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MSFN's Unattended Windows : Sitemap

Sitemap

Introduction

Beginner Introduction

Step 1 - Creating a Local Source

Step 2 - Slipstreaming Latest Service Pack

Step 3 - Updating Setup Source with Latest Hotfixes

Getting the Hotfixes

Installing the Hotfixes

Post-SP2 Hotfix Switch

SVCPACK.INF Method

nLite

Step 4 - Creating a Basic Unattended Setup

Finalising and Testing the CD

Intermediate Introduction

Drivers via WINNT.SIF

Drivers from CD

RAID/SATA Drivers

Bâshrat the Sneaky's Driver Packs

Applications

Office XP Index

Simple Installation

Advanced Installation

Office 2003 Index

Office 2003 Slipstreaming

Simple Installation

Advanced Installation

Windows Installer (.msi)

Registry Tweak Database

Finalising and Testing the CD

Advanced Introduction

Advanced Methods of Install

RunOnceEX from CD

Windows Post-Installer

Windows Installation Helper Utility

XPlode

Using Modified System Files

Unsigned Visual Styles

More Concurrent Connections

Windows File Protection

Other Modified files

Cosmetics

Setup Billboard

New Style Setup Billboards

Background Image

Other Images to Change

Text

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Colors

Classic Style Setup Billboards

Boot Screen

Themes

Logon Screens

Adding custom OEM Info

Slimming down your CD/DVD

Creating a Multiboot CD/DVD

Member Created Applications

Finalising and Testing the CD

Reference

FAQ

Timeline

Overview of the $OEM$ Folders

winnt.sif Reference

Crashcourse in Switches

Virtual Machine Tips

Compressed Files

Using CDIMAGE GUI

CMDLINES.TXT Explained

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MSFN's Unattended Windows : Introduction

Introduction

Welcome!

Have you ever wanted a Windows CD that would install Windows by automatically putting in your name, product key, timezone

and regional settings? And have it merged with the latest Service Pack to save time? Followed by silently installing all your

favourite applications along with DirectX 9.0c, .Net Framework 1.1 and then all the required hotfixes, updated drivers, registry

tweaks, and a readily patched UXTheme.dll without any user interaction whatsoever? Then this guide will show you how you can

do just that!

Through the course of this guide, you will create a CD that does all the installing for you. The CD will be fully updated with the

latest hotfixes, and install all your programs for you.

This guide has been broken up into three parts: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced.

It has been done so, to help you understand what you're doing and not to get over your head too fast. There are pages upon

pages of information on this subject, and this guide only covers the tip of the iceberg.

The Beginner portion will cover the updating of your CD, along with automating setup itself.

The Intermediate portion covers adding Drivers and Applications to your CD, as well as User creation and other little tidbits.

The Advanced section is where it gets really fun. We'll customize the look and feel of your setup, as well as add hacked files to

remove the limits put upon the system.

I must strongly suggest that you adhere to the sections untill you feel you have completely mastered them. You don't want to go

sailing without knowing how to sail.

Target Audience: Home users - who are taking up a time-consuming process of re-installing Windows, manually installing

essential applications, downloading windows updates, and tweaking their OS to perfection on every re-format.

Difficulty: Requires an intermediate experience of Microsoft Windows and a basic knowledge of how batch commands function.

Though batch scripts are briefly covered, it will be a good idea to brush up on your skills before starting.

» Latest Site Updates

24th December 2005 - Another major renovation you say? OF COURSE! New design, new backend management system, AND the

ability for normal users to submit additions???? HECK YES!

Enjoy!!

» Translations

These translations are neither supported or maintained by MSFN. We cannot verify the integrity of these translations so please use

at your own risk. Requesting help in your native language (with the exception of english) is not permitted on the MSFN forums.

You can check this forum thread to see if a translation is in progress if its not listed below. Please reply to the thread if you want

to make a translation.

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MSFN's Unattended Windows : Beginner's Introduction

Beginner's Introduction

Welcome to the beginner's section of the guide. This portion is intended solely to get your CD updated and create a basic

Unattended disc. What this means, is that you get your CD/DVD updated with the latest service packs and hotfixes and

automating the majority of Windows Setup.

What you will need:

A Windows CD. This portion of the guide is applicable with Windows 2000 through Windows 2003.

The Service Pack you wish to use for your operating system. You will need the NETWORK INSTALL. It's the larger of the

two options to download. Windows 2000 SP4 - Windows XP SP1a - Windows XP SP2

The Deployment tools for your operating system. This guide will cover the build for Windows XP SP2. Those can be found

here

When testing your CD/DVD, instead of burning countless test discs, you could use a Virtual Machine. They're slightly slower, but

you don't have to reformat your computer just to test your CD/DVD.

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Step 1 - Creating a Local Source

This step is perhaps one of the easiest things to do, and with all easy things, many different ways to accomplish it.

I'm just going to cover two methods: Manual, and Automated.

» The Automated Way

We're going to use a program called nLite. It requires the .NET Framework, so if you don't want that on your computer, skip down

to the Manual section.

So let's get started.

Put the OS CD into your CDROM drive. If the Autorun menu starts, feel free to close it. We're not going to use it.

Now let's start of nLite. And continue untill you get to this screen.

Click the "Browse" button.

Select the CDROM drive with your OS CD inside of it.

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Now, because you have selected a READ-ONLY source, i.e. the CDROM, another box will come up just like the first. This is

where your CD will be copied to.

Click OK and when finished, go ahead and exit out of nLite.

» The Manual Way

I prefer this method myself, primarily because I like doing things myself. We're going to manually copy our CD to the hard drive.

Put the OS CD into your CDROM drive. If the Autorun menu starts, feel free to close it. We're not going to use it.

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Open up My Computer, then Right-Click on the CDROM with your CD in it, and select Open.

You can either, click and drag selecting all the contents of your current location, or simply press <CTRL><A>

Right-Click on your mouse, and select copy, or press <CTRL><C>

Now navigate to your hard drive, and create a new folder called whatever you want. Just remember it's name.

Open that folder, Right-Click on your mouse, and select paste, or press <CTRL><V>

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From this point on, for the sake of ease, I will call the destination of your copied source XPCD.

The next step is to slipstream your copied source with your service pack.

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MSFN's Unattended Windows : Step 2 - Slipstreaming the Latest Service Pack

Step 2 - Slipstreaming the Latest Service Pack

As with the making of the local source in Step 1, this step also has two ways of accomplishing the goal.

The two methods are the Manual way, and the Automated way using nLite.

» The Automated Way

Start up nLite. Just keep clicking next till you get to this screen:

Click the Browse button, and select the folder you copied your source to in Step 1. I'll be using C:XPCD

After selecting the folder click till you get to this screen:

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Click the Select button, and navigate to your download of the network service pack file, and click Open.

A couple boxes should come open with progress bars.

The above is for the extracting of the service pack, and the below for the integration of the service pack.

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Just wait untill they all close and you're back at the nLite screen. If you receive this box:

feel free to click OK.

Back in nLite, the area just above where you clicked Select, should now reveal your Operating System and what service

pack level it is at.

Exit out of nLite, and continue to Step 3.

» The Manual Way

This way is going to walk you through the steps necessary, as if you didn't have nLite and wanted to type in the commands

necessary.

Click Start, and select Run. If you don't see it on the start menu, simply press <WINDOWSKEY><R>

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Now click within the box where it says your filename, and type:

-s:C:XPCD

Where C:XPCD is the path to your Operating System local source. Note however, I did NOT point it to the I386 directory. It

MUST be the directory I386 is within.

You should see these boxes appear on screen:

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Click OK on the final box, and continue to Step 3.

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MSFN's Unattended Windows : Step 3 - Updating Setup Source with Latest Updates

Step 3 - Updating Setup Source with Latest Updates

At the time of making this guide, there's probably approximately 25-35 MB of critical updates on Windows Update for Windows.

Nobody likes to download them, especially if you're on 56K when you're eager to get all your essential applications installed and

making a full backup before properly using your OS. Thanks to the silent install switches, we can now include 35 MB of hotfixes on

the CD and get them installed all in one go. This section covers two parts - Getting the Hotfixes and Installing the Hotfixes.

Getting the Hotfixes | Installing the Hotfixes

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MSFN's Unattended Windows : Hotfix Introduction

Hotfix Introduction

Welcome to the portion to add system updates to your OS CD. There 4 methods. 2 manual, and 2 automated.

» Manual Way

The two methods here are using the /INTEGRATE switch of the newer hotfixes, or creating a SVCPACK.INF file. The /INTEGRATE

method only works for the most recent hotfixes released, I recommend using this ONLY with Windows XP SP2 hotixes. This does

not include the Internet Explorer patches. The SVCPACK.INF method is the old official method, which the /INTEGRATE switch does

create, but doing it by hand allows you to also add the IE patch and others. The SVCPACK.INF method is compatible with Windows

2000-2003

Choose your method now:

/INTEGRATE switch | SVCPACK.INF Method

» Automated Way

The other way is nLite which is only compatible with the newer hotfixes that have been recently released, and again suggested

only for Windows XP SP2.

nLite Method

» Other Ways

A member of our forums, RyanVM, has created his own Update pack based on the Microsoft patches. While this is an efficient

method of apply the hotfixes, it will not be discussed as there are many variables involved. However, if you are interested, feel

free to visit his webpage for details. RyanVM's MSFN Files

XPCREATE is another member program created by GreenMachine. It's not mentioned in this guide because it is currently being

updated and will be added at a later date. GreenMachine's Website

AutoPatcherXP and associated programs will not be discussed here as well. This is not meant to be a form of bias, but as above,

there are many variables, and not everyone requires the patches that are included in this pack. AutoPatcher's Homepage

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Getting the Hotfixes

You're probably wondering how to find out which exact hotfixes you need for Windows, there are 4 ways to do this, excluding

using XPCREATE which downloads them for you:

» Method 1 - An up-to-date list

A full list of Critical Updates are available at this forum thread (Covers Windows 2000 up to 2003). The list at the forums is kept

up-to-date at all times.

» Method 2 - Windows Update

Set up a base install of Windows XP SP2 (with no updates installed), and go to Windows Update. Take note of the 6 digit numbers

on each Critical Update, e.g. "329441: Security Update for Microsoft Windows".

After you have taken note of all the 6 digit numbers on every security update, you need to attach them to the end of this URL:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=xxxxxx replacing the xxxxxx with the numbers you wrote down.

Then download from the link provided at the Knowledge Base Article (some articles will link to a Technet Security Bulletin). Repeat

for the other updates shown on Windows Update.

» Method 3 - Windows Update Catalog

Set up a base install of Windows XP SP2 (with no updates installed), and access Windows Update. . Click on the "Personalize

Windows Update" link on the left pane, Check the "Display the link to the Windows Update Catalog" under the "See Also" check-

box under "Set options for Windows Update" list in the right pane, Click the "save settings" button in the top right of the right

pane.

Then click on the "Windows Update Catalog" link under the "See Also" list in the left pane, click "Find updates for Microsoft

Windows operating systems" in the right pane, select OS (Windows XP SP2) in the Operating-system-list and your OS language in

the Language-List, and then click search in bottom right of the right pane.

You are now presented with links to "Critical Updates and Service Packs", "Multi-Language Features" and "Recommended

Updates". Open each link and add what components/updates you want and click the "Go to Download Basket" link when you are

done. Select the path to download the updates in (Must be an existing folder) and click on the "Download now" Button. The

updates will now be downloaded and categorized in separate folders, automatically on your own hard-drive.

Note: The Windows Update Catalog is not as accurate as Windows Update itself.

» Method 4 - HFNetChk

Instead of accessing Windows Update, grab the freeware HFNetChk Utility. As it explains on its site: "HFNetChk.exe is the multi-

threaded command-line tool you can use to assess a computer or selected group of computers for the absence of security

patches.".

Install HFNetChk and open up Command Prompt (Start > Run > CMD). Change to the directory where HFNetChk is installed

(Usually C:\Program Files\Shavlik Technologies\HFNetChk\), and type: hfnetchk -v

Make a note of the Knowledge Base Article numbers and look them up as explained in Method 2, or use the Technet Security

Bulletin numbers (MSxx-xxx) and look them up using this URL:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MSxx-xxx.asp replacing the xx-xxx with the numbers shown in HFNetChk.

» Conclusion

Its a lengthy process, but it certainly does pay off in the end. It will be much easier to maintain your hotfix list in the future since

only a hotfix or two is released every second tuesday of the month. (That's Microsoft Patch Day!). Hotfix updates will be

announced on the frontpage of MSFN.org as soon as they are released.

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/INTEGRATE Method

Of the manual methods, this is most likely one of the simplest. All we're going to do is execute the hotfixes we downloaded

previously, and add the /INTEGRATE switch to them.

» Getting down to business

Open up the Run dialog box.

Click browse, and select your first hotfix file.

Now click into the box, and type:

/integrate:C:XPCD

Change C:XPCD to the directory you copied your source to in Step 1.

Click OK.

When the process has finished, a box similar to this should appear:

Continue repeating these steps untill you have processed all the hotfixes you have downloaded.

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SVCPACK.INF Method

In this section of the guide, we'll help you set up a hotfixes installation that will run in the GUI-mode part of Setup. The hotfixes

installation will execute at the "13 minutes left" stage, which will take somewhere between 5-20 minutes to complete - depending

on your system specifications.

(I know this page seems very long, but it only takes 10 minutes to do everything explained. Its just very detailed!)

» Setting up your Hotfixes and the svcpack.inf file

Copy all your downloaded hotfix files into this directory: C:\XPCD\i386\SVCPACK\

All hotfixes must be renamed to an 8.3 naming format (no more than 8 characters in length). For example, filenames such as

Q819696_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe and WindowsXP-KB824146-x86-ENU.exe should be renamed to Q819696.exe and

KB824146.exe in that order respectively.

Below are the necessary SVCPACK.INF entries for Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows 2003 respectively.

Open Notepad and copy and paste the following below:

;Windows 2000

[Version]

Signature=" NT$"

MajorVersion=5

MinorVersion=0

BuildNumber=2195

[SetupData]

CatalogSubDir="\i386\SVCPACK"

[ProductCatalogsToInstall]

[SetupHotfixesToRun]

Q330994.exe /Q:A /R:N

Q819696.exe /Q /O /N /Z

KB824146.exe /Q /O /N /Z

qchain.exe

;Windows XP

[Version]

Signature=" NT$"

MajorVersion=5

MinorVersion=1

BuildNumber=2600

[SetupData]

CatalogSubDir="\i386\SVCPACK"

[ProductCatalogsToInstall]

[SetupHotfixesToRun]

Q330994.exe /Q:A /R:N

Q819696.exe /Q /O /N /Z

KB824146.exe /Q /O /N /Z

qchain.exe

;Windows 2003

[Version]

Signature=" NT$"

MajorVersion=5

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MinorVersion=2

BuildNumber=3790

[SetupData]

CatalogSubDir="\i386\SVCPACK"

[ProductCatalogsToInstall]

[SetupHotfixesToRun]

Q330994.exe /Q:A /R:N

Q819696.exe /Q /O /N /Z

KB824146.exe /Q /O /N /Z

qchain.exe

Save this as svcpack.inf in C:\XPCD\I386\. You must delete svcpack.in_ in the I386 directory otherwise Windows XP Setup will

not use the svcpack.inf file.

