[evilvoice]

Ok, im only posting a new topic so people can look and find out how to do this...Ok lets start

First things to note...
you will end up with wmp10.cab being around 5mb, wmp10.in_ is not really worth noting the size, mp10setup.exe (I used 7zip) is around 9mb...grand total of around 14.5mb on cd...
current setup is wmp9 on cd is 16mb and mp10setup.exe (still using the same size as 7zip one) is 9mb...grand total of 25mb...
integrating wmp10 using mce files should be around 16mb (this assumes the file sizes havent changed)...grand total of 16mb
*BEST METHOD FOR SAVING SPACE = This method!!!

Also note that if you dont want wmp at all on your system, then you will save 14mb to 25mb depending on how you wanted to look at the situation...with least amount of work, youll save 25mb

Credits goto GreenMachine, nuhi, RyanVM, RaveRod

1. get mp10setup.exe
2. extract the contents of mp10setup.exe somewhere (mp10setup)
3. copy these files to someplace else (temp)

wmp.dll
wmplayer.exe
wmlaunch.exe
asferror.dll
wmpdxm.dll
custsat.dll
wmpasf.dll
wmpshell.dll
mpvis.dll
wmploc.dll
migrate.exe
wmerror.dll
unregmp2.exe
wmpband.dll
wmp10.chm
wmperr10.chm
wmplayer.adm
eula.txt
wmpenc.exe
wmpencen.dll
wmpsrcwp.dll
Audiodev.dll
wmp10.inf
l3codecp.acm

4. cab all those files into WMP10.cab (you can use makecab or cabarc)
5. copy mp10setup.exe and unregmp2.exe to your svcpack folder (unregmp2.exe is in the mp10setup folder)
6. delete mp10setup folder
7. edit svcpack.inf and include these lines

"mp10setup.exe /Q:A /c:""setup_wm.exe /Q /R:N /NoPID /DisallowSystemRestore /P:#e"""
"unregmp2.exe /Shortcuts /RegExts"

8. run nlite and ONLY select Components Removal...once there ONLY select Windows Media Player and Windows Media Codecs...let nlite remove them.
9. open dosnet.inf and add these lines under [Files]

d1,WMP10.cab
d1,WMP10.inf

10. open txtsetup.sif and add these lines under [SourceDisksFiles]

WMP10.inf = 1,,,,,,,20,0,0
WMP10.cab = 100,,,,,,_x,,3,3

11. delete temp folder
12. copy wmp10.in_ and wmp10.cab to your i386 folder
13. extract sysoc.in_ in your i386 folder, and add this line

WMP10=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,WMP10.inf,HIDE,7

14. makecab sysoc.inf (should end up with sysoc.in_)
15. delete sysoc.inf
16. Done

NOTES: If someone wants to host WMP10.cab, I can send the file to them, its about 4.98MB

[Zhoerd]

Looks great, but for one thing:

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4. cab all those files into WMP10.cab (you can use makecab or cabarc)

How does one do that? If tried makecab, but I only get 1 file at a time in the cab fiie. I've tried googling, but nothing I can use. Can anyone tell me how?

If I've got it all, I'll post my findings.

[evilvoice]

save as "makecab(one cab file).bat"

@echo off

rem Compressing WMP10.cab
echo .Set Cabinet=on>> WMP10.ddf
echo .Set Compress=on>> WMP10.ddf
echo .Set CompressionType=LZX>> WMP10.ddf
echo .Set CompressionMemory=21>> WMP10.ddf
echo .Set CabinetNameTemplate=WMP10.cab>> WMP10.ddf
echo .Set MaxDiskSize=CDROM>> WMP10.ddf
echo .Set FolderSizeThreshold=5000000>> WMP10.ddf
for /f %%i in ('dir temp /b') do echo temp\%%i>> WMP10.ddf
makecab /f WMP10.ddf

move disk1\WMP10.cab WMP10.cab
del temp\*.* /q/f
del WMP10.ddf
del setup.inf
del setup.rpt
rd disk1

this is assuming that you copied the files to dir named temp and that the bat file is in the dir above that...I used WMP10 as my main dir...so this is my dir structure for this

WMP10
makecab.bat goes in this dir, mp10setup.exe should be in this dir also
-mp10setup
files extracted from mp10setup.exe
-temp
files to be put in cab file

(since some people may not know what "-" means, it means that mp10setup and temp dirs are in WMP10 dir)

[Zhoerd]

Sanks a lot

Just make sure you don't call it Makecab.bat, else you'll get a loop

[jdeboeck]

or... you could just get CD1 from Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 which has WMP10 built in (instead of the usual WMP9 that comes with SP2)

or if you really wanted to slipstream WMP10 you should use the files from MCE 2005. This way the slipstream will even be signed and all

[evilvoice]

well, since youre installing mp10setup.exe in svcpack.inf, its signed. and I thought someone tried converting mce2005 to xp and it didnt work

[jdeboeck]

MCE 2005 has WMP10 instead of WMP9. It has modified wmp.inf, wmfsdk.inf, txtsetup.sif, sysoc.inf and catfiles. And yes you can turn it into Pro if you replace that wellknown set of files (but that would be considered illegal)

evilvoice: do you need the files from mce 2005 to make a signed slipstream ?

