Some registry tweaks don't activate at all during

[Marztabator]

I've noticed that a few of the tweaks in my "RegTweaks.reg" don't get acknowledged by XP at all. Like the "ShowSuperHidden" (which doesn't appear in its respective area at all) and the "ListviewWatermark" and "WebView" (which are both still set to 1 despite my 0 settings) tweaks for instance.

It can't be anything to do with the SFC, surely?

[GreenMachine]

Could you be making registry changes to the HOT_KEY_CURRENT_USER section, and doing it as the administrator through GuiRunOnce and looking for them in a user other than the "Administrator" built in account?

[Marztabator]

That shouldn't be the case, since I create my "Marz" account before the cmds and reg files start up, and I've set my winnt.sif to auto-load the "Marz" account.

I did check the [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT] area to see if the tweaks could be applied here also but I noticed that this place doesn't have a [software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] section at all. This just makes things more confusing.

[Marztabator]

Oh yeah, and TaskbarAnimations is ignored also (still 1 instead of 0).

[GreenMachine]

Creating the user beforehand does not insure that you log on to it. If the following is your case, it cannot work:

You have AdministratorAutologon (or whatever it is called) set.

AND

You call the set the registry from a call in the GuiRunOnce section of WINNT.SIF.

When it imports with regedit, it is logged into the Administrator account. The easy test would be to log on as the administrator, and see how it looks, no?

[gamehead200]

Maybe restarting the computer should work?

[Marztabator]

Creating the user beforehand does not insure that you log on to it. If the following is your case, it cannot work:

You have AdministratorAutologon (or whatever it is called) set.

AND

You call the set the registry from a call in the GuiRunOnce section of WINNT.SIF.

When it imports with regedit, it is logged into the Administrator account. The easy test would be to log on as the administrator, and see how it looks, no?

Ok, I'm still a tad confused. If it makes things easier to understand, here are my complete cmds/reg files and my winnt.sif details:

winnt.sif

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

[Unattended]
    UnattendMode=FullUnattended
    OemSkipEula=Yes
    OemPreinstall=Yes
    TargetPath=\WINDOWS
    Repartition=No
    UnattendSwitch="no"
    WaitForReboot="No"
    DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
    OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\NVidia4523"

[GuiUnattended]
    AdminPassword=*
    EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
    OEMSkipRegional=1
    TimeZone=85
    OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
    ProductKey=YOOOO-SAAAY-YOOOS-AAAAA-WANKSTA
    FullName="Marz of Zenogias"
    OrgName="Zenogias Gunshot Glitter Gathering"
    ComputerName=marz-tjza1ttk

[Display]
    BitsPerPel=32
    Xresolution=1024
    YResolution=768
    Vrefresh=85

[TapiLocation]
    CountryCode=44
    Dialing=Tone
    AreaCode=01895

[RegionalSettings]
    LanguageGroup=7,8,10,9,1
    Language=00000809

[GuiRunOnce]
    Command0=%systemdrive%\Install\adjust.cmd
    Command1=%systemdrive%\Install\hotfixes.cmd

[Identification]
    JoinWorkgroup=HOME

[Shell]
    CustomDefaultThemeFile="%WinDir%\Resources\Themes\Marz' White Look.theme"
    DefaultStartPanelOff=Yes

[Components]
    accessopt=off
    chat=off
    autoupdate=off
    IEAccess=off
    OEAccess=off
    fax=off