The entries shown in [SetupHotfixesToRun] are just an example. All the hotfixes you have downloaded, renamed and copied to the

SVCPACK folder should be added under this section in svcpack.inf in numerical order. The images below will help to know what

syntax should be used:

Files that look like this should be installed

using the /Q /O /N /Z switch.

We'll call them Type 1 Hotfixes

Files that look like this should

be installed using the /Q:A /R:

N switch.

We'll call them Type 2 Hotfixes

You can also check this page for an in-depth description of the Type 1 switches. Keep in mind that the MDAC update does not use

any of those switches, please look here for the latest information on hotfixes and their switches.

» DOSNET.inf

Open up DOSNET.infin the i386 directory with Notepad and add the following text into the blank space you see in Notepad, (this

can be put anywhere really):

[OptionalSrcDirs]

SVCPACK

» QCHAIN.exe

Don't forget to add QCHAIN.exe to your SVCPACK folder. This utility will ensure that the highest file version is installed if there is

a scenario where 2 hotfixes contain the same exe/dll file with different version numbers.

Download and extract the file to get the actual QCHAIN.exe inside the compressed file. Copy QCHAIN.exe to the Update folder

then add QCHAIN.exe to the very last line after all your hotfix entries in svcpack.inf. It does not require any switches.

» Adding Windows Media Player 9/10

If you wish to include the latest Windows Media Player version, there are both available from this site as silent install packages,

below are the links. These are for ENGLISH platforms ONLY.

Adding this to SVCPACK.INF is simple.

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Open up your SVCPACK.INF file, and add an entry BEFORE any other hotfixes, simply with the name of the file you download

below. That's it!

Download: Windows Media Player 9 | Windows Media Player 10

» End Results

If you have done it all correctly, there should be no Critical Updates listed on Windows Update!

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Explanation of Hotfix Switches used

There are 5 switches in total which we can use with the Type 1 Hotfixes (the other switches documented by Microsoft's Knowledge

Base articles are irrelevant). Below you can find an explanation of them, and choose which ones you can use.

/U - Unattended Mode. No user interaction is required to install a hotfix, but you will see progress bar windows.

/Q - Quiet Mode. This functions exactly the same way as /U, but does not display any progress bar windows. You do not need to

use /Q and /U together.

/O - Overwrites OEM Files without prompting. Recent tests by several forums users have seen this to speed up hotfix installation

very noticeably, roughly shaving off one minute per hotfix. This is because each hotfix installation spends time searching for "third-

party drivers" repeatedly one after another. Using /O will prevent this.

Please use this switch with caution as this may overwrite any driver files you choose to install. (although we've not

heard any side effects from this since mentioning it here)

/N - Do not back up files for removal. This won't create any backups of older system files, thus there won't be any Add/Remove

entries for the hotfixes.

/Z - Do not restart when installation is complete.

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nLite Method

nLite can also be used as a hotfix slipstreamer, however it can only be used with the LATEST hotfixes, and RyanVM's Hotfix Pack.

» Adding Hotfixes to be slipstreamed

Start up nLite click next till you reach this screen:

Right now everything is selected, deselect everything besides Hotfix Integration and click next.

After clicking next, you'll be brought to this screen:

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Click browse, and select your local setup source you created in Step 1, then click next.

The next screen is where you will select what hotfixes to integrate into the CD.

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Click the insert button, and select one of your downloaded hotfixes. Continue untill you select all your hotfixes. When

you're done, click next.

Click Yes, and nlite will begin it's business.

When the next button at the bottom becomes active, click it, and then you'll be at nLite's final screen. Click Finish, and

you're done.

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Step 4 - Creating a Basic Unattended Setup

An answer file is a way to script the answers for a series of graphical user interface (GUI) dialog boxes. An answer file also tells

Setup how to interact with the $OEM$ distribution folders and files you create, and supplies Setup with all of the information that

the end user would provide during a typical Windows Setup.

With the XP SP2 Deployment Tools you downloaded, simply extract them to a folder, or double click on the Cab file. The only files

you will need is setupmgr.exe and ref.chm:

The Setup Manager (setupmgr.exe) is a wizard-based answer file creation utility, so you won't come across too much difficulty in

using this application. To start you off, make the following choices:

New or Existing Answer File: Create New

Type of Setup: Unattended Setup

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Windows Product: Which ever version you're preparing for

User Interaction: Fully Automated

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Distribution Share: Set up from CD (ignore the message about IE customizations, they work actually!)

Having done that, accept the Licence Agreement, then fill in all the boxes as you would during Windows XP Setup. If you come

across a section that you don't understand, then ignore it. Windows XP will use whatever default option there is for that section.

When you've finished, it creates a file called unattend.txt. Since we are going to run Setup from a CD we need to rename this to

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WINNT.SIF. Be sure that the file does not infact end up WINNT.SIF.TXT. It MUST not end in .TXT

» I want to manually control my partitioning and formatting options...

If you prefer to manually choose a partition during text-mode setup with full control on choice of file system, then make sure you

have these lines set as they are under the [Data] and [Unattended] sections in winnt.sif:

[Data]

AutoPartition=0

[Unattended]

FileSystem=*

If you want to automate this process with exact specifics on drive letters, partition sizes and file systems, you may want to

consider using Bart's PE and diskpart.

» Where does the winnt.sif file go?

Copy winnt.sif to the I386 directory within the local setup source folder you created in Step 1.

» Additional Information

Refer to the Reference page, or read through ref.chm to see how you can add extra options to your winnt.sif file, such as asking

Setup not to install Windows Messenger 4.7 and MSN Explorer 7.

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MSFN's Unattended Windows : Finalizing and Testing the CD

Finalizing and Testing the CD

Once you're happy with your Unattended XP CD preparation, double check to see if everything is correct, including the winnt.sif

answer file, all the batch files, svcpack.inf and anything else you might have added.

It is very likely that you will have several mistakes that have gone unnoticed, so its a good idea to test your installation in a

Virtual Machine. If you prefer to not use a Virtual Machine be sure to use CD-RW/DVD-RW discs to test before burning to a single

burn medium.

» Using Microsoft's CDImage Tool to create the ISO

CDImage is a command-line driven application developed by Microsoft to create an ISO image from a directory of files and folders.

We'll be using the CDIMAGE GUI to better illustrate the switches, especially since it's easier to determine which switches you wish

to use. The CDIMAGE GUI is just a frontend for the command-line tool. Read more about CDIMAGE GUI in the reference section.

Alternatively, doing it the long way round, you can burn all the contents of C:\XPCD\ to a CD-R, using one of these guides: MSFN

Windows XP SP2 Guide | The Elder Geek Windows XP SP2 Guide

» Notes

Make sure you burn the ISO using Disc-at-once in your burner options, rather than Track-at-once. Because this usually helps

resolve bootability issues or file copy errors.

Using software such as WinISO, UltraISO or any other variant to create/edit your bootable ISO image is not recommended as

there is a risk of corrupting your ISO file.

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Intermediate Introduction

Welcome to the Intermediate section of the guide. This portion to intended to take your basic Unattended CD you created in the

Beginner section, and turn it into a CD that will also install your drivers and your favorite applications. Along with a few Registry

Tweaks, your CD may just be what you've needed for quite sometime, a CD that will install Windows and have it completely usable

from the start. Good luck with this portion of the guide, and remember if you have any problems, don't hesitate to ask in the

forums.

What you'll need:

A Basic Unattended CD from the Beginner Section

Some basic knowledge on Batch scripting

All your drivers and favorite programs handy

» OEM Preinstallation

We will be using the $OEM$ distribution folders to install our favorite software, drivers, and registry tweaks. But to make this

work, we need to specify two values in the WINNT.SIF file under [Unattended]

To edit the WINNT.SIF file, simply open it up in notepad and edit it as follows:

[Unattended]

OemPreinstall=Yes

UnattendSwitch="yes"

OemPreinstall=Yes instructs Windows XP Setup that there is an $OEM$ distribution share on the CD. This will tell setup to copy

them over to the destination hard drive of where Windows is being installed.

UnattendSwitch="yes" instructs Windows XP Setup to skip the "Welcome to Windows XP" screens, where user account and

Internet setting-up takes place. If you didn't skip this then it wouldn't really be "unattended" would it? :-) (Although we'll worry

about User Account creation by going to the Add Users & Auto Logon page later).

Now remember, just as with the beginner section, it is highly advisable to use a Virtual Machine. The downside of a Virtual

Machine at least in this section, is that you will have to hope your drivers will install in a real system, but drivers are usually the

easy thing to get working.

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Intermediate Method Introduction

In the Intermediate section, I'm going to try and keep this simple, and only recommend you use two different methods of installing

your Drivers (where applicable) and Applications. The reason for this, is that I want you to get a general understanding of how

things work in the process before trying to accomplish something too sophisticated too fast.

Be sure to read the Crash course in Switches in the reference section.

The two different methods are:

Batch Scripting

RunOnceEX

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Batch Scripting

Before we start on making batch files to install our applications and registry tweaks, you may want to find out what they do and to

see how they are used:

Batch files (*.cmd or *.bat, although *.cmd is recommended) can be executed in several areas of Windows XP's Setup process.

Using batch files helps to automate several tasks at once without any interaction required.

They can be executed from either cmdlines.txt, svcpack.inf, a RunOnceEx entry in the Registry, or from the [GuiRunOnce] section

in winnt.sif. You will learn more about these as you go through this guide.

» Typical contents of a batch file

Batch files supports all the commands that work as if you was using the Command Prompt. To see Windows XP's Command

Prompt, go to Start > Run > and type cmd followed by enter.

Let's try making a small batch file that does several things. Open Notepad and copy and paste the following:

@echo off

title Batch File Testing

echo Hello World

echo.

echo Starting MS Paint

start mspaint

echo.

echo Starting Wordpad

start Wordpad

echo.

pause

exit

Save this as anything you like, as long as it has a .cmd extension. Now double-click on the file. You will find that it renames the

Window title to "Batch File Testing", opens MSPaint and Wordpad, asks you to press any key to continue, and then it exits.

@echo off

Hides the C:\> Prompt and any commands shown in the batch file.

echo.

Includes a line spacing.

echo message

Prints "message" in a Command Prompt window, purely for commenting purposes.

title

Sets the title of the window.

start

Start an application, or an installation.

pause

Displays "Press any key to continue..."

exit

Exits the Command Prompt

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sleep #

Pauses the execution of the batch script for # seconds, link on the download page.

cmdow @ /hid

Hides the batch file from view, useful if you don't want someone to cancel the process. Also on the

download page

Once you start adding software to your Unattended XP CD, you will find that most of the syntax on this site (in the Applications

area) is shown as something like this:

start "" /wait %systemdrive%\install\some_application\setup.exe /switch /anotherswitch

start will start the software's Setup program, and /wait will wait for Setup to finish installing before proceeding to the next line in

the batch. It's important that you use /wait so the rest of the batch doesn't get executed all at once, which will most likely

cause conflicts in the number of setup applications running at the same time. There are a few programs in which the /wait switch

will not work correctly, and in such cases use sleep.

Once you have a good understanding of using batch commands or want to find out more examples - check the Examples page.

» cmdlines.txt, svcpack.inf and [GuiRunOnce]

Batch files can also be run from cmdlines.txt or svcpack.inf which runs at the T-13 / T-12 minute stage of Windows XP Setup.

cmdlines.txt is useful for tasks such as Adding Users when using the net user method, or importing your HKEY_CURRENT_USER

registry tweaks to the Default profile. You will learn more about cmdlines.txt in the Reference section, and you may have used the

SVPCACK.INF Method for installing hotfixes; just think of the batch file as another hotfix to add.

An example of a batch running from [GuiRunOnce]: Screenshot

As you can see in the screenshot, its using a combination of "ECHO." and "ECHO message". Its not a requirement to use those,

but it lets you know how its progressing! [GuiRunOnce] is run on first logon.

» Where do I put the batch files?

For [GuiRunOnce], you can place them in any folder in the $OEM$ Distribution folders. For example, if you place batch_file.cmd in

C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\install\ then you would insert this path under [GuiRunOnce] in winnt.sif, like so:

[GuiRunOnce]

%systemdrive%\install\batch_file.cmd

The Install folder specified at C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\Install\ is copied over to the systemdrive, so it turns out to be C:\install\ - More

information on this can be found at the $OEM$ Distribution folders page.

For cmdlines.txt, it should be placed in the \$OEM$ folder, and does not need to be specified anywhere else to state its

existence. Windows Setup automatically scans for a cmdlines.txt file. All batch files launched by cmdlines.txt should be put into

the same folder.

svcpack.inf should go into the C:\XPCD\I386\ folder (make sure svcpack.in_ is deleted). Any batch files launched by svcpack.inf

should go into the C:\XPCD\I386\svcpack\ folder unless otherwise specified by the entries in svcpack.inf, but more info on this is

in SVCPACK.INF Method for Hotfixes.

» Next Step

Start adding your drivers and applications. This page was just meant to teach you about batch scripting and adding things to it.

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RunOnceEx

If you would prefer to use an INF file to control RunOnceEx, you can follow gosh's guide to learn how here.

Some of you may have trouble understanding how to create your own RunOnceEx.cmd file as outlined in this guide, as it has a

steeper learning curve than batch files. eagle00789 over at the MSFN Forums has created an application to simplify this, known as

the RunOnceEx.cmd Creator.

» Getting Started

First of all, remove the [GuiRunOnce] entries in winnt.sif, as RunOnceEx can be used to replace [GuiRunOnce] completely.

Although you can use both if needed for some reason, but they will both run at the same time, so use caution.

To start RunOnceEx on first logon, we will need to import the registry keys during GUI-mode of Windows Setup. We can do this by

using cmdlines.txt which executes a series of commands during the T-12 minute stage of Windows XP Setup. Create a cmdlines.

txt file in Notepad and paste in the following:

[COMMANDS]

"RunOnceEx.cmd"

Save this as cmdlines.txt inside the $OEM$ folder within your Windows Setup Source folder. If there currently isn't one created,

create one. While we're on the subject, feel free to read about the $OEM$ Distribution Folders

» Creating your RunOnceEx.cmd file

This file will contain the syntax using REG.exe to import entries into the Windows Registry. This different method of importing

registry entries allows the %systemdrive% environment variable to be used. The other method of using *.reg files requires a

fixed drive letter (environment variables won't work), which isn't perfect if we wanted to install Windows onto D:\ or E:\ on a

different PC.

