AutoPatcher XP March 2006

[+M2Ys4U Subscriber¹]

What does this mean: "Autopatcher March 2006 release progress: no patches yet"?

That's supposed to say "April" but it hasn't been changed yet :)

[Joshatdot]

I just got Dec Full 05, Feb Update 06 and March Update 06. Dec and Feb installed fine, March did too I guess??

At the end or near the end of March Update Install I got this window/error at the EULA agreement when I selected I Agree, and clicked Next:

AutoPatcher

Error: Unable to retrive the version info size. Perhaps the module name or file name is invalid, (-2127660984)

(OK)

[+M2Ys4U Subscriber¹]

perhaps you have a corrupted download?

Compare the MD5 hashes with the ones in the OP.

[Sir Launcelot]

I am not too sure where to post bugs to the March 2006 release. If this is not the correct area, please let me know.

I noticed an issue with installing KB891122. I have checked it to be installed, but it doesn't seem to be installed.

After looking, it seems to fail the silent install do to a command line option that is not valid.

You need to remove the, "/DisallowSystemRestore," option on the with backups or with out backups for it to run properly. To validate, ff you run it on the command line without the, "/quiet," you will see it complain.

Where do we post updates to various tools included? I noticed a updated sync toy, ver 1.2, that should be included in April's release.

I also noticed several PowerToys that never appear to be installed, even though they were.

Clear Type Tuner's detection seems to specify a decimal value, which should be a hex value.

"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\C2394E9C7148C4E40A3EEE358401BAD4\Version=1010000"

maybe should be changed to:

"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\C2394E9C7148C4E40A3EEE358401BAD4\Version=0x1010000"

I haven't figured out why the rest aren't showing as installed.

[Blazer1]

I have a problem with this release. I get an error saying

"Module Panic on European Union Flag(s) Screansaver! You are running Windows XP Professional Edition (Locale 1033) + IE6

Are you sure you downloaded the right release?"

[Slyder]

any news on the April release yet, as in when can we expect it and will be a full or update release. :)

[+M2Ys4U Subscriber¹]

AutoPatcher releases happen only after the second tuesday of every month, as this is Microsoft's patch day. Then the team has to create modules for the patches, add in any extras for full releases, this can take a number of days, so you're gonna be looking for roughly the 13th or 14th this month at the earliest. (This is just my estimate and I'm not officially part of the AutoPatcher team so don't hold my estimate as an official one)

Full releases are a pain in the arse for distrobutors and mirrors, as transferring ~7 huge files around and stuff takes time, however:

im 100% sure there will be next month [April] though since were up to ~40MB of changes since the last.

so yes, there will be a Full/Lite for April

[Broozz]

I still did not get an answer! Is there gonna be a dutch updat??

[xyz123]

Will April release be based on AP 5.1.35 or AP 6.0?

P. S. I recommend the Autopatcher team to see last posts in Hotfix Depot, if they haven' already.

[+theblazingangel MVC]

5.1, i still havent found time to look at apv6 properly yet, and besides, its still beta! yes, i always check the hotfix depot & the main threads.

[Carlos E.S.M.]

Nice!!

I'm waiting for portuguese brasilian release :)

Thnks again!

NoOne

Seria bom se houvesse brasileiros para fazer a tradu??o/adapta??o do AutoPatcher. J? passou a "Patch Tuesday" de Abril e n?o saiu o AutoPatcher XP em Portugu?s (nem europeu, nem brasileiro) de Mar?o.

N?o existe um AutoPatcher 2k em Portugu?s.

Essa n?o ? uma tarefa para uma pessoa s?. O ideal seria haver equipes/equipas portuguesa, brasileira, etc., com colabora?For those who do not understand Portuguese... Sorry, this message is for Portuguese speakers!eakers!

[gandolas]

^ It's for portuguese speakers, but you must speak in english in this forum...

And there is a AutoPatcher 2000 in Portuguese (Portugal).

Well, i'm trying to release all Portuguese (Portugal) versions and the Portuguese (Brazil) XP version. And i didn't release March versions because i didn't have time (and i still don't have much) and because there weren't any critical/important updates.

And yes, i agree. We should have, at least, one brazilian (or a team) working in the Portuguese (Brazil) versions. they even could release AutoPatcher 2000 and 2003.

[darthyoda6]

One bug I've found with the March version, is when I run the uninstaller. It uninstalls the program, and the icon on the desktop, but it doesn't delete the uninstall icon there, or the start menu entries.

[+theblazingangel MVC]

^ i'll check the startmen entry removal before the next release is completed. the uninstall desktop icon is from the older installers, i'm going to add remove instructions for it to all the next releases!

[dkdk_it]

^ i'll check the startmen entry removal before the next release is completed. the uninstall desktop icon is from the older installers, i'm going to add remove instructions for it to all the next releases!

Have you changed the NSIS script?!?

[+theblazingangel MVC]

^ i'll check the startmen entry removal before the next release is completed. the uninstall desktop icon is from the older installers, i'm going to add remove instructions for it to all the next releases!

