[-X-]

You should look into nLite.

[Molecule]

thanks -X-

are you the Xable at RyanVM.net?

I've done so many different installs at this point they are starting to become a blurr ... I'm building XP isos using 2k, and I'm on the internet at the moment using 98se

my first XP install was a two step (edit -- XP iso built in 2k environment)
1 RMVI +QFE update pack +.NetFx
2 nLite to pull MS drivers and add my own and setup winnt.sif
As I remember it (might e wrong) I got the same behavior ... but memory is geting blurry

current install is straight hologram disk no mods, just to pull a set of std files
that's the one that has behavior described above ...

as I remember, the last option on the last screen on nLite is the one that sets classic mode ...

I'll try that one again ... also adding tomasz86's mods to source before RMVI and nLIte, to switch from Luna (bubble look) to Classic (flat look) as well ... as I remember ... even with classic logon logoff selected the very last screen at logoff switches over to a bubble look

edit also when I set time zone to GMT-5 Eastern, nLite missed it ... is there a tweak I'm missing?

This post has been edited by Molecule: 11 October 2012 - 10:56 PM

[tomasz86]

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I'll try that one again ... also adding tomasz86's mods to source before RMVI and nLIte, to switch from Luna (bubble look) to Classic (flat look) as well ... as I remember ... even with classic logon logoff selected the very last screen at logoff switches over to a bubble look

I haven't tested these tweaks with nLite and wouldn't really recommend messing around with them. If you want to use nLite then I'd suggest doing it BEFORE applying my tweaks. It would be the best if you just left all Classic Theme related settings in nLite untouched.

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I am really just trying to install an XP system, with one administrator account, named Administrator, who has to logon with password, whether he is opening his standard desktop, or whether he is entering safe mode ... do I need to add any tweaks to the above to do that?

After applying my tweaks just add:

[Unattended]
UnattendSwitch=yes

to your WINNT.SIF file. Your system will look like this (even on the first boot):

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Only one Administrator account:

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By the way, this is the script which I use to apply the tweaks automatically. Just run it from outside of the I386 folder:

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FOR %%A IN (TXTSETUP.SIF DOSNET.INF) DO (
	COPY I386\%%A I386\%%A.BAK
	IF "%%A"=="TXTSETUP.SIF" (
		COPY I386\%%A/A I386\%%A.TMP/B
		MOVE I386\%%A.TMP I386\%%A
		FINDSTR/IRV "blue_ss\.dll.*= classic\.the.*= home_ss\.dll.*= luna\.mst.*= luna\.the.*= metal_ss\.dll.*= nusrmgr\.cpl.*= winntbbu\.dll.*=" I386\%%A>I386\%%A.TMP
		MOVE I386\%%A.TMP I386\%%A
		(
		ECHO(
		ECHO [SourceDisksFiles]
		ECHO classic.the = 1,,,,,,,129,0,0,Luna.theme
		)>>I386\TXTSETUP.SIF
	)
	IF "%%A"=="DOSNET.INF" (
		FINDSTR/ILV "d1,blue_ss.dll d1,home_ss.dll d1,luna.mst d1,luna.the d1,metal_ss.dll d1,nusrmgr.cpl d1,winntbbu.dll" I386\%%A>I386\%%A.TMP
		MOVE I386\%%A.TMP I386\%%A
	)
)

FOR %%A IN (HIVEDEF.INF HIVESFT.INF) DO (
	COPY I386\%%A I386\%%A.BAK
	(
	ECHO(
	ECHO [AddReg]
	IF "%%A"=="HIVEDEF.INF" ECHO HKCU,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon","LogonType",0x10001,0x0
	IF "%%A"=="HIVESFT.INF" ECHO HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon","LogonType",0x10001,0x0
	)>I386\%%A.TMP
	TYPE I386\%%A.TMP>>I386\%%A
	REM CMD /U /C "TYPE I386\%%A.TMP>>I386\%%A"
	DEL/Q I386\%%A.TMP
)

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edit also when I set time zone to GMT-5 Eastern, nLite missed it ... is there a tweak I'm missing?

Are you sure that your time zone settings are correct? You can try to define it by yourself in WINNT.SIF. This is a list of time zone codes:

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This post has been edited by tomasz86: 12 October 2012 - 05:40 AM