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I finally managed to make it!

The Perfect Unattended CD (at least, the way I wanted it to be)

This is the method I used:

- Created a I386\WINNT.SIF file



[Data]
MsDosInitiated = 0
UnattendedInstall = Yes

[Unattended]
UnattendMode = FullUnattended
UnattendSwitch = Yes
OemPreinstall = No
OemSkipEula = Yes
FileSystem = *
WaitForReboot = No
NoWaitAfterTextMode = 1
NoWaitAfterGUIMode = 1
TargetPath = "Windows"
DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore
NonDriverSigningPolicy = Ignore
Hibernation = No
AutoActivate=No

[SystemFileProtection]
SFCQuota = 0

[Display]
BitsPerPel = 32
Xresolution = 1024
Yresolution = 768
Vrefresh = 70

[GuiUnattended]
AutoLogon = Yes
AdminPassword = *
TimeZone = 35
OEMSkipRegional = 1
OemSkipWelcome = 1

[Shell]
DefaultThemesOff = Yes
DefaultStartPanelOff = Yes

[UserData]
ProductKey = "XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX"
ComputerName = "STATION"
FullName = "User"

[RegionalSettings]
Language = 1009

[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup = "WORKGROUP"

[TapiLocation]
CountryCode=1
Dialing=Tone

[Networking]

[Componants]
msmsgs=off
msnexplr=off
Dialer=off
Fp_extensions=off
media_clips=off
Accessopt=off
hypertrm=off

[Shell]
DefaultStartPanelOff=Yes

[WindowsFirewall]
Profiles = WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall

[WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall]
Mode = 0

[GUIRunOnce]
%systemdrive%\Windows\system32\start.cmd

As you may have noticed, the OEMPreinstall=No

Therefore, no $OEM$ folder will be copied upon the install, making the next step a requirement, but allowing for F6 to be pressed at the start of an install to include drivers from a drivers disk. This WINNT.SIF file needs to be placed in the I386 folder.

- Modified the I386\TXTSETUP.SIF so that a START.CMD file gets copied in

system32 folder (this file contains tweaks and needs to be placed in I386)

START.CMD

ECHO Detecting the CD-Rom Drive
for %%i in (C: D: E: F: G: H: I: J: K: L: M: N: O: P: Q: R: S:) do if exist %%i\win51ip.SP2 set CDROM=%%i

ECHO.
ECHO Installing GoogleToolbar
ECHO Please wait...
start /wait %CDROM%\install\GoogleToolbarInstaller.exe /qn /d
echo.
echo Installing WinZip 9.0
md %systemdrive%\"Program Files"\winzip
copy %CDROM%\install\$Progs\WinZip\*.* %systemdrive%\"Program Files"\WinZip
start /wait %systemdrive%\"Program Files"\winzip\winzip32.exe /noqp /autoinstall
echo Installation complete!

echo Cleaning Up... Please Wait
del "%allusersprofile%\start menu\WinZip.lnk"
del "%allusersprofile%\desktop\WinZip.lnk"
del "%allusersprofile%\start menu\Programs\WinZip\Uninstall WinZip.lnk"
del "%allusersprofile%\start menu\Programs\WinZip\Help Manual.lnk"
del "%allusersprofile%\start menu\Programs\WinZip\ReadMe.txt.lnk"
del "%allusersprofile%\start menu\Programs\WinZip\What's New.lnk"

echo deleting useless icons
del "%allusersprofile%\start menu\windows catalog.lnk"
del "%allusersprofile%\start menu\Set program access and defaults.lnk"

echo Applying Registry Tweaks
start /wait REGEDIT /S %CDROM%\install\regtweaks.reg

echo Rebooting the computer
shutdown /r /t 00

This file has been created to use files directly on the CD-Rom. It first determines the CD-Rom drive letter and then silently installs the google toolbar. Then it copies the winzip files from CD\install\$Progs\WinZip to the hard drive and silently installs winzip. For these operations to work, you need to put the google toolbar installer in CD\install and a copy of a working winzip folder (found in program files) in the CD\install\$Progs\WinZip.

