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crashfly

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  1. It would depend on what you mean by "hiding" it.

     

    If the partition actually shows up as a drive letter in Windows explorer, then you need to go to "Administrative Tools" > "Computer Management" >  "Storage" > "Disk Management".  Once there, select the partition that has the drive letter you want to remove.  Right click on that partition and select "Change drive letter and paths".  When the dialog box shows up, select remove the drive letter.

     

    If the drive is showing up because you are booting from it, then you are going to have to fix your booting to another partition.  You would have to use a partition program to make those changes.  Technically you can do it with diskpart to make another partition active, but I will leave that as an exercise for you if this one is your problem.

     

    Side note:  If the partition is the standard one Windows 7 creates on an empty disk (and you want to get rid of it), you are going to have to "pre-partition" the drive, or use the command line tool diskpart to partition before Windows 7 gets a hold of the partitions (<Shift>+<F10> will get you to a command prompt in the setup program).

  2. Microsoft has the resources to "fight" that kind of attack.  Be it by 'load balancing', 'virtual servers', or whatever it is they do.  A majority of the updates are not an issue as they are accessible by everyone.  The *special* updates that are rarely handed (have no direct links) out would be my only concern.

     

    Just remember, WinToolKit's primary goal is to be able to install / integrate the updates into a Windows source.  It is only as a secondary function can you also download the updates from the tool.

  3. While the old updates will be replaced by the newer updates (kind of a microsoft thing), I agree with the sentiment above.  When performing fresh updates, one really needs to start with a clean source.  This will seriously reduce the *wonkyness* of any problems.

     

    +1 to bphlpt

  4. While it was easier to remove items from Windows XP and previous Windows OSes, it is not easier in the newer Win 7 and 8.  While "technically" the packages can be removed from the installation source, the saving of space is not that great and you will *definitely* have problems if a program requires the packages you remove.  To fix the "problem" of removed packages would require a complete reinstallation from a complete install source.  IMHO, it is not worth it just for that small amount of space savings.

     

    And for the record, I completely agree with bphlpt and Kelsenellenelvian.

  5. I think there *used* to be a way to do it.  However, that may have been in a much older version of WinToolKit.

     

    As an alternative (if you do not mind batch files that is), you can do something similar with a batch file that will ask the question of which profile you want to run installers for.

     

    Edit:  But as a side note, I think the idea does have merit.  It truely would make WinToolKit a more complete tool.

  6. Sorry, but how is this different than having different ''last session'' .ini files, named differently, with different configurations? I think it's best you describe your request a little more. :)

     

    I think the difference here is that he wants to be able to select what to install at the time Windows is installed.  There is already a way to do that, but I am not entirely sure how it works.

  7. More specifically, it is in relation to using the service "dnsmasq".  There are options to point to a tftp server. (If set up correctly, the server could even be the router itself, but then that requires storage, optware, and etc.)  The information regarding dnsmasq on the wiki is here: http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/DNSMasq_as_DHCP_server.  More answers can be gained by perusing the "Broadcom SoC based Hardware" forum (possibly searching for tftp and dnsmasq) here: http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=1.

  8. I'm very glad to have this explanation, so please continue and finish your tutorial, but I also was hoping for a way this could be done without a server type OS being installed.  I guess that shows my naivety.  Thank you very much for this info anyway.

     

    heers and Regards

    You can actually do this without "directly" having a server.  A router that supports the custom firmware DD-WRT would be able to easily perform the same actions as the server.  If I am not mistaken, I think there are even a few basic tutorials over on the www.dd-wrt.com wiki that show how to set it up.

  9. While I realize it is not necessarily the purview of WinToolKit to look for Komm's download tool, maybe there should be an option to start up that tool for downloads from Komm's server.  Possibly a button to his website for the tool, then you can easily remove his server and let his tool take care of the downloads.

  10. Goals: 1) Integrate Windows updates and drivers

    2) Remove things I don't use, want or need - ideally trimmed as much as possible for me, realistically stability > size and then refine as I go

    3) Integrate my programs such as games, media software, browsers (maybe even have addons for firefox installed too?)

    4) Basic Tweaks - start menu programs folder organizing, what appears in start menu, taskbar pinned programs, sys tray notifications, taskbar thumbnail preview hover time, assign directories to general libraries such as music, pictures, video etc.

    5) Cosmetic Customization - Themes, custom theme, Rainmeter

    1) Yes, easily.

    2) Yes*, but does not entirely remove from install wim.

    3) Yes, with addons or silent installers.

    4) Yes, many customizable in the program, plus you can import your own tweaks.

    5) Yes, easily.

     

    Yes, WinToolKit can do what you want.  Your biggest limitation with WinToolKit (so far) is going to be item removal.  WinToolKit uses the program "dism" to select items for 'removal'.  Now, that may stop the package from installing, however it does not forcefully remove it from the image.  (Although I do believe that Legolash2o is working toward that direction.)

     

    Be cautious with RT7 lite and vlite, as I believe those items *forcefully* remove items from the image (and supposedly remove those items in a hackish way). If you are intent on using those programs to remove items, beware that you could have problems with the install later.

  11. The Correct path is %dvd%\apps

     

     

    At this time all apps integrated via Win Toolkit will integrate to iso root. Optionally you can move the apps folder to another medium like a USB Flash Drive.

     

     

    you can move the apps folder to another medium like a USB Flash Drive.

    PLEASE NOTE: This will not be the case after the "test" version is released. The path will change to "WinToolkit_Apps", and there may be some other changes on the horizon.
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