I'm back in my home. I'm going to review my notes and work hard on new release. I just noticed my new RES patches are not fixed for all languages as stupid MS have broken elements positions on each languages. This will need some time to review. But good is I have created fresh 2003 UpdatePack with all possible updates 08-2019 - it can be easily adapted for all languages
Today I performed some tests. I have improved latest build detection for integrated images. More tests are needed, also few compatibily things in UpdatePacks are needed. Code: Started on 21.01.2023 at 12:05:57,82 Auto-Sysprep progress: 1 / 8 [1] Extracting cs_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_vl_x14-73965.iso Windows XP Professional Volume License (cs-CZ) SP3 v5.1.2600.5512 x86 [2] Integrating UpdatePack [3] Adding Auto-Sysprep [4] Building ISO [5] Installing into VirtualBox [6] Extracting VHD Windows XP Professional Volume License (cs-CZ) SP3 v5.1.2600.7728 x86 [7] Capturing image [8] Exporting image Started on 21.01.2023 at 12:30:03,43 Auto-Sysprep progress: 2 / 8 [1] Extracting cs_win_srv_2003_enterprise_with_sp2_vl.iso Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Volume License (cs-CZ) SP2 v5.2.3790.3959 x86 [2] Integrating UpdatePack [3] Adding Auto-Sysprep [4] Building ISO [5] Installing into VirtualBox [6] Extracting VHD Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Volume License (cs-CZ) SP2 v5.2.3790.6947 x86 [7] Capturing image [8] Exporting image [9] Creating Windows XP Professional 2003 Started on 21.01.2023 at 12:52:21,11 Auto-Sysprep progress: 3 / 8 [1] Extracting cs_win_srv_2003_r2_enterprise_with_sp2_vl.iso Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Volume License (cs-CZ) SP2 v5.2.3790.3959 x86 [2] Integrating UpdatePack [3] Adding Auto-Sysprep [4] Building ISO [5] Installing into VirtualBox [6] Extracting VHD Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Volume License (cs-CZ) SP2 v5.2.3790.6947 x86 [7] Capturing image [8] Exporting image Started on 21.01.2023 at 13:14:37,29 Auto-Sysprep progress: 4 / 8 [1] Extracting en_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_vl_x14-73974.iso Windows XP Professional Volume License (en-US) SP3 v5.1.2600.5512 x86 [2] Integrating UpdatePack [3] Adding Auto-Sysprep [4] Building ISO [5] Installing into VirtualBox [6] Extracting VHD Windows XP Professional Volume License (en-US) SP3 v5.1.2600.7728 x86 [7] Capturing image [8] Exporting image Started on 21.01.2023 at 13:38:52,90 Auto-Sysprep progress: 5 / 8 [1] Extracting en_winxp_pro_x64_with_sp2_VOL_20070218_crmpx_x13-41611.iso Windows XP Professional Volume License (en-US) SP2 v5.2.3790.3959 x64 [2] Integrating UpdatePack [3] Adding Auto-Sysprep [4] Building ISO [5] Installing into VirtualBox [6] Extracting VHD Windows XP Professional Volume License (en-US) SP2 v5.2.3790.6947 x64 [7] Capturing image [8] Exporting image Started on 21.01.2023 at 14:13:51,78 Auto-Sysprep progress: 6 / 8 [1] Extracting en_win_srv_2003_enterprise_with_sp2_vl.iso Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Volume License (en-US) SP2 v5.2.3790.3959 x86 [2] Integrating UpdatePack [3] Adding Auto-Sysprep [4] Building ISO [5] Installing into VirtualBox [6] Extracting VHD Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Volume License (en-US) SP2 v5.2.3790.6947 x86 [7] Capturing image [8] Exporting image [9] Creating Windows XP Professional 2003 Started on 21.01.2023 at 14:38:46,06 Auto-Sysprep progress: 7 / 8 [1] Extracting en_win_srv_2003_r2_enterprise_with_sp2_vl.iso Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Volume License (en-US) SP2 v5.2.3790.3959 x86 [2] Integrating UpdatePack [3] Adding Auto-Sysprep [4] Building ISO [5] Installing into VirtualBox [6] Extracting VHD Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Volume License (en-US) SP2 v5.2.3790.6947 x86 [7] Capturing image [8] Exporting image Started on 21.01.2023 at 15:03:41,31 Auto-Sysprep progress: 8 / 8 [1] Extracting en_win_srv_2003_r2_enterprise_x64_with_sp2_vl.iso Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Volume License (en-US) SP2 v5.2.3790.3959 x64 [2] Integrating UpdatePack [3] Adding Auto-Sysprep [4] Building ISO [5] Installing into VirtualBox [6] Extracting VHD Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Volume License (en-US) SP2 v5.2.3790.6947 x64 [7] Capturing image [8] Exporting image Started on 21.01.2023 at 15:39:09,89 Windows XP Modern Installer [1] Extracting en_windows_7_ultimate_with_sp1_x64_dvd_u_677332.iso Win10_21H2_English_x64.iso [2] Building setup structure Building bootloader Adding DriverPacks support Adding Setup folder Adding Unattended configurations [3] Upgrading setup engine Integrating setup drivers Integrating setup language packs Integrating cs-CZ Integrating setup engine language packs Integrating cs-CZ [4] Patching setup design [5] Modifying setup launch [6] Cleaning boot.wim [7] Compressing boot.wim "F:\XP2ESD\_output\sources\boot.wim" original size: 159918 KiB Using LZX compression with 6 threads Archiving file data: 513 MiB of 513 MiB (100%) done Calculating integrity table for WIM: 153 MiB of 153 MiB (100%) done "F:\XP2ESD\_output\sources\boot.wim" optimized size: 157370 KiB Space saved: 2548 KiB [8] Updating install.wim 1. Windows XP Professional Volume License (cs-CZ) x86 License files check Applying winlogon patch Applying RunOnceEx icon patch Applying RunOnceEx dialog patch Adding patched ACPI.sys Repacking sp3.cab 2. Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Volume License (cs-CZ) x86 License files check Applying winlogon patch Applying RunOnceEx icon patch Applying RunOnceEx dialog patch Adding patched ACPI.sys Repacking sp2.cab 3. Windows XP Professional 2003 Volume License (cs-CZ) x86 License files check Applying winlogon patch Applying RunOnceEx icon patch Applying RunOnceEx dialog patch Adding patched ACPI.sys Repacking sp2.cab 4. Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Volume License (cs-CZ) x86 License files check Applying winlogon patch Applying RunOnceEx icon patch Applying RunOnceEx dialog patch Adding patched ACPI.sys Repacking sp2.cab 5. Windows XP Professional Volume License (en-US) x86 License files check Applying winlogon patch Applying RunOnceEx icon patch Applying RunOnceEx dialog patch Adding patched ACPI.sys Repacking sp3.cab 6. Windows XP Professional Volume License (en-US) x64 License files check Applying RunOnceEx icon patch Applying RunOnceEx dialog patch Adding patched ACPI.sys Repacking sp2.cab 7. Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Volume License (en-US) x86 License files check Applying winlogon patch Applying RunOnceEx icon patch Applying RunOnceEx dialog patch Adding patched ACPI.sys Repacking sp2.cab 8. Windows XP Professional 2003 Volume License (en-US) x86 License files check Applying winlogon patch Applying RunOnceEx icon patch Applying RunOnceEx dialog patch Adding patched ACPI.sys Repacking sp2.cab 9. Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Volume License (en-US) x86 License files check Applying winlogon patch Applying RunOnceEx icon patch Applying RunOnceEx dialog patch Adding patched ACPI.sys Repacking sp2.cab 10. Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Volume License (en-US) x64 License files check Applying RunOnceEx icon patch Applying RunOnceEx dialog patch Adding patched ACPI.sys Repacking sp2.cab [9] Compressing ESD install.esd Using LZMS compression with 6 threads Archiving file data: 7955 MiB of 7955 MiB (100%) done [10] Building bootable ISO OSCDIMG 2.56 CD-ROM and DVD-ROM Premastering Utility Copyright (C) Microsoft, 1993-2012. All rights reserved. Licensed only for producing Microsoft authorized content. Scanning source tree (500 files in 83 directories) Scanning source tree complete (983 files in 135 directories) Computing directory information complete Image file is 11342249984 bytes (before optimization) Writing 983 files in 135 directories to F:\XP2ESD\WinXP_AIO_ESD.iso 100% complete Storage optimization saved 189 files, 29175808 bytes (1% of image) After optimization, image file is 11315748864 bytes Space saved because of embedding, sparseness or optimization = 29175808 Done. Finished on 21.01.2023 at 16:00:31,36 Process finished, press any key to exit... EDIT: I'm going to test deploying other systems right now. I remember I have implemented patch for Standard Setup Engine that allow it without issue (without patch is impossible and patch can be applied only on latest Windows 10 - 19041). I hope for universal deploying engine on next release
@George King I have 22H2 Windows 10 ISO, and it should also work to deploy XP from POWIS Launcher without problems.
