Thread: MINLOGON without ewf, easy install with files

Originally Posted by Maximus

Wrong thread or what ? Reply five days later ?

I hope it wasn't me you where after.... sure it wasn't minlogon _only_
but come on, how difficult could it be to download the package, unzip, replace winlogon.exe, import reg-file... done.

/M

why read through a 20 page thread to figure out the quirks of their 'elegant' solution when you could check out a KISS solution developed by someone else?

just the path of least resistatance

there's no quirks man, just some people having problems with WFP. i updated my first post in the original minlogon thread a while ago to reflect the changes (i.e., only one registry value to import).

Originally Posted by linden_arden

why read through a 20 page thread to figure out the quirks of their 'elegant' solution when you could check out a KISS solution developed by someone else?

just the path of least resistatance

Sure, but I replied to "mattress" post that just came out of the blue and seemed irrelative to this whole thread, so I was just asking if it was my answer to where you could find minlogon that was wrong.

No 20 pages either... like I said.. Post #4, but now that syfenx's link is online again people can choose anyone they like.

/M

I am expermenting with minlogon with good sucess so far thanks to you guys. I would like to take it a little further and incorporate minlogon and other XPE stuff into an install CD where it is all up and running right after install is finished. I am trying to make a blazing fast windows xp and quick on startup too. I know some about doing this but would need detailed info to acomplish this. I know others would find this info to be of great use. Can anyone help?

all you need to do in order to include minlogon into an nLite install is just modify the hive files in the i386 directory of your CD and add entries for the files that need to be copied over (making sure those files are in the i386 directory when you burn the CD).

You want to use this info:

Code:

HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_EWF","NextInstance",0x00010003,1
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_EWF\0000",,0x00000012
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_EWF\0000","Service",0x00000002,"EWF"
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_EWF\0000","Legacy",0x00010003,1
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_EWF\0000","ConfigFlags",0x00010003,32
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_EWF\0000","Class",0x00000002,"LegacyDriver"
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_EWF\0000","ClassGUID",0x00000002,"{8ECC055D-047F-11D1-A537-0000F8753ED1}"
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_EWF\0000","DeviceDesc",0x00000002,"EWF"
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_EWF\0000","Capabilities",0x00010003,0
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_EWF\0000\Control","ActiveService",0x00000002,"EWF"
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ewf","ErrorControl",0x00010003,1
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ewf","Group",0x00000002,"System Bus Extender"
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ewf","Start",0x00010003,0
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ewf","Type",0x00010003,1
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ewf\Parameters\Protected\Volume0","Enabled",0x00010003,0
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ewf\Parameters\Protected\Volume0","Type",0x00010003,1
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ewf\Parameters\Protected\Volume0","ArcName",0x00000002,"multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)"
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{71A27CDD-812A-11D0-BEC7-08002BE2092F}","UpperFilters",0x00010000,"EWF"

ewf.sys      = 100,,,,,,,4,0,0
ewfmgr.exe   = 100,,,,,,,2,0,0

HKLM,"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon","Config",0x00010001,23

minlogon.exe = 1,,,,,,,2,0,0

all the ewf stuff goes into hivesys while the minlogon stuff goes into hivesft file. the file entries are added to the txtsetup.sif file. ewf is configured as disabled so you can boot up your system and make any changes before enabling it. i think it's better to let the system boot up at least once normally before enabling minlogon and ewf. copy the ewf.sys, ewfmgr.exe, ewfntldr, and minlogon.exe files to your I386 directory renaming them as such:

ewf.sy_
ewfmgr.ex_
minlogon.ex_
ewfntldr---->delete the current ntldr and replace it with ewfntldr

that should be good enough i think. it's pretty much what i use for my nLite CD's.

Where would I get the files ewf.sy/ewfmgr.ex/ewfntldr I have minlogon already. At one time I just replaced winlogon with a renamed minlogon in the i386 folder and got a blue screen and installation halted at that point. I will try this. The html stuff wher does this go?

Hklm not html

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