Here is an example of what you can use:

cmdow @ /HID

@echo off

SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Applications" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\005 /VE /D "Adobe Reader 6" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\AdobeReader6\AR6.msi /qn" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\010 /VE /D "Alcohol 120" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\010 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\alcohol\setup.exe /qn" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\010 /V 2 /D "REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\alcohol\register.reg" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\015 /VE /D "Diskeeper 8" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\015 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\DiskeeperPro_8.0.459.exe /s /v/qn" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\050 /VE /D "Importing Registry Tweaks" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\050 /V 1 /D "REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\regtweaks.reg" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\055 /VE /D "Cleaning Up and Rebooting" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\055 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\cleanup.cmd" /f

EXIT

Save this as RunOnceEx.cmd in C:\XPCD\$OEM$\

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You may have noticed the 5 number gaps between each registry key. This allows you to easily maintain your list by adding

another application between two existing keys, (for example, we have 001 and 005, we can add additional keys of 002, 003 or

004). Customize it as you wish. Each task is run in numerical order.

» Understanding the RunOnceEx.cmd file

SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

This sets the registry address "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx" to a variable, called %KEY%.

This saves on having to specify the full path everytime we use REG ADD.

REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Applications" /f

This sets the title of the Window. The wording surrounded in quotations is customizable.

REG ADD %KEY%\010 /VE /D "Alcohol 120" /f

This sets the name of a task you want to process, and appears on the RunOnceEx window.

REG ADD %KEY%\010 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\alcohol\setup.exe /qn" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\010 /V 2 /D "REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\alcohol\register.reg" /f

You can assign several tasks to "Alcohol 120" by using /V 1, 2, 3 and so on.

As you can see in the RunOnceEx screenshot, the little arrow won't move to the next application until all those tasks have

completed.

In short, all you really need to do is duplicate each REG ADD entry, but change the numbering and everything enclosed in

quotations. If you want more information, type REG ADD /? at the Command Prompt.

» cmdow.exe

What is cmdow @ /HID? This is a tool designed to hide your command line window from the end user, you can get cmdow.exe

from here. Place cmdow.exe into the \$OEM\$$\System32\ directory, so cmdow is copied over during Setup and then the tool

can be executed from anywhere without a direct path to the \Windows\System32 folder.

» Applications that use Quotations

You will find that if you add additional " " quotation marks in the REG ADD entries, it won't be imported to the Windows Registry.

To work around this, use a backslash \" for every quotation you intend to add, for example:

%KEY%\005 /V 1 /D "\"%systemdrive%\install\AdobeReader6\Adobe Reader 6.msi\" /qn" /f

By doing this, you can execute applications that contain spaces in the filename, or application switches that need to be enclosed in

quotations.

If there is an application that has a series of complicated switches with lots of quotation marks, consider putting them into a

separate .cmd file instead and launching from RunOnceEx, because it would get too messy putting those switches directly into

RunOnceEx.

» Cleanup.cmd

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This is optional. You can use cmd files to do tasks that would otherwise be messy if you added them to the REG ADD entries in

RunOnceEx.cmd file. To see how this file is executed, please see the RunOnceEx.cmd example file near the top of this page.

Cleanup.cmd can contain the delete and reboot commands, such as:

cmdow @ /HID

shutdown.exe -r -f -t 60 -c "Windows XP will now restart in 1 minute..."

net user aspnet /delete

DEL "%systemroot%\*.bmp"

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

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

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

DEL "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Windows Update.lnk"

DEL "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Set Program Access and Defaults.lnk"

DEL "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Windows Catalog.lnk"

RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\drivers\

RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\install\

EXIT

» Summary

To summarize, RunOnceEx.cmd will be executed during the GUI-mode of Windows XP Setup at the T-12 Minute stage. This

however does NOT mean that your programs will install. After reboot and first logon, RunOnceEx will start as shown here, and

begin installing your programs.

You can test your RunOnceEx.cmd file by executing it. All it does is import the registry entries into HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx\. So you should open up Registry Editor to check that everything is

correct. Once you have verified its all correct, you should delete all the entries there as you don't want it running on next boot up

on your production system!

If however, you want to go through the whole process, or want to execute your RunOnceEx entries immediately after importing,

execute this line:

rundll32.exe iernonce.dll,RunOnceExProcess

Advantages of using RunOnceEx:

Sleek and professional to the end-user

Easier to maintain

You can check out my copy of RunOnceEx.cmd in the Examples section.

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Device Drivers Introduction

Ah Drivers, what every system needs. This guide will cover 3 different types of driver installation, and mention Bâshrat the

Sneaky's Driver Packs. Drivers from WINNT.SIF and Drivers from CD follow the same concept (at least in the scope of this guide),

in that Drivers from CD requires that you complete the majority of Drivers with WINNT.SIF. I'll explain more on it's page.

RAID/SATA Drivers will cover how to include your RAID/SATA drivers so that they're available during the TXTMODE portion of

setup, and that you don't need the original floppy disk to get it working.

Choose where you wish to go:

Drivers from WINNT.SIF | Drivers from CD | RAID/SATA Drivers | Bâshrat the Sneaky's Driver Packs

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Drivers via WINNT.SIF

If you ever had to update a lot of drivers after installing Windows, then this guide will show you how you can get Windows Setup

to install your updated drivers rather than the ones from the drivers.cab file on the CD. It's not as difficult as you think!

» Drivers in winnt.sif [Unattended]

OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\000_intel_INF;Drivers\001_gigabit_LAN;Drivers\002_monitor"

This is where you can tell Setup to search your updated drivers folders to find a better match than what's in the existing drivers.

cab on the Windows CD. If it finds a better match it will install those instead.

Note: Separate different directories with a semi-colon ";"

DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

This will force Setup to install drivers that may not be WHQL certified. This is used in conjunction with OemPnPDriversPath.

(Feedback from the MSFN forums have said that this doesn't always work. Try to use WHQL certified drivers if you can!)

You can add as many drivers as you want for several machines with different hardware specs. There is no risk of installing wrong

drivers on a specific machine because Windows detects the best driver match for the hardware.

» How to prepare your drivers

All drivers are packaged differently, which is why we can't make a guide for every driver. But most of them can be extracted using

extraction software and will contain one, or several INF files inside.

Extract your driver package to any folder, and examine the contents of it. Sometimes you will find several sub-folders containing

the INF files in which case you need to make separate direct paths to them in OemPnPDriversPath. This is because Windows

Setup will not scan any sub-folders for any INF files.

Name your folders starting with numbers, this ensures that specific drivers get installed in a numerical order. As you may already

know, its important for chipset drivers to be installed before any other driver, this is why the chipset folder is given a number of

000, so its the first folder that Setup checks and installs. Here's an example below of how you can lay yours out:

000_chipset

001_network

002_graphics

003_tv_out

004_sound

005_monitor

006_keyboard

007_mouse

008_and_so_on

So first, its the chipset drivers, then your network card, followed by graphics and sound (and tv out if you have one), then monitor

drivers, and lastly any peripherals such as the keyboard, mouse, printer etc.

Copy all your driver folders to \$OEM$\$1\drivers\

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Open up winnt.sif and add these two lines under the [Unattended] section (the paths to the drivers are an example for this guide,

so simply replace with your own):

OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\000_intel_INF;Drivers\001_gigabit_LAN;Drivers\002_monitor"

DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

As you can see, its pointing to the folder where the .inf files are stored, not directly to the .inf file itself. Save winnt.sif and you're

all done!

» Troubleshooting

Not all drivers installations will work using this method. If you come across one that doesn't work, then you may want to consider

doing a silent installation on the driver package itself and run it from [GuiRunOnce]. You can check this page for guides on several

installation packages.

Other notes: You can install the ATi Catalyst drivers using the method above, but SmartGart won't be installed. However there is

an alternative - you can do a silent installation on the Catalyst driver package from [GuiRunOnce] using an ISS file.

You can also ask for help in the Device Drivers forum.

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Drivers via CD

In this section, we will complete the same process as Drivers via WINNT.SIF except that they will install from CD. This will

decrease the amount of time setup requires to complete, and depending on the number of drivers you have will also simplify the

process slightly.

This whole method is all made possible by Pyron who created these few small programs for use in this process. The original forum

thread can be found here. You will also need to download these following files, and save them in a temporary location:

SETUP.EX_

presetup.cmd

SetDevicePath.exe

WatchDriverSigningPolicy.exe

I supposed this is a good time for a brief outline of what you're about to do. Basically, you're going to create the same folder

structure as in Drivers via WINNT.SIF. You're then going to replace SETUP.EX_ in your Windows Source with the one you just

downloaded. Make a few entries in TXTSETUP.SIF and your drivers will be good to go.

» How to prepare your drivers

All drivers are packaged differently, which is why we can't make a guide for every driver. But most of them can be extracted using

extraction software and will contain one, or several INF files inside.

Create a base driver folder in your Windows Source location (it does NOT have to be in $OEM$ at all), for example %WINSRC%

\Drivers with %WINSRC% being the path to your Windows Source. I suggest extracting your driver files to the proper

corresponding folder below, and don't worry about subfolders, let them be created. You'll see why it won't matter..

Name your folders starting with numbers, this ensures that specific drivers get installed in a numerical order. As you may already

know, its important for chipset drivers to be installed before any other driver, this is why the chipset folder is given a number of

000, so its the first folder that Setup checks and installs. Here's an example below of how you can lay yours out:

000_chipset

001_network

002_graphics

003_tv_out

004_sound

005_monitor

006_keyboard

007_mouse

008_and_so_on

So first, its the chipset drivers, then your network card, followed by graphics and sound (and tv out if you have one), then monitor

drivers, and lastly any peripherals such as the keyboard, mouse, printer etc.

Copy all your driver folders to \Drivers

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» Prepare Windows Source files

Open the Run dialogue box by going to Start then click on Run, or press <WINDOWSKEY><R>

In the Run box, type:

expand C:XPCDI386SETUP.EX_ C:XPCDI386SETUPORG.EXE

Change C:XPCD to the path of your Windows Setup Source. We are expanding the ORIGINALSETUP.EXE file to SETUPORG.

EXE.

Next copy the presetup.cmd and SETUP.EX_ file that you downloaded into the I386 directory in your Windows Setup

Source.

Now open TXTSETUP.SIF in Notepad, and seach for

setup.exe = 100,,,,,,,2,0,0,,1,2

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RAID/SATA Drivers

In order to avoid the need to press F6 during Windows installation in order to install onto your SATA/RAID Mass Storage Device

(MSD), you may slipstream the drivers needed into the Windows Distribution. Following is a step by step example of slipstreaming

the Silicon Image 3112 SATALink Driver. The steps are similar for all MSD's, and can be easily transposed to other MSD drivers.

This particular example was taken from GreenMachine's website here.

» Step One - Edit TXTSETUP.SIF

In the I386 directory or your Windows Source Directory, open the TXTSETUP.SIF file in your favorite text editor. Copy the

following text into the TXTSETUP.SIF file, at the end of the file, just before the (sometimes invisible) end of file marker:

[SourceDisksFiles]

si3112.sys = 1,,,,,,3_,4,1

[HardwareIdsDatabase]

PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3112&SUBSYS_31121095 = "Si3112"

PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3112&SUBSYS_34238086 = "Si3112"

PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3112&SUBSYS_311215D9 = "Si3112"

PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3112&SUBSYS_B0021458 = "Si3112"

PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3112&SUBSYS_01661028 = "Si3112"

PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3112&SUBSYS_82141033 = "Si3112"

PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3512&SUBSYS_35121095 = "Si3112"

PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3512&SUBSYS_01661028 = "Si3112"

[SCSI.load]

si3112 = si3112.sys,4

[SCSI]

si3112 = "Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATALink Controller"

If you prefer however to NOT risk erasing the "invisible" EOF marker, then just search for the sections above, and add the entries

to each one, i.e. SourceDisksFiles goes in SourceDisksFiles; SCSI.load goes in SCSI.load

The information relating to the driver, can be found in the TXTSETUP.OEM included with your driver files. This will be the only

time you use this file. Also be sure that the left side of the equals sign (=) in SCSI.load is equivalent to the right side of

HardwareIdsDatabase. All the PCI\VEN_* lines were found in TXTSETUP.OEM. Copy the lines that relate to your OS (since many

drivers also work with Windows 2000 through 2003, but are all listed in the same file).

» Step Two - Copy Drivers

Add your SATA drivers to the appropriate Windows Distribution Directory. In this example the directory $OEM$\$1\DRIVERS\006

\SI3112 is used. If however you are using the Drivers from CD method, just place the files in the proper folder of your choosing

and skip the portion of editing WINNT.SIF and continue to Step 4

Directory of E:\XPCD\$\$1\DRIVERS\006\SI3112

23.09.2003 11:05 10,236 si3112.cat

16.09.2003 10:43 11,094 SI3112.inf

04.09.2003 12:45 55,144 Si3112.mpd

04.09.2003 12:45 55,144 Si3112.sys

30.04.2003 08:35 20,560 SiiSupp.vxd

31.07.2003 09:01 69,120 SilSupp.cpl

09.06.2003 17:56 10,112 SiWinAcc.sys

7 File(s) 231,410 bytes

» Step Three - Update WINNT.SIF

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Press ENTER a few times to create some empty lines (be careful not to remove the line you just searched for) and add

these lines:

setupORG.exe = 1,,,,,,,2,0,0

presetup.cmd = 1,,,,,,,2,0,0

Save TXTSETUP.SIF and exit Notepad.

To finish this section up, save SetDevicePath.exe and WatchDriverSigningPolicy.exe in Drivers

» Making Changes to presetup.cmd

Open presetup.cmd in Notepad

Scroll down to the lines containing SetDevicePath.exe and correct the path. Change Drivers to where you saved the files

on in your source and the parameter ( %CDROM%Drivers ) to where you saved all your driver files. Also correct the path in

the line directly below it as well.

» Summarizing

You have just completed allowing your Windows setup to install the drivers from CD. SetDevicePath.exe will scan the recursively

all the directories in the path you specify (see the presetup.cmd file for example), so even subfolders are also scanned. Any INF's

found are added to the Device Path that Windows checks when it find new hardware. In this fashion, just drop any future drivers

into your driver folder, and Windows will automatically use them if neccesary during setup.

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REM | Finally start the installation with the originally |

REM | given parameters |

REM |-------------------------------------------------------|

start /WAIT setup.exe %*

REM +=======================================================+

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Your WINNT.SIF file must contain the at least the following information:

[Unattended]

OemPreinstall=Yes

OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\006\SI3112"

» Step Four - Compress Driver to I386

In order to make the driver available in the text based portion of setup, we must add it to the I386 directory.

Open up the Run Box.

