Sounds great. I'm not sure if you've heard of this program called "Advanced Installer" you can repackage installations into a MSI package. The MSI package can then be silently installed during installation of the OS. For example say you want to integrate Office 2003, but only want to include the three main programs everyone uses. Word, Excel, and Powerpoint. You want to exclude everything else. In this program you can run the installation of Office 2003 it will take a snapshot of registry before you make the changes, then you proceed with custom install and it takes snapshot of registry and folder settings afterwords and creates a single MSI package for you to deploy silently. Handy little tool. You can try it for 30 days full feature but its not freeware.

So, I've found out that "collab.cpl" (and its registry entries + its mui files) has nothing to do with Bluetooth stack and so is needless in my installer.
So I made a new installer without the "collab.cpl" (and relative files/reg entries).
Big thanks to neige for pointing me to the right file name!

Thanx for the new installer Ascii !

I'll remove the extra files in the MUI folders on the weekend.

For the new release, the issue will be not there.

Also I am currently preparing a complete R2 ISO with ALL versions converted.

It will take some time but it's worth it.

Regards,

Neige

Thanks for that nice pack, I searched the thread but nothing to find. Can someone explain why dreamscene is greyed out ? seems like the decoder file isn't ready ( mpeg2 ) but if I'm correct it should be enabled by default yet

thanks in advance!

It's normal that it's greyed out !

You need to select the Wallpaper first from Dreamscene Folder then it will be active.

To select Wallpaper is just like changing Desktop Theme, you need to select Wallpaper Item.

I integrated an existing Dreamscene Wallpaper, so it should work.

Regards,

Neige

edit! < nevermind > thanks for ur help it works with ur instruction yeaha

Hi there, Neige!

I am just wondering on progress and to possibly give a few suggestions and tips out (I haven't read the entire thread before I made this post (which is bad and I apologize ), so if there is a duplicate, forgive me ) So, here's the big list :

Suggestions:

* Add every single codec from Windows 7 that you know that can/does work with Server 2008 R2 (that hasn't been added already within your latest builds ^^ )

* On top of the first suggestion, After I install an OS on my PC, I always use this following list as a base *after* I install all my drivers and before Windows Updates. Some of these codecs are old, but I install them simply for application compatiblity (Some of these codecs which were removed in Vista/original Server 2008 ^^ ). Here are my list of codecs: Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Runtime (link: http://download.microsoft.com/download/ ... vbvm50.exe ), Unreal Runtime Fix 4 (the DLL's are most important here, and I consider it a "small" incremental update and compliment to Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Runtime, just delete the "Unreal" folder and the EXE/txt file that's inside it and keep the DLL files ^^. Link: http://www.atomicgamer.com/files/19674/unrealedfix4-exe ), Microsoft Visual Basic Runtime 6.0 SP6 (Link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/d ... laylang=en ), mfc71.dll (I get errors from some apps that this dll is missing in Server 2008 R2, so I always impliment it and the issues go away ^^ Note: I place in *BOTH* System32 and SysWOW64, although I can't recall for Server 2008 R2 if one is already in place in one of the folders, but if so, use that one instead of this download link. If it doesn't exist at all, then use the link in this post... Link: http://www.dll-files.com/mfc71.zip?0VKkQEYMdT ), Microsoft C++ 2005 SP1 Runtime (*BOTH* x86 and x64, Links: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/d ... laylang=en & http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/d ... laylang=en ), Microsoft C++ 2008 SP1 Runtime (*BOTH* x86 & x64, Links: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/d ... laylang=en & http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/d ... laylang=en ), Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 (1.0 apparently hates x64 bit OS's and thinks that when I install it it's Windows XP Professional x64, and still refuses to install, but I'll include the download link for users who may find a way of using it in some way. It was ripped off one of my old nLite'd WinXP DVD's and what not. By running the major EXE's, as long as your OS is Windows Server 2003 or older, it'll run. But... extract the EXE's with WinRAR (or whatever archiver you prefer... ^^ ). Links: http://www.mediafire.com/?5xkbx2d7u46xwxe & http://www.mediafire.com/?lefl8ft7p1fpica ) & finally, although I am not too sure if it's legal to post it here, but I managed to extract the files I know that contain the Windows 7 RTM WoW16 files (including some registry ^^ ) I don't get any errors when copying the files and installing the registry, infact, I consider this Alpha/Beta, since I am unsure if it even works, but I install it because I do notice that some older apps run a bit smoother after I install and reboot, but perhaps someone can 100% clarify and perfect this (if it's legal/safe to do so, that is ^^ ). Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?g63qp3c8n6d8iki

Tips:

* Turn off Data Execution Protection and make it only apply for core Windows applications, not everything in total (if you have already done this, just pretend that this wasn't written ^^ )

* Put in games explorer along with the gameux.dll file, this way, both can run together in perfect harmony, and more apps will be compatible. Just my 2 cents.

Questions:

* Is it built into Server 2008 R2 about enforcing the password at first logon (aka hard-coded)? If so, it would make sense on why my older version of this workstation build had to do that, along with these new versions from what I see in the pictures in the first post... ^^

* Is it possible that I can be a private tester of this project? I know I'm asking a lot from ya, but this is the last one anyway, so after this I'll be quiet and continue peering through the thread silently until something comes up. ^^

Thank you for reading this, Neige, and hopefully what I wrote can help you along your journey. Cheers m8!

Edit1: I found several of fixes that might be a good idea to integrate into your iso's, Neige! download/file.php?id=262, viewtopic.php?f=25&t=1045&start=0, viewtopic.php?f=25&t=1155 & viewtopic.php?f=21&t=1349&start=0

Hi Ronin !

I took note of what you posted. Thank You !

In what concerns Private Testing I'll ad you to the list of buddies that already try out my releases.

For the moment I have other priorities on R2 Project.

Regards,

Neige

Hi guys,

I just installed the Director's Cut on my MacBook Pro 13" and everything seems to work like a charm. The only problem is that I have a product key for the Standard Edition of R2 (from Dreamspark). And R2 Enterprise does not accept it.

Do you know if I can force it to accept it (downgrade to Standard, change tokens.dat, or something)?

If not, are there any pre-modded Standard Editions around? I don't think I want to mod it all myself.

Cheers from Oz!

Hi !

You can't downgrade but you can get it activated with other tools,....such as xxx xxxxxx xx xxxx xxxx xxxxxxxx that I prefer since there is no GRUB install but just an OEM driver install.

Still it's odd because the keys from Dreamspark were initially for Standard and Enteprise.

I hope that will help you.

Regards,

N