Once the Google toolbar and Winzip are installed, it applies the system tweaks and calls a reboot to ensure that the settings are properly applied

- Created a REGTWEAKS.REG to be placed in CD\Install

REGTWEAKS.REG

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;=======================================================================
;   Windows Tweaks (w/o services)
;=======================================================================

;---[ Context Menu Tweaks ]---

;Makes a right click option for unknown files (Open with notepad)
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell]
@="\"notepad.exe %1\""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\open]
@="Open &With Notepad"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\open\command]
@="notepad.exe %1"

;Add Open Command Window Here to right click menu
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd]
@="Open Command Window Here"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd\command]
@="cmd.exe /k \"cd %L\

;Disable file association web-service - Bypassing "Browse web for program" to open unknown extension. "Open With..." becomes default
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"NoInternetOpenWith"=dword:00000001

;---[ Explorer Shell Tweaks ]---

;Speed up Start Menu
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"MenuShowDelay"="2"

;Removes the Prefix "Shortcut to"
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
"Link"hex:00,00,00,00

;My Computer First Desktop Icon
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}]
"SortOrderIndex"=dword:00000054

;Removes Language Bar
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{540D8A8B-1C3F-4E32-8132-530F6A502090}]
@="Language bar"
"MenuTextPUI"="@%SystemRoot%\\System32\\msutb.dll,-325"

;Cached "folder-view settings", currently 250 (to speed-up browsing local folders)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell]
"BagMRU Size"=dword:000000FA
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam]
"BagMRU Size"=dword:000000FA

;Set icon caching
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"Max Cached Icons"="8192"

;Remove Shortcut Arrows
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile]
"IsShortcut"=-

;---[ Internet Explorer Tweaks ]---

;Remove the Logoff Button
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"StartMenuLogoff"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"StartMenuLogoff"=dword:00000000

;Enable auto-complete (instead of asking at 1st instance)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoComplete]
"AutoSuggest"="yes"
"Append Completion"="yes"

;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

;---[ File System Tweaks ]---

;These NTFS tweaks improve file system performance (Speed up NTFS)
;Note: these have been reported to cause non-compatibility with DOS/Win9x-based apps/games
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem]
;"NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation"=dword:00000001
;"NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"=dword:00000001
;"Win95TruncatedExtensions"=dword:00000001
;"Win31FileSystem"=dword:00000000
;NOTE: THESE HAS BEEN DISABLED BECAUSE WINDOWS INSTALLER FAILED
;TO INSTALL MySQL 4.1, VMTools and VMWare WITH THESE OPTIONS ENABLED

;Disable Built in Windows CD Burning
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoCDBurning"=dword:00000001

;Increase IoPageLockLimit (disk cache)
;Note- Use the following settings depending on your system RAM:
;-----  00020000 = 131072 KB (if RAM > 512 MB)
;-----  00010000 =  65536 KB (if RAM > 256 MB)
;-----  00008000 =  32768 KB (if RAM > 128 MB)
;-----  00004000 =  16384 KB (if RAM >  64 MB)
;-----  00002000 =   8192 KB (if RAM >  32 MB)
;-----  00001000 =   4096 KB (if RAM <  32 MB)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]
"IoPageLockLimit"=dword:00020000

;Remove Shared Documents from My Computer
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoSharedDocuments"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoSharedDocuments"=dword:00000001
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\DelegateFolders\{59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}]

;Disable Windows File Protection
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"SFCSetting"=dword:ffffff9d
"SFCDisable"=dword:ffffff9d

;Disable "Offline Files and Folder's reminder"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\NetCache]
"NoReminders"=dword:00000001

;Disable "Offline Files and Folders"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\NetCache]
"Enabled"=dword:00000000

; Speed up opening of My Computer and Explorer
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\stisvc]
"Start"=dword:00000004
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoSaveSettings"=dword:00000000
;Control panel classic view
"ForceClassicControlPanel"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"NoNetCrawling"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoRemoteRecursiveEvents"=dword:00000001

;---[ Internet Explorer ]---
;Disable Internet Explorer "Send information to the Internet" prompt
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3]
"1601"=dword:00000000

;Disable Internet Explorer Auto-Complete prompt
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IntelliForms]
"AskUser"=dword:00000000