Inside the run box, type:

MAKECAB E:XPCD$$1DRIVERS SI3112SI3112.SYS E:XPCDi386SI3112.SY_

Changing E:XPCD$OEM$$1DRIVERS 06SI3112 to your path, and E:XPCDi386 to the I386 directory in your Windows Setup

Source

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REM +=======================================================+

REM | Comment out what you don't need. These are mostly |

REM | examples to give you an idea of how it all works. |

REM +=======================================================+

REM | Finding CDROM driveletter |

REM |-------------------------------------------------------|

set tagfile=\WIN51

for %%i in (c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z) do if exist "%%i:%tagfile%" set CDDRIVE=%%i:

REM +=======================================================+

REM | We should be already in system32, this is just to be |

REM | sure |

REM |-------------------------------------------------------|

%SystemDrive%

cd %SystemRoot%\system32

REM +=======================================================+

REM | Trick Windows into identifying the original setup.exe |

REM | deleting the setup.exe will not work, just rename it |

REM |-------------------------------------------------------|

if exist setup.exe ren setup.exe setupold.exe

if exist setupORG.exe ren setupORG.exe setup.exe

REM +=======================================================+

%CDDRIVE%\Drivers\SetDevicePath.exe %CDDRIVE%\Drivers

start %CDDRIVE%\Drivers\WatchDriverSigningPolicy.exe

REM +=======================================================+

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Bâshrat the Sneaky's Driver Packs

These packs were created by Bâshrat the Sneaky in the forum to allow as many drivers as possible to be included on the CD. The

best part about these packs, is that you don't have to find the drivers individually to add them, they're all included in the packs.

There are currently 5 different driver packs:

DriverPack LAN

DriverPack MassStorage

DriverPack Sound

DriverPack WLAN

You can find links to the Driver Packs here.

If you have any further questions on using the packs, feel free to post in the Device Driver Forum.

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Application Introduction

In this section, we'll be showing you how you can install applications silently without user interaction.

Each page will show you the necessary batch commands you will need to use. You will need to add these commands to your own

batch file which will run from [GuiRunOnce]. You can see how I've done mine by looking at start.cmd in the Examples page.

» Application not listed?

Then find out what installer package it uses, and follow one of the links in the navigation menu under the Applications listing. This

should be one of the first things to do when the application hasn't been added yet, the reason being is that the majority of

applications are packaged using one of them.

If it's still not there, then try one of the following:

/silent

/s or /S

/help

If you're still not sure, you can search and then ask in the Application Switches forum. If you get no response, you may want to

consider emailing the developer of the application to ask if it supports a silent installation or not.

» When all else fails...

You can use an application that monitors your software installation, and then creates a silent-install package of the files and

registry changes that occurred during the installation. These types of applications are listed below:

WinInstall LE 2003 (Freeware) Use the 'Discover' Wizard.

InstallRite (Freeware)

AutoIT (Freeware) and Collection of scripts from forum members

Symantec AI Snapshot (Included in Symantec Ghost Corporate)

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Office XP Introduction

Got a DVD Recorder? You'll need it if you want to bundle Office XP with Windows XP, due to its large size. If not, you could use a

2nd CD for Office XP, and instruct the batch file on the Windows CD to ask you to insert the 2nd CD and then run the Office XP

installation. You can follow this guide on the MSFN Forums for the how-to. Alternatively, you could SFX archive all the Office XP

files (with WinRAR) and hopefully it will fit on your Windows XP CD.

This guide will show you how to run a silent unattended installation of Office XP. The Simple method will just run a silent install

from an existing Office XP CD, and installs the full default components. If you feel like going advanced you can include all the

updates to Office XP, and fully customize your installation options (yes, you even get to have control over what shortcuts to install,

and whether or not to install that annoying Office Assistant!)

The Advanced method also doubles up as a slipstreaming guide, which will show you how to slipstream Service Pack 2, and the

post-SP2 updates.

Office XP Simple | Office XP Advanced

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Office XP Simple Installation

Grab your Office XP disc and copy the contents of it to: C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\OfficeXP\

The number of files may vary for different Office XP Editions, don't worry if its not the same as in the screenshot above. Although I

know for a fact that PROPLUS.msi is Office XP Professional with Frontpage, and PRO.msi is just Office XP Professional, just to

clear things up. :-)

Add these lines to your batch file:

ECHO.

ECHO Installing Office XP Professional with Frontpage

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\OfficeXP\PROPLUS.msi /QB

This will install the default components for Office XP; which are Access, Excel, Frontpage, Outlook, Powerpoint, and Word. You

may want to do the Advanced version if you want full control over your Office XP Installation.

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Office XP Advanced Installation

In here, we'll show you how you can slipstream Service Pack 2 and the Post-SP2 updates to Office XP, then show you how to

customize your Office XP installation. If you already have a slipstreamed up-to-date Office XP CD you may want to skip to Section

3. Please note that you can only do a slipstream if you have PRO.msi or PROPLUS.msi, you cannot slipstream if your Office XP

disc contains PRORET.msi.

» Section 1 - The Administrative Installation Point

First, we need to create an Administrative Installation Point so we can be able to slipstream the Service Pack and Updates into

Office XP.

Insert your Office XP CD, and run the following command from the Run box which can be accessed from the Start Menu (Change

the CD-ROM drive letter to your Office XP CD if it differs from E:\):

This starts Office XP Setup, where you can define an Administrative Installation Point for your Office XP files.

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Office XP Product key!).

Set the Install Location to: C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\OfficeXP\

(Create the folders beforehand if you haven't done so already)

After clicking on Next, accept the EULA and then the installation will start. Since we executed Setup with the /a parameter its only

copying files to the Install Location you specified to create an Administrative Installation Point, not installing Office to the system.

Once finished, click OK as shown above. Your Office XP files should all be in the folder specified during setup:

» Section 2 - The Slipstreaming Process

We now need to download Office XP Service Pack 2 Administrative (which already contains Service Pack 1). And not forgetting the

6 post-SP2 updates that were available at the time of writing, the list is shown in full:

Office XP SP2 Administrative

Word 2002 Administrative Update (Q824934)

Excel 2002 Administrative Update (Q329750)

Outlook 2002 Administrative Update (Q812262)

Office XP Security Patch (Q822036)

Office XP WordPerfect 5.x Converter Security Patch (Q824938)

Access 2002 Snapshot Viewer Security Patch (Q826293)

As the above listing may be out of date, you may want to check this page for any updates. The best way to get an up-to-date

listing of patches is to install Office XP with SP2, then go to Office Update and take note of all the Knowledge Base Article

numbers. Look them up and make sure that you download "Administrative" Updates, not "Client".

Create a folder in the root of the C:\ drive and name it "OXPupdates". Place all the downloaded files into the folder you created:

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If you've got WinRAR installed, you can easily extract each file you downloaded. If not, run the following commands to extract

them in Command Prompt:

oxpsp2a.exe /Q /C /T:C:\OXPupdates

officexp-kb824934-fullfile-enu.exe /Q /C /T:C:\OXPupdates

exc1003a.exe /Q /C /T:C:\OXPupdates

Olk1006a.exe /Q /C /T:C:\OXPupdates

OfficeXP-KB822036-FullFile-ENU.exe /Q /C /T:C:\OXPupdates

officexp-kb824938-fullfile-enu.exe /Q /C /T:C:\OXPupdates

officexp-kb826293-fullfile-enu.exe /Q /C /T:C:\OXPupdates

Or, you can download the Extract_Updates.cmd batch which will perform all the extraction commands automatically for you. Place

this file in the same folder where the updates reside in. If there is a newer update available that's not shown in the download list

above, you made need to edit the batch file to add the new update and the switches.

Once that's done, you should have about 8 files extracted. You can delete your downloaded files, or move them to another location

for backup purposes. Here's how it should look:

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You are now ready to slipstream the updates! If you want, you can use the Office XP Slipstreamer which we've made so you

don't have to type out all the necessary commands to slipstream each file. Please note the following - This batch file assumes you

have the Office XP setup files situated at C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\OfficeXP\ and the extracted updates at C:

\OXPupdates\

If they differ, please do not use the Office XP Slipstreamer (Or, if you want, you can correct the directory paths in the batch file

using Notepad).

Download: Office XP Slipstreamer

All you have to do is execute the batch file from wherever you like and leave it to do the rest!

For those who wish to manually slipstream the updates, below are the following commands you should run from Command

Prompt, in this order only:

msiexec /p C:\OXPupdates\MAINSP2ff.msp /a C:\XPCD\$\$1\install\Applications\OfficeXP\proplus.msi

SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb

msiexec /p C:\OXPupdates\Owc10SP2ff.msp /a C:\XPCD\$\$1\install\Applications\OfficeXP\OWC10.MSI

SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb

msiexec /p C:\OXPupdates\WINWORDff.msp /a C:\XPCD\$\$1\install\Applications\OfficeXP\proplus.msi

SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb

msiexec /p C:\OXPupdates\EXCELff.msp /a C:\XPCD\$\$1\install\Applications\OfficeXP\proplus.msi

SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb

msiexec /p C:\OXPupdates\OUTLOOKff.msp /a C:\XPCD\$\$1\install\Applications\OfficeXP\proplus.msi

SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb

msiexec /p C:\OXPupdates\VBE6ff.msp /a C:\XPCD\$\$1\install\Applications\OfficeXP\proplus.msi

SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb

msiexec /p C:\OXPupdates\MSCONVff.msp /a C:\XPCD\$\$1\install\Applications\OfficeXP\proplus.msi

SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb

msiexec /p C:\OXPupdates\SNAPVIEWff.msp /a C:\XPCD\$\$1\install\Applications\OfficeXP\proplus.msi

SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb

After that's all done, you have a fully up-to-date Office XP distribution. At this stage you can choose to burn the contents of C:

\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\OfficeXP to a CD-R and keep it away for storage if you need it in future.

You will also be able to slipstream another Post-SP2 update if one becomes available using the instructions we've showed you in

this guide without making another Administrative Installation Point because it only needs to be done once.

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» Section 3 - The Custom Installation Wizard

Note: If you were brought here from the link at the top of the page, please copy the contents of your Office XP disc to: C:\XPCD\

$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\OfficeXP\ now. (make sure you enable showing of Hidden files and folders via Folder Options so the

CAB files are copied as well)

Download: Office XP Resource Kit Tools

Execute orktools.exe to install the Office XP Resource Kit Tools. Go to Start > Programs > Microsoft Office Tools > Microsoft

Office XP Resource Kit Tools and select Custom Installation Wizard.

You'll be presented with the first screen of 22 to go through. It won't take as long as you think, because most of these options can

be skipped:

In step 2, choose the MSI file in your OfficeXP folder. That would be PROPLUS.msi for OfficeXP Professional with Frontpage (and

PRO.msi without Frontpage)

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Step 3: Create a new MST file

Step 4: Name it Unattended.MST in C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\OfficeXP\

Step 5: Leave Alone, unless you want to specify a different destination directory to install Office XP into.

Step 6: If you are running a clean installation (which this Unattended Windows XP CD Guide aims at) then choose Default Setup

Behavior. Otherwise choose the previous versions of Office Applications you want removed on the destination PC.

In Step 7 you can choose the features and components you want to install. All of them are at default settings so change them to

what you want and don't want:

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Once you've finished here, carry on to the next step.

Step 8: Leave Alone

Step 9: Similar to Group Policy, you can set the preferences of your Office Applications from here.

Steps 10, 11: Leave Alone

In Step 12 you can customize the shortcuts that will be installed to the Start Menu:

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Steps 13-15: Leave Alone

Steps 16-20: You can choose to customize your Outlook profile in these steps.

Step 21: Leave Alone

Step 22: Click on Finish

At the end, you are shown your command line to run:

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This command will perform a silent installation of Office XP using the Unattended.MST file you created in the Custom Installation

Wizard to set your customized options. But we don't want to use the exact command shown above as this wouldn't exist when

installing from a CD, so change:

TRANSFORMS=C:\XPCD\$\$1\install\Applications\OfficeXP\Unattended.MST /qb-

to...

TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb-

» Section 4 - The Office XP Batch Command

As you read at the end of Section 3, we needed to change the path in the TRANSFORM syntax in order for it to function. Below are

the full batch commands you can use, so add these lines to your batch file:

ECHO.

ECHO Installing Office XP Professional with Frontpage

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\OfficeXP\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb-

That's it!

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TITLE Office XP SP2 and Post-SP2 Extractor brought to you by www.MSFN.org

CLS

@echo off

ECHO.

ECHO Extracting files....

ECHO.

oxpsp2a.exe /Q /C /T:C:\OXPupdates

officexp-kb824934-fullfile-enu.exe /Q /C /T:C:\OXPupdates

exc1003a.exe /Q /C /T:C:\OXPupdates

Olk1006a.exe /Q /C /T:C:\OXPupdates

OfficeXP-KB822036-FullFile-ENU.exe /Q /C /T:C:\OXPupdates

officexp-kb824938-fullfile-enu.exe /Q /C /T:C:\OXPupdates

officexp-kb826293-fullfile-enu.exe /Q /C /T:C:\OXPupdates

ECHO Extraction Completed

pause

EXIT

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CLS

@echo off

ECHO.

ECHO Starting the Slipstreaming process of Office XP Updates

ECHO.

ECHO Slipstreaming Office XP Service Pack 2

ECHO Please wait...

msiexec /p C:\OXPupdates\MAINSP2ff.msp /a C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\OfficeXP\proplus.msi SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb

msiexec /p C:\OXPupdates\Owc10SP2ff.msp /a C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\OfficeXP\OWC10.MSI SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb

ECHO.

ECHO Slipstreaming Office XP Post-SP2 Updates

ECHO Please wait...

msiexec /p C:\OXPupdates\WINWORDff.msp /a C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\OfficeXP\proplus.msi SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb

msiexec /p C:\OXPupdates\EXCELff.msp /a C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\OfficeXP\proplus.msi SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb

msiexec /p C:\OXPupdates\OUTLOOKff.msp /a C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\OfficeXP\proplus.msi SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb

msiexec /p C:\OXPupdates\VBE6ff.msp /a C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\OfficeXP\proplus.msi SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb

msiexec /p C:\OXPupdates\MSCONVff.msp /a C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\OfficeXP\proplus.msi SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb

msiexec /p C:\OXPupdates\SNAPVIEWff.msp /a C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\OfficeXP\proplus.msi SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb

ECHO.

ECHO Slipstreaming Completed!

pause

EXIT

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Office 2003 Introduction

Got a DVD Writer? You'll need it if you want to bundle Office 2003 with Windows XP, due to its large size. If not, you could use a

2nd CD for Office 2003, and instruct the batch file on the Windows CD to ask you to insert the 2nd CD and then run the Office

2003 installation. You can follow this guide or this guide on the MSFN Forums for the how-to.

Alternatively, you could SFX archive all the Office 2003 files with WinRAR and hopefully it will fit on your Windows XP CD. (I

managed to get Office 2003 CD1 compressed to 259 MB using WinRAR SFX with Solid Archive selected)

This guide will show you how to run a silent unattended installation of Office 2003. The Simple method will just run a silent install

from an existing Office 2003 CD, and installs the full default components. The Advanced method will show you how to fully

customize your installation options (you even get to have control over what shortcuts to install, and whether or not to install that

annoying Office Assistant!)

Office 2003 Slipstreaming | Office 2003 Simple | Office 2003 Advanced

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Office 2003 Slipstreaming

This page will outline instructions for slipstreaming Service Packs and Updates into Office 2003.

