[Kiki Burgh]

got it to work with the 3rd attempt S3pHiroTh ... i was editing my post & i found out you already replied to my concern ... thanks man!

[Kiki Burgh]

hi! i was finally able to finish a good installation ... everything seemed well (even my HFGUIRUNONCE have been addressed ) ... however, ie7 wasn't installed ... ie6 instead was there ... i already got it to work in earlier test releases prior to the Feb HF releases ... i'm thinking it might be 1 of the HFs i have added or overwritten ... while i'm seeking your advise, i am sorting it out too ... please advise ... thanks!

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This post has been edited by Kiki Burgh: 22 February 2007 - 05:32 PM

[Super-Magician]

Hi, Kiki Burgh!

(1) msxml4-KB925672-enu.exe is obsolete - you already have the newer version.
(2) I bet one or more of your HFSVCPACK_SW MSIs should really belong in HFGUIRUNONCE, especially ones that affect Windows Explorer/Internet Explorer 7 behavior.
(3) Make sure all of your addons are up-to-date and don't conflict with IE7.
(4) MSICabExtract.exe is obsolete.

That's all I can suggest for now, but I can't really say that I know how to deal with your IE7 problem.

[Kiki Burgh]

thanks S-M! i'm going to run hfslip.cmd again ... removed about a couple-3 HFs ... i'll see ... as for the addons, i'm basically using the same set when i had successful ie7 installation ...

[Tomcat76]

@Kiki

In your case, I suggest you use the latest test release because it slipstreams IE7 (into Windows XP). It's working fine here.

Remove the StepByStep update because it's only useful if the main StepByStep program it applies to is installed first. HFSLIP only supports one "StepByStep" exe, by the way, so this update can't be included anyway.

I had a quick look at the code that does the HFAAO folder and every "full" path appears to be quoted. I'll have to test this for real in a working folder with spaces to see what could be wrong.

This post has been edited by Tomcat76: 22 February 2007 - 09:17 PM

[Kiki Burgh]

thanks TC! see i haven't delved into the latest test rel yet because i wanted to build & burn an iso using the final 1st ... i'll try the latest test rel later ... thanks too for looking into the HFAAO concern ... i'll just wait for any update you may come up with ... incidentally, are .zip addons supported?

[Tomcat76]

Kiki Burgh, on Feb 23 2007, 07:16 AM, said:

incidentally, are .zip addons supported?

Yup... It's mentioned in the changelog

[Gedrean]

Okay so HFGuiRunOnce - I hate to ask, does this make an app fit into RunOnceEX? I have a switchless silent insty that needs a component put in ROEX, and I wanted to make it easy with HFSLIP and was hoping that's what it does but want to make sure.

[Sgt_Strider]

Is HFSLIP going to eventually add SATA driver integration support? I would love if this feature is added and I will test it for you guys! Oleg II's method doesn't work, but I think he may be on the right track.

[Tomcat76]

@Gedrean
HKLM/RunOnce.

@Sgt_Strider
It isn't on my agenda. Application addons are fairly easy because most people abide the rules, but there are millions of INF compositions out there used in driver packages. If I start it now, I may be able to complete it 5 years later. iTwins posted similar thoughts in the SATA integration thread.

[S3pHiroTh]

Sgt_Strider, on Feb 23 2007, 08:44 PM, said:

Is HFSLIP going to eventually add SATA driver integration support? I would love if this feature is added and I will test it for you guys! Oleg II's method doesn't work, but I think he may be on the right track.

For driver integration I use Bashrat Driverpacks (after I have slipstreamed windows updates with hfslip script), I haven't had any kind of error... maybe you can try it.

[Sgt_Strider]

Is it possible to stop HFSLIP from creating an iso? Instead after it finish slipstreaming everything, it will just leave the files in a folder?

[Kiki Burgh]

hi Sgt_Strider! yes it is in: 2. HFANSWER.INI - HFSLIP answer file (HFSLIP 1.3.0 and newer)

Quote

MAKENOISO

Possible values: 1 or any other value
Default: no value
Set this to 1 if you want to skip automatic ISO creation when the required files for that are present. This has no effect when running HFSLIP in "MAKEISO mode".

[Sgt_Strider]

Also does HFSLIP automatically detect where the Windows CD is? For example, I have multiple disc drives and virtual disc drives on my computer. How can I point HFSLIP to use which drive?

[S3pHiroTh]

Sgt_Strider, on Mar 2 2007, 09:57 AM, said:

Also does HFSLIP automatically detect where the Windows CD is? For example, I have multiple disc drives and virtual disc drives on my computer. How can I point HFSLIP to use which drive?

HFSLIP creates iso for cds, but doesn't burn them.

[Tomcat76]

S3pHiroTh, on Mar 2 2007, 11:02 AM, said:

HFSLIP creates iso for cds, but doesn't burn them.

HFSLIP can burn the ISO since version 1.2.0.

@Sgt_Strider
To extract the boot image from a Windows CD, HFSLIP looks for a drive that has the I386 folder in its root. The last one encountered is used.
It doesn't really matter which version of Windows is in the I386 folder; the extracted boot images are identical (and if not identical, they are at least interchangeable -- I'm using the same boot.bin for every version of Windows).

[Sgt_Strider]

Tomcat76, on Mar 2 2007, 12:39 PM, said:

S3pHiroTh, on Mar 2 2007, 11:02 AM, said:

HFSLIP creates iso for cds, but doesn't burn them.

HFSLIP can burn the ISO since version 1.2.0.

@Sgt_Strider
To extract the boot image from a Windows CD, HFSLIP looks for a drive that has the I386 folder in its root. The last one encountered is used.
It doesn't really matter which version of Windows is in the I386 folder; the extracted boot images are identical (and if not identical, they are at least interchangeable -- I'm using the same boot.bin for every version of Windows).

I didn't mean it like that. Tools like Alcohol 120% allows me to create virtual drives. How can I point HFSLIP to the correct drive with Windows or it automatically detects that?

[Tomcat76]

I think you don't understand me too well...

The ONLY time HFSLIP looks for "a CD with Windows on it" is to extract the boot image. HFSLIP creates a list of drives which have the I386 folder in the root and uses the last one encountered. All drives are checked except the C: drive. So if Z:\I386 exists, HFSLIP will attempt to get the boot image from there. The version of Windows is not important (nor is the language).

[Sgt_Strider]

Camarade_Tux, on Dec 17 2006, 12:53 AM, said:

Using HFSLIP or updating windows once it is installed in the classic way has just the same effect. Except that if HFSLIP has been used, you can not uninstall the update as there is no 'previous' versions of the updated files.

In fact, we ensure that it has the same effect; it is meant to.

The difference is that HFSLIP saves up to 150MB on your installation CD, at least the same amount of space on your hard drive and speeds up installation.
And as far as I've understood, it is possible to update Vista just in the same way HFSLIP updates 2K/XP/2K3.

Thanks for the response. I have one final question then. If what you say is true, then how come in th add/remove screen, there is a HF program installed? So HFSLIP does not resort to any hacking method to integrate/slipstream the hotfixes?

[Sgt_Strider]

Also is modifyPE.exe mandatory now? With previous versions, I didn't have to add that program, but now I do or I'll get an error.