;Disable Internet Explorer Cookie "Privacy Icon" prompt
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"PrivDiscUiShown"=dword:00000001

;about:blank as a home page
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Start Page"="about:blank"
;Print background colors and images
"Print_Background"="YES"

;Add Google As Main/default Search Page
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Search Page"="http://www.google.ca"
"Search Bar"="http://www.google.ca/ie"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchURL]
@="http://www.google.ca/search?q=%s"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search]
"SearchAssistant"="http://www.google.ca/ie"

;Adds search keywords to Internet Explorer address bar
;(in this order: Microsoft Knowledge Base, Altavista, Google, MSN, FileMirrors)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\MSKB]
@="http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=%s"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\g]
@="http://www.google.com/search?q=%s"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\MSN]
@="http://search.msn.com/results.asp?q=%s"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\FM]
@="http://www.filemirrors.com/search.src?file=%s"

;---[ Startup, Logon and Shutdown Tweaks ]---

;Disable Fast User Switching
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"AllowMultipleTSSessions"=dword:00000000

;Faster reboot time
"EnableQuickReboot"="1"

;Disable Welcome Screen and uses Classic Logon
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"LogonType"=dword:00000000
"AllowMultipleTSSessions"=dword:00000000
"DisableCAD"=dword:00000000

;Determines whether the Welcome to Windows splash screen, Welcome.exe,
;appears the next time the user logs on.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\tips]
"Show"=dword:0000000

;Prefetcher tweak (faster booting)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters]
"EnablePrefetcher"=dword:00000003

;Make the Windows XP registration with Microsoft unnecessary
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion]
"RegDone"="1"

;Automatic Boot Disk Optimization
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction]
"Enable"="Y"

;System Shutdown/Restart Speeds Improvement
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"HungAppTimeout"="5000"
"WaitToKillAppTimeout"="4000"
"AutoEndTasks"="1"

;Disable Hibernate
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Power]
"Heuristics"=hex:05,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,3f,42,0f,00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\Power]
"Heuristics"=hex:05,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,3f,42,0f,00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Power]
"Heuristics"=hex:05,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,3f,42,0f,00

;---[ System Tweaks ]---

;Always unload Dlls
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"AlwaysUnloadDll"=dword:00000001
"NoStartMenuPinnedList"=dword:00000001

;Disable Automatic Restart in the event of a BSOD
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl]
"AutoReboot"=dword:00000000

;Increase the USB Polling Interval
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\Usb\0000]
"IdleEnable"=dword:00000001

;Disable Security center
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center]
"AntiVirusDisableNotify"=dword:00000001
"AntiVirusOverride"=dword:00000001
"FirewallDisableNotify"=dword:00000001
"FirewallOverride"=dword:00000001
"FirstRunDisabled"=dword:00000001
"UpdatesDisableNotify"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wscsvc]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable remote assistance
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server]
"fAllowToGetHelp"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet001\Control\Terminal Server]
"fAllowToGetHelp"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet002\Control\Terminal Server]
"fAllowToGetHelp"=dword:00000000

;---[ Multimedia ]---

;Media Player EULA Autoaccept (to prevent first-run on XPSP2)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsMediaPlayer]
"GroupPrivacyAcceptance"=dword:00000001
;Don't accept shortcuts that splat themselves all over Windows
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Setup\UserOptions]
"DesktopShortcut"="no"
"QuickLaunchShortcut"="no"

;Speed-up Access to AVI Media Files
[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{87D62D94-71B3-4b9a-9489-5FE6850DC73E}]

;Disable balloon - Add your passport to XP messenger
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MessengerService]
"PassportBalloon"=hex:0a,00,00,00

;---[ Networking ]---

;Stores more DNS entries so that your computer doesn't have to look them up as much
;Do not cache failed DNS lookups
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache\Parameters]
;To stop Windows XP from caching negative responses
"MaxNegativeCacheTtl "=dword:00000000
;To force Windows XP to keep positive entries in DNS Cache for only 4 hours instead of the default 24 hours
"MaxCacheTtl "=dword:00003840

;Faster Web Page Loading
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\ServiceProvider]
"DnsPriority"=dword:00000001
"HostsPriority"=dword:00000001
"LocalPriority"=dword:00000001
"NetbtPriority"=dword:00000001