» Section 1 - Creating an Administrative Installation Point

From the Office Resource Kit site: Only editions of Office 2003 acquired through a Volume License agreement or other non-retail

channel allow you to create an administrative installation point. You cannot run Setup.exe in administrative mode ( /a ) with an

Office 2003 retail edition. If you cannot make an Administrative Installation Point, you will not be able to slipstream the latest

updates into it.

First, we'll need to create an Administrative Installation Point so we can be able to slipstream the updates into Office 2003 (You

cannot just do a direct copy from CD to the Hard disk and hope that it will work. It won't.). This only has to be done once, and

updates can still be slipstreamed to an existing Administrative Installation Point at a later date.

Insert your Office 2003 CD, and run the following command from the Run box which can be accessed from the Start Menu

(Change the CD-ROM drive letter to your Office 2003 CD if it differs from E:\):

This starts Office 2003 Setup, where you can define an Administrative Installation Point for your Office 2003 files.

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From here, you can fill in the Organization Name and your Product Key (this is also the last time you will ever need to insert your

Office 2003 Product key!).

Set the Install Location to: C:\Office2003\

(Create the folders beforehand if you haven't done so already)

After clicking on Next, accept the EULA and then the installation will start. Since we executed Setup with the /a switch, its only

copying files to the Install Location you specified to create an Administrative Installation Point, not installing Office to the system.

Once finished, click OK as shown above. Your Office 2003 files should all be in the folder specified during setup:

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» Section 2 - The Slipstreaming Process

Slipstreaming the Service Pack into Office 2003 CD1 (Click here for CDs 2 to 5)

Download: Office 2003 Service Pack 1 Administrative Update

Run the following syntax on the downloaded file (using command prompt or the Start > Run box):

Office2003SP1-kb842532-fullfile-enu.exe /Q /C /T:C:\SP1

This will extract the Office 2003 SP1 files to C:\SP1\

Then run both of these commands in the Command Prompt:

msiexec /p C:\SP1\MAINSP1ff.msp /a C:\Office2003\PRO11.msi SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb

msiexec /p C:\SP1\OWC11SP1ff.msp /a C:\Office2003\OWC11.MSI SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb

Note: If you have STD11.msi instead of PRO11.msi in the Office2003 folder, edit the msiexec syntax accordingly. (Thanks to

StueyB for letting us know!)

After this is done, the Service Pack has been slipstreamed into your Office 2003 Administrative Installation Point. You can now

delete the C:\SP1\ folder.

If there are updates available, you may also want to slipstream them too, so read on below.

Slipstreaming Updates

We now need to download the latest Office 2003 updates. The best way to get an up-to-date listing of patches is to install Office

2003 (with SP1), then go to Office Update and take note of all the Knowledge Base Article numbers. Look them up and make sure

that you download the "Administrative" Updates, not "Client".

You can also check this page for any updates, but don't expect it to be accurate.

Create a folder in the root of the C:\ drive and name it "O2003updates". Place all the downloaded updates into the folder you

created:

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Example shown in image may not depict the actual updates you've downloaded.

If you've got WinRAR installed, you can easily extract each file you downloaded. If not, run the following command in Command

Prompt to extract them all (make sure you've switched to the C:\O2003updates folder):

FOR %f IN (*.exe) DO %f /Q /C /T:C:\O2003updates

Or, you can download the Extract_Updates.cmd batch which will perform all the extraction commands automatically for you. Place

this file in the same folder where the updates reside in (C:\O2003updates\). The batch file will most likely not need to be re-

edited when a new Office 2003 update is released, because it processes all *.exe files in the folder.

Once that's done, you should have a couple of *.msp files extracted. You can delete your downloaded *.exe files, or move them to

another location for backup purposes. Here's how it should eventually look:

Example shown in image may not depict the actual updates you've extracted.

You are now ready to slipstream the updates!

If you want, you can use the Office 2003 Updates Slipstreamer which we've made so you don't have to type out all the

necessary commands to slipstream each file. This batch file assumes you have the Office 2003 setup files located at C:\XPCD\

$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\Office2003\. If this differs, please do not use the Office 2003 Slipstreamer (however, it is up to you

to edit the batch file in Notepad to make the necessary changes if you want to use this).

Download: Office 2003 Slipstreamer. All you have to do is execute the batch file from C:\O2003updates\ and leave it to do the

rest!

For those who want to manually slipstream the updates, below are the following commands you should run from Command

Prompt:

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cd C:\O2003updates

FOR %f IN (*.msp) DO msiexec /p %f /a C:\Office2003\pro11.msi SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb

Note: Again, if you have STD11.msi instead of PRO11.msi in the Office2003 folder, edit the syntax accordingly. (Thanks to StueyB

for letting us know!)

After that's all done, you have a fully up-to-date Office 2003 distribution. At this point you can choose to burn the contents of C:

\Office2003 to a CD-R and keep it in storage if you need it in future.

You will also be able to slipstream another update if one becomes available using the instructions we've showed you in this guide

without making another Administrative Installation Point, because it only needs to be done once.

» Section 3 - Slipstreaming Service Pack 1 to other Office 2003 CDs

You will also need to make an Administrative Installation Point for each CD you want to slipstream SP1 to (refer to Section 1 for

the how-to). Make the following locations for the Admin Point at:

CD2 = C:\Frontpage2003\

CD3 = C:\Visio2003\

CD4 = C:\Project2003\

CD5 = C:\OneNote2003\

The instructions below are kept minimal as they are done the same way for Office 2003 CD1. For an indepth guide, refer to

Section 2 and adapt to it:

Frontpage 2003

Download: Office 2003 Service Pack 1 Administrative Update (You already have this if you slipstreamed CD1)

Run: Office2003SP1-kb842532-fullfile-enu.exe /Q /C /T:C:\Frontpage2003SP1

Slipstream:

msiexec /p C:\Frontpage2003SP1\MAINSP1ff.msp /a C:\Frontpage2003\FP11.MSI SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb

msiexec /p C:\Frontpage2003SP1\OWC11SP1ff.msp /a C:\Frontpage2003\OWC11.MSI SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb

Visio 2003

Download: Visio 2003 Service Pack 1 Administrative Update

Run: Visio2003-KB840663-FullFile-ENU.EXE /Q /C /T:C:\Visio2003SP1

Slipstream:

msiexec /p C:\Visio2003SP1\Visio2003-KB840663-FullFile-ENU.MSP /a C:\Visio2003\VISPRO.MSI

SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb

Project 2003

Download: Project 2003 Service Pack 1 Administrative Update

Run: Project2003-KB837240-FullFile-ENU.exe /Q /C /T:C:\Project2003SP1

Slipstream:

msiexec /p C:\Project2003SP1\Project2003-KB837240-FullFile-ENU.msp /a C:\Project2003\PRJPROE.MSI

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SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /b

One Note 2003

Download: One Note 2003 Service Pack 1 Administrative Update

Run: OneNote2003SP1-kb842774-fullfile-enu.exe /Q /C /T:C:\OneNote2003SP1

Slipstream:

msiexec /p C:\OneNote2003SP1\ONENOTESP1ff.msp /a C:\OneNote2003\ONOTE11.MSI SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb

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TITLE Office 2003 Updates Slipstreamer brought to you by www.MSFN.org

CLS

@echo off

ECHO.

ECHO Slipstreaming Office 2003 Updates

ECHO Please wait...

FOR %%f IN (*.msp) DO msiexec /p %%f /a C:\Office2003\pro11.msi SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb

ECHO.

ECHO Slipstreaming Completed!

ECHO.

pause

EXIT

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Office 2003 Simple Installation

Grab your Office 2003 disc and copy the contents of it to: C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\Office2003\

The number of files may vary for different Office 2003 Editions, don't worry if its not the same as in the screenshot above.

Add these lines to your batch file:

ECHO.

ECHO Installing Office 2003

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\Office2003\PRO11.msi /QB

This will install the default components for Office 2003; which are Access, Excel, Frontpage, Outlook, Powerpoint, Publisher,

Infopath and Word. You may want to do the Advanced version if you want full control over your Office 2003 Installation.

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MSFN's Unattended Windows : Office 2003 Advanced Installation

Office 2003 Advanced Installation

In this guide, we'll show you how to customize your Office 2003 installation with the Custom Installation Wizard.

» Section 1 - The Custom Installation Wizard

Copy the contents of your Office 2003 disc to: C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\Office2003\

Make sure you enable showing of Hidden files and folders via the Folder Options so the CAB files are copied as well (this does not

apply to Administrative Installation Points)

Download: Office 2003 Resource Kit Tools

Execute ork.exe to install the Office 2003 Resource Kit Tools. Go to Start > Programs > Microsoft Office Tools > Microsoft Office

2003 Resource Kit Tools and select Custom Installation Wizard.

You'll be presented with the first screen of 22 to go through. It won't take too long to go through, because most of these options

can be skipped:

In step 2, choose the MSI file in your Office2003 folder. That would be PROPLUS.msi for Office2003 Professional with Frontpage

(and PRO.msi without Frontpage)

Step 3: Create a new MST file

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Step 4: Name it Unattended.MST in C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\Office2003\

Step 5: Leave Alone, unless you want to specify a different destination directory to install Office 2003 into.

Go through the rest of the steps to customize your Office 2003 installation, and skip sections that you don't understand.

At the end, you are shown your command line to run:

This command will perform a silent installation of Office 2003 using the Unattended.MST file you created in the Custom Installation

Wizard to set your customized options. But we don't want to use the exact command shown above as this wouldn't exist when

installing from a CD, so we will need to change this when we add it to a batch file:

TRANSFORMS=C:\XPCD\$\$1\install\Applications\Office2003\Unattended.MST /qb-

changed to...

TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb-

» Section 2 - The Office 2003 Batch Command

As you read at the end of the last section, we needed to change the path in the TRANSFORM syntax in order for it to work. Below

are the full batch commands you can use, so add these lines to your batch file:

ECHO.

ECHO Installing Office 2003 Professional

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\Office2003\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb-

That's it!

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MSFN's Unattended Windows : Page list : Application Switches

Page list : Application Switches

» Application Switches

Title

Author

.NET Framework 1.1 & SP1

Alanoll

Ad-Aware 6 Free Version

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Adobe Reader 6

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AIM (AOL Instant Messenger)

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CDex

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DirectX 9.0b

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Diskeeper

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Easy CD-DA Extractor 6

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Kerio Personal Firewall 2.1.5

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Alanoll

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Norton Antivirus 2003

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O&O Defrag Professional

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Sun Java VM

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Symantec Antivirus Corporate

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Windows Media Player 10

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Windows Media Player 9

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Windows Messenger

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Windows Movie Maker 2

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Windows XP Powertoys

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WinRAR

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ZoneAlarm Free

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MSFN's Unattended Windows : .NET Framework 1.1 & SP1

.NET Framework 1.1 & SP1

Note: For a slipstreamed silent package containing .NET Framework 1.1 and SP1, please go to the bottom of the page.

Download: .NET Framework 1.1 Redistributable

Using an extractor such as WinRAR, extract dotnetfx.exe to this folder: \$OEM$\$1\install\NetFramework\

Add these lines to your batch file:

ECHO Installing .NET Framework v1.1

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\NetFramework\netfx.msi /qb

Note: This will fail to install when using RunOnceEx. Making an IExpress package of .NET Framework 1.1 will solve this and will

run without a problem from RunOnceEx.

» Install .NET Framework 1.1 using svcpack.inf

If you've made a svcpack.inf file for installing hotfixes, you can also install .NET Framework from there.

Follow this guide to make an IExpress package (you'll save a couple of megabytes), then copy DOTNETFW.exe to the C:\XPCD

\I386\Update\ folder and then add this line under [SetupHotfixesToRun] in svcpack.inf:

[SetupHotfixesToRun]

DOTNETFW.exe

» Installing SP1 for .NET Framework 1.1

Download: .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1

Copy the downloaded file to: \$OEM$\$1\install\NetFramework\

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Add these lines to your batch file (this should be placed AFTER the .NET Framework 1.1 commands!):

ECHO Installing .NET Framework v1.1 SP1

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\NetFramework\NDP1.1sp1-KB867460-X86.exe /Q

» .NET Framework 1.1 with SP1 Slipstreamed

For a faster .NET Framework installation, and setup files occupying 11 MB on the CD, you can download this 7-Zip SFX package

created by RyanVM from the MSFN Forums (thanks for taking the time to do this!). By default, this installs silently, so no switches

are required.

Download: .NET Framework 1.1 with SP1

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MSFN's Unattended Windows : Ad-Aware 6 Free Version

Ad-Aware 6 Free Version

Copy the Ad-Aware setup executable to \$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\AdAware\

Add these lines to your batch file:

ECHO.

ECHO Installing Lavasoft Ad-Aware 6 Build 181

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\AdAware\aaw6181.exe /s

When silently installing Ad-Aware Plus/Pro, it will prompt you for a password, I haven't found a way round this, but after

inserting your registration password it will continue to silently install.

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MSFN's Unattended Windows : Adobe Reader 6

Adobe Reader 6

Download: Adobe Reader 6 Basic or Adobe Reader 6 Full

Copy the downloaded file to \$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\AdobeReader6\

Add these lines to your batch file (change filename if it differs):

ECHO.

ECHO Installing Adobe Reader 6

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\AdobeReader6\AdbeRdr60_enu_basic.exe -p"-s /v\"/qn\""

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MSFN's Unattended Windows : AIM (AOL Instant Messenger)

AIM (AOL Instant Messenger)

Download: AIM

Copy Install_AIM.exe to \$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\AIM\

Add these lines to your batch file:

ECHO.

ECHO Installing AIM 5.2

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\AIM\Install_AIM.exe /s

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MSFN's Unattended Windows : CDex

CDex

Download: CDex (Get the Installer, not the ZIP)

Copy the downloaded file to: \$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\CDex\

Add these lines to your batch file:

ECHO.

ECHO Installing CDex 1.50

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\CDex\cdex_150.exe /S

Further switches can be found at the NSIS page.

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MSFN's Unattended Windows : DirectX 9.0b

DirectX 9.0b

Download: DirectX 9.0b

Extract from the .rar file and then copy DX9NTopk.exe to \$OEM$\$1\install\DirectX9b\

The DirectX 9.0b OPK does not require any switches to silently install. Add the following commands to your existing batch file:

ECHO.

ECHO Installing DirectX 9.0b

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\DirectX9b\DX9NTopk.exe

» Install DirectX 9.0b using svcpack.inf

If you've made a svcpack.inf file for installing hotfixes, you can also install DirectX 9.0b from there:

Copy DX9NTopk.exe to the \I386\SVCPACK\ folder and then add this line under [SetupHotfixesToRun] in svcpack.inf:

[SetupHotfixesToRun]

DX9NTopk.exe

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MSFN's Unattended Windows : Diskeeper

Diskeeper

Extract and copy the contents of your Diskeeper setup files to \$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\diskeeper\

Add these lines to your batch file:

ECHO.

