Unattended installation seems to freeze during

[Marztabator]

I was testing a custom-made XP ISO through Virtual PC 5.2. Everything appears to be going smoothly, except at one particular part.

GUI-mode setup seems to start off okay, and slowly but surely goes through the routine, except that it always seems to get stuck at a certain point - this point is shown in the capture provided. I wait ages and ages but it never progresses any further. The lights in the bottom-right corner remain animated throughout, so it's not like an almighty major freeze.

I don't know if it's because I'm using a modified WINNTBBU.DLL here. I'm pretty sure that the first time I installed XP through VPC it got throught GUI-mode setup perfectly, albeit I was using the normal WINNTBBU.DLL at the time, and was also running off a written CD and not an ISO image. I closely examined both winnt.sif and everything in the $OEM$ directory, and couldn't find any mistakes whatsoever. So this appears to be a mystery.

Could anyone be able to explain what exactly I'm doing wrong here?

[DaveXP]

i am going to test to see if its the setup screen as i made it check back soon.

[Marztabator]

Okay then, but I have a small feeling it could be something else, as the same thing happened with a custom WINNTBBU.DLL I made myself. I could've provided it here but there doesn't seem to be an "attach item" function on this board, nor do I have any spare webspace of my own (except for PageProducer, but I think that'll only allow pics).

[DaveXP]

No it works for me.

[Marztabator]

Bugger. Guess I'd better add the winnt.sif code from this ISO...

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
    AutoPartition=0
    MsDosInitiated="0"
    UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[Unattended]
    UnattendMode=FullUnattended
    OemSkipEula=Yes
    OemPreinstall=Yes
    TargetPath=\WINDOWS
    Repartition=No
    UnattendSwitch="no"
    WaitForReboot="No"
    DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
    OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\NVidia4523"

[GuiUnattended]
    AdminPassword=*
    EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
    OEMSkipRegional=1
    TimeZone=85
    OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
    ProductKey=WIBBL-WOBBL-WIBLY-WOBLY-BOLCKS
    FullName="Marz of Zenogias"
    OrgName="Zenogias Gunshot Glitter Gathering"
    ComputerName=marz-tjza1ttk

[Display]
    BitsPerPel=32
    Xresolution=1024
    YResolution=768
    Vrefresh=85

[TapiLocation]
    CountryCode=44
    Dialing=Tone
    AreaCode=01895

[RegionalSettings]
    LanguageGroup=7,8,10,9,1
    Language=00000809

[GuiRunOnce]
    Command0="%systemdrive%\Install\adjust.cmd >> logadj.txt"
    Command1="%systemdrive%\Install\hotfixes.cmd >> loghfx.txt"

[Identification]
    JoinWorkgroup=HOME

[Shell]
    CustomDefaultThemeFile="%WinDir%\Resources\Themes\Marz' White Look.theme"
    DefaultStartPanelOff=Yes

[Components]
    accessopt=off
    chat=off
    autoupdate=off
    IEAccess=off
    OEAccess=off
    WMPOCM=off
    fax=off
    media_clips=on
    media_utopia=on

[Branding]
    BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

[URL]
    Home_Page=about:blank

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

Did you test your ISO through Virtual PC, btw? Or did you test it a different way?

[SirEvan]

try using vmware workstation. I use it, and the first time i ran my custom xp pro cd in vmware, it hung at that point too.. simply shut down the virtual machine... started it back up, and install worked fine from then on.

just try restarting it.. install script probably just screwed up or something... freak accident. i don't think your dll is wrong though, just try doing it again.

edit: i think you also need unattend switch to be on...but i'm not sure for your setup.. its on in my setup.

Edited September 7, 2003 by SirEvan

[Aaron]

I'm not sure if its possible, but disable emulation of networks in Virtual PC as this looks like where Setup is hanging.

[bisco2k]

the exact same thing happened to me during a installation of server 2003.

it's defo not the WINNTBBU.DLL file thats causing it