thanks for the info, i knew about ghost, as i set up cybercafes, done 14 now,
the image itself is tailored for cybercafes, which is why fresh setup's isn't really the way for me to go,
you see, customers want to use the machines, and what they hate the most is NAG screens,
they don't like things keep coming up what shouldn't,
i don't want to go into detail, but lets say, over a 1,000 settings have been adjusted to make the experience for the customer the best it can be,
that means, security, update settings, privacy settings, some kind anti-key logging software, and of course browser, messengers, well the list goes on,
with every program installed by default (from image) every program has been updated and settings configured for public use,
Nettime software helps a lot
and of course Goback 4.02 protects the systems from tampering,
so you see, (i should of explained this to begin with, i apologise) the image has a specific function,
and is tailored for a specific purpose, and it has tacken many many adjustments to iron out hundreds of little settings just to help out the customer more,
so getting back on topic, although reading WPI is intriguing, i can't let go of the image i have, for it has way to much time and resources from me to start again,
and the registry is quite clean, there are cleaners, and reg defraggers that can help with this process,
tuneup utilities was all i used, but CCleaner is something i now use aswell,
i was hoping that i could find a way of using UIU (which handles all sysprep functions for me, and enhance it somewhat) further and try and find a way of downloading HAL info, and make UIU just as effective as it has been all this time,
because UIU does everything for me, that is explained in this topic, and with the help from driverpacks, it is just as powerful as if it was the latest version, only i'm worried that it doesn't have the NEW HAL's drivers for modern day processors, and neither does driverpacks,
perhaps i should try and work out how UIU works, perhaps it uses something like "Mysysprep" already, and if it does, perhaps i could alter something that will make it future proof,
thanks any way, and if any one else here could shed some lite, perhaps someone has used UIU (universal imaging utility) themselves and have found a wau of making it understand future processors without having to use the latest version,
but thank you OverFlow, i did not know about "WPI", looks very interesting, could defiantly come in handy with fresh installs (coustomers repairs, not the main image needed for cybercafes only).
and thank you for your patience, like i said before, it was my mistake, i should of explained that the image is tailored for cybercafe roll out's.
and for the record, as much as i would love to do what UIU does manually (without the need of UIU), i'm just not as intelligent as you people here,
I'm 28 years of age, and things are not as easy to pick up as it once was, when i was 19, things were easy and fun, but these days, my mind has to try now, and things don't come as natural as it use to, I'm getting old,
so with respect, a lot of stuff here about using sysprep with scripts, and creating a database for HAL info with mysysprep, man i have to say, i feel a little intimidated, I'm just not that good,
to sum it up, i was hoping some one here could help me cheat, and enhance UIU further so i don't have to dive in to this deep stuff that you people here seem to know so well.
it was a long shot a best, i know not many people even know about UIU, so, still it was worth a try,
if you don't ask, then you will never know.
thanks anyway,
and sorry for any spelling mistakes, my spell checker in firefox isn't activated for some reason, will sort it out now, as I've edited this post, 5 times already,
well, onto learning WPI, sounds good.
see ya
edited, spell checker working again, corrected this post.
Last edited by Registered (2008-04-03 05:07:18)
