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nLited XP installs for a cab
spystyle:
OK I've been reading at M$ website (it's very boring) and I think I figured out the problem :) Help me write this :
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1. Problem :
When you press the power button on your Windows XP computer it reads "It is now safe to turn off your computer", rather than turning off. It's annoying.
2. Causes :
a) A non ACPI (advanced configuration and power interface) computer. Windows simply can't turn it off. It could be an old computer like Pentium 1.
b) An ACPI computer who's bios had ACPI setting disabled when Windows was first installed.
c) An incorrect setting in nLite's unattended installation :
Computer type = "StandardPC" (no ACPI)
or "MPS Uniprocessor PC" (single core CPU with no ACPI)
or "MPS Multiprocessor PC" (dual core CPU with no ACPI)
3. Timeline :
ACPI was first released in 1996. Pentium 4 was first released in 2000 so all should be fine. Pentium 3 was released in 1999 so most should be fine. Pentium 2 was released in 1997 so I bet many are not ACPI. Pentium 1 was released in 1993 so I bet almost none are ACPI.
4. Solution :
a) Pre XP-install solutions :
*Make sure ACPI is enabled in the computer's bios
*In Nlite's Unattended page, set computer type to "Automatic"
(previously I used "Standard PC" but that is not ACPI)
b) Post XP-install solutions :
???
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I also wonder if min-logon is incompatible with some settings in Nlite's Unattended.
spystyle:
"It is Now Safe to Turn Off Your Computer" (annoying problem)
OK, as stated above I don't know how to fix the computer type (or "HAL") after Windows is already installed.
But I did take a stab at fixing the problem before Windows is installed, by correcting the "computer type" setting in Nlite's unattended page (while creating MAME-XP).
So I followed my entire MAME-XP tutorial and created a MAME-XP from a Windows XP SP2 Professional disk. I set the computer type to "Automatic" in Nlite's unattended page, otherwise everything else was exactly the same. I even added MAME 53 set to the MAME-XP disk so Windows automatically copied a MAME set to the root of the hard drive (without clones it's only 3 GB). Anything placed in "$OEM$\$1" on the disk will be copied to the root of the hard drive during install. I burned it all to a DVD-R and it works. The ACPI computer (AMD P4 single core clone) does shut down as it's supposed to :)
If you have problems with your MAME-XP disk crashing during install, go back and verify that all driverpacks can be opened (don't extract them, simply make sure they are able to be opened). I had some driverpacks that didn't download correctly and I had to download them again. You can also make your MAME-XP disk again but without driverpacks, then test it in M$ Virtual PC (that doesn't need driverpacks). This would make it clear if your problem is related to driverpacks or not.
Also if the driverpack's slipstreaming seems to be taking a long time give it overnight, my most recent one mysteriously took 5 hours :
While testing MAME-XP with most recent driverpacks in "Microsoft Virtual PC 2007"
During Windows setup I get the error :
STOP C0000221 unknown hard error
\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll
I think it's due to :
DP_MassStorage_wnt5_x86-32_1006.7z
I tried the same disk in a real computer and it worked fine. I think the problem is only between that one driverpack and Virtual PC program.
It's worth noting in case anyone is testing their ISO's in Virtual PC before actually burning them.
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It's also worth noting that "format" versus "quick format", during Windows setup, is whether or not you want to test the hard drive for bad sectors. If you are not in a hurry it's always a good idea to do a slow format. During a slow format Windows will make a record of any bad sectors and not use them.
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Here is the lastsession.ini for MAME-XP rev 7 :
http://rapidshare.com/files/412241450/LAST_SESSION.zip.htm
alt :
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BYEOM162
And I updated my tutorial with that one change, so we should be rid of the power button issue for good :)
MAME-XP creation tutorial :
http://tinyurl.com/2befhpn
(Please don't spread the link)
Long live Saint !
:burgerking:
EvilDindon:
Will def try it. Thanks !
PS : will it work on a french version of XP ?
newmanfamilyvlogs:
Ummm. you probably should blank out that CDkey in the picture. Though it's probably too late now.
smalltownguy:
Bumping an old thread...I'm just getting around to this now. It appears that Driverpacks has gotten much bigger lately. My .iso after adding driverpacks swells from ~150mb to over 1.4 gigs. No way it will fit on a CD. Anyone have any luck trimming back the driver packs to make their installation fit on a CD? Should I omit some categories?
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