[Branding]
    BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

[URL]
    Home_Page=about:blank

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

adjust.cmd

CLS
@echo off
ECHO.
ECHO Over the next few minutes you will see automated installations 
ECHO of various sofware applications, windows updates, and registry
ECHO hacks being implemented. The computer will restart automatically
ECHO once the whole process has finished!
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO -- Disabling Messenger Service with Shoot The Messenger...
start %systemdrive%\install\Tools\ShootTheMessenger disable
ECHO.
ECHO -- Disabling Universal Plug and Play with UnPlug n' Pray...
start %systemdrive%\install\Tools\UnPnP disable
ECHO.
ECHO -- Copying Tools...
COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\Tools\deluser.exe" "%systemroot%\"
COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\Tools\UPTIME.exe" "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\%username%"
ECHO.
ECHO -- Copying PSKill utility...
COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\Tools\pskill.exe" "%systemroot%\"
ECHO.
ECHO -- Applying Metapad 3.5 Filters...
REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\filters.reg
ECHO.
ECHO -- Applying Registry Tweaks...
REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\RegTweaks.reg
ECHO.
ECHO -- Deleting Temp Drivers Folder...
RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\Drivers
ECHO.
EXIT

hotfixes.cmd

CLS
@echo off
ECHO.
ECHO -- Installing Windows Update Hotfixes
ECHO.
ECHO Installing Q330994: April 2003, Cumulative Patch for Outlook Express 6 SP1...
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\q330994.exe /Q:A /R:N
ECHO.
ECHO Installing Q815411: Help Algorithm Update for atypically large Heap Requests...
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q815411_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe /Q /M /Z
ECHO.
ECHO Installing Q819696: Unchecked Buffer in DirectX could enable Sys. Compromise...
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q819696_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe /Q /M /Z
ECHO.
ECHO Installing KB817787: Flaw in WMP Skins D/Ling Could Allow Code Execution...
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\WindowsMedia8-KB817787-x86-ENU.exe /Q:A /R:N
ECHO.
ECHO Installing KB820291: New "Set Program Access and Defaults" Start Menu icon...
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\WindowsXP-KB820291-x86-ENU.exe /Q /M /Z
ECHO.
ECHO -- Restarting the PC in 1 minute...
shutdown.exe -r -t 60 -f -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!"
ECHO.
ECHO -- Deleting Temp Installation Files...
RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\install
ECHO.
EXIT

RegTweaks.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 

;This will add "Services" to the right-click menu of "My Computer" 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\services] 
@=hex(2):53,00,65,00,72,00,76,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,00,00 
"SuppressionPolicy"=dword:4000003c 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\services\command] 
@=hex(2):25,00,77,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,69,00,72,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73, 00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,6d,00,6d,00,63,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00, 65,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,20,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52, 00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00, 32,00,5c,00,73,00,65,00,72,00,76,00,69,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,2e,00,6d,00,73, 00,63,00,20,00,2f,00,73,00,00,00

;This adds the "Open Command Window Here" on the right-click menu for drives and folders
[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\""

;This gets rid of the annoying IE icon in Windows Explorer
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\ShellBrowser]
"ITBarLayout"=hex:0c,00,00,00,4c,00,00,00,74,00,00,00,1a,00,00,00,10,00,00,00,\
  17,00,00,00,05,00,00,00,6a,00,00,00,26,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,e0,00,00,00,56,\
  00,00,00,02,00,00,00,29,00,00,00,57,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,a8,00,00,00,00,00,\
  00,00,04,00,00,00,09,00,00,00,55,01,00,00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\Explorer]
"ITBarLayout"=hex:0c,00,00,00,4c,00,00,00,74,00,00,00,1a,00,00,00,13,00,00,00,\
  33,00,00,00,05,00,00,00,6a,00,00,00,26,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,e1,00,00,00,df,\
  01,00,00,04,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,bd,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,20,00,00,00,8d,01,\
  00,00,03,00,00,00,09,00,00,00,b8,00,00,00

