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#1 Shirin Zaban

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Posted 25 January 2009 - 03:43 PM

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Making Unattended and Customized Windows XP CD (Part_01)
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hi Dear friends

This is a long time that i want to write a tutorial about Making Unattended and Customized
Windows XP CD ,but there was some problems:

__This tutor is not an small tutor and will have a lot of pages,so it will take a long time
to make it ready.

__My english is not so good to say every thing as i realy mean.i have forgotten many words of
english language ,so some times when i want to say some topics,i do not know the real word,
and i try to explain that by using basic words that i know.

Any way i desided to write this tutor,but the tutor will be as below:

1.The tutor will have several parts,because i will explain every parts at the times that i can
get free of job.

2_I will try to divide sections so that Each Part will be enough for one or more purposes.and
user will not need to read all the parts to do his need.

3_If the tutors had enough readers,after last part i will make all the parts in one PDF formt
and will upload to great BootLand site.

4_I would like to tell the ways to do yourself.but ofcourse i will talk about softwares that
you can use to make your works easyly.

5_Hope you nice friends will help and will say your exprementes in each parts to complate the
topic and to have full description of unattended and Customized XPCD at the end.

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I think that i talked a lot,for this part i am going to say :

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Step_(1) How to Customize Windows XP "Setup.exe" Images
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Setup.exe Can be customized any way you like,you can change picture,text items,icones color,and....
for example see My_setup.png from attachment.

1_Download freeware software "Resource Hacker" from link below:

http://www.users.on....resourcehacker/

2_Run "Res hack" and open xp "Setup.exe" by it,then click on "Action" button on menubar and
select "Save all resources..." and save them in some place.(See Picture_01 from atachment)
Now you will have all images,icons,and cursors used in making setup.exe.

You can change all of those images and icones and cursors by your favorite ones.Just remember
that you have to use the same sizes and formats.for example if you want to replace "Bitmap_21.bmp"
you should make your favorite image "397x180x24b , and BMP format".

So in first step begin to make your favorite images,icons and cursor,then go to step 3

3_Here i will show replacing one of the images and replacing others are the same.
Open "Setup.exe" by "Res hack" , extand Bitmap section by clicking on "+" sign near Bitmap
folder,Then again extand "112" section and click on "1033" under that.
Now you will see an image in right panel of resource hacker.(see pic_02a)

4_Here i suppose that you have made your favorite image befor by the name of xx.bmp and you have
placed it (for example in C:\xx.bmp).
Now Right click on number "1033" and select "Replace resource...".in coming window click on
"Open file with new bitmap.." button (see pic_03) and give address of "C:\XX>BMP" ,then as
pic_04 click on "Replace" button.

5_Now if you go to file menue and select "save",the resource hacker will place your image in setup
exe.By this way you can change all of the images inside setup.exe.


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Step_(2) How to Customize Windows XP "Setup.exe" Icon and TEXTS
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1_ Open "Setup.exe" by "Res hack" ,extand that as pic_05 you will see all the texts in right panel
write your favorite words in that places,then click on " Compile Script" as pic_06 then save it.

Now the text is replaced in your project.

2_ For changing setup.exe icon ,you need to prepare your favorite icon.and replace that as you did in
steps above.just remember that setup.exe uses an iconpack inside itself,so you should make ready
your favorite iconpack if you want to change all icons.
Because the setup.exe uses an icon for exe file,an icon for showing when exe runs and ... so if you
change just one icon, only that special one will be changed.

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I am waiting for your questions and giving more options in this topic.Because there is more things hear
to say.but i will if you liked.

have fun

shirin zaban

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#2 kmazizi

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Posted 19 December 2009 - 01:03 PM

thanks shirin
i have face a problem in this tutorial, please solve this, i have make "
my favorite image in "397x180x24b , and BMP format"
please see the picture.

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Posted 19 December 2009 - 02:16 PM

You should change pictures 20,21,40,50,112,113,550,612,613 and these pictures should have
the sam color backgrounds

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Posted 19 December 2009 - 03:10 PM

thank you Shiri
I have a face a unique problem in xp sp3,
i make my unattended winxp sp3 & burn the cd, when system coping files, after 30% many files are missing in the cd,
i make many cd's & try but same problem are here, please kindly tell me about this & SOLVED the problem.

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Posted 19 December 2009 - 03:32 PM

Hi kmazizi

1.Please tell me more about what/how did you make your media,i mean the changes you have made.

2.If you edit pe files in xpcd and use them without modifying them (as i tolled in tutor),during
setup,they will not be recognized by setup process,so system will give error and will prompt some
notes as not find,or can not copy or...

