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MSFN - Where People Go to Know
For the latest news in technology, check this site out. Also stop by the forums for any questions you may have.

Creating an Unattended CD
Have you ever wanted a Windows XP CD that would install Windows XP by automatically putting in your name, product key, timezone and regional settings? Followed by silently installing all your favourite applications along with DirectX 9.0b, .Net Framework 1.1 and then all the Pre-SP2 hotfixes, updated drivers, registry tweaks, and a readily patched UXTheme.dll without any user interaction whatsoever? Then this guide will show you how you can do just that!

Windows XP SP1 in 185 MB
The purpose of this guide is to remove Windows components and drivers from the installation CD, in order to save space and increase performance, both during setup and in the installed operating system. This is done by a series of batchfiles that do everything to remove files and prevent setup from displaying any errors.

Tech-Hints

Gosh
Home of the popular "Reducing Size Of Source" guide to slim down your Windows XP CD! gosh is MSFN's resident file-hacker and his guides cover an assortment of references on INF files and how you can modify the way Windows XP Setup runs. A hotfix slipstream by gosh is also in the works. Simply put, Gosh knows just about all you could want to know and then some.

CD Shell 2.0.11
CD Shell is a scriptable menu system that provides the ability to create interactive multi-boot optical discs. It will make PC-bootable compact discs or DVD's that can select from several program loaders or kernels located on the disc, or boot from other local disk drives that are attached to the system.

AutoPlay Media Studio 5.0
Build professional autorun CD/DVD ROMs, interactive presentations, custom Windows software, and much more the easy way with AutoPlay Media Studio 5.0 by Indigo Rose Software. This powerful development tool will save you time, save you money, and increase the quality of your output.

DrDs Boot Disks
Home of the Village Idiot's boot disks, dll's, and more...

Bootdisk.com
Another great resource for boot disks.

Ultimate Boot CD
Contains a HUGE list of diagnostic tools. Also provides an ISO for the cd where the diagnostic tools are already in a floppy image format and can be easily added to your Multi-Boot DVD project!