;Some various Explorer settings
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"Hidden"=dword:00000001
"ShowCompColor"=dword:00000001
"HideFileExt"=dword:00000000
"DontPrettyPath"=dword:00000000
"ShowInfoTip"=dword:00000001
"HideIcons"=dword:00000000
"MapNetDrvBtn"=dword:00000000
"Filter"=dword:00000000
"SuperHidden"=dword:00000001
"ShowSuperHidden"=dword:00000001
"SeparateProcess"=dword:00000000
"IntelliMenus"=dword:00000000
"ListviewAlphaSelect"=dword:00000001
"ListviewShadow"=dword:00000001
"ListviewWatermark"=dword:00000000
"TaskbarAnimations"=dword:00000000
"StartMenuInit"=dword:00000002
"Start_LargeMFUIcons"=dword:00000000
"Start_MinMFU"=dword:00000000
"Start_ShowControlPanel"=dword:00000001
"Start_EnableDragDrop"=dword:00000001
"StartMenuFavorites"=dword:00000000
"Start_ShowHelp"=dword:00000000
"Start_ShowMyComputer"=dword:00000000
"Start_ShowMyDocs"=dword:00000000
"Start_ShowMyMusic"=dword:00000000
"Start_ShowMyPics"=dword:00000000
"Start_ShowPrinters"=dword:00000000
"Start_ShowRun"=dword:00000001
"Start_ScrollPrograms"=dword:00000000
"Start_ShowSearch"=dword:00000001
"Start_ShowRecentDocs"=dword:00000000
"Start_AutoCascade"=dword:00000000
"Start_NotifyNewApps"=dword:00000000
"Start_AdminToolsRoot"=dword:00000000
"StartMenuAdminTools"=dword:00000000
"TaskbarSizeMove"=dword:00000001
"TaskbarGlomming"=dword:00000000
"NoNetCrawling"=dword:00000001
"FolderContentsInfoTip"=dword:00000001
"FriendlyTree"=dword:00000000
"WebView"=dword:00000000
"WebViewBarricade"=dword:00000001
"DisableThumbnailCache"=dword:00000001
"ClassicViewState"=dword:00000001
"PersistBrowsers"=dword:00000000
"CascadeControlPanel"="YES"
"CascadeNetworkConnections"="YES"
"StartButtonBalloonTip"=dword:00000002
"Start_ShowNetConn"=dword:00000001

;Alters some Internet Explorer settings
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"ShowGoButton"="no"
"NotifyDownloadComplete"="no"
"Use FormSuggest"="yes"

;Adds search keywords to Internet Explorer (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\AV]
@="http://www.altavista.com/sites/search/web?q=%s"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\GGL]
@="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"

;Prevents Internet Explorer windows from being reused
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"AllowWindowReuse"=dword:00000000

;Max your Internet Explorer's simultaneous downloads to 32 (default was 2)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:00000020
"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:00000020
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"MaxConnectionsPerServer"=dword:00000020
"MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server"=dword:00000020

;Broadband Tweak for Windows 2000/XP/2003
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]
GlobalMaxTcpWindowSize="256960"
TcpWindowSize="256960"
Tcp1323Opts="1"
DefaultTTL="64"
EnablePMTUDiscovery="1"
EnablePMTUBHDetect="0"
SackOpts="1"
TcpMaxDupAcks="2"
MTU="1500"

;Increase the Icon Cache Size to 16384
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"Max Cached Icons"="16384"

;Increase the Folder Cache Size to 7000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell]
"BagMRU Size"=dword:00001b58
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam]
"BagMRU Size"=dword:00001b58

;Change the Start Menu load speed to a faster setting
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"MenuShowDelay"="2"

;RAM usage tweaks
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]
"DisablePagingExecutive"=dword:00000001
"LargeSystemCache"=dword:00000001
"IoPageLockLimit"=dword:1bf00000
"SecondLevelDataCache"=dword:00000100

;AMD Processor Fix
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]
"LargePageMinimum"=dword:ffffffff

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

;System Pages memory tweaked to 256Mb
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]
"SystemPages"=dword:00040000

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

;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
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting]
"DoReport"=dword:00000000

;Disable Imapi CD-Burning COM Service
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ImapiService]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Indexing Service
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\CiSvc]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;Set IPSEC Services Service to Manual
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\PolicyAgent]
"Start"=dword:00000003