Problems are only when you try to deploy other systems (Vista, 7, 8.0, 8.1) using Standard Setup. Setup engine needs to be patched too. I'm happy I succeed with this patch for winsetup.dll for 19041 which is always base for all newer Windows 10 "builds". Code: REM Suppress /is-serviceable errors, probably only needed on Windows 10 setup engine inside 7 WinPE %TAKEOWN% /F "%TEMP%\boot\sources\winsetup.dll" /A >nul %ICACLS% "%TEMP%\boot\sources\winsetup.dll" /grant *S-1-5-32-544:F >nul for /f "tokens=1-4 delims=." %%A in ('""%WinDir%\system32\cscript.exe" /nologo "%~dp0deployment\fileversion.vbs" "%TEMP%\boot\sources\winsetup.dll""') do ( if "%%A.%%B" == "10.0" ( REM Windows 10 Universal? if exist "%TEMP%\boot\Windows\syswow64" ( REM 21 00 0F 1F 44 00 00 85 F6 0F 88 0F REM 21 00 0F 1F 44 00 00 85 F6 EB 04 0F REM FF 85 F6 78 6C REM FF 85 F6 90 90 "%~dp0apps\bbe\%ARCH%\bbe.exe" -b "/\x21\x00\x0F\x1F\x44\x00\x00\x85\xF6\x0F\x88\x0F/:12" -e "s/\x21\x00\x0F\x1F\x44\x00\x00\x85\xF6\x0F\x88\x0F/\x21\x00\x0F\x1F\x44\x00\x00\x85\xF6\xEB\x04\x0F/" "%TEMP%\boot\sources\winsetup.dll" -o "%TEMP%\boot\sources\winsetup2.dll" del "%TEMP%\boot\sources\winsetup.dll" ren "%TEMP%\boot\sources\winsetup2.dll" "winsetup.dll" "%~dp0apps\bbe\%ARCH%\bbe.exe" -b "/\xFF\x85\xF6\x78\x6C/:5" -e "s/\xFF\x85\xF6\x78\x6C/\xFF\x85\xF6\x90\x90/" "%TEMP%\boot\sources\winsetup.dll" -o "%TEMP%\boot\sources\winsetup2.dll" del "%TEMP%\boot\sources\winsetup.dll" ren "%TEMP%\boot\sources\winsetup2.dll" "winsetup.dll" ) else ( REM x86 REM 50 FF 15 6C 57 29 10 85 DB 0F 88 93 REM 50 FF 15 6C 57 29 10 85 DB EB 04 93 REM 80 85 DB 78 35 REM 80 85 DB 90 90 "%~dp0apps\bbe\%ARCH%\bbe.exe" -b "/\x50\xFF\x15\x6C\x57\x29\x10\x85\xDB\x0F\x88\x93/:12" -e "s/\x50\xFF\x15\x6C\x57\x29\x10\x85\xDB\x0F\x88\x93/\x50\xFF\x15\x6C\x57\x29\x10\x85\xDB\xEB\x04\x93/" "%TEMP%\boot\sources\winsetup.dll" -o "%TEMP%\boot\sources\winsetup2.dll" del "%TEMP%\boot\sources\winsetup.dll" ren "%TEMP%\boot\sources\winsetup2.dll" "winsetup.dll" "%~dp0apps\bbe\%ARCH%\bbe.exe" -b "/\x80\x85\xDB\x78\x35/:5" -e "s/\x80\x85\xDB\x78\x35/\x80\x85\xDB\x90\x90/" "%TEMP%\boot\sources\winsetup.dll" -o "%TEMP%\boot\sources\winsetup2.dll" del "%TEMP%\boot\sources\winsetup.dll" ren "%TEMP%\boot\sources\winsetup2.dll" "winsetup.dll" ) ) ) "%~dp0apps\PEChecksum.exe" -c "%TEMP%\boot\sources\winsetup.dll" >nul
Out of curiosity, how do you even find the right hex code to change in general? This is undocumented. Did you figure it out from dissasembler, strings from hex code or did you receive help from another experienced user? I am saying this to ensure that I don't accidentally cause bugs or glitches in a file if hex values were accidentally changed by replacing them with random numbers.