ECHO Installing Diskeeper 8.0

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\diskeeper\Setup.exe /s /v/qn

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MSFN's Unattended Windows : Easy CD-DA Extractor 6

Easy CD-DA Extractor 6

Download: Easy CD-DA Extractor 6

Copy the downloaded file to: \$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\easycdda\

If you are a registered user, you can also silently register this application. Copy and paste into Notepad and save as register.reg:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Poikosoft\Easy CD-DA Extractor 6]

"ba8"="YourEmailAddress"

"ba9"="YourSerialNumber"

Add these lines to your batch file:

ECHO.

ECHO Installing Easy CD-DA Extractor 6

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\easycdda\ezcddax6.exe /S /W

ECHO Registering Easy CD-DA Extractor...

REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\Applications\easycdda\register.reg

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MSFN's Unattended Windows : eMule

eMule

Download: eMule (ZIP Binary only)

Create the following directory layouts first:

\$OEM$\$Progs\eMule\

\$OEM$\$Docs\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\eMule\

Download and extract the zip file, and copy all the extracted files and folders to \$Progs\eMule

Copy the 'Shortcut to eMule' from your start menu and place it into \$Docs\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\eMule

That's all you need to do! If Windows XP is being installed to D:\ (for example) Windows Setup will copy your eMule files to D:

\Program Files\eMule, and your shortcut to D:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\eMule.

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MSFN's Unattended Windows : Flashget

Flashget

Download: Flashget

Copy the downloaded file to \$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\Flashget\

If you are a registered user, you can also silently register this application. Copy and paste into Notepad and save as register.reg:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\JetCar\JetCar\General]

"RegName"="Insert Email Address"

"RegPass"="Insert Serial Key"

"RegDisp"="Insert your Name"

Add these lines to your batch file:

ECHO.

ECHO Installing Flashget 1.4

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\flashget\fgf140.exe /S

ECHO.

ECHO Registering Flashget 1.4...

REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\Applications\flashget\register.reg

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MSFN's Unattended Windows : ISOBuster

ISOBuster

Download: ISOBuster

Copy the downloaded file to \$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\ISOBuster\

Add these lines to your batch file:

ECHO.

ECHO Installing ISOBuster 1.4

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\ISOBuster\IsoBuster14.exe /VERYSILENT /SP-

ECHO.

ECHO Killing ISOBuster.exe process

taskkill.exe /F /IM isobuster.exe

» Why are we using Taskkill?

When the installation finishes, ISOBuster opens itself. Using an in-built Windows XP tool known as Taskkill can be used to close the

ISOBuster application.

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MSFN's Unattended Windows : Kazza Lite K++

Kazza Lite K++

Copy the KazaaLite K++ executable to: \$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\KazaaLite\

Add these lines to your batch file:

ECHO.

ECHO Installing Kazza Lite K-plus-plus 2.41

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\KazaaLite\k-lite2_41_en.exe /silent

You can also use /verysilent if you do not wish to see a progress bar window.

Please avoid using the '+' character in either the filename or folder name.

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MSFN's Unattended Windows : Kerio Personal Firewall 2.1.5

Kerio Personal Firewall 2.1.5

Download: Kerio Personal Firewall 2.1.5

Using an extractor such as WinRAR, extract kpf2-en-win.exe to this folder: \$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\kpf\

You need to first create a setup.iss file. See the [view id=40Installshield[/view] page on how to do this.

Add these lines to your batch file:

ECHO.

ECHO Installing Kerio Personal Firewall 2.1.5

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\kpf\Setup.exe -s

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MSFN's Unattended Windows : Media Player Classic

Media Player Classic

Download: Media Player Classic

Create the following directory layouts first:

\$OEM$\$Progs\Media Player Classic\

\$OEM$\$Docs\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Media Player Classic\

Download and extract the zip, copy mplayerc.exe to \$Progs\Media Player Classic\

Copy the 'Shortcut to Media Player Classic' from your start menu and place it into \$Docs\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Media

Player Classic\

That's all you need to do! If Windows XP is being installed to D:\ (for example), Windows Setup will copy your Media Player Classic

files to D:\Program Files\Media Player Classic, and your shortcut to D:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs

\Media Player Classic.

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MSFN's Unattended Windows : mIRC

mIRC

Download: mIRC

Create the following directory layouts first:

\$OEM$\$Progs\mIRC\

\$OEM$\$Docs\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\mIRC\

Install mIRC as you normally would, or if you already have a copy installed - browse to its folder and copy all the files, including its

sub-folders (if any) to \$Progs\mIRC\

Copy the 'Shortcut to mIRC' from your start menu and place it into \$Docs\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\mIRC\

That's all you need to do! If Windows XP is installed to D:\ (for example) Windows Setup will copy your mIRC files to D:\Program

Files\mIRC, and your shortcut to D:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\mIRC.

» Registering mIRC

You can import this registry key from either cmdlines.txt or [GuiRunOnce]:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\mIRC\License]

@="xxxx-xxxxxx"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\mIRC\UserName]

@="MyName"

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MSFN's Unattended Windows : MSN Messenger

MSN Messenger

Download: MSN Messenger for Windows XP

Using an extractor such as WinRAR, extract SETUPDL.EXE to this folder: \$OEM$\$1\install\MSN\

Add these lines to your batch file:

ECHO.

ECHO Installing MSN Messenger 6.0.0602 Final

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\MSN\MsnMsgs.msi /QB

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MSFN's Unattended Windows : Nero Burning ROM 6.x

Nero Burning ROM 6.x

Download: Nero Burning ROM

Copy the downloaded file to: \$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\nero\

If you are a registered user, you can also silently register this application. Copy and paste into Notepad and save as register.reg:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Ahead\Nero - Burning Rom\Info]

"User"="InsertName"

"Company"="InsertCompanyName"

"Serial6"="InsertSerial"

Add these lines to your batch file:

ECHO.

ECHO Registering Nero Burning ROM...

REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\Applications\Nero\register.reg

ECHO.

ECHO Installing Nero Burning ROM v6.0.0.9

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\Nero\Nero6009.exe /silent /noreboot

» Why are we registering Nero before installing?

By doing it this way, this prevents the Nero folder from being created as "Nero 6 Demo" in the Start Menu.

» An alternative to installing and registering Nero Burning ROM

Since Nero 6.0.0.15, more switches have been included. You can hide the Nero Installation screen and insert your serial number:

Nero60015.exe /silent /noreboot /no_ui /sn=xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx /write_sn

For a listing of full switches, use the /help switch on the Nero Setup executable.

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MSFN's Unattended Windows : Norton Antivirus 2003

Norton Antivirus 2003

Copy the contents of your Norton Antivirus 2003 CD to: \$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\NAV2003\

In the NAV folder, you can see the NAV.MSI file:

Add these lines to your batch file:

ECHO.

ECHO Installing Norton Antivirus 2003

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\NAV2003\NAV\NAV.msi /QB

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MSFN's Unattended Windows : O&O Defrag Professional

O&O Defrag Professional

Download: O&O Defrag Professional

Extract the downloaded file to:

\$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\OO_DefragPro\

If you are a registered user, you can also silently register this application. Copy and paste into Notepad and save as register.reg:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\O&O\O&O Defrag\4.0\Pro]

"User"="InsertName"

"Company"="InsertCompanyName"

"SerialNo"="InsertSerial"

Add these lines to your batch file:

ECHO.

ECHO Installing OO Defrag Professional 4.0.508

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\OO_DefragPro\oo_defrag_pro.msi /QB

ECHO.

ECHO Registering OO Defrag Professional...

REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\Applications\OO_DefragPro\register.reg

Make sure you do not use the '&' character in both the filename or foldername (e.g. O&O)

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MSFN's Unattended Windows : Sun Java VM

Sun Java VM

Download: Sun Java VM (Choose "Windows Offline Installation")

Copy the downloaded file to this folder: \$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\SunJava\

Add these lines to your batch file:

ECHO.

ECHO Installing Sun Java VM 1.4.2

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait j2re-1_4_2_01-windows-i586.exe /s /v/qn

You can view this page for further switches to use. If you want just the core Java files to be installed, as well as IE integration, you

would use:

j2re-1_4_2_01-windows-i586.exe /s /v"/qn ADDLOCAL=jrecore IEXPLORER=1"

Note: I've noticed on their page that they're using a space between /v and "/qn - This won't work with a spacing.

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Symantec Antivirus Corporate

Copy the client install file to: \$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\sav\

Add these lines to your batch file (change filename if it differs):

ECHO.

ECHO Installing Symantec Antivirus Corporate 8.1

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\sav\sav810b821.exe /qn

This should also work for version 8.0

Note: By default LiveUpdate will run after installation completes. To prevent this, follow these instructions:

Included on the Symantec Antivirus Corporate CD is an app called Symantec Packager, install this and open "Symantec AntiVirus

Corporate Edition Client.PMI" within the application. Using Packager, you can customize your client package, including the option

to checkbox whether or not to run Liveupdate after installation. Simply uncheck this box and build the client package.

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MSFN's Unattended Windows : Windows Media Player 10

Windows Media Player 10

Download: Windows Media Player 10 for Windows XP

Copy mp10setup.exe to \$OEM$\$1\install\WMP10\

Add these lines to your batch file:

ECHO.

ECHO Installing Windows Media Player 10

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\WMP10\MP10Setup.exe /q:A /c:"setup_wm.exe /Q /R:N /DisallowSystemRestore"

RunOnceEx Example:

REG ADD %KEY%\030 /VE /D "Windows Media Player 10" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\030 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\WMP10\MP10Setup.exe /q:A /c:\"setup_wm.exe /Q /R:N /

DisallowSystemRestore\"" /f

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Windows Media Player 9

Download: Windows Media Player 9 for Windows XP

Copy MPSetupXP.exe to \$OEM$\$1\install\WMP9\

Add these lines to your batch file:

ECHO.

ECHO Installing Windows Media Player 9

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\WMP9\MPSetupXP.exe /Q:A /R:N

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MSFN's Unattended Windows : Windows Messenger

Windows Messenger

Download: Windows Messenger

Using an extractor such as WinRAR, extract mmssetup.exe to this folder: \$OEM$\$1\install\WM\

You can remove the included setup.exe and InstMsiW.exe files.

Add these lines to your batch file:

ECHO.

ECHO Installing Windows Messenger 5.0

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\WM\Messenger.msi /qb

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MSFN's Unattended Windows : Windows Movie Maker 2

Windows Movie Maker 2

Download: Windows Movie Maker 2

Using an extractor such as WinRAR, extract mm20enu.exe to this folder: \$OEM$\$1\install\MovieMaker\

You can delete both the instmsia.exe and instmsiw.exe files that were extracted.

Add these lines to your batch file:

ECHO.

ECHO Installing Movie Maker 2.0

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\MovieMaker\mm20.msi /qn

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MSFN's Unattended Windows : Windows XP Powertoys

Windows XP Powertoys

Download: Powertoys for Windows XP Website | TweakUI 2.10.0 (Repacked by Ytterbium for silent install)

Copy any of the powertoys you have downloaded to: \$OEM$\$1\install\PowerToys\

Add these lines to your batch file for the powertoys you have:

ECHO.

ECHO Installing TweakUI 2.10 Powertoy

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\PowerToys\TweakUI.msi /qb

ECHO.

ECHO Installing Task Switcher Powertoy

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\PowerToys\TaskswitchPowertoySetup.exe /s /v/qn

All other powertoys support the /s /v/qn switch.

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WinRAR

Download: WinRAR

Copy the downloaded file to \$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\WinRAR\

Add these lines to your batch file:

ECHO.

ECHO Installing WinRAR 3.20

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\WinRAR\wrar320.exe /s

Using /silent instead of /s will show the following screen when it completes:

Followed by opening a folder containing the WinRAR shortcuts. It's up to you whether you want to use /s or /silent.

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ZoneAlarm Free

Download: ZoneAlarm Free

Add these lines to your batch file:

ECHO.

ECHO Installing ZoneAlarm Free 3.7.202

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\ZoneAlarm\zasetup37_202.exe /s /noreboot

/s /noreboot should also work for ZoneAlarm Plus and Pro if WISE installer is used to package the files.

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MSFN's Unattended Windows : Inno Setup

Inno Setup

Applications packaged with Inno Setup supports the /SILENT and /VERYSILENT switches (I'm not entirely sure on the difference

between the two, as they appear to do the same thing)

setup.exe /VERYSILENT

You might get this dialog window asking if you want to continue installation:

We can simply get around that using the following switch instead:

setup.exe /VERYSILENT /SP-

Some Inno Setup installers will attempt to open the program when setup completes, ISOBuster is one example of doing this.

Again, we can simply overcome this by using an in-built utility in Windows XP known as Taskkill.

Below is an example of code you could use in a batch file to install an application that uses Inno Setup:

ECHO.

ECHO Installing ISOBuster 1.4

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\ISOBuster\IsoBuster14.exe /VERYSILENT /SP-

ECHO.

ECHO Killing ISOBuster.exe process

taskkill.exe /F /IM isobuster.exe

ECHO.

» How do I find out if a setup package is made by Inno Setup?

The first window that appears is usually the one shown above on this page, followed by the window shown below (click on the icon

in the top-left to get a drop-down menu and click on About Setup)

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InstallShield Installers

To silently install a package that uses InstallShield, you will have to first create a setup.iss file on a working operating system. Use

a test PC if you can.

1. Start the setup application using the -R (case-sensitive) switch from command prompt.

Setup.exe -R

2. The setup screens will appear as they normally would, asking you questions as you go along, such as destination directory,

etc. It's important that you do not choose the "Restart the computer now" option. If you do, you will terminate your batch

when you run an unattended installation.

3. After installation has completed, go to your C:Windows (or C:WINNT) directory and take out the setup.iss file. Put this

setup.iss file in the same directory where your application setup.exe file resides in.

4. Start the Silent installation using:

start /wait %systemdrive%installApplicationApplication_nameSetup.exe -s

5. Repeat the steps for other setup applications that uses InstallShield.

» Installing Installshield Applications from RunOnceEx CD

Installshield applications will fail to install when executed from RunOnceEx on CD, unless a log file location is specified. An

example of this is shown below, adapt this example for your InstallShield applications (shown in bold):

REG ADD %KEY%\045 /VE /D "Kerio Personal Firewall 2.1.5" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\045 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\apps\KPF\Setup.exe -s -f2\"%systemdrive%\kerio.log\"" /f

You can then delete the kerio.log file afterwards.

» How do I identify an InstallShield package?

Most of them can be extracted. The Properties box of Setup.exe should show something like "InstallShield (R) Setup Launcher" or

something similar. And lastly, if you see a setup.iss file in the directory, then its definitely InstallShield!

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Nullsoft SuperPiMP Install System (NSIS)

Applications packaged with NSIS supports the /S switch for a silent installation (the 'S' is case-sensitive)

Setup.exe /S

You can also use the /D switch to specify a destination drive/directory to install the files into:

Setup.exe /S /D=E:\Software\CDex

Software such as Winamp and CDex show a confirmation that install was successful at the end (CDex), or an "end-of-install"

screen where you set file associations and settings (Winamp). I haven't found a way to bypass this yet, but it shouldn't affect the

rest of the batch commands in any way.