;Disable MS Software Shadow Copy Provider Service
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SwPrv]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Volume Shadow Copy Service
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VSS]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing Service
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\mnmsrvc]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Nvidia Driver Helper Service
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NVSvc]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Portable Media Serial Number Service
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WmdmPmSp]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;Set Protected Storage Service to Manual
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtectedStorage]
"Start"=dword:00000003

;Disable Remote Registry Service
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteRegistry]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Smart Card Service
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SCardSvr]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Smart Card Helper Service
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SCardDrv]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;Set Task Scheduler Service to Manual
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Schedule]
"Start"=dword:00000003

;Disable Windows Time Service
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time]
"Start"=dword:00000004

;Speed up browsing remote computers
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RemoteComputer\NameSpace\{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}]

;Speed up NTFS
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem]
"Win31FileSystem"=dword:00000000
"Win95TruncatedExtensions"=dword:00000001
"NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"=dword:00000001

;Speed up shutdown
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"HungAppTimeout"="5000"
"WaitToKillAppTimeout"="4000"

;Speed up shutdown
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control]
"WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="2000"

;Disable System Restore
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore]
"DisableSR"=dword:00000001

;Allow renaming of Recycle Bin
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\ShellFolder]
"Attributes"=hex:50,01,00,20
"CallForAttributes"=dword:00000000

;This will allow you to autologin.
;Replace InsertName value with the Username you want to autologin with.
;Replace InsertPassword value with the password corresponding to the Username specified.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"DefaultUserName"="Marz"
"DefaultPassword"=""
"AutoAdminLogon"="1"

;NoLowDiskSpaceChecks won't check if you are low on diskspace or pop-up a balloon telling you.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoLowDiskSpaceChecks"=dword:00000001

;NoRecentDocsmenu removes the recent documents from the start menu.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoRecentDocsMenu"=dword:00000001

;Do Not Receive Media Player Licences
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences]
"SilentAcquisition"=hex:00

;Disable Media Player identification through Internet sites
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences]
"SendUserGUID"=hex:00

;Disable automatic codec downloads
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Preferences]
"UpgradeCodecPrompt"=hex:00

;Do not allow Windows/MSN Messenger to start with Outlook Express
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express]
"Hide Messenger"=dword:00000001

;Disable 'Hide Inactive Icons'
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"EnableAutoTray"=dword:00000000

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

;Remove System Folders Baricade
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\WebView\BarricadedFolders]
"shell:ControlPanelFolder"=dword:00000000
"shell:SystemDriveRootFolder"=dword:00000000
"shell:ProgramFiles"=dword:00000000
"shell:Windows"=dword:00000000
"shell:System"=dword:0000000

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

;No CD Autorun
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom]
"AutoRun"=dword:00000000

;Do not cache failed DNS lookups
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache\Parameters] 
"CacheHashTableBucketSize"=dword:00000001 
"CacheHashTableSize"=dword:00000180 
"MaxCacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000fa00 
"MaxSOACacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000012d

[GreenMachine]

That's a lot of reading: I thought you where going to make things easier!

The explorer settings you are trying to import are in the HOT_KEY_CURRENT_USER (HKCU) section. It is a chicken and egg thing, where you need to make those changes before you logon, as windows overwrites them with current settings on shutdown. You need to make the changes to the Default Users account. There was a long thread on it not too long ago with examples how to make it work. I don't remember the title, but I did post there if you do a search.

[Marztabator]

Do you happen to mean this thread by any chance?

http://board.MSFN.org/index.php?showtopic=8970&hl=

Thing is, I have no recollection of learning anything regarding the whole "cmdlines.txt" thing whatsoever. Meaning I'm somewhat lost already. Is there an easy-to-follow guide that explains all I need to know about this file?

(BTW, I have since modified my RegTweaks.reg to correct the whole Broadband Tweak part (it's not laid out correctly at all), just thought I'd let you know that. And also my apologies for the confusion with the winnt.sif/autoaccount thingy.)

[GreenMachine]

I mean HERE. Just the way I do it, not an authoritive guide. You will need to know about CMDLINES.TXT and how to use it. I've posted alot around here about how I use it.