marko2511 Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Hi everyone...Searching this board for layout.inf gives so much results that it's hard tofind almost any valuable info...Most of posts says "do not edit layout.inf" etc....So my questions will be:1. What is it for(layout.inf)?2. Why are we not allowed to edit it(it's signed, i know)?3. What would change if we could edit layout.inf4. How will we benefit from it?Thanks for answers...Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdv Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 LAYOUT.INF - Loads all of the Operating System files to disc in preparation for installationTXTSETUP.INF - Installs all of the Operating System files (do NOT go haywire, commenting everything out!)A bit of trivia: you can modify LAYOUT and if you slipstream a Service Pack afterward, Windows will think the file is digitally signed.Removing files from these two by commenting them out was how I got started removing useless Windows components. You need a hacked SYSSETUP.DLL or SETUPAPI.DLL to avoid errors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko2511 Posted August 1, 2005 Author Share Posted August 1, 2005 A bit of trivia: you can modify LAYOUT and if you slipstream a Service Pack afterward, Windows will think the file is digitally signed.Interesting! Even funny (;Removing files from these two by commenting them out was how I got started removing useless Windows components. You need a hacked SYSSETUP.DLL or SETUPAPI.DLL to avoid errors.Indeed, yesterdy and last night i worked on setupapi.dll to patch itso i can edit layout.inf. It's done now... And it's a bit different from patch that can be found on your home page(which i saw number of times but only few minutes ago i saw patch for setupapi.dll)... (; Anyway. While "working" on setupapi.dll and others i found something that could beinteresting to someone here(maybe)... There is TestCert key that can be used under [unattended] section of your answer file.. Seems to me that this is path to your "test" certificate.So, if i'am not wrong it could be possible to sign files by us and make it working...I searched a littlebit on this board for TestCert but nothing came up... Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko2511 Posted August 1, 2005 Author Share Posted August 1, 2005 There is TestCert key that can be used under [unattended] section of your answer file..Hm. More info here:http://www.google.com/search?q=testcert+un...3Amicrosoft.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
air101 Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 LAYOUT.INF - Loads all of the Operating System files to disc in preparation for installationTXTSETUP.INF - Installs all of the Operating System files (do NOT go haywire, commenting everything out!)A bit of trivia: you can modify LAYOUT and if you slipstream a Service Pack afterward, Windows will think the file is digitally signed.Removing files from these two by commenting them out was how I got started removing useless Windows components. You need a hacked SYSSETUP.DLL or SETUPAPI.DLL to avoid errors.How can i patch syssetup and setupapi ? I loaded both files into pe explorer but i cant find out where to disable the signature thing for layout.dll is....I'd gladly take some help here ^^best regards- air Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdv Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Use mine. Download my ZIP and extract SETUPAPI.DL_ and put it in i386. Rename your old one .OLD or something.Also, open LAYOUT.INF and do a search and replace of ",_x," to ",," (comma underscore x comma to comma comma) and save the change. (_x instructs windows to check exact filesize, and if you edit LAYOUT, you need to remove all of these) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
air101 Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Thanks, but i was kinda looking for a patch for win2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdv Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Here you go then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
air101 Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 very nice THX =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
air101 Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Does anyone know if theres a tutorial how to patch setupapi.dll ?would be nice to know =)thx in advance- air Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosh Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Just use any hex editor to remove the _x like he said.-gosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
air101 Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 just editing layout.inf doesnt work, setup craps out on gui start.... so is there really no tutorial for setupapi hacking ? :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdv Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 (edited) just editing layout.inf doesnt work, setup craps out on gui start.... so is there really no tutorial for setupapi hacking ? :/Why not try the one on my site?2000, XP, 2003 included. Edited December 24, 2008 by fdv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
an3k Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 (edited) just to clarify something:if i edit the layout.inf and then slipstream SP3 into i can use my modified layout.inf without any other required changes or do i always have to use a modified SYSSETUP.DLL or SETUPAPI.DLL?I'm currently in those problems. if gui-mode setup starts a fatal error occours which tells me that the signatur for windows xp setup is invalid.Thank you very much! Edited December 23, 2008 by an3k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdv Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 if i edit the layout.inf and then slipstream SP3 into i can use my modified layout.inf without any other required changes or do i always have to use a modified SYSSETUP.DLL or SETUPAPI.DLL?It seems like you have to use a hacked DLL. I really don't recall; I have been using hacked DLLs forever. I wouldn't think of doing it any other way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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