;to turn off simple sharing
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa]
"ForceGuest"=dword:00000000

;Disable QoS
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Psched]
"NonBestEffortLimit"=dword:00000000

;Increase Network Throughput
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanworkstation\parameters]
"MaxCmds"=dword:00000064
"MaxThreads"=dword:00000064
"MaxCollectionCount"=dword:00000064

;Internet Connection Optimization
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]
"SackOpts"=dword:00000001
"GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize"=dword:0003ebc0
"TcpWindowSize"=dword:0003ebc0
"Tcp1323Opts"=dword:00000001
"DefaultTTL"=dword:00000040
"EnablePMTUBHDetect"=dword:00000000
"EnablePMTUDiscovery"=dword:00000001
;Enable the Network Adapter Onboard Processor (0= Use NIC Processor, 1= Disable NIC Processor)
"DisableTaskOffload"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:00000020
"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:00000020
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:00000040
"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:00000040


;Speed Up browsing remote computers (Your Network)
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace\{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}]
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace\{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}]

;Mount net-drives first, when they are needed
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\NetworkProvider]
"RestoreConnection"=dword:00000000

;=======================================================================
;   Other Software
;=======================================================================

;Enable status bar in notepad
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Notepad]
"StatusBar"=dword:00000001
;Enable word wrap
"fWrap"=dword:00000001

;Do Not Start MS-Messenger with Outlook Express
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express]
"Hide Messenger"=dword:00000002

;Fixes slowdown problem starting Outlook Express when you delete
;Windows Messenger, and  it disables the splash screen
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{FB7199AB-79BF-11d2-8D94-0000F875C541}\InProcServer32]
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"
@=""
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{FB7199AB-79BF-11d2-8D94-0000F875C541}\LocalServer32]
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"
@=""

;Don't let Windows Messenger load involuntarily at every boot-up
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Messenger\Client]
"PreventAutoRun"=dword:00000001

; Prevent new ads being downloaded every 6 minutes in windows messenger
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MessengerService\Policies]
"DisableCrossPromo"=hex:80

;=======================================================================
;   Services
;=======================================================================

; Note: Change the values to set the services to automatic, manual or disable
;
; 00000002 = Automatic
; 00000003 = Manual
; 00000004 = Disabled

;Optimize the Windows Server Service
;"1" = minimize memory, "2" = balance or "3" = maximize network throughput
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters]
"Size"=dword:00000003

;Disable the Ability to Remotely Shutdown the Computer Browser Service
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MrxSmb\Parameters]
"RefuseReset"=dword:00000001

;Automatic Updates
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wuauserv]
"Start"=dword:00000002

;-----  Disable Firewall Service
;Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) / Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
;Provides network address translation, addressing, name resolution and/or intrusion prevention services for a home or small office
;network. Used to allow multiple computers on your network to access the internet via only one account. This service installs on the
;"modem" computer. If you are using a third party firewall or Internet Connection Sharing software package, this service is not
;required.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Telnet Service
;Enables a remote user to log on to this computer and run programs, and supports various TCP/IP Telnet clients, including
;UNIX-based and Windows-based computers. If this service is stopped, remote user access to programs might be unavailable.
;If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start.
;This service is not available on Windows XP Home. It allows remote login to the local computer via the telnet function. For
;security reasons, disable this unless you specifically require its functionality. You will save about 2 MB of RAM by plugging this
;security hole.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TlntSvr]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Fast User Switching Service
;Provides management for applications that require assistance in a multiple user environment. This service is responsible for
;letting you stayed loged in as more than one user. Unless you have many users on a system, you probably do not even need
;this service to be running. You could benefit, however, greatly if you use this service in conjunction with many users on your
;local computer to allow switching users without closing all existing applications running under a different account.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\FastUserSwitchingCompatibility]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Indexing Service
;Indexes contents and properties of files on local and remote computers; provides rapid access to files through flexible querying
;language. This service always has been a major resource hog. I NEVER recommend having this service enabled. Remove the
;function via the "Add / Remove Programs" icon in the control panel (Windows Setup Programs). It uses about 500 K to 2 MB in
;an idle state, not to mention the amount of memory and CPU resources it takes to INDEX the drives. I have had people (and
;witnessed it on other people's computers) report to me that the Indexing Service sometimes starts up EVEN while the system
;is NOT idle... as in the middle of a game. You may feel, as I do, that this is unacceptable. If your computer suddenly seems
;"sluggish," Indexing Service is usually the cause of it.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\cisvc]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable System Restore Service (default=2)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\srservice]
"Start"=dword:00000004
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore]
"DisableSR"=dword:00000000

