kane3162

nope... vLite and sysprep dont work... at least not with a 64k partition... something in SP1 must break it... SP1 installs fine from a fresh vista install on a 64k volume however if its integrated with vLite or sysprep is used it fails (it installs HOWEVER when its doing the restarts for SP1 when its finished it fails... with winload.exe)... how unbelievably crappy of Macro$UCKS, although its really my mistake from expecting so much from a company who just used WinME for their example (yes thats right Vista=ME with a modified kernel and updated gfx... least thats what it seems like...)

Hey, Does anyone know of a POST vLite alternative? I cannot slipstream Vista SP1 into my CD's due to my Cluster size on my OS drive... so i have to use a full install to actually get SP1 to install... then remove s*** afterwords (is it possible? i know they did it with XP... /cry this sucks) Thanks! EDIT1: anyone know if I just remove the languages will it still f-up the SP1 install? or does it HAVE to be Vanilla...

im gonna go with... YES... im pretty sure you must have IE for WinBLOWS/M$OFT updates...

REQUEST: MSFN... add a delete button FFS...

I thought maybe I should explain a little... There is something wrong with the way vLite integrates SP1 or SP1 itself (will find out shortly...) HOWEVER upon the SP1's setup finish with it integrated I get a winload.exe error... now that sucks... spent a week on this only to find out it was SP1 integrated (or soon to be SP1 all together if this fails...) Used regular Vista Ultimate x64 with NO SP1 integrated and its online working fine... HOWEVER i did notice that with this Build, the only thing i removed was Drivers/Languages since I have 1GB of all the drivers for my system... HOWEVER it seems that I cannot find a replacement for the IDE to USB driver... so when i plugged in my HDD Caddy it looks for the driver... fails... and wont push on further meaning my USB HDD is now unaccesable, nuhi would you happen to know how i can strip it from full Vista and put it back in without a total reinstall? if so GREAT... cause another driver problem is now my G9 will not work... it lights up... works on my laptop and other desktop BUT not on my new build... so something in the drivers stops USB Storage and my G9 to stop working (didn't see any warnings about this in drivers otherwise i would have left it... ) nuhi u got anything? EDIT1: just to amend this a little, installed SetPoint software from Logitech and now my G9 works again! w00t... still not USB Storage support... EDIT2: also have UMB\UMBUS with no drivers... wtf? EDIT3: yep... all USB drivers what-so-ever are gone... crap

w00t! WORKS... HAPPY TEIM (still had to have boot on a 4k partition but at least the main OS/Files are on a 64k Partition)

like i said above its not vLite specific i just really dont know where else to put it.. my problem is i have a 34GB WD Raptor and I have tried every tool from Hiren's boot cd to format the partition NTFS/64k cluster size, and while it works fine when its attached as a secondary drive or in a hd caddy it works fine but whenever i try to install my Vista Ultimate it tells me none of the disks fit the criteria... i could swear that Vista could be installed with this setup... Google and a general search haven't turned up anything useful... can anyone throw me a life line here... Thx.. EDIT I also tried 32k and 16k cluster sizes with noo luck... wut am I doin wrong?

lol... no i used my laptop that im working on and a VM to test this... when i make an nlited CD... the cdkey is invalid... additionally i cannot skip past this to enter the key later... as for the source... it installs fine with the cdkey... the un-nlited disk is the source that was used for the nlite'ed disk... so thats not a factor here...

im gonna bump this... my XP Pro key doesn't work anymore either... and when i click on the "no" option during setup to enter it later it doesn't go past that screen and stays their... (like others when i do a regular install of XP with NO nlite the key works and activates just fine...) thx

thar u go! Desktop.rar

same .sif problem different file... its SP2.cab......................

I used nLite on 10 PC's that I use at home (i host Garage LAN's ) one problem that i have encountered is it seems that now im being told that my password is going to expire, in nlite i selected no expiration and that i couldn't change the password so what should i do?????? let me know if you need more detailed information.........

son of a b**** it appears that Vista x64 doesnt like nlite or RYAN update packs...... i swear to god.... Vista SUCKS.... (well i used to love it until i started hard core working and editing on it then it became a pile of s***... thus my transition back to xp x32

right so........ I hate vista.... nlite 4.0b has worked fine for the 4 builds i have done today.... go to make a 5th..... and i get nLite has stopped working...... OVER AND OVER AGAIN.... it seems to happen when it hits the RYAN update pack............ but none the less even with an older build it still does it...... still... its p***ing me off....... Problem signature: Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: nLite.exe Application Version: 1.3.9.0 Application Timestamp: 466fbce4 Fault Module Name: StackHash_be8a Fault Module Version: 6.0.6000.16386 Fault Module Timestamp: 4549bdf8 Exception Code: c0000374 Exception Offset: 000aa0fb OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.1 Locale ID: 1033 Additional Information 1: be8a Additional Information 2: c73240bd5e2c1e851b19386491d8cb09 Additional Information 3: cacd Additional Information 4: b7f4e05169830576986e723cecfdf732

thats the think.... i want to ship OOBE..... just like i do with XP as OOBE makes me want to kill a goat... and not in the sacrificial way....... i want to select the partitions and walk away..... not have to set every **** setting...., EDIT,.....: nuhi.... is their anyway that the next release of nLite can have the wonderful Printer list as il listrated here so I can leave only the ones I want and not have to dig for every brand and type myself and copy....err basically use nLite as a one stop shop tool..... K ThX

BUMP... any tests??

