Hi, Sort version: What sorts of things would stop an unattended install from copying the stuff from $OEM$ to my C: installation target? Long version: Doing an unattended install from a CDR in an IDE CDROM drive. It kinda sorta works. In addition to the contents of my OEM XP-with-SP2 CDROM, my CDR includes the following files: F:\I386\WinNT.SIF F:\$OEM$\cmdLines.txt F:\$OEM$\HKCU.reg F:\$OEM$\HKLM.reg F:\$OEM$\$1\Drivers\000_chipset\ <lotsa drivers etc in here> F:\$OEM$\$1\Drivers\001_network\ <lotsa drivers etc in here> F:\$OEM$\$1\Drivers\002_graphics\ <lotsa drivers etc in here> F:\$OEM$\$1\Drivers\003_sound\ <lotsa drivers etc in here> F:\$OEM$\$1\Install\guiRunOnce.cmd F:\$OEM$\$$\Resources\Themes\Azul.theme F:\$OEM$\$$\system32\oobe\oobeinfo.ini Everything in $OEM$ seems to be ignored. I may be missing something, but as far as I can tell, nothing in $OEM$ has been utilized. Upon first login, I get a dialog box yelping that C:\Install\guiRunOnce.cmd can't be found. At that point, there is no Install or Drivers directory, anywhere on any of my three HDD partitions (C:,D:,E:). c:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\ exists, of course, but doesn't contain my file Azul.theme . Should these folders (copied from inside $OEM$\) be deleted by the time the install completes and I login as a user? Or (my suspicion) why would the installer have never copied any of the $OEM$ stuff over to the C:\ in the first place? None of the drivers have been installed. Though after login, I could then do "Add Hardware : Network Adapter : Let me choose the files" and I pointed Windows to F:\$OEM$\$1\Drivers\001_network\, and said Next, and Windows correctly installed the eth0 driver. I don't see any effects from either .reg file The following snippets should have produced visible results: <inside HKLM.reg> ;Disables Windows Tour bubble popup [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour] "RunCount"=dword:00000000 <inside HKCU.reg> ;Set default verb for FOLDERs to EXPLORE [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\Shell] @="explore" ;full path in Windows Explorer (file manager) title bar and address bar. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CabinetState] "FullPath"=dword:00000001 "FullPathAddress"=dword:00000001 F:\I386\WinNT.SIF seems to be parsed and utilized, for the most part. Lines such as [Unattended] OemSkipEula=Yes ProgramFilesDir="C:\Apps\" CommonProgramFilesDir="C:\Apps\Common" [GuiUnattended] ProfilesDir="D:\Users\" [UserData] ProductKey=mypro-ductk-eygoe-shere-xxxx FullName="First M Last" [Branding] BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes [URL] Home_Page=my.yahoo.com [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=No [params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1] IPAddress=192.168.ipa.ddr all appear to have had their effects as expected. These are just a few lines from my SIF file -- ones whose effects are really obvious. In fact, the only immediately obvious line from the SIF that DIDN'T work was: [GuiUnattended] TimeZone=010 During install, when time came to confirm the setting for this, it was set for Pacific Time. Any and all hints/help will be hugely appreciated. Thanks! Following is my entire SIF, in case that helps... Values for the following keys have been altered to protect the guilty: ProductKey, FullName, ComputerName IPAddress, DefaultGateway, DNSServerSearchOrder ;SetupMgrTag [Data] UnattendedInstall="Yes" AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="0" [Unattended] FileSystem=* OemSkipEula=Yes UnattendMode=ProvideDefault OemPreinstall=No TargetPath=\WINDOWS ProgramFilesDir="C:\Apps\" CommonProgramFilesDir="C:\Apps\Common" AutomaticUpdates=yes OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\000_chipset;Drivers\000_chipset\XP;Drivers\000_chipset\XP\SP;Drivers\001_network\WINXP;Drivers\002_graphics;Drivers\003_sound\SMAXWDM\W2K_XP" DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore [GuiUnattended] ProfilesDir="D:\Users\" EncryptedAdminPassword=NO OEMSkipRegional=0 TimeZone=010 [UserData] ProductKey=mypro-ductk-eygoe-shere-xxxx FullName="First M Last" OrgName="" ComputerName=MyCPU [Display] BitsPerPel=32 Xresolution=1280 YResolution=1024 Vrefresh=60 [TapiLocation] CountryCode=1 [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=7,10,9,1 [Branding] BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes [URL] Home_Page=my.yahoo.com Search_Page=google.com [Proxy] Proxy_Enable=0 Use_Same_Proxy=1 [Identification] JoinWorkgroup=SALINAS [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=No [NetAdapters] Adapter1=params.Adapter1 [params.Adapter1] INFID=* [NetClients] MS_MSClient=params.MS_MSClient [NetServices] MS_SERVER=params.MS_SERVER [NetProtocols] MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP [params.MS_TCPIP] DNS=No UseDomainNameDevolution=No EnableLMHosts=No AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1 [params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1] SpecificTo=Adapter1 DHCP=No IPAddress=192.168.ipa.ddr SubnetMask=255.255.255.0 DefaultGateway=192.168.gwa.ddr DNSServerSearchOrder=dns.1.ipa.ddr,dns.2.ipa.ddr WINS=No NetBIOSOptions=1 [Components] msmsgs=off msnexplr=off zonegames=off [Shell] CustomDefaultThemeFile = "%WinDir%\Resources\Themes\Azul.theme" [GuiRunOnce] "%systemdrive%\install\guiRunOnce.cmd"