;=======================================================================
;   Win XP SP2
;=======================================================================

;Gets rid of anoying popup for running files you download from internet
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download]
"CheckExeSignatures"="no"
"RunInvalidSignatures"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments]
"SaveZoneInformation"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations]
"LowRiskFileTypes"=".zip;.rar;.nfo;.txt;.exe;.bat;.com;.cmd;.reg;.msi;.htm;.html;.gif;.bmp;.jpg;.avi;.mpg;.mpeg;.mo
v;.mp3;.m3u;.wav;"

;Remove display of zone infomation in file properties
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments]
"HideZoneInfoOnProperties"=dword:00000001

;=======================================================================
;   Visual Settings
;=======================================================================

;Enable ClearType for ALL Users
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"FontSmoothingType"=dword:00000002
"FontSmoothing"="2"
"FontSmoothingType"=dword:00000002

;Show Statusbar in all windows
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"StatusBarOther"=dword:00000001

;Custom Visual Settings
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects]
"VisualFXSetting"=dword:00000003
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\AnimateMinMax]
"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\ComboBoxAnimation]
"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\CursorShadow]
"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\DragFullWindows]
"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\DropShadow]
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000001
"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\FontSmoothing]
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000001
"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\ListBoxSmoothScrolling]
"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\ListviewAlphaSelect]
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000001
"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\ListviewShadow]
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000001
"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\ListviewWatermark]
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000001
"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\MenuAnimation]
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000000
"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\SelectionFade]
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000001
"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\TaskbarAnimations]
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000001
"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\Themes]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\TooltipAnimation]
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000001
"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\WebView]
"DefaultApplied"=dword:00000000

;Show Windows classic folders
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\VisualEffects\WebView]
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000000

;Default Details View for all Folders
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\Explorer]
"ITBarLayout"=hex:11,00,00,00,4c,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,34,00,00,00,1b,00,00,00,\
56,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,20,07,00,00,a0,0f,00,00,05,00,00,00,62,05,00,00,26,\
00,00,00,02,00,00,00,21,07,00,00,a0,0f,00,00,04,00,00,00,21,01,00,00,a0,0f,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams]
"Settings"=hex:09,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,77,7e,13,73,35,cf,11,ae,\
69,08,00,2b,2e,12,62,04,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,43,00,00,00

;Display content of Protected folders
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"WebViewBarricade"=dword:00000001
;Disable Thumbnail caching
"DisableThumbnailCache"=dword:00000001
;Show hidden files
"Hidden"=dword:00000001
"HideFileExt"=dword:00000000
"PersistBrowsers"=dword:00000000
"ServerAdminUI"=dword:00000000
"EnableBalloonTips"=dword:00000000
"Start_ShowNetPlaces_ShouldShow"=dword:00000041
;Administrative Tools in your Start Menu
"Start_AdminToolsRoot"=dword:00000000

;Adds Userpasswords2 to control panel
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}]
@="User Accounts 2"
InfoTip"="Starts The Windows 2000 style User Accounts dialog"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}\DefaultIcon]
@="%SystemRoot%\\\\System32\\\\nusrmgr.cpl,1"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}\Shell]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}\Shell\Open]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}\Shell\Open\command]
@="Control Userpasswords2"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ControlPanel\NameSpace\{98641F47-8C25-4936-BEE4-C2CE1298969D}]
@="Add Userpasswords2 to Control Panel"

;Disable  Windows Tour
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour]
"RunCount"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour]
"RunCount"=dword:00000000

;Remove Alexa Spyware (comes built in Windows by default)
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions\{c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003c157a}]

;Keyboard Num-Lock on
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard]
"InitialKeyboardIndicators"="2"

