[TOOL] XP2ESD - Create modern Windows XP installer v1.6.2

Discussion in 'Windows XP / Older OS' started by George King, Jan 8, 2021.

  1. UsefulAGKHelper

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  2. acer-5100

    acer-5100 MDL Guru

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    That's was (and still is) a pretty common "problem" on physical machines.

    HDAudio is just a family not a single implementation, there are a zillion of different combinations of codec chips and chipset implementations, some of them aren't managed properly by the generic driver not even in W10/11, but obviously the older is the OS the greater percentage of unsupported/not working combinations you find.

    So saying that a HDAUDIO works in VBox and not in VMware means basically nothing other than they are emulating two different audio cards.

    In vmware just use the realtek drivers or change the audio device from hdaudio to SB16 or SB PCI
     
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    #2543 user469, Jul 15, 2023
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    Any news for the new XP2ESD version or the new ISO ?
     
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    OT last months mess at home deploying XP this months mess at work deploying Vmware :) work1.jpeg work3.jpeg work2.jpeg
     
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    #2545 UsefulAGKHelper, Jul 19, 2023
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    #2546 UsefulAGKHelper, Jul 20, 2023
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    @George King I think I know why FlashBoot 3.3n bootmgfw.efi file works on XP for me. I used Windows 7's VGA files vga.sys and vgapnp.sys (they're designed to also offer the minimum screen resolution supported by uefi and have a higher maximum resolution than XP's vga drivers).
    Without Windows 7's two vga files, no display shows on FlashBoot 3.3n on XP.
    You need to include windows 7's vga.sys and vgapnp.sys files into XP2ESD's apps folder (the 2 vga files have no missing imports). Not only that, but it also improves display on safe mode so it's not restricted to 640x480.
     
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    I tried longhorn 5342 itself,the driver could work on vmware.
     
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    #2549 wyf180, Jul 22, 2023
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    delete
     
  9. rulman

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    Will there be a new version?
    Will it be exactly 1 year?


    SDI new versiıon?
     
  10. Natalii

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    Do you still have the install ISO for XP that works on UEFI Class 3 hardware, and would you be willing to send me it? :)
     
  11. UsefulAGKHelper

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    Just so you know, it works with the ISO generated by XP2ESD Builder (because it has the needed files and drivers needed).
    Remember that I had to install XP on VirtualBox (I configured the VM to use AHCI and NVMe controller, the same processor type and cores as my host, 2GB Ram, KVM paravirtualization enabled, TPM 2.0 enabled, USB 3.0/XHCI enabled) using the XP2ESD installer to skip through the Sysprep process. I changed the drivers to standard in the device manager. I shut down the VM, mounted it, put the contents of the XP installation into a WIM image, put the XP image onto an extra partition on my HDD (I created with partition wizard), created the needed BCD entries, created an EFI boot entry pointing to flashboot 3.3n bootmgfw.efi, I used Windows 7's generic VGA drivers, Dietmar's acpi64bitcrack.sys, created a service to videoprt, set the controller on my host hardware to AHCI mode and now XP boots only from FlashBoot on UEFI Class 3).
    I already explained how I did this: https://forums.mydigitallife.net/th...-installer-v1-6-2.82935/page-127#post-1796741
     
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    #2553 rulman, Jul 30, 2023
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    Hi everyone, while you'r here please have a quick look at this post
    Some future ideas that may or may not pan out, but for starter, we try to collect all files first.

    :)
     
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    #2555 rulman, Aug 5, 2023
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    @George King ;
    C:\XP2ESD\plugins\setup\dotNetFx_AIO_x86.exe
    C:\XP2ESD\plugins\setup\dotNetFx_AIO_x86.txt (dotNetFx_AIO_x86.exe /ai /gm2)
    C:\XP2ESD\plugins\setup\K-Lite_Codec_Pack_1385_Full.exe
    C:\XP2ESD\plugins\setup\K-Lite_Codec_Pack_1385_Full.txt (K-Lite_Codec_Pack_1385_Full.exe /verysilent)

    txt files do not work.


    Why is the new version not used?

    Resource Hacker
    Version 5.1.7
    Last updated: 3 January 2019

    7-Zip 23.01 (2023-06-20)

    Snappy Driver Installer Origin Version 1.12.14

     
  15. George King

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    #2557 George King, Aug 6, 2023
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    Will check how its done, we have disccussed it already few months back over PMs.

    It should use Longhorn 4074 drivers detection mechanism, same should be with sysprep.
    Also winload should be used by default to support it.

    For example adding few more files to XP WIM open doors to different patching scenario for setup engine. I’m fine with current method.

    Im interested only in that kind of sysprep. He worked on that more than 15 years, hope it will work..
     
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    #2558 George King, Aug 6, 2023
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    I’m finishing my work on upcoming 1.7 release. Drivers collection is growing.
    New compiled GenAhci 6.3 based on WDK 8.1 source sample.

    I found also few more interested samples code accross different betas of WDK and DDK.

    Mostly I’m working now on MultiLanguage support. For example XP x64 MUIs as addons with ability to build it automatically.
     
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    Does XP2ESD support >=4tb hdds?
     
  18. George King

    George King MDL Expert

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    Yes, same as 2003 do that.
     
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