats really cool but when you have large code pls upload as a batch or txt document as per the prompts suggest.

[jamesas]

hey i also found a way to do the ones you want with a handy little program u can download it at

http://www.sala.pri.ee/Win2003v144.exe

Then download the file attached to this post as well and put it in the same folder you can edit it if you want

then from a batch or cmd or what eva use the '/U' switch at the end of the exe so eg

ECHO Windows 2003 Modifcations being applied

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Win2003.exe /u

It is still reccomended tho to use your tweaks as well as these becuse this program doesnt do all the ones you have

2k3ounat.sif

Edited January 17, 2005 by jamesas

[Astalavista]

odwoh

if u are going to post a really long code it would be better to put it in a txt file

zip it and post it.

thanks welcome to msfn

[odwoh]

Thanks jamesas for that file, very helpful.

Oki doki.....won't paste such long stuff again, sorry.

Anyone notice that W2K3 wiith SP1 installed breaks StyleXP or any personal themes. The original still load though????

[odwoh]

Fantastic...Its done. The only thing that didn't get done was audio hardware acceleration.

Suppose there are some more tweaks I could add. This installs on my older P3 700 laptop just fine.

[jamesas]

the windows audio hardware acceleration should of been done by the program i gave you but if you dont have the drivers installed before it runs i dont think it works but not sure worked here tho :S