;Disable StickyKeys shortcut
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility\StickyKeys]
"Flags"="506"

;Disable Filterkeys shortcut
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility\Keyboard Response]
"Flags"="122"

;Disable ToggleKeys shortcut
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility\ToggleKeys]
"Flags"="58"

;Sort Start Menu and Favorites in Alphabetical Order (All Windows)
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder]

;Control panel classic view
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"ForceClassicControlPanel"=dword:00000001

;Opens nfo files with Notepad
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.nfo]
"Application"="NOTEPAD.EXE"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.nfo\OpenWithList]
"a"="Explorer.exe"
"MRUList"="ba"
"b"="NOTEPAD.EXE"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.nfo\OpenWithProgids]
"MSInfo.Document"=hex(0):

;Disable Error Reporting
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting]
"AllOrNone"=dword:00000001
"DoReport"=dword:00000000
"IncludeKernelFaults"=dword:00000000
"IncludeMicrosoftApps"=dword:00000000
"IncludeWindowsApps"=dword:00000000
"ShowUI"=dword:00000000

;Change Default Search Options (1 = ON, 0 = OFF)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"SearchSystemDirs"=dword:00000001
"SearchHidden"=dword:00000001
"IncludeSubFolders"=dword:00000001
"CaseSensitive"=dword:00000000
"SearchSlowFiles"=dword:00000000
;Enable Classic Search
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CabinetState]
"FullPath"=dword:00000001
"FullPathAddress"=dword:00000001
"Use Search Asst"="no"
"Settings"=hex:0c,00,02,00,1b,01,e7,77,60,00,00,00
;Disable "Search Dog" and use advanced search
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Search Assistant]
"Actor"=""
"SocialUI"=dword:00000000
"UsageCount"=dword:00000000
"UseAdvancedSearchAlways"=dword:00000001
;Search All File Types
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndex]
"FilterFilesWithUnknownExtensions"=dword:00000001

;Enable Quick Launch
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Desktop]
"TaskbarWinXP"=hex:0c,00,00,00,08,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,b0,e2,2b,\
d8,64,57,d0,11,a9,6e,00,c0,4f,d7,05,a2,22,00,1c,00,0a,01,00,00,1a,00,00,00,\
01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,4c,00,00,00,01,14,02,00,00,\
00,00,00,c0,00,00,00,00,00,00,46,83,00,00,00,10,00,00,00,a0,b0,48,5e,89,8d,\
bd,01,00,d8,9e,e4,2a,8d,bd,01,00,45,fe,5e,89,8d,bd,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,13,01,14,00,1f,0f,e0,4f,\
d0,20,ea,3a,69,10,a2,d8,08,00,2b,30,30,9d,19,00,23,44,3a,5c,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,cd,97,15,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,af,24,5c,\
b9,10,80,57,69,6e,6e,74,00,00,20,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,af,24,a3,b9,10,00,50,\
72,6f,66,69,6c,65,73,00,50,52,4f,46,49,4c,45,53,00,19,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,\
c1,24,08,92,10,00,69,65,35,30,30,2e,30,30,30,00,00,28,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,\
c1,24,08,92,10,00,41,70,70,6c,69,63,61,74,69,6f,6e,20,44,61,74,61,00,41,50,\
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45,52,4e,7e,31,00,24,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,db,22,76,ba,10,00,51,75,69,63,6b,\
20,4c,61,75,6e,63,68,00,51,55,49,43,4b,4c,7e,31,00,00,00,8d,00,00,00,1c,00,\
00,00,01,00,00,00,1c,00,00,00,36,00,00,00,0d,f0,ad,ba,8c,00,00,00,1a,00,00,\
00,03,00,00,00,e7,18,2d,23,10,00,00,00,49,45,35,30,30,5f,58,31,43,00,43,3a,\
5c,57,49,4e,4e,54,5c,50,72,6f,66,69,6c,65,73,5c,49,45,35,30,30,2e,30,30,30,\
5c,41,70,70,6c,69,63,61,74,69,6f,6e,20,44,61,74,61,5c,4d,69,63,72,6f,73,6f,\
66,74,5c,49,6e,74,65,72,6e,65,74,20,45,78,70,6c,6f,72,65,72,5c,51,75,69,63,\
6b,20,4c,61,75,6e,63,68,00,00,10,00,00,00,05,00,00,a0,1a,00,00,00,a3,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,08,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,cc,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,\
4a,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,40,00,32,00,e6,01,00,00,c4,24,15,9f,20,00,4c,61,75,\
6e,63,68,20,49,6e,74,65,72,6e,65,74,20,45,78,70,6c,6f,72,65,72,20,42,72,6f,\
77,73,65,72,2e,6c,6e,6b,00,4c,41,55,4e,43,48,7e,32,2e,4c,4e,4b,00,00,00,40,\
00,00,00,02,00,00,00,36,00,32,00,48,02,00,00,c4,24,15,9f,20,00,4c,61,75,6e,\
63,68,20,4f,75,74,6c,6f,6f,6b,20,45,78,70,72,65,73,73,2e,6c,6e,6b,00,4c,41,\
55,4e,43,48,7e,31,2e,4c,4e,4b,00,00,00,36,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,2c,00,32,00,\
51,00,00,00,ec,22,46,39,20,00,53,68,6f,77,20,44,65,73,6b,74,6f,70,2e,73,63,\
66,00,53,48,4f,57,44,45,7e,31,2e,53,43,46,00,00,00,52,00,00,00,e0,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,16,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,16,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,\
00,00,00,01,00,00,00,aa,4f,28,68,48,6a,d0,11,8c,78,00,c0,4f,d9,18,b4,37,02,\
00,00,e0,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,16,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,16,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00

