jeremyschubert

I found my answer at http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic.php?id=227. This post shows answers the question 'Can anybody assist me in getting these driverpacks to install from a $OEM$ folder which is located on a network share, rather than on a CD?'

Right you are, Bashrat! Egg on my face! Just for those who are interested, I also had to copy the files presetup.cmd and setupuprog.exe to my $oem$\$$\system32 folder. Now, when I run the install, I get a message saying c:\DSPdsblr.ex and DPsFnsht files cannot be found. I'm assuming I have to copy them to my $oem$\$1 folder. Can anyone tell me where they would end up if I was slipstreaming to a 'normal' xp setup cd? Thanks,

I have used the instructions on this site to create an unattended install. But rather than putting the files on CD, I have them on a remote share. My client computers connect to the remote share to install XP (and W2K). I have slipped streamed Baashart's Driverpacks into the share with my XP files. I noticed that the base pack modified the winnt.sif file to read as follows. But I use an alternate SIF file in my setup. So do I just copy this to my alternate SIF file? Thanks, ; ; Generated by DriverPacks BASE 7.05.2 ; http://www.driverpacks.net/ ; [Data] MsDosInitiated=No [GUIRunOnce] command9="%SystemDrive%\DPsFnshr.exe"

Ah yes! Or c:\sysprep\sysprep.exe -mini -reseal -quiet from the cmd line

You say you're installing without formatting? So really that's 're-installing'? When you use a cd to install in that fashion (the old fashioned way ), Windows notes that a %system% folder already exists. It then gives you the option of choosing an alternate %system% name or wiping the current %system% folder. The latter choice wipes out anything in your Documents and Settings folder. So I would think you need to find a way to rename the current %system% folder (like using BartPE) before initiating the unattended. Just our of curioustiy, why don't you want to format?

You can add UnattendSwitch="yes" to the [unattended] section of your sif file. See http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/19/

Off the top of my head I'd have to say no as software usually needs to be installed. But maybe you could use the log files from an MSI packager to deternim which resgistry keeys have been modified. Then you could use runonce to just import the appropriate registry changes as well as copying the appropriate program files to the appropriate locations. But that's seems like an awful lot of busy work for something you could just as easily install...

Found this by typing 'disable beep through registry' into Google http://www.onecomputerguy.com/registry_tips.htm#system_beeps Turning off System Beeps Added 9/10/01 If you want to turn off all system beeps (like the ones that go through your computers' internal speaker): Start Regedit Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sound Edit the key Beep and give it a value of No

Take a look at http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/79/ Jeremy

Sorry, replied to the wrong post!!!!

It's my understanding that it's easier to add programs to my install through cmdlines.txt then it is through [GuiRunOnce)? Because that way the software installs are part of the install process as opposed to having to have someone logon to install the programs? But I also always thought that you couldn't install accross a network with cmdlines.txt. That the install files would have to be copied to the computer during the setup. Now I've found some sites that say it can be done. But they both tell a different story of how to do it. Can anyone give me a suggestion as to which site has the better suggestion or if there is another suggestion? http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/Articl...3890/13890.html says that I just have to start the line in my batch file with ".\net use <drive letter>: \\<server>\<share> /user:<domain>\<user> [<password>] /persistent:no" to get it working. http://www.bootix.com/support/problems_sol...dlines_txt.html says that I have to: CAUSE This problem is documented in Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 314543. It is caused by a missing entry in the hivesys.inf file, so that the following registry key is not created: HKLM\System\CurrentControlset\Control\NetworkProvider\Order RESOLUTION Locate the hivesys.inf file on the Windows XP distribution share and open it with a text editor. Locate the following line in the hivesys.inf file: HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\NetworkProvider\HwOrder",,0x00000012 Using the copy and paste function of your text editor, duplicate this line, so that you get two identical text lines. In the second (duplicated) line, change "HwOrder" to "Order". The result should look like this: HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\NetworkProvider\HwOrder",,0x00000012 HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\NetworkProvider\Order",,0x00000012 Save and then close the hivesys.inf file. MORE INFORMATION See Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 314543 titled "Error Message 'The Workstation Service Has Not Been Started' When Using Cmdlines.txt". In order to gain access to a command prompt during the graphical (GUI mode) setup of an unattended Windows installation, press SHIFT+F10 (see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 242380 titled "How to Use a Command Prompt During GUI-Mode Setup".

My sif file is below. I have set up my unattended install so that the computer joins the domain and is placed in the appropriate OU. That allows it to right away catch a few GPO installs. I thought I was setting it up to log in once locally and run c:\install\start.cmd. In start.cmd, I have a registry edot that is supposed to set the appropriate default domain to logon to. Then another registry edit sets the computer to automatically logon to a specific domain account. Then it's to run shutdown.exe so that the computer will reboot and autologn on to the specific domain user account. The login script of that specific user account then deletes c:\install, installs some more software, sets the computer not to autologon on and then reboots the computer. Problem is that when I come back to the computer after the install is finished, the domain rather then the local machien name is showing in the domain field for logging on. The c:\install folder is still there and none of the programs have installed. So I log in with a domain account, run c:\install\start.cmd and everything then starts to work as it should. I'm wondering if having the computer placed in a specific domain during the install is causing the domain to show in the domain field rather than the computer name? So then the local admin account can't log in? Does that make sense? SIF File ;SetupMgrTag [Data] AutoPartition=1 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" AutomaticUpdates=yes [unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes TargetPath=\WINDOWS FileSystem=ConvertNTFS ExtendOEMPartition=1 UnattendSwitch="yes" WaitForReboot="No" OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers" DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=mysecretpassword EncryptedAdminPassword=No OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=10 OemSkipWelcome=1 AutoLogon=Yes AutoLogonCount=1 [userData] ComputerName=* ProductKey=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx FullName="Bishop Grandin High School" OrgName="047C309-" [identification] JoinDomain=student.cssd.ab.ca DomainAdmin=cssdadmin\jeremy.schubert DomainAdminPassword=mysecretpassword MachineObjectOU="ou=047CC309,ou=047CSchool,ou=sectionC06,ou=computer accounts,dc=student,dc=cssd,dc=ab,dc=ca" [branding] BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes Home_Page=http://www.bghs.ca [Proxy] Proxy_Enable=0 Use_Same_Proxy=1 [WindowsFirewall] Profiles = WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall [WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall] Mode = 0 [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes [Components] msmsgs=off msnexplr=off freecell=off hearts=off minesweeper=off pinball=off solitaire=off spider=off zonegames=off [Display] BitsPerPel=16 Xresolution=1024 Yresolution=768 Vrefresh=85 AutoConfirm=1 [GUIRUNONCE] "C:\install\start.cmd"

Thanks to everyone for the great abundance of responses. They were all very helpful. However, I did manage to find the post again. Just in case future users are searching for it, it can be found here: http://www.msfn.org/board/lofiversion/index.php/t86662.html

I know everyone gets upset/frustrated when people post without doing an appropriate search but please don't flame me yet I used to be able to find a post that explained how someone was setting up a hidden 'recovery' partition. That partition would modify the boot loader to list Reinstall XP as an option. Choosing that option would initiate an unattended XP install from the hidden partition (as opposed to having to boot from an external source). I've tried a whole bunch of different search terms but haven't been able to find the post again. Can someone please help me? Thank you, Jeremy

Sorry for what seems like a silly question. I have my unattended install of XP and W2K setup. I want to add auto-login. I understand how to create the reg file to set a domain account to login. In addition to cmdlines.txt with the reg file, do I also need to enter the autologin parameters in the sif file? Or is it enought to make reference during cmdlines.txt? Thanks, Jeremy