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long time reader, first time to register to ANY forum...

got a couple suggestions for your next addition -

*check out this link regarding application of multiple hotfixes to XP!!!! Unchained fixes applied back-to-back without reboots can cause major havoc to the system. Microsoft QChain KB

*Not sure if this has been found yet, but turning off Simple File Sharing is a must.

*Found a reg tweak for a faster shutdown.

I have attached a file that has all the requirements if anyone is interested.

Props to all involved - cpugeniusmv, shifty, etc...(Awesome project here!) :D

**I realize this should probably be part of the main autopatcher topic, but there are so many to choose from, so I thought the "suggestions" area would suffice.

tweak_add.zip

Edited by paratrupr

paratrupr,

thanks for the hook up!! i will definately look into those suggestions and see if it will

fit in w/ the average Neowin. the hardest part about this project is finding *common*

tweaks and settings that fits everyone.

i like the quick shutdown and the mutli hotfix - no reboot thing is good too, but thats for

the APXP team to worry about. since APXP takes care of hotfixes and what not,

i decieded to make our project help deploy APXP for re-installs of windows

after working on it for the last 2 months, i have come to appriciate APXP and helping

all in our Neowin Community make their lives easier by simplifiying the dreaded

*Re=install*!!

UPDATE

The modular batch files are finished and need some testing (beta testers PM me)

I have 1 box that needs can use a re-install of XP ASAP, but I need others to test out other

things.

The driver removal process is only for the HARDCORE testers. You must have an understanding

of how drivers work and know your system like the back of your hand.

I can include the driver removal pack if you need it.

Also removal of certain default apps can be removed too, like MSN messenger, calc, paint, IE6.

only remove these if needed. basically, if you remove them they will be deleted off the install CD

so if your system requires certain apps like IE6 then other programs will not work like MyEI2

(MyIE2 requires IE6 to be installed)

Since a lot of people have been emailing me on the next release here is just

the WINNT.SIF creator file. <<it is still a beta, so it may not work all the way>>

this is for people that need to have just winnt.sif created. the rest of the release will follow

and be posted hopefully by wednesday night (late).

this will be an open beta so please post any fixes or errors you find.

Just save the file to a folder and run the batch. it will create a XPCD folder

and i386, nested in the XPCD. the winnt.sif file will be saved in the i386.

you can edit the batch file accordingly, but only if you know you what are doing.

once you create the file just save it and overwrite (backup the oringinal just in case)

it into your real i386 folder and burn the CD.

<<Version 1.0 SLIPXP Download Link>>

THis will help those who already have the first release.

thanks for all your patience and we hope to hammer this out and ready for download soon!!!

6_Winnt_sif_Creator.bat

Edited by Shifty

I forgot that most likely none of you have the timezone code chart...