[evilvoice]

i think ive got them somewhere...just noone really said if it worked or not. BTW, good to see youre back

[1chaoticadult]

Nice work evilvoice. I was wondering when someone would come up with a way to do this.

[Zhoerd]

Just to make the instruction complete. It doesn't say where WMP10.cab is supposed to be. It says to create it, but where?

Running test right now!

[Zhoerd]

Nothing happened

Rerunning now...

[Zhoerd]

Could not open wmp10.inf??

[evilvoice]

what do you mean could not open wmp10.inf?

first post updated...wmp10.cab goes in i386 folder along with wmp10.in_

[Zhoerd]

That's what is says in setuperr.log after installation. If never actually been able to use a NLite modified I386 in my network install though. That might be it...

[RogueSpear]

This is semi-topic related, but could almost use a thread of it's own. I was looking through the file layout.inf and noticed there are entries in there that refer to WMP9. And I was wondering, would it be beneficial to eliminate for instance wmp.inf from this listing and replace it with wmp10.inf?

I also noticed that nLite does not seem to remove anything from this file. Heck, I'm not even 100% sure what the file is for. It looks like it's telling setup which subdirectories all the various files should be copied to, but I don't know if it does more than that.

So, I'm really curious if our unattended installs would go any faster or be more reliable perhaps, if we were to groom the layout.inf file to more accurately reflect our modifications.

EDIT: I forgot to mention that this guide worked out great for me the first time through. Very well put together and thank you for all the time it will save me!

[evilvoice]

im glad it worked out for one person . I tried to do most of the troubleshooting and make a complete howto without any "user error" problems...if this method does not work for you, I honestly would have no idea why it doesnt...I have a nlited cd that I took out more than just wmp and it still works (though im now having a problem with something else...not sure if it is related)...I also use Pyrons method for drivers with Bashrats drivers and serialzs presetup.cmd...Im only saying this to show that almost no matter what youve done with your cd, this method should work.

about layout.inf...im not 100% sure what depends on what but I believe txtsetup.sif tells windows what to install and it look at layout.inf to determine what to do with the file (in the sense as to whether the file is extracted or compressed)...but dont quote me on that...I believe if the file is not in txtsetup.sif, then setup wont query layout.inf...I know nlite does not remove entries from layout.inf...but I also believe that there is some security check on the file or something as to why noone has been able to edit it yet.

[Metzen]

jdeboeck, on Oct 20 2004, 04:38 AM, said:

And yes you can turn it into Pro if you replace that wellknown set of files (but that would be considered illegal)

You turn it into Pro by entering a Windows XP Professional product key. No messing of files is necessary.

Windows XP checks the product key you enter on your Windows MCE media -> if it's a MCE key, it installs MCE, if it's Pro, it installs Pro.

[edmoncu]

i was wondering, how much space can one save in doing this method than by running the wmp10 installer via svcpack.inf?

since the files removed by nlite is replaced by the 4.98mb wmp10 cab.

[RyanVM]

jdeboeck, on Oct 20 2004, 07:33 AM, said:

or... you could just get CD1 from Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 which has WMP10 built in (instead of the usual WMP9 that comes with SP2)

or if you really wanted to slipstream WMP10 you should use the files from MCE 2005. This way the slipstream will even be signed and all

HE LIVES!!!!

[RyanVM]

RogueSpear, on Oct 21 2004, 11:07 AM, said:

This is semi-topic related, but could almost use a thread of it's own.  I was looking through the file layout.inf and noticed there are entries in there that refer to WMP9.  And I was wondering, would it be beneficial to eliminate for instance wmp.inf from this listing and replace it with wmp10.inf?

I also noticed that nLite does not seem to remove anything from this file.  Heck, I'm not even 100% sure what the file is for.  It looks like it's telling setup which subdirectories all the various files should be copied to, but I don't know if it does more than that.

So, I'm really curious if our unattended installs would go any faster or be more reliable perhaps, if we were to groom the layout.inf file to more accurately reflect our modifications.

EDIT:  I forgot to mention that this guide worked out great for me the first time through.  Very well put together and thank you for all the time it will save me!

If you edit layout.inf, Windows Setup will die a horrible death. OK, maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration. Windows Setup will give you an error saying it's unable to copy the security catalog files and won't let you continue. Though nLite patches sysssetup.dll so you can work around that