;Fix for DSO Exploit that Spybot complains about
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\0]
"1004"=dword:00000003

;=======================================================================
;   KeyBoard Settings
;=======================================================================

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International]
"iCountry"="2"
"iCurrDigits"="2"
"iCurrency"="0"
"iDate"="1"
"iDigits"="2"
"iLZero"="1"
"iMeasure"="0"
"iNegCurr"="1"
"iTime"="0"
"iTLZero"="0"
"Locale"="00001009"
"s1159"="AM"
"s2359"="PM"
"sCountry"="Canada"
"sCurrency"="$"
"sDate"="/"
"sDecimal"="."
"sLanguage"="ENC"
"sList"=","
"sLongDate"="MMMM d, yyyy"
"sShortDate"="dd/MM/yyyy"
"sThousand"=","
"sTime"=":"
"sTimeFormat"="h:mm:ss tt"
"iTimePrefix"="0"
"sMonDecimalSep"="."
"sMonThousandSep"=","
"iNegNumber"="1"
"sNativeDigits"="0123456789"
"NumShape"="1"
"iCalendarType"="1"
"iFirstDayOfWeek"="6"
"iFirstWeekOfYear"="0"
"sGrouping"="3;0"
"sMonGrouping"="3;0"
"sPositiveSign"=""
"sNegativeSign"="-"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\Geo]
"Nation"="39"

Of course, you are free to use any tweaks you like. Just be careful though: some tweaks that improve NTFS performance will cause you problems with Windows Installer. Some apps will not install properly (namely: MySQL 4.1, VMWare, The VMTools...) These tweaks have been tested and seems up to now to give a stable windows build.

That's it! This gives you a CD that only asks for partitionning while allowing you all options relating to formatting and File System of your install. It supports the use of F6 to specify additionnal drivers and installs a few basic softwares.

Use this to make your own adapted CD's! Feel free to customize these files :)

A Big thanks to your guyz at MSFN.ORG. All the files displayed here are the results of hours of work based solely on this site as a source of information. Yet another thanks to the guyz at VMWare that made the testing a whole lot faster :D

I felt it could be useful to people who are new to unatteded setups to have a full guide right-through that supports "F6 driver disk" since this is not a feature I can

go without and everywhere I looked it told me that F6 wouldn't work on unattended... Well... Gotcha!

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To make this guide complete, I forgot to mention:

To start, make a copy of your Windows XP CD to a temp dir of your hard drive

Then, create the files as specified in the 1st post.

Download xp sp2 from microsoft and slipstream it on your cd

(ie.: execute the sp2 with the option /integrate:"c:\temp"

assuming that you copied the files to c:\temp. This will integrate the service

pack in your cd.