Index Time Zone Display
000 Dateline Standard Time (GMT-12:00) International Date Line West 
001 Samoa Standard Time (GMT-11:00) Midway Island, Samoa 
002 Hawaiian Standard Time (GMT-10:00) Hawaii 
003 Alaskan Standard Time (GMT-09:00) Alaska 
004 Pacific Standard Time (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US and Canada); Tijuana 
010 Mountain Standard Time (GMT-07:00) Mountain Time (US and Canada) 
013 Mexico Standard Time 2 (GMT-07:00) Chihuahua, La Paz, Mazatlan 
015 U.S. Mountain Standard Time (GMT-07:00) Arizona 
020 Central Standard Time (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US and Canada) 
025 Canada Central Standard Time (GMT-06:00) Saskatchewan 
030 Mexico Standard Time (GMT-06:00) Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterrey 
033 Central America Standard Time (GMT-06:00) Central America 
035 Eastern Standard Time (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US and Canada) 
040 U.S. Eastern Standard Time (GMT-05:00) Indiana (East) 
045 S.A. Pacific Standard Time (GMT-05:00) Bogota, Lima, Quito 
050 Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada) 
055 S.A. Western Standard Time (GMT-04:00) Caracas, La Paz 
056 Pacific S.A. Standard Time (GMT-04:00) Santiago 
060 Newfoundland Standard Time (GMT-03:30) Newfoundland 
065 E. South America Standard Time (GMT-03:00) Brasilia 
070 S.A. Eastern Standard Time (GMT-03:00) Buenos Aires, Georgetown 
073 Greenland Standard Time (GMT-03:00) Greenland 
075 Mid-Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-02:00) Mid-Atlantic 
080 Azores Standard Time (GMT-01:00) Azores 
083 Cape Verde Standard Time (GMT-01:00) Cape Verde Islands 
085 GMT Standard Time (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London 
090 Greenwich Standard Time (GMT) Casablanca, Monrovia 
095 Central Europe Standard Time (GMT+01:00) Belgrade, Bratislava, Budapest, Ljubljana, Prague 
100 Central European Standard Time (GMT+01:00) Sarajevo, Skopje, Warsaw, Zagreb 
105 Romance Standard Time (GMT+01:00) Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris 
110 W. Europe Standard Time (GMT+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna 
113 W. Central Africa Standard Time (GMT+01:00) West Central Africa 
115 E. Europe Standard Time (GMT+02:00) Bucharest 
120 Egypt Standard Time (GMT+02:00) Cairo 
125 FLE Standard Time (GMT+02:00) Helsinki, Kyiv, Riga, Sofia, Tallinn, Vilnius 
130 GTB Standard Time (GMT+02:00) Athens, Istanbul, Minsk 
135 Israel Standard Time (GMT+02:00) Jerusalem 
140 South Africa Standard Time (GMT+02:00) Harare, Pretoria 
145 Russian Standard Time (GMT+03:00) Moscow, St. Petersburg, Volgograd 
150 Arab Standard Time (GMT+03:00) Kuwait, Riyadh 
155 E. Africa Standard Time (GMT+03:00) Nairobi 
158 Arabic Standard Time (GMT+03:00) Baghdad 
160 Iran Standard Time (GMT+03:30) Tehran 
165 Arabian Standard Time (GMT+04:00) Abu Dhabi, Muscat 
170 Caucasus Standard Time (GMT+04:00) Baku, Tbilisi, Yerevan 
175 Afghanistan Standard Time (GMT+04:30) Kabul 
180 Ekaterinburg Standard Time (GMT+05:00) Ekaterinburg 
185 West Asia Standard Time (GMT+05:00) Islamabad, Karachi, Tashkent 
190 India Standard Time (GMT+05:30) Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi 
193 Nepal Standard Time (GMT+05:45) Kathmandu 
195 Central Asia Standard Time (GMT+06:00) Astana, Dhaka 
200 Sri Lanka Standard Time (GMT+06:00) Sri Jayawardenepura 
201 N. Central Asia Standard Time (GMT+06:00) Almaty, Novosibirsk 
203 Myanmar Standard Time (GMT+06:30) Rangoon 
205 S.E. Asia Standard Time (GMT+07:00) Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta 
207 North Asia Standard Time (GMT+07:00) Krasnoyarsk 
210 China Standard Time (GMT+08:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong SAR, Urumqi 
215 Singapore Standard Time (GMT+08:00) Kuala Lumpur, Singapore 
220 Taipei Standard Time (GMT+08:00) Taipei 
225 W. Australia Standard Time (GMT+08:00) Perth 
227 North Asia East Standard Time (GMT+08:00) Irkutsk, Ulaan Bataar 
230 Korea Standard Time (GMT+09:00) Seoul 
235 Tokyo Standard Time (GMT+09:00) Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo 
240 Yakutsk Standard Time (GMT+09:00) Yakutsk 
245 A.U.S. Central Standard Time (GMT+09:30) Darwin 
250 Cen. Australia Standard Time (GMT+09:30) Adelaide 
255 A.U.S. Eastern Standard Time (GMT+10:00) Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney 
260 E. Australia Standard Time (GMT+10:00) Brisbane 
265 Tasmania Standard Time (GMT+10:00) Hobart 
270 Vladivostok Standard Time (GMT+10:00) Vladivostok 
275 West Pacific Standard Time (GMT+10:00) Guam, Port Moresby 
280 Central Pacific Standard Time (GMT+11:00) Magadan, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia 
285 Fiji Islands Standard Time (GMT+12:00) Fiji Islands, Kamchatka, Marshall Islands 
290 New Zealand Standard Time (GMT+12:00) Auckland, Wellington 
300 Tonga Standard Time (GMT+13:00) Nuku'alofa

Just find your timezone and enter the 3 digit code when asked for in batch file.

