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Preview of Component Selection: Side-Note: I've been trying to think of what else needs to be changed to support component selection.... and boy, have I come up with a list of things! So it may be a few days before the Component Selection page becomes available as any part of the normal routine....

Bober: Mind you, I'm not complaining! I just wasn't prepared for the amount of green in the background. I guess I haven't used the AutoRun programs that come with XPtsp!

Bober: I edited the INI files so that they will work as intended. Here they are: XP_setups.7z. The new backgrounds are nice, but, MAN! Home Edition is loud!

Amnesia: Try this link. Bober: You have to combine the 7zip SFX module, the Config.txt file and the 7z file together in order to get the compiled "Setup" program. I included the Config.txt with the attached 7z file....

QUICK UPDATE: Version 1.4.3.3 has been released with the changes to make the GUI match the screenshots in the first post. It's Ok, amnesia. I'm not even sure I create non-English resources from English resources at this point..... The multi-language support only applies to the GUI, not necessarily to the resources. Anyway, I'm working on updating the screenshots. A blue logo didn't make sense for a green theme, so I've replaced the blue logo with the green one, since the GUI represents the XPtsp green theme. I'll upload the redesigned GUI once I've completed the changes, then start working on the component selection. Just thought I'd share that with you. I'm hoping to be able to read the strings and figure out what goes where..... I don't know yet. There are some major challenges there if I decide to try this "major" miracle.... But just think: Maybe we can free ourselves from the "English-Only" thingie in the first post..... Probably not, though. "No reboots": :omg: Would be SO nice!"Fixed code to increase...." and "Added temperature variables....": :doh: Why didn't I think of that? Let me work on it! LOL! (Sorry for the late reply, I've been away from the computer for about 1.5 hours!)

Well, I got kinda lazy when I packaged it up. The backgrounds can be easily replaced with the backgrounds from the current AutoRun program. Package it back up with modded 7zip SFX module and BAM! you got a self-contained AutoRun program. (You really need to use the 7zip SFX module, as it can easily set the necessary environmental variable for the actual AutoRun program!) 7Z_SFX.7z

I know that XPSP?RES.DLL are named something else. GUI scans through the TXTSETUP.SIF in order to get the filenames of other XPSP?RES.DLL files. Until I commented it out, the GUI patched those files. Now, I've got to try to patch other languages, which that ain't gonna be easy (if it's possible at all). I'm thinking that maybe, at some future point, I can transform the dialog and menu resources so that they can take the new form. But I have some challenges there that just won't be easy.... Will this receive attention? Probably, just not soon..... However, that's for the future. I've got a lot more that demands urgent attention, such as installing a different version of XPtsp over an already installed/intregrated copy of XPtsp.... Amnesia: On my copy of XP, the XPSP1RES.DLL files are named SPRA????.DLL, XPSP2RES.DLL files are SPRB????.DLL, and XPSP3RES.DLL files are named SPRC????.DLL (where ???? is the language ID hexed). The GUI can easily search TXTSETUP.SIF for the proper names of the alternate files, but it's the patching itself that's going to be a problem.....

Well, I didn't like that post anyway..... It asked too many questions! :doh: LOL! Anyway, I'll try the suggestion with the English resources, cause I'm don't have any Russian ones. See if it works.... EDIT: The resource file has to contain Russian resources in order for those commands to work! :doh: Silly me, thinking it might work otherwise.....

lol sorry man i pushed the edit button instead of reply, i cleared you're post by accident..hehe im a moron, edit: about deleting a resource and then patching it with the wrong ID res file. i have no idea if the system will complain. about patching lang ID's,i do know restorator is able to do this, but im sure we can find a way to do it with reshacker.specialy since res patcher dosent show a window when using it in command line,restorator does...

What's Changed in v1.4.3.2: - Fixed patcher so that uncompressed files are copied instead of attempting to decompress. - Fixed CAB expander so that it moves files expanded from CAB files into proper folder. - Code dealing with non-English XPSP?RES.DLL files commented out. - Fixed code so that XPNETDG.EXE gets patched.

Update on situation: I've figured out what I needed to do for the uncompressed files. And I also discovered an annoying bug that will keep me from patching non-English XPSP?RES.DLL files. ResHacker will add the resources to those files, but won't overwrite non-English resources..... I've found CAB files don't want to patched anymore..... This is annoying. :censored: EDIT: CAB file problem was due to files not existing anymore in SP3.CAB, due to previous issue with uncompressed files.

I looked at through the original XPtsp thread and found the post that sTon3r made about an alternate AutoRun program. So I experimented with the program a little and found that it will launch programs using environmental variables as well. So, what I was thinking as to wrap the new AutoRun proggie with the modified 7zip SFX module, setting a variable to the folder it was launched from. That way, the XP source folder is clean. What do you think? Download link: Setup.exe MD5: 4cb794539c62bdee0d06d12dca9d75c2, Size: 1.18mb EDIT: If we include the 7za.exe and .dll, we can create the 7zip SFX on the fly using the backgrounds for the current AutoRun progie....