» How do I find out if a setup package is made by NSIS?

Many NSIS packaged installers show the familiar small window at the center of your screen, such as Winamp and CDex:

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Microsoft Windows Installer

You can find out if a setup package uses Windows Installer by viewing the extension of the file (*.MSI). These files often use the /

QB and /QN switch. The powertoys uses the /s /v/qn switch. You will have to try out each of the two to find out which one

works.

/qb will show a basic progress bar in a window

/qn will not show anything and installs in the background.

» Preventing Applications from Rebooting

To prevent some applications from rebooting automatically (Kerio Personal Firewall 4 is one of them) you need to use

REBOOT=Suppress alongside the /qn or /qb switch surrounded in quotation marks. Below is an example:

setup.msi "/qn REBOOT=Suppress"

Some setup files uses the /s/v/qn switch, so to prevent reboots use:

setup.exe /s /v"/qn REBOOT=Suppress"

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MSFN's Unattended Windows : WISE Installer

WISE Installer

WISE packaged installers use the /s switch to silently install. All you need to use is:

Setup.exe /s

More other switches can be found at WISE's Support Area

» How do I find out if a setup package is made by WISE?

Most will display a WISE splash screen when executing the setup file, such as the one below:

Some of them will maximize the window with a dark-blue background, and position a Setup window in the center.

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Adding Users

Now to add the creation of User Accounts to our CD/DVD's. This can be accomplished in two ways, depending on how you're most

comfortable with, and the types of User accounts you wish to have.

There are two methods:

NET USER

OOBEINFO.INI

Also included on this page is to allow auto-logon of your created users. Bare in mind that the OOBEINFO.INI Method does NOT

require the registry entry for auto-logon as long as there is only ONE user created.

» OOBEINFO.INI Method

NOTE: This method ONLY works on Windows XP/2003

Basically, what this is going to do is "automate" the user creation screen that you're normally presented when you install

Windows. It's in the same part of setup where it asks you to register Windows and to set up your internet connection.

Let's get started shall we? First open up Notepad and copy the following and save it as OOBEINFO.INI

[UserInfo]

Identity000="NewUser-Admin"

Identity001="NewUser-User"

If you don't want two users created, simply delete the second Identity line. If you want another user add another Identity entry

and increment the number. But be careful. You can have only 6 users created in this method. Also, Identity000 will be created

as an Administrator account while each subsequent one will also be created as an Administrator account.

Once you have finished editing the file, save it in $OEM$\$$\system32\oobe and you're done.

» NET USER Method

This is the original method outlined on the previous rendition of the site. This method however works across all NT platforms and

allows you to create as many users as you want in as many types as you want. Hence, this one is more powerful.

Open Notepad, and copy & paste in the following:

[COMMANDS]

"useraccounts.cmd"

Save this as cmdlines.txt in the $OEM$\ folder. If you wish to know more about cmdlines.txtcheck the Reference section.

Notice that we are trying to launch useraccounts.cmd from there. Again open Notepad and paste in the following:

net user John asdf1234 /add

net localgroup Administrators John /add

net accounts /maxpwage:unlimited

REGEDIT /S autologon.reg

EXIT

This adds the user John with a password of asdf1234, and adds John to the Administrators Group. net accounts /maxpwage:

unlimited makes sure that the account password doesn't expire after 14 days (This is a system-wide setting). Replace with a

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username and password of your choice and then save this as useraccounts.cmd in the $OEM$ folder.

You may want to take note of one thing: If you want to create a user name that has spacing, for example John Doe, you should

surround them with quotes. It would be like so:

net user "John Doe" asdf1234 /add

» Auto-Logon

Next, we want to import the Auto Logon entry into the Registry (This is what the "REGEDIT /S autologon.reg" entry in

useraccounts.cmd is for). Open Notepad and paste in the following:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

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

"DefaultUserName"="John"

"DefaultPassword"="asdf1234"

"AutoAdminLogon"="1"

Edit your Username & Password, then save this as autologon.reg in the $OEM$\ folder.

By now, you should have all three files in the $OEM$ folder, which are: cmdlines.txt, useraccounts.cmd and autologon.reg

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MSFN's Unattended Windows : Activating Windows

Activating Windows

Are you tired of choices yet? Well, too bad, here is another one.

There are currently three ways to activate Windows depending on your version.

Retail Versions can make use of the WINNT.SIF method of activation, or use a backup of their activation file.

OEM Versions can make use of the WINNT.SIF method, a backup of their activation file, or use the originally included activation

method.

Then there are Volume License CDs which you must purchase a license for which don't require activation at all.

WINNT.SIF Method

Backup Activation Method

OEMBIOS.BIN a.k.a. original OEM Activation Method

» WINNT.SIF Method

This method is quite simple, however you MUST have an ACTIVE internet connection at the time of first login. If you do not have

such a connection, then this method will fail and you will have to complete Activation manually.

Add the following line of code to the [Unattend] section of your WINNT.SIF file.

AutoActivate=YES

» Backup Activation Method

To begin this method, you must have access to the system you're planning on activating, and have it already activated. For home

users this is simple, as Windows needs to be activate after 30 days, and most likely you're planning on using your CD/DVD on this

system.

Once your system is activated, navigate to your system32 directory within your Windows directory, and locate the file WPA.DBL.

This is your activation file.

Once you have located the WPA.DBL file, copy it to $OEM$\$$\system32 in your Windows Setup Source. That's it, you're done.

Remember that if you decide to use a virtual machine, that this method will fail, as the virtual system will look different to the OS

from your host system.

» OEMBIOS.BIN Method

As with the Backup Activation method, this method is simply a copy from here to there type of approach, the difference being the

files.

Locate on your original OEM CD, and inside the I386 folder on the disc, there should be four files:

OEMBIOS.BIN

OEMBIOS.CAT

OEMBIOS.DAT

OEMBIOS.SIG

Locate these files, and simply copy them into the I386 directory in your Windows Setup Source folder on your hard drive.

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Registry Tweaks

» Introduction

The idea behind importing the registry tweaks during unattended installation is that you won't have to tweak the system manually

or with a tweaker afterwards. You will already have all your favorite tweaks imported into the registry upon the first logon.

Perhaps, the classic tweak is to speed up the appearance of the Start menu elements, because they are indeed slow to open by

default. You probably know, that opening the Registry editor (regedit.exe), navigating to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel

\Desktop key and modifying the value of the MenuShowDelay parameter from 400 to, say, 20 does the trick.

However, there's an alternative way. You can accomplish the same thing, if you copy the code below to a text editor (Notepad)

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]

"MenuShowDelay"="20"

save the file as "tweak.reg" (with the quotation marks to avoid the TXT extension) and launch the file. The tweak will be imported

after you click Yes on the confirmation prompt.

If you want to avoid the confirmation prompt, you can execute the following command from the command line

REGEDIT /S <path>\tweak.reg

where <path> is the path to the file unless it is in the same directory you launched the command line from. The /S swtich

suppresses the confirmation prompt. Pretty much the same method is used for importing multiple registry tweaks during

unattended setup. The only difference is that one can import multiple tweaks with a single *.REG file.

Below you'll find some registry keys and values (tweaks) I always change. Feel free to copy the text to a text editor to see them

better. Please, do not attempt to import my registry tweaks into your system. These files are for the reference only. The

fact that I use them doesn't mean you need them. For instance, I have System Restore and Windows Update turned off

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completely. Actually, I use separate files for exporting HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (HKLM) and HKEY_CURRENT_USER (HKCU) tweaks.

Keep reading to find out why.

The fragments of my files:

HKLM.reg

HKCU.reg

» About registry hives and importing methods

After reading multiple threads about registry tweaks importing at MSFN and OSZone boards, I've come to the conclusion that

some members misinterpret the meaning of the registry hives. I think some clarification won't hurt. I will highlight some aspects

pertaining to the unattended installation without going into too much detail. I do encourage you to read an MS KB article

Description of the Microsoft Windows registry, as it contains a lot of valuable and detailed information. Let's talk about the

registry hives now.

» HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (HKLM)

As the title suggests, these are the local machine keys. The changes you make in this hive affect all users. Therefore, disabling a

service makes it unavailable for all users. It is a good idea to import HKLM tweaks upon the first logon when the shell loads.

Careful readers might think: "Hmmm... So it is possible to import the tweaks before the first logon, isn't it?" Possible, but is not

really recommended for HKLM tweaks, because sometimes certain tweaks do not "stick" when imported on the earlier stages of

the unattended setup. I'll provide more details about the earlier stages in the next section.

A typical (but not the only) method for importing HKLM tweaks is a batch file launched from [GuiRunOnce]. Below is a fragment of

a sample batch file

ECHO.

ECHO Applying Registry Tweaks...

REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\hklm.reg

» HKEY_CURRENT_USER (HKCU)

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;-----------------------

;Operating System Tweaks

;-----------------------

;Disable Automatic Restart in the event of a BSOD

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CrashControl]

"AutoReboot"=dword:00000000

;Speed up shutdown

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control]

"WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="3000"

;Disables Error Reporting, but notifies when errors occur

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting]

"DoReport"=dword:00000000

;Do not use Simple File Sharing

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa]

"forceguest"=dword:00000000

;Speed up Network Browsing by removing Network Scheduled Tasks

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer

\RemoteComputer\

NameSpace\{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}]

;Disables Windows Tour bubble popup

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

"RunCount"=dword:00000000

;Disable System Restore

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion

\SystemRestore]

"DisableSR"=dword:00000001

;Recycle bin uses 3% of available space (not 10%)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer

\BitBucket]

"Percent"=dword:00000003

;Disable Autoupdates

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate

\AU]

"NoAutoUpdate"=dword:00000001

;Disable Autoupdates

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update]

"AUOptions"=dword:00000001

"AUState"=dword:00000007

;Change the code page for Cyrillic support

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\CodePage]

"1252"="c_1251.nls"

[ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion

\Winlogon]

"KeepRASConnections"="1"

;Make the Windows XP registration with Microsoft unnecessary

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion]

"RegDone"="1"

;---------------

;Services Tweaks

;---------------

;Disable Messenger Service (to stop spam. Does not affect MSN or Windows

Messenger)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Messenger]

"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Remote Registry Service

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteRegistry]

"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable UPS

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UPS]

"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable System Restore Service

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\srservice]

"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Indexing Service

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\CiSvc]

"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Wireless Zero Configuration

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WZCSVC]

"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Smart Card Helper

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SCardDrv"]

"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Portable Media Serial Number

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WmdmPmSN"]

"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Remote Desktop Help Session Manager

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RDSessMgr"]

"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Imapi CD-Burning Service

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ImapiService]

"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable IPSEC Services

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\PolicyAgent"]

"Start"=dword:00000004

;Disable Security Center

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wscsvc]

"Start"=dword:00000004

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wuauserv]

"Start"=dword:00000004

;----------------------------------------------

;Tweaks to improve the functionality of Windows

;----------------------------------------------

;Remove Shared Documents from My Computer

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer

\MyComputer

\NameSpace\DelegateFolders\{59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}]

;Allow renaming of Recycle Bin

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

\ShellFolder]

"Attributes"=hex:50,01,00,20

"CallForAttributes"=dword:00000000

;Administrative tools on Control Panel

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer

\ControlPanel

\NameSpace\{D20EA4E1-3957-11d2-A40B-0C5020524153}]

@="Administrative Tools"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer

\Advanced]

"TaskbarGlomming"=dword:00000000

;Disable webservice for searching file-extensions (see HKCU for the second part)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies

\system]

"NoInternetOpenWith"=dword:00000001

; Don\'t Search Windows Update For Drivers (New HW Detected)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DriverSearching]

"DontSearchWindowsUpdate"=dword:00000001

"DontPromptForWindowsUpdate"=dword:00000001

;Show protected operating system files

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer

\Advanced\Folder

\SuperHidden]

"DefaultValue"=dword:00000001

;Speeds up copying/moving of zip files (disable windows built in zip functionality)

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip\CompressedFolder]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CompressedFolder]

;----------------------------------------------

;Other Tweaks

;----------------------------------------------

;Disables Preview of Movie file formats (allowing you to move/rename/delete without

errors)

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.avi\ShellEx]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpg\ShellEx]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpe\ShellEx]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpeg\ShellEx]

; Remove Briefcase And Rich-Text-Document From New Menu

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bfc\ShellNew]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rtf\ShellNew]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bmp\ShellNew]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wav\ShellNew]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip\CompressedFolder\ShellNew]

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;----------------------------------------------

;Tweaks to improve the functionality of Windows

;----------------------------------------------

;Disable the Desktop Cleanup Wizard

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

\Desktop\CleanupWiz]

"NoRun"=dword:00000001

;NoLowDiskSpaceChecks won\'t check if you are low on diskspace and pop up a

balloon telling you.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies

\Explorer]

"NoLowDiskSpaceChecks"=dword:00000001

;Change MenuShowDelay (Start Menu load speed)

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]

"MenuShowDelay"="20"

;Disable Recent Documents Menu

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies

\Explorer]

"NoRecentDocsMenu"=hex:01,00,00,00

;Remove "Shortcut to" on shortcuts

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

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

;Remove "set programs default" from startmenu

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies

\Explorer]

"NoSMConfigurePrograms"=dword:00000001

;Disable Notify on new apps

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies

\Explorer]

"Start_NotifyNewApps"=dword:00000000

;Do not group similar items on the Taskbar

;----------------------------------------------

Start Menu and Folder Settings Twaks

;----------------------------------------------

[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

"WebView"=dword:00000000

"Filter"=dword:00000000

"SuperHidden"=dword:00000001

"SeparateProcess"=dword:00000000

"ListviewAlphaSelect"=dword:00000001

"ListviewShadow"=dword:00000001

"ListviewWatermark"=dword:00000001

"TaskbarAnimations"=dword:00000001

"StartMenuInit"=dword:00000002

"StartButtonBalloonTip"=dword:00000002

"CascadeNetworkConnections"="YES"

"TaskbarSizeMove"=dword:00000000

"EnableBalloonTips"=dword:00000000

"Start_LargeMFUIcons"=dword:00000001

"Start_MinMFU"=dword:00000006

"Start_ShowControlPanel"=dword:00000002

"Start_EnableDragDrop"=dword:00000001

"StartMenuFavorites"=dword:00000000

"Start_ShowHelp"=dword:00000001

"Start_ShowMyComputer"=dword:00000001

"Start_ShowMyMusic"=dword:00000002

"Start_ShowPrinters"=dword:00000001

"Start_ShowRun"=dword:00000001

"Start_ScrollPrograms"=dword:00000000

"Start_ShowSearch"=dword:00000000

"Start_ShowRecentDocs"=dword:00000002

"Start_AutoCascade"=dword:00000001

"Start_NotifyNewApps"=dword:00000000

"Start_AdminToolsRoot"=dword:00000002

"StartMenuAdminTools"="YES"

"NoNetCrawling"=dword:00000000

"FolderContentsInfoTip"=dword:00000001

"FriendlyTree"=dword:00000001

"WebViewBarricade"=dword:00000001

"DisableThumbnailCache"=dword:00000000

"ShowSuperHidden"=dword:00000001

"ClassicViewState"=dword:00000000

"PersistBrowsers"=dword:00000000

"Start_ShowNetPlaces_ShouldShow"=dword:00000041

"Start_ShowNetPlaces"=dword:00000000

"Start_ShowNetConn_ShouldShow"=dword:00000042

"StartMenuRun"=dword:00000001

"StartMenuChange"=dword:00000001

"CascadeControlPanel"="YES"

"CascadePrinters"="NO"

"StartMenuScrollPrograms"="NO"

"IntelliMenus"=dword:00000001

;----------------------------------------------

;Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer Tweaks

;----------------------------------------------

;Alphabetically sort Favorites and start menu

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

\MenuOrder\Favorites]

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

\MenuOrder\Start Menu]

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

\MenuOrder\Start Menu2]

;Disable IE just in time debugger

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]

"Disable Script Debugger"="yes"

;Search with google from the address bar instead of MSN

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\G]

@="http://www.google.com/search?q=%s"

;Disable webservice for searching file-extensions

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

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As the title suggests, these are the current user keys. Generally, the changes you make to this hive apply to the currently logged

on user only. Certainly, you can import the HCKU tweaks upon the first logon. This is probably what you need to do, if you work

under a built-in Administrator account and don't have any other accounts (which is not a very good practice) . Meanwhile, it is a

good idea to work under a different account with the administrator rights and leave the built-in Administrator untouched just in

case. The question is how to apply the HKCU tweaks for all accounts simultaneously.