Hi,

I found on MSFN this small utility which "create a bootable ISO of Windows XP files" very usefull and want to share it.

In fact there is no need of any burner to create a boot ISO CD.

Open the redme file befor using.

BTW, when the new rehash will be ready, we grow impatient.

Cheers

coucou

CDImage_Pro_ISO_Creator.zip

sorry for the delays... I been sick with the flu for the last 2 days and im not getting better soon.

Ive tried coding, but with a runny nose, eyes, ears, butt and other things its hard to concentrate.

In the mean time though, i get to relax next to my new projector and do all this on a 74 inch screen!!!

Hi Shifty!!

What you doing here is just great., especially since you can basicly add everthing you want, e.g. driver, under $OEM$\$1.

Since I'm german I prefer a german desktop, so I copied the MUI under $OEM$\$1\WXP_MUI and added the command line after the autopatcher is finished but it doesn't work. The switches itself configures german as the default language for the default user. Please see below. Do you guys have any suggestion.

REM - INSTALL AUTOPATCHER XP UN-ATTENDED...

REM - WRITTEN BY SHIFTY

TITLE -=UN-ATTENDED AUTOPATCHER INSTALLER VERSION %VERSION%=-

ECHO.

ECHO -=UN-ATTENDED AUTOPATCHER INSTALLER VERSION %VERSION%=-

ECHO.

ECHO THIS BATCH FILE IS DESIGNED TO SILENTLY INSTALL AUTOPATCHER

ECHO ON YOUR SYSTEM. THIS PROCESS CAN TAKE ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 120

ECHO MINUTES.

ECHO.

ECHO INSTALLING AUTOPATCHER...

start /wait \autopatch\autopatcher.exe /noeula /unattend

ECHO.

ECHO AUTOPATCHER WAS INSTALLED!

ECHO.

start /wait \WXP_Mui\muisetup.exe /i 040c 0407 0410 0c0a /d 0407 /r /s

ECHO.

EXIT

Regards shortie

Hello

I have just come back from a trip away from my computer. To find it has been stolen, it had all my source code on and although a few friends have sent me back the beta versions of my slipsteam app, they are all compiled versions.

I could start all over again, but instead I have mailed Shifty and hope he will take me onboard on his project.

Sorry if you were waiting to test my app.

HotBlack, i got your email...

Sorry for the delays... I have been battling a re-occuring flu, massive overtime @ work, heading to the recording studio,

playing show after show every other day, band practice and setting up

a tour for mid-end of March... its been exhausting 3 weeks!!

Dont worry folks, i havent forgotten about you. I plan on tackling some more coding this weekend.

also i have started a new bonus feature that is so secret not even cpugeniusmv knows about it!!

it will be in the guide and then posted here on neowin!!

This was probably already covered, so my apologies before hand...

1) Copying the i386 folder to the HD and modifying the registry = for me, I prefer to have a copy of the i386 folder on the HD so that I am not prompted for the CD

2) With regards to Office = I also copy the Office CD onto the HD so that when additional user accounts are created (such as Power Users), they will be able to run Office apps without that damned "Error 1706" prompt (this requires that certain registry key permissions be reset to allow for Power Users to access them)

TIA

[8F] The NyQuil Kid

  • 2 weeks later...

>>nw_raptor

"a bit busy" is an understatement!!

i did so much overtime in the last 5 weeks that i got a free paid day off today!!

now i have 2 full days to get back in the jungle and get this working.

so far i have finished all but 3 modular batch files.

the winnt.sif creator one has been an ever evolving batch file...

everyweek im add more and more to it to make it better and more customizable.

also im working on custom driver installs and adding more and more un-attended app installations.

i think the biggest accomplishment has been the ability to back up a favorite list for IE to be transfered to a new install!!

since i just got my new WD 250GB special edition, this will be the perfect opportunity to start messing w/ the new installs.

after all is good im going to have to write a html based guide/tutorial which i fear will take far longer than i expect.

raptor, thanks for understanding my schedule, its been very taxing the last 2 months!!

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