Ok here is my last session.ini..... Additionally here is my Autounattend.xml Here's Last Session.... ; vLite preset file [Information] Version = 1.0 beta on 2.0.50727.42 Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Target = Windows Vista Ultimate x64 64bit 6.0.6000.16386 [Components] Compatibility1 = 1 Compatibility2 = 3 ;# Accessories # Welcome Center ;# Drivers # Printers-Apollo Printers-Citizen Printers-Dell Printers-Diconix Printers-Fuji Xerox Printers-Fujitsu Printers-Gestetner Printers-IBM Printers-Infotec Printers-Konica Printers-Konica Minolta Printers-Kyocera Mita Printers-Lanier Printers-Minolta Printers-Minolta-QMS Printers-NEC Printers-NRG Printers-Oce Printers-Oki Printers-Okidata Printers-Olivetti Printers-Panasonic Printers-QMS Printers-Ricoh Printers-Samsung Printers-Savin Printers-Seikosha Printers-Sharp Printers-Sony Printers-Star Printers-Tally Printers-Tektronix Printers-Wipro ePeripherals ;# Languages # Japanese Korean Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese ;# Multimedia # SideShow Windows Calendar Windows Media Samples ;# Network # Connect to a Network Projector ;# Services # Volume Shadow Copy ;# System # Help Microsoft Agent Parental Controls System Restore Tablet PC Windows Backup [Options] UAC (User Account Control) = Disabled Memory requirement = 256MB Power scheme = High performance Hibernation = Off Show hidden files and folders = Yes Show protected operating system files = Yes Show extensions for known file types = Yes [Protection] [Drivers] [Unattended] SpecRegional AcceptEULA SkipNewUser NetworkLoc = 1 ProtectPC = 1 Heres Autounattend.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend"> <settings pass="windowsPE"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <SetupUILanguage> <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage> </SetupUILanguage> <InputLocale>00040408</InputLocale> <UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale> <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage> <SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale> </component> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <UserData> <ProductKey> <Key>NOT HAPPENING KIDZ</Key> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> </ProductKey> <Organization>STILL NOT HAPPENING</Organization> <FullName>NO THANK YOU ID THEFT</FullName> <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula> </UserData> </component> </settings> <settings pass="oobeSystem"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <AutoLogon> <Password> <Value>HELL NO STILL NOT HAPPENING</Value> </Password> <Enabled>true</Enabled> <LogonCount>1</LogonCount> <Username>Administrator</Username> </AutoLogon> <OOBE> <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage> <NetworkLocation>Home</NetworkLocation> <ProtectYourPC>1</ProtectYourPC> <SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE> <SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE> </OOBE> <TimeZone>(GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)</TimeZone> <UserAccounts> <AdministratorPassword> <Value>HELL NO STILL NOT HAPPENING</Value> </AdministratorPassword> </UserAccounts> </component> </settings> <settings pass="specialize"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <ComputerName>Zangetsu</ComputerName> </component> </settings> <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:C:/Documents and Settings/1337Admin/Desktop/VISTA/sources/install.wim#Windows Vista Ultimate x64" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" /> </unattend> MY BAD... trying to make a boot from USB i had that problem and my BIOS was trying to boot from it... my bad that was only the BOOTMGR problem EDIT: also volume shadow copy is NOT removed...... Windows Media Samples... also not removed.... EDIT2: Attached files NEGATIVE is in place of sensitive information..... still asks for key and to accept EULA.... Last_Session.ini Autounattend.xml

that works for XP however i want a SIMPLER method for Vista..... no solutions for why diskpart doesnt show the USB device?!?!?

/STARTRANT SITREP: WhiteBox Custom system XP SP2B NO FLOPPY DRIVE CD-R-RW (brand of no concern) USB Corsair Voyager GT 8GB Problem: No way to make a USB Bootable.... Google doesn't help... PLENTY of utilities however ALL STATE BOOT FILES NEEDED FROM MAKING A BOOTABLE FLOPPY.... HELLO NO FLOPPY DRIVE.... FFS Need: Bootable floppy image or just a **** ZIP or RAR of the files it contains. For 2 things... XP Install from USB and Vista Install from USB Now for vista i was using this site as it seems to be the ONLY one referenced... http://kurtsh.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!...!1665.entry HOWEVER my USB or any of my 7 different size's and brands (PC Tech so yes i have 7 different USB keys of sizes and brands) DO NOT SHOW UP IN DISKPART UNDER: LIST DISK......... W T F Wish.... Easy App that will select the USB device.... Ask for the CD installation files.... complete the task... call me in the morning..... But realistically... instructions that actually work FFS /ENDRANT KK Thanks for anyone who can help with this or has advice.... i have 4 PC's and 1 Laptop and Diskpart's list disk DOES NOT list my USB devices in the list......

Weird... worked with the last version.. but in 1.0b when i did the unattended section i put in the key and some other stuff as well as accept EULA and it still asked for my key and to accept the EULA..... [Drivers] [unattended] SpecRegional AcceptEULA SkipNewUser NetworkLoc = 1 ProtectPC = 3 Accept EULA is their (didnt work) but my serial isnt.... WTF?

hmmm s***... this is an OEM CD that i purchased myself from newegg.... not an OEM-COMPANY......

30 days.... s***.... wait... only 30 days... you for sure..... ??? (if so i reformat my main PC every month to keep it fresh!)

w00t that package worked..... also.... it was an OEM unactivated copy and yet IE7 installed fine... did i make something work that shouldn't?

I removed OOBE from my OEM install.. how much time do i have left before i cannot use it... (or is removing it not a big deal????!?!?!) I have already installed the XP and all games and APPS please tell me their is a way to not have to redo this all over again.... THANKS FOR ANY HELP!!

yeah if it doesnt work in the first nlite pass the entire CD folder is removed and re-copied... i never multi nlite...... never...