I read soem posts by pawdk and disgracefull .........I am making my sp2 cd.

has anyone done an unatended litestep xp cd successfully?

quite easy. read the msfn guide about $OEM$ folders so the LS dir gets copied to the root of C:\, and then add a line in your reg hacks file to change HKLM\software\M$\windowsnt\current\winlogon shell=c:\litestep\litestep.exe

and you should be set.

oh, and it doesnt have to be to the root of c:\, but make sure your line for shell= points to wherever you put LS

You could also use a program such as wininstallLE to repackage Omar's installer with your own custom files and and make it silent to run at the first login using the guide disgraceful mentioned. I did this for my unattended install.

where do I get wininstallLE

Ohh I see basically it packages every thing as a setup files right eg .msi? do I have to run it with swiches and stuff?or just stick it in the $oem$ fodlers and that is it?

dont make it harder than it has to be.

here's the steps laid out really easy:

1. copy your LS dir to \$OEM$\$1 on your unattended cd.
2. add this line to your registry setting file:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"shell"="C:\Litestep\Litestep.exe"

copy that line exactly. done. that's it. very simple.

I did basically what disgraceful was saying but I also had my cd import a reg key taken from my old registry into the new one, then ran lsthemeinstaller to install my own theme and then used setshell to make sure all the needed keys were set... worked fine everytime I used it on my vwmare machine... oh and with the theme I had it use a non netloadmodule version so I didn't need to worry about the SP2 firewall interfering...

And you don't just stick anything in the $OEM$ folder... :p

You need to have a script of some kind to run all of the programs... (don't know if you knew that or not but I wanted to be sure before you wasted a disc)

no, for this you dont need any scripts. you dont have to run the installer. copy the folder from your current installation to the oem folder and you're done. as long as you have LS up and running on your pc now from the installer, then it will work fine if you just copy the folder over. you dont want to use any other reg keys if you're making an unattended cd. the reg keys from the installer are for specific users and you dont want that setup if you're doing this unattended. all of the LS settings are in its own directory. you only need the one reg key i wrote here.

if you've read and understand the unattended section of msfn, then you know how to make a custom reg file to run, and you know that the oem folder will work as i've said.