My Perfect Unattended CD - Finished!

[cumminbk]

Alright a while back i posted what i felt was a completed unattended disc for XP. I posted what i had created and got some great feedback from the forum about what should be changed or added. So here is what i have now. I would love comments on the work and also if you would like to post how your unattended CD is and what you included in it you might give others ideas. Here is mine.

Started with XP Pro Source which i slippstreamed with SP2, then removed Windows Tour, Messenger, Explorer and all Languages from the source with Nlite.

On the Source Cd i removed DOCS, VALUEADD and compents

Within I386 i removed LANG, WIN9XMIG, WIN9XUPG and WINNTUPG

My XP Source Tree

I386

SUPPORT

$OEM$

---($1)

----->(Install)

---------->44 x KB******.exe ===== (The 44 hotfixes i install)

---------->System_Tweaks.reg ===== (My registry tweaks)

---------->WMPlayer10.exe ======= (windows media player 10)

---------->NETfrmwrk11.exe ======= (ryanvm's .NET Framework 1.1)

---------->Qfecheck.exe ========= (qfecheck - hotfix verifier)

---------->LegitCheckControl.msi ==== (Windows Genuine Avantage)

---($$)

----->(Resources)

---------->(Themes) ============ (Location of my Royale theme)

----->(System32) ============= (Files copied to System32 dir)

---------->(oobe)

------------->oobeinfo.inf ========= (My custom oobeinfo file)

---------->cmdow.exe ========== (Cmdow.exe which is the batch progam i use)

----->(Web)

---------->(Wallpaper) =========== (Copies costum wallpaper)

---©

----->(Apps To Install) =========== (Copied to C:\ drive)

---------->(Browser Plug-ins) ====== (Contains .exe's of Plug-ins i install)

---------->(Performance) ========= (Contains .exe's of Performance Apps i install)

---------->(Multimedia) =========== (Contains .exe's of Multimedia apps i install)

---------->(Security) ============ (Contains .exe's of security apps i install)

---------->RUN_ME_1ST.cmd ======= (Cleanup batch that is copied to %allusersprofile%\desktop)

----->(My Papers) ============== (Custom folder copied to My Documents)

----->(My Games) ============== (Custom folder copied to My Documents)

----->(Post-Installs)

---------->NETfrmwrk2.exe ======== (.NET Framework 2.0)

---------->WFP_Fix.reg =========== (Local Machine registry tweaks)

---------->3 x WMP10 KB******.exe == (3 WMP10 hotfixes)

CMDLINES.txt ================= (Calls HotfixInstall.cmd at T-12 stage of setup)

HotfixInstall.cmd =============== (Installs hotfixes and customizes setup)

Here are attachements of my installation files

HotfixInstall.cmd

RUN_ME_1ST.cmd

System_Tweaks.txt

WFP_Fix.txt

WINNT.SIF

oobeinfo.ini

Alright hope this helps anyone who is struggeling with there CD. Also those who already have perfected their own CDs let me know what you might change.

Edited December 20, 2005 by cumminbk

[VCC]

You should look into RyanVM's Update Pack Integrator, cuts down on disc space and is very clean. Works really well. I'm noticing you're using what I now call an Old School method for installing the updates which slows down the install process by quite a bit. The themes can be integrated as well along with Media Player and there are other useful add-ons. Otherwise, you post caught my interest.

[cumminbk]

yea i have used ryan's pack before and atfirst a really enjoyed it. but after useing it for a while i began haveing troubles with certian fixes there where included in the pack since many of them are request only patches from microsoft i consider it beta-ware. i want to use fixes that i dont feel i have to test.

PS. no offense ryan yoru pack is put together great just some M$ patches are not fully functional at times ti seems.

[rikgale]

Ryans pack now only contains the offically released M$ updates (the ones that appear on Windows update) and only very very few, very very much requested updates. I think you may want to have another look at the packs.

[VCC]

I agree with both of you. A few months ago the update packs were possing problems for me too and I stuck with the Old School method at that time. But I didn't lose hope and I'm glad I didn't, RyanVM seems to have received help from some other members and really improved things lately. I only see things getting better with his project.

Well, my intent is just to help out with info., hope it helps. I really appreciate your post and I'll check back to it. I saw some things in your System Tweaks file that I don't remember coming across yet. THX

[muiz]

My Perfect Unattended CD - Finished! Options Rating

Finished ? will it ever be ?

[Kelsenellenelvian]

True there is no such as the "Perfect UA CD" it always is changing and growing.

[Takeshi]

Alerter and Messenger services are disabled by default in SP2, so why take the redundant step to include them again (Disabled) in system tweaks?

[codeblue]

muiz Dec 21 2005, 01:00 AM

Finished ? will it ever be ?

Totaly agree, im on my 3rd year on and off, and been through many changes, batch file install, RunOnceEx, Nlite, WPI, Xpize.... All Fun and Games

[cumminbk]

@Takeshi good point about messenger and alerter disabled by defualt with SP2. thanx for the replay i will be removing them from my tweaks file.

[Shark007]

lol, i'm having a bit of a chuckle here..

My Perfect Unattended CD - Finished!

@Takeshi good point about messenger and alerter disabled by defualt with SP2. thanx for the replay i will be removing them from my tweaks file.

Wasnt this cd finnished?

sorry cumminbk, no offence is intended, but most of us here know,

its never finnished.

shark

[cumminbk]

....now...its finished...no wait..... ok, NOW... its finished...

or maybe its just beta 1....

thanx all :-P

[andrew84uk]

hey, where did you get the Windows Genuine Advantage Tool from as a package ? been looking for it ALL over!!!!

[MAVERICKS CHOICE]

Yep, mines perfect till someone updates somethin....

Cheers

MC.

[tap52384]

Why not use nLite to integrate hotfixes? The process is very clean since the program removed redundant files and then repackages the cabs, resulting in a smaller source.