Have you changed the NSIS script?!?

pre-march we used v1 (didnt actually have a ver # but thats what ive dubbed it), i then did a huge amount of work on it and we now use v3.7.1, you can get it from the trans pack thread along with documentation.

[geekman28]

after i installed .... my computer had very high CPU spikes every 10 to 12 seconds.... 100%

had to reformat and reinstall windows any ideas on what could have caused this?

[Tarnatos]

Here're all the versions:

Autopatcher XP December 2005 ENU

Download: 1 - 2 - 3

Jan Update

Download

Feb Update

Download

March Update

Download

[Slyder]

AHHH!!! The links are CrapidShare... so they aint working for me

mmmmm - think ill stick to waiting for the April full release. :)

[acetken]

(First asked in January, and all but ignored)

If I beg really hard, could we get a small tweak in there to freakin' disable sticky keys? I hate having to do it manually every time, especially since once AP runs, you can't disable it manually anymore. (Since the accessability.cpl is removed for some reason, you have to reinstall it to disable them.) It's a real pain.

Also, can we have a fix to stop having to manually re-load the Windows Audio panel thingie from the Windows disc after AP runs? Why does that bugger off EVERY time I run AP on any of the systems I use it on?!

And maybe a way to get rid of Outlook fully? Stop the My Pictures folder from coming up? Get rid of NetMeeting? Take out that Xerox folder in Program files that has nothing in it but sits there ****ing me off?

[+theblazingangel MVC]

^ if you can find the details of the tweak for me in the next couple of days, i'll add it in.

personally i have never had to manually disable it, its disabled by default, and my accessibility control applet is still here. maybe you could track down the tweak causing the problem, im affraid i dont have the time to do that.

again, i dont know what you mean, ive never had to reload anything off the setup disk.

outlook - not going to happen, too many people use it and too many people just tick everything when they run autopatcher. i dont want people to end up having to reinstall windows. i also dont want people having to reinstall things from disk and then be exposed because patches to the components in question are registered as installed, but the files are actually older versions. the removal options for msjava & windows messenger are exceptions.

- my pics - again, no idea what you mean, coming up where?

- netmeeting - not something im confident in removing, id rather have it left where it is

- xerox - dont know what the hell its for, but again, id prefer to leave it alone

if you can show me trusted sources of info/recomendations/etc for xerox & netmeeting i will consider them though (dont have time myself).

sorry so negative, but on the brighter side im sure you can easily knock up a batch file/modules for the others for yourself, and if you get stuck doing so you cn always come here for help ;).

[acetken]

Hookay, I'll start with the first thing I can find first.

- http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm <-- Search for "sticky". It's a registry tweak. Should be easy to impliament. (And I've done thousands of installs. Every one I've had has had sticky keys on by default in Windows. Are you using a custom version maybe?)

Also good from there would be "Remove/Disable CD Burning Capability" (It's just the default Windows one. Nero has problems when it's disabled.), & "Empty Temporary Internet Files on Exit".

- "Uninstall NetMeeting" is also there. If you're not up to making it a full time module, how about an addon one?

- Xerox folder? It's a useless folder there to stop you from overwriting a file that installs itself anyway when you install a certain Xerox item. I don't know why it's there at all. http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/.../16/258220.aspx

- People really just tick everything and let 'er rip? That's a rather silly thing to do... If anyone can make a module, I'd be very grateful.

- http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/t1097791278 <-- Stopping Windows from automatically recreating My Music / Pictures / Videos constantly in My Doccuments

[+theblazingangel MVC]

^ stickykeys & IEtemp tweaks added

cd burning, i dont understand from the above whether your telling me it sould be disabled or enabled.

netmeeting im not adding because it requires you reinstall from disk to re-enable.

xerox, im not doing this because apparently its protected by WFP to prevent a couple of files being overwritten should they ever exist. i dont want to circumvent this protection.

my docs, im also not doing. to do it you need to unregister a dll which will completely disable the mydocs functions which is something im not happy with. another possibility is to delete the registry keys mentioned further down the page you linked too, however i cant do this because theres three different one to delete and you may not want them all removed...

--

so,

- cd burning - i will add tis if you let me know what the desired effect is - disable/enable?

- the other three, modules can be made for you seperately. you can either wait till i've finished this months releases, or you can make a seperate post in the forum, and maybe someone will help you. one thing - im not going to make these three official, so dont ask! oh, and if doing it, tell me your preferences on the mydocs thing - disable all functionality, or one or more specific folders!

[acetken]

cd burning - i will add tis if you let me know what the desired effect is - disable/enable

It'd be to disable XP's built-in CD burning capability since it either slows down or causes problems occasionally with others.

As far as the My Docs thing, it's just be to disable the constant recreation of My Pictures, My Music, and My Videos after they have been deleted. It doesn't disable My Docs altogether. (I wouldn't want that!) And thanks for all the help and actually taking requests. You can count on a donation from me!

[jeylm]

hi, when will be autopatcher april released, and will it be finally full release, its annoying to have lots updates.

thanks :)