I'm closing this thread now. Please refer to the first post for links to the other threads for discussion. Thank you!

What's Changed in v1.4.3.1: - Fixed patcher so that hex-edited files are still present in XP source folder. - Fixed situation where visual theme files were moved when replacement wasn't available. - Removed Clear_WFS_Message.vbs and JPGtoBMP.exe from the Programs folder. - Added code to copy BLUE_SS.DLL and METAL_SS.DLL to proper folders when files are available. - Added code to replace the external JPGtoBMP.EXE program. - Internalized Clear_WFS_Message.vbs script into compiled script. - Replaced MAKECAB.EXE and EXPAND.EXE programs using CABLITE.DLL. - Rewrote CAB building function to use CABLITE.DLL instead of CABARC.EXE program. EDIT: I'm still finding files going missing during source integration, even with this version. I'll try to track the bugs down and kill them, but it probably won't be today..... EDIT2: The bug I reported earlier appears to have everything to do with uncompressed original files, as well as the non-English XPSP?RES.DLL files.... I've removed this version from downloading because this version will screw up any XP source folder it is run on....

Okey-dokey! I can easily add those files to the script! EDIT: Um..... I'm having some difficulty building the compiled script. Something about FileInstall not working, yet the files it's trying to include exists..... I exclude that file, another file is complained about. I remember someone stating that UXTHEME.DLL.RES wasn't being installed on his/her computer..... EDIT2: Found and fixed it..... I'm just having a "blond day".....

You're welcome. It should work with both. However, I don't use nlite so I can't state with certainty that it will work. There's no reason that I aware of why it shouldn't work....

You're welcome and thank you for bringing the problem to light.... Please feel free to ask questions if you have any. I appreciate any assistance that can be given.

No, the path isn't wrong. The script moves the files from Extra\home into Extra prior to patching, overwriting files as necessary. If the file doesn't exist, the filecopy isn't done. EDIT: I've edited the code so that the original HOME_SS.DLL isn't moved if the replacement isn't available.

When you uninstall the GUI, you should end up with pre-patched versions of all files ASSUMING that another version wasn't installed over it. This situation wasn't anticipated, so it wasn't coded for. So, when you installed v1.4.1 over v1.4.0.2, the backups created by v1.4.0.2 were overwritten with the patched files created by v1.4.0.2. At the moment, the GUI doesn't have the ability to detect whether another version of the GUI has been installed. That was intended to be part of component selection, a major part which I haven't written yet. So, yes, it is recommended to uninstall the previous version before installing the current version. (Updated first post)

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As shown on MSFN: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=10623. This add-on adds System Restore to the Accessories category in Add/Remove Programs, allowing the user to completely remove or reinstall System Restore from a RUNNING system. FileName: Doug_SystemRestore_AddOn_v1.0.rar Size: 2kb MD5: 5EF24AA04B18AC5F1AA6BB36C4B9111D Changelog: v1.0 = Initial release of this add-on

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This add-on contains the settings I use to tweak Internet Explorer 7 for my use, which I found under RegTweaks Collection v0.4. It also installs the Internet Explorer 5 Web Accessories onto the system. In addition, it adds the Domain Block List to block some pornographic domains. It can installed without integrating into XP source. IE Tweaks in General: - Adds Government and Military to auto url searches - Keeps Dial-Up Connection active during user-switch - Disallow spying by web-sites by putting "about:" sites in Restricted - Changes default search engine to Yahoo - Adds MSKB, AV, GGL, MSN and FM search keywords to IE. - Disable FTP folder view and use passive FTP - Disable download complete notification and allow IE window reuse - Disallow spying by web-sites by putting "about:" sites in Restricted IE7-specific Tweaks: - Remove IE7 First Run Dialogs and Tabs welcome - Force IE7 Menu Bar to be displayed above address bar - Phishing Filter enabled by default - Adds all supported search scopes for IE7 (Picture) - Changes default search scope to Yahoo and IE7 Start Page to Yahoo. - Changes IE7 Tabbed Browsing behavior. FileName: Doug_IETweak_AddOn_v1.0.rar Size: 62kb MD5: 81D5C224FE64AED0F9A8819C7773E07A NOTE: While I am certain that settings will be applied with IE7 integrated, I am not sure whether they will be if IE7 is installed after windows setup is complete. Just a word of warning....

As shown on MSFN: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=11412. This add-on adds Accessibility Programs to the Accessories category in Add/Remove Programs, allowing the user to completely remove or reinstall all Accessibility TOOLS from a RUNNING system! FileName: Doug_Accessibility_AddOn_v1.3.rar FileSize: 2kb MD5: 04366ea5dcce36e60dcb610dcb22b941 Changelog: v1.0 = Initial release. v1.1 = Corrected INF problems with Add-On v1.2 = Added DefaultInstall and DefaultUnInstall sections to INF file. v1.3 = Removed DefaultInstall and DefaultUnInstall sections from INF file.