In setup log you can find where whole process fails. Then you need to load needed file in IDA, find needed function and then game begins. For example this patch was really hard to develop as error comes from different place than patch. P.S. This patch is not random
Almost 4 and a half hours ago, I managed to install XP (with XP2ESD) from the boot partition (created from the installer on UEFI mode) after MyFactory hung. It took a while, but I had to convert the installation from UEFI-GPT to Legacy-MBR manually to get this to work (I had to copy all the boot files to the boot partition and edit them to align with the partition). I use the built-in Error Checking tool from the host to repair the guest OS' partitions to avoid errors and also to bypass the check disk. I had to re-adjust the partition order and swap MountedDevices driver letters and GUIDs of the Windows and Boot partition to get it to stop MyFactory from looping (but still after that fix, a desktop screen with cursor but without explorer, remained). Now that I could get it to stop looping, I started FIRSTBOOT.CMD to start my factory and then it proceeded normally until at the OOBE stage where it kept looping so I had to edit in the registry to disable all the OOBE settings to get it to boot as Administrator, made the user account manually, and then I could use Windows normally. Aside from BCD winload showing error 0xc000009a on both Legacy and UEFI mode for XP, I have managed to have an installation of XP2ESD with Boot partition on legacy mode (I managed to get MyFactory to load nicely after swapping the drive letters and GUIDs of the Windows and Boot partition for XP manually using registry). NOTE: Keep in mind that MountedDevices only appear after starting the first boot (if you tried to boot MyFactory and it repeatedly loops forever, then after closing the guest OS, you should see the MountedDevices appear on the registry after mounting XP's SYSTEM hive). Creating a copy of taskmgr.exe and renaming it to sethc.exe, you can access the task manager by clicking Shift (about 5 times on the XP guest), then go to File > New Task (Run...) > Browse... > My Computer to see where drive letters of the XP windows partition and the boot partition. On MyFactory always ensure that XP's Windows partition is always set to C (from MountedDevices inside XP's registry), if not then MyFactory will be tricked into treating any other partition set as C as the Windows device, leading to the looping errors until the partition letter of the Windows partition is set to C (obviously to change this, you have to do it from the host OS as shown above). I don't know if the BootPartition option on XP2ESD will ever be fixed, but I have shown this test to demonstrate that it's possible for the partition letter of the system partition to be changed manually through the registry to get XP from the XP2ESD installation to boot if installed from XP2ESD installer on UEFI mode.
Why Windows XP MCE gives a BSOD 0x0000007B after GUI step of installation, though AHCI driver works fine in TXT and GUI setup, and also generic AHCI driver is actually enabled in registry, but why I am getting 0x0000007B BSOD loop when AHCI mode is enabled?
NOTE: For better testing backported NVME drivers on XP installation built by XP2ESD on VirtualBox, ensure you don't have many open applications on the host (especially if high memory and/or CPU usage is reported on the host while lots of applications are used simultaneously). In my case, error 10 of any backported nvme driver on XP from VirtualBox is gone if fewer applications are opened on the host. Please keep this in mind whenever you want to test backported NVME drivers for XP on VirtualBox in order to get accurate results.
I am tried BTW to test AHCI driver on VMware, and TXT setup and GUI setup does not BSOD, but when going to OOBE, I am getting BSOD 0x0000007B loop on both XP x86 and x64 despite storahci driver is enabled in registry Spoiler I wish that generic NVMe driver will be ported to Vista, bc it is so strange, that there is ported generic NVMe driver for XP, but not for Vista
Try to use the backported NVME driver (intended for XP from XP2ESD) on Vista to see if it works. If it doesn't work, you can request for ntoskrn8.sys compiled for Vista in PM.
On Vmware is it booting through the ICH9 chipset or the PIIX3 chipset? On VirtualBox from my experience, I always receive BSOD if any AHCI storage controller driver is booted on XP through the ICH9 chipset, but not if the storage controller driver is booted through the PIIX3 chipset on VirtualBox. So I wonder if changing the chipset in Vmware fixes that problem? And yes I also use the backported Generic AHCI driver from XP2ESD.
I always receive this BSOD on all storage controllers on VirtualBox if I use the ICH9 chipset on XP. On the PIIX3 chipset TXT setup and GUI obviously would work fine on IDE (if you boot XP original iso from SATA/AHCI, you need to splitstream the backported generic ahci drivers into XP iso to bypass BSOD).