Fortunately, there's an excellent resolution for those who configure more than one account and wish to have all accounts similarly

tweaked. You can import registry tweaks at a certain stage of the unattended setup when nobody has logged on yet. This task can

be accomplished from cmdlines.txt at T-12. Actually, the HKCU tweaks imported at T-12 modify the Default User account settings,

because the Default User's hive is loaded into HKEY_CURRENT_USER at that moment. When a user logs on to a machine for the

first time, the user settings are taken from the Default User account. Hence, the HKCU tweaks imported at T-12 apply to all

accounts ever created. That is why I have two separate REG files (HKCU and HKLM). I import HKCU tweaks from cmdlines.txt,

and no matter how many user accounts I create, they all have the same initial user settings.

In order to import the HKCU tweaks at T-12 you need to place the HKCU.reg file into the root of the $OEM$ folder and make sure

the cmdlines.txt contains the following text:

[Commands]

"REGEDIT /S hkcu.reg"

» HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT (HKCR)

I won't duplicate a pretty thorough description of this hive given in the MS KB article Description of the Microsoft Windows

registry. Please, familiarize yourself with it. My interpretation is as follows. If you want the changes to affect all users (including

the ones created later on), then either import the HKCR keys together with the HKCU keys from cmdlines.txt or import the keys

into HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes upon the first logon. To be honest, I've never had a need to import anything into

this hive.

» HKEY_USERS (HKU)

The meaning of this key is often interpreted incorrectly. The hive pertains to all users who logged on to the system at least once.

Perhaps, this fact causes the confusion. Let's look at the hive's components more closely.

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT

I've noticed that some MSFN and OSZone members use this hive for importing HKCU settings trying to apply them for all users.

Possibly, this works; however, you already know how to import HKCU tweaks realiably and correctly. Moreover, the HKEY_USERS\.

DEFAULT keys may pertain to the settings enforced before users log on (e.g. the default keyboard layout for the logon window).

HKEY_USERS\S-[long-set-of-numbers]

You may have several keys like that. It depends on the number of users who logged on to the system at least once. If you try to

monitor the registry changes with any registry monitoring software, you probably find out that one of those keys is getting

changed. This is your profile. Most of the time this key is not interesting from the practical standpoint, because the long set of

numbers is unique and will not be the same in another system you install. Technically, changes in this key are equivavelnt to the

changes in HKCU.

Hopefully, this short excurse through the registry was helpful.

» Practical Advices

As you probably know, one can configure lots of the system settings with the registry tweaks. I've forgotten when was the last

time I used a tweaker on my system, because I have pretty much everthing configured right after the installation. Perhaps, you

would like to do the same and now have a reasonable question: "How do I determine what registry values get changed whenever I

modify the system settings via the Graphic User Interface (GUI)?"

There are multiple web sites with the registry tweaks. Here's the short list ;-) There's a sticky registry tweaks thread in the

Unattended forum at MSFN. The first post of this thread has a text file attached with numerous registry tweaks.

Another good method is to configure your system elements the way you like it and then export the corresponding registry keys.

It's a much better idea than using other people's tweaks. For example, a good portion of the Start menu and Folder Options

settings is located in the

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

key. Hence, you can export the key from your current system and then import it during the unattended setup. If you are not sure

what a certain parameter does, type its name into a search engine and you'll find out quickly.

If you searched, but came up with nothing ... you probably didn't search enough ;-) Try using registry monitoring software like

Regmon (real time monitoring) and Regshot (registry snapshot before and after the changes).

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» Registry Tweaks

Title

Author

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Advanced Introduction

Welcome to the Advanced section of the site. This portion is going to be primarily concerned with customizing your Windows

installation, ranging from using modified system files to changing the overall look and feel of your Windows. Unfortunately the

majority of this will apply only to Windows XP and Windows 2003, but there may be a couple of things that apply to Windows 2000.

Also included in this section, is adding more functionality to your Setup by using other methods to install by.

What you will need:

An Unattended CD from the two previous sections

Time to learn a new program if you change methods

Have fun!

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Advanced Methods Introduction

Ah, the Advanced Methods. These are called advanced methods, simply because it's better to get an understanding of the

installation process before you try to get complicated. You may find that depending on the route you go, you may feel as if you

wasted time, but in reality it was entirely helpful.

The RunOnceEX from CD method is almost EXACTLY the same as the not from CD

method, the difference being that the install files never leave the CD. This will reduce the

amount of time setup takes to copy files over, and in some cases speed up the entire

process. This also alleviated the need for a cleanup file to delete your install files.

The Windows Post-Installer Method is more of a replacement then an enhancement. It

will completely replace RunOnceEX and the batch scripting. If you look to the right, you'll

see an example of what this will turn into. It has the ability to be fully automated or allow

you to select what programs you want to install.

Windows Installation Helper Utility allows the same sort of functionality as WPI, but

seamless integrates into the look of the native Windows Setup. It also allows for User

creation, and changing other system properties such as Computer Name and where special

folders are placed.

XPlode was the first of the Setup addon programs to allow you to change the look of the

box that appears while installing your programs. It's appearance is completely customizable,

and the version in development is rumored to allow for user selection like the above

applications and other features.

RunOnceEX from CD | Windows Post-Installer Method | Windows Installation Helper Utility | XPlode

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RunOnceEx from CD

Some of our readers wanted a way to install their software from the CD without copying the files to the Hard Drive using the \

$OEM$\$1\ folders. This guide will show you a simple way on how you can accomplish this without needing to use third-party

utilities.

Please make sure you have read through the RunOnceEx guide first!

» Making modifications to your existing RunOnceEx.cmd file

In order to find the correct CD drive letter, we need to include some IF EXIST statements in the RunOnceEx.cmd file. Open

RunOnceEx.cmd in Notepad, and include the following after @echo off:

FOR %%i IN (D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) DO IF EXIST %%i:\CD.txt SET CDROM=%%i:

Create a blank text file called CD.txt and place this in the root of your Windows Setup Source folder. This allows the IF EXIST

command to scan all the drive letters specified, then when it finds CD.txt it will set an environment variable of %CDROM%

pointing to the correct drive letter.

The next thing to do is take all your software out of \$OEM$\$1\install\, and put it in \Software\ or a folder name of your choice.

Going back to the RunOnceEx.cmd file, we'll need to make further changes:

Change all instances of %systemdrive% to %CDROM%

Fix all the paths to the software installation file, i.e. "%CDROM%SoftwareMSN_Messenger.msi /qn"

That's all you need to do! RunOnceEx.cmd will scan for the correct drive letter where your CD is in, sets that drive letter to the %

CDROM% environment variable, and the drive letter will be imported to the registry. Give it a go and see for yourself! The end

result should look something like this:

cmdow @ /HID

@echo off

FOR %%i IN (D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) DO IF EXIST %%i:\CD.txt SET CDROM=%%i:

SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Applications" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\001 /VE /D "Preparing Installation..." /f

REG ADD %KEY%\001 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\prepare.cmd" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\015 /VE /D "Alcohol 120 Percent" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\015 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\alcohol\setup.exe /qn Reboot=Suppress" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\015 /V 2 /D "REGEDIT /S %CDROM%\Software\alcohol\register.reg" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\025 /VE /D "Diskeeper 8.0.478" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\025 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\Diskeeper\DiskeeperPro_8.0.478.exe /s /v/qn" /f

EXIT

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» Other things to keep in mind

The %CDROM% environment variable isn't permanent, and only lasts during the session of when the cmd file is ran. Since we

have the FOR statement and the REG ADD entries in one single cmd file, there is nothing else to worry about. However, if you run

another different cmd file that accesses a file on the CD, you should include the FOR statement in that cmd file as well.

Should you need a permanent environment variable, consider using an utility such as DetectCD.exe or setenv.exe.

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Windows Post-Installer

Many users of late have seen this as the next step in their CD creation process. Primarily because it adds features like selections

and customization of appearance. It also has a built in editor to add to the list of programs. It may also be considered open source

as it is written in HTML and Javascript.

Things you'll need to do before getting started:

Download a copy of WPI from it's homepage.

Extract the downloaded ZIP file to either

A temporary folder for editing

If you're NOT installing everything from CD, then extract into $OEM$$1Install

If you are installing from CD, then extract it to a folder in your Windows Setup Source.

Keep in mind, this is a REPLACEMENT for a normal method such as RunOnceEX and batch scripting, and so in that respect

it will be called by Setup in the same manner. If you want to install everything at first logon, then read up on how Batch

Scripting is executed.

» Selecting the language of WPI

If you don't speak the language that WPI is currently in upon loading, click the Options link on

the left and the very top option to change will be language. Select yours from the drop down

box, and click SAVE at the bottom.

» Adding Entries to WPI

Once you have it in your working folder download this config.js file and replace the one in the WPISCRIPTS folder. This will erase

the currently loaded list of programs. If you however want to do it manually read the section below of editing entries.

Navigate to your WPI folder, double click the file: WPI.HTA

On the left side, click the item saying Config

You should now see in the middle a screen similar to:

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To get this exact screen, click the button at the bottom of the screen labelled ADD.

This will bring up a form like the following:

This form will be where we do all of the entering of the commands and grouping and such.

In the box labelled NAME enter the name of your program.

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The Description box is the description that is displayed when the mouse hovers

over this program on the main page.

If this is a program that MUST be installed before another program, be sure to put

a number in the Order box. 1 will be executed before 2 and so on. This ONLY

works if they are in the same group.

Check the Default box if you want it to be installed by default.

Check the Forced box if you don't want the user to even have a choice on

installing it.

The Category drop down box is where you specify what category you want it to be

under. If the category is not listed, select other and type in the box what you

would like it to be in. You MUST have a category other then NONE selected for it to

be displayed.

The box COMMAND 1 is where you will enter then actual instruction to execute

the setup program. This can be copy pasted from batch script or RunOnceEX. If

taken from RunOnceEX, you ONLY want to copy the portion that is within the

quotes.

If there are any consecutive commands such as taskkill's or deleting shortcuts that

you will like executed following COMMAND 1's execution enter them in the

remaining COMMAND # boxes.

When you are done entering this entry, click the SAVE button at the bottom. It will bring you back to the start page of WPI

and displaying how it will look during normal execution.

Return to the Config screen and follow these steps untill you have completely entered your programs.

» Editing/Deleting Entries to WPI

Editing entries is quite simple. Return to the Config screen.

Instead of a barren screen with nothing on it, you will see a listing under navigation of all the programs entered thus far

Click the one you wish to edit, and it will appear just to the right.

If you wish to delete this from WPI, simply click the delete link at the bottom of the form.

» Finalizing for Production

Before burning it to CD, you may wish to HIDE the CONFIG and OPTIONS links.

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To begin, click the Options link to bring up the options page. It should be similar to:

While we're on the topic, I'll also briefly cover some of the more useful options.

In this box, type the order you want them to be displayed in. The first thing typed, will

be the first category displayed.

This will get you into the world of customization of WPI. This will simply change the

background picture.

This is where you will decide whether or not to show or hide the CONFIG and

OPTIONS links.

If you don't like the default mouse over description box, this is where you will change.

Unfortunately, it is in pure CSS and must be entered as such.

Specify the number of programs to be installed in each instance of the RunOnceEX

window. If you have more then the number specified, then they will be split into two or

more windows.

This option is useful for Unattended installs, but still retain the functionality of selection

during setup. The timer will countdown, and when it reaches zero, WPI will install the

checked items.

Typically, WPI will sort the install process by name, regardless of category. If you want

them installed by category, then mark the YES radio button.

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Windows Installer Helper Utility

WIHU is very useful if you want your RunOnceEX/Batch Script replacement to flow seamless with normal look of Windows Setup. It

matches the look of the Setup dialogs that you would normally see.

Before getting started, I MUST stress that this page will only go as far as setting up the programs in a BASIC fashion. It will NOT

cover any of the advanced topics. The INSTALL.INI that is included in the WIHU is well documented and is well worth the read. It

goes in great depth in covering the boolean expressions to conditionally deselect an entry at runtime.

WIHU Homepage | Direct Download

» Creating our own listing of Programs

Before getting started, I recommend that you start with a empty INI file. The INI file is just a TEXT file with the extension of INI.

For an editor, NOTEPAD is does the job just fine.

I will be referring to the above image to describe what the INI sections do.

The following is the INI file that will create the above listing:

[Windows System Files]

; Sub command 0

description.0=Windows Media Player 9 (Current Version is %wmp.dll.version%)

command.0=Wmp9\MPSetupXP.exe /Q:A /R:N

selected.0 = true

; Sub command 1

description.1=DirectX 9.0b Driver

command.1=DirectX9b\DX9NTopk.exe

selected.1 = true

; Sub command 2

description.2 = Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1

command.2 = %systemroot%\system32\msiexec.exe /i NetFramework\netfx.msi /qb

selected.2 = true

[TweakUI 2.10 Powertoy]

description.0 = Windows XP Shell-Tweaker

command.0 = %systemroot%\system32\msiexec.exe /i PowerToys\TweakUI.msi /qb

selected.0 = true

[Sun Java VM 1.4.2]

description.0 = Java Virtual Machine 1.4.2

command.0 = SunJava\j2re-1_4_2_04-windows-i586-p.exe /s /v"/qn ADDLOCAL=jrecore IEXPLORER=1"

selected.0 = true