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Sorry  for the late reply.

makePNF.exe makes .pnf files (Precompiled iNFormation files), this uses the SetupCopyOEMInf API call. That's all it does, but there are two effects:
1) speed: scanning for the right driver is faster, because the .inf files don't have to be parsed anymore, it's already done
2) KTD: it references the locations of the real driver, so it can effectively create "a database" of drivers that are available on the system.

See http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-US/library/aa376990.aspx and http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=43795 for details.

Syntax:

makePNF.exe %systemdrive%\directory-with-drivers

This will apply the SetupCopyOEMInf API call on all drivers in this directory.

The DriverPacks BASE does not touch any of those files. So I can't imagine how it can be the cause. But hey, this is Windows, so anything is possible.

Haha Now that's a nice quote Thanks, and welcome to the forums

Please submit this to the bugtracker and refer to this topic. I'll fix it when I have time for it.

It seems muiz is calling in all his friends. His first slogan was running 5th in the poll this morning, now it has more than 40 additional votes and is by FAR 1st.

Perhaps the others should call in the help of their friends too?

I'm pretty sure it worked, otherwise an error would have been logged:

	; delete DPsFnshr.exe during the next reboot
	if regWrite("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce", "DriverPacks Finisher final cleanup", "REG_SZ", "cmd.exe /c ""del /f /q " & envGet("systemdrive") & "\DPsFnshr.exe""") then
		__LOG("Added new value to the RunOnce key in the registry: the DriverPacks Finisher itself will get deleted after the next reboot.")
	else
		__LOG("Could not write to the RunOnce key in the registry, therefore the DriverPacks Finisher itself will NOT get deleted automatically!")
	endIf

And as you can see, it's HKLM.

2007-07-12 13:41:56 : <CLNP> Added new value to the RunOnce key in the registry: the DriverPacks Finisher itself will get deleted after the next reboot.

Have you already rebooted?

The problem was due to a simple setting: aggressive caching. This results in better performance, but anonymous visitors get served cached pages. Hence your problems.

I disabled the caching and voila, problem solved.

My apologies.

I haven't read everything in detail, skinlayers. But this howto looks very nice! Thanks!
A better way to do this is this one though (rough guidelines, no details included):
1) extract the DriverPacks to where you want them to stay (you're doing this already)
2) apply KTD on them (makePNF.exe)
3) run that Sysprep tool thingie that automatically detects all drivers and that will update [SysprepMassStorage] automatically. I don't remember the name
4) make sure that the Finisher is called on the first boot (you're doing this already)

@JakeLD: try DSPdsblr.exe, that one is language-independent

@twig123: hehe

@Helmi: aha! I didn't know incremental differences were possible! And I'll contact you when the time has come, then!

I've quickly read through this thread and I can assure you that both hotfixes are valid hotfixes and have worked fine for a long time.
You seem to have found a bug though - please report it in the bug tracker so I won't forget to fix it.

Have you narrowed it down any further already?

This is not just "by design". All changes are crucial changes. And only a couple of entries are touched