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Posted 19 December 2009 - 03:39 PM

thanks a lot for quick reply shirin
which i modifying the files, the are coping correctly, other files are missing, when i see and compere the missing files in original master xp cd the file are not found in. but the master cd are working fine, file are not missing. thanks

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Posted 19 December 2009 - 04:22 PM

Dear kmazizi

May be i can not understand the problem clearly.

Did you made iso of your project after making changes ?

if yes,are the missing files in this iso? (Not Origional CD).

Have you checked The origiomal XPCD befor extracting it to make changes ??

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Posted 20 December 2009 - 01:13 PM

thnaks dear shirin my problem has solved,
but i know to something about sp3.cab file, Please tell me how i make (rebuild) the sp3.cab file to my modifying sp3 folder?
& please give me a link best xp sp3 windows download link, if possible you. thanks.

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Posted 20 December 2009 - 01:31 PM

1.place Extacted and modified sp3.cab files some where.

2.For making sp3.cab from extracted and modified files you can Use iexpress
(by going start,then run and typing iexpress,and pressing enter),and
folow the wizard give the address of files,continue untill sp3.cab is made.

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Posted 20 December 2009 - 02:22 PM

hi shirin thank u very much,
i rebuild the sp3.cab file in 7 steps please kindly check them & tell me am i right are no?
please see the pictures. thanks

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Posted 20 December 2009 - 02:59 PM

It looks that you have done the job

You did not need to make sed file,it is for later uses

Any way i am happy you have done your project

Don't Forget: Learn and Teach

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Posted 20 December 2009 - 03:10 PM

i am very thankful to you my dear shirin for help me.

It looks that you have done the job

You did not need to make sed file,it is for later uses

Any way i am happy you have done your project

Don't Forget: Learn and Teach

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Posted 20 December 2009 - 04:29 PM

You should change pictures 20,21,40,50,112,113,550,612,613 and these pictures should have
the sam color backgrounds

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hi shirin i modifying all pic's 20,21,40,50,112,113,550,612,613 but same problem are here again.

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Posted 20 December 2009 - 05:50 PM

hi shirin i modifying all pic's 20,21,40,50,112,113,550,612,613 but same problem are here again.

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Dear kmazizi

For changing the color of back ground you should open setup.exe by hex editor
and change some codes as below:

for example for black back ground that i have used,i opened setup.exe by
hexedit,searched for hex code 5A 7E DC and changed that to 00 00 00
this will change the back color of middle section of setup window to black

you should place your favorite color code instead of 00 00 00

hope was a help

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Posted 21 December 2009 - 10:07 AM

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Dear kmazizi

For changing the color of back ground you should open setup.exe by hex editor
and change some codes as below:

for example for black back ground that i have used,i opened setup.exe by
hexedit,searched for hex code 5A 7E DC and changed that to 00 00 00
this will change the back color of middle section of setup window to black

you should place your favorite color code instead of 00 00 00

hope was a help

shirin zaban


NO DEAR SHIRIN, I AM NOT SUCCESSES FULL IN IT ;)

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Posted 21 December 2009 - 09:31 PM

Hi kmazizi

Do as below,and look at attachment picture:

1.Open Setup.exe by Hex Edit

2.Search for hex numbers "5A7EDC".as you see in figure (1) from attachment.
as you see type "5A7EDC" in hex section,then click "OK"

3.As you see in picture (2),the program will show "5A 7E DC" in left side.

4.Click on 5 and type 0 ,then click on A and type 0 and ...

5.save it.

the back ground color of middle section will change to black.

note:
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In my XP sp2 setup.exe and also my XP sp3 setup.exe,there is code above
inside setup.exe,any way i have seen several other setup.exe (the same
versions),that does not have this code.

If your setup.exe does not contain code above ,search for other close codes

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Posted 02 January 2010 - 02:21 PM

thanks dear shirn ... but i not success-ed again it.

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Posted 23 November 2011 - 06:38 AM

hi Shirin Zaban
how are you ?
pleasae tell me about how to make & Open a hidden folder in (0 kb file) windows xp cd ?
pic are added here.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/338/79249708.jpg/


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Posted 27 November 2011 - 10:06 AM

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Posted 27 February 2013 - 01:57 AM

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Dear kmazizi

For changing the color of back ground you should open setup.exe by hex editor
and change some codes as below:

for example for black back ground that i have used,i opened setup.exe by
hexedit,searched for hex code 5A 7E DC and changed that to 00 00 00
this will change the back color of middle section of setup window to black

you should place your favorite color code instead of 00 00 00

hope was a help

shirin zaban

Sir, What color code is black






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