Finally, use DoISO to create the iso of your Unattented CD!

DoISO is found on msfn.org:

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?act=At...pe=post&id=4358

That's about it! Enjoy...

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Questions:

1. No Drivers Pack?

2. No integrated hotfixes?

3. No integrated slipstream media players?

4. No use of RunOnceEx.cmd or WPI or Xplode?

5. No hacked Notepad, background, Themes, shell32.dll?

6. No move to or copy to dll ?

7. No software to be installed?

8. No winntbbu.dll

9. How will your unattended work with SATA or RAID? no drivers?

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Let me burst your bubble even more ;) I believe cmdlines.txt won't run either without OEMPreinstall=Yes. So for example, you can't apply any regtweaks to all users.

@Astalavista: I believe that's why he wants F6 to work, for his SATA/RAID drivers :)

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i dont think it is perfect. One major flaw. you dont hv integrated drivers.

otherwise knows as Bashrat's Drivers Pack.

if you hv SATA or Raid your unattended wont work very well.

your not using RunonceEX.cmd, Xplode, or WPI.

you dont hv integrated hacked programs like media player 10 slipstreamed,

notepad, cal, wallpaper, themes, contect menus.

good work for a base Unattended though.  :thumbup

Quite frankly I chose not not integrate drivers... I made F6 work instead... I own a P5AD2 Premium, and used the CD to install on it today... it harbors a Silicon Image Sil3114 Raid that worked perfect with a little driver disk...

I agree though that updates should be added already on the cd... that's a flaw indeed... Next's week's challenge :)

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Indeed, not all my tweaks applied to all users...

I just created a new user and it had it all but this one:

It's view was not in details :(

I thought of using the method with the setup.exe replacement, to

run my tweaks earlier in the install, but abandonned the idea to

keep the cd as integral as possible. This way if MS updates the

setup.exe file in a future SP, i'm not in trouble...

But it's quite a good start already...

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Quite frankly I chose not not integrate drivers... I made F6 work instead... I own a P5AD2 Premium, and used the CD to install on it today... it harbors a Silicon Image Sil3114 Raid that worked perfect with a little driver disk...

I agree though that updates should be added already on the cd... that's a flaw indeed... Next's week's challenge :)

i use bashrat mass storage drivers (that includes controllers for my sil3112) and i still have the f6 hotkey support. not sure but i think this piece of code makes the difference

[Unattended]
   UnattendMode=DefaultHide

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I felt it could be useful to people who are new to unatteded setups to have a full guide right-through that supports "F6 driver disk" since this is not a feature I can

go without and everywhere I looked it told me that F6 wouldn't work on unattended... Well... Gotcha!

That's odd, I mentioned this on this site several times and so have many others. I'll grant you that we get tired of answering it, so some threads go uncorrected.

F6 for Drivers

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Let me burst your bubble even more  I believe cmdlines.txt won't run either without OEMPreinstall=Yes. So for example, you can't apply any regtweaks to all users.

@Astalavista: I believe that's why he wants F6 to work, for his SATA/RAID drivers

Tsunami i missed that one. Correct so his regtweaks wont register at T-9

Another 2 bubbles to burst ;)

First, cmdlines.txt will be run if it exists. No uA install, no OEMpreinstall values needed. Just make a $OEM$ folder and put cmdlines.txt in it and it will work straight out.

Second, cmdlines is executed at T-12. If you'd like to know, its a fact that if at all you applied regtweaks at T-9, there's NO way it will stick.

@BeenThereB4

Hmm.... so what is it you have to do to have unattended *AND* F6 drivers as well?

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@BeenThereB4

Hmm....  so what is it you have to do to have unattended *AND* F6 drivers as well?

Well, this may or may not work for you. I don't ever use the oempreinstall=yes so that the "F6 to load drivers" remains available. I just copy all the files that I need to the proper places on the hard drive by inserting a custom compiled copy program as the first line of svcpack.inf. It's tedious to program out all the copies, however it's worth it to me even though I integrate some drivers. I also use my custom program to add the reg tweaks and do any oddball installs at this point.

Note: This is more or less a quote from the post that I pointed to.

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