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Setting SkipmachineOOBE did fix one of my other problems, but it didnt fix the network location for me either. Not sure what else to try, since theres only one place to put it... If I ever do figure it out, ill make sure to post a reply

Not really all that helpful, but Im also haveing a problem getting the network location to stick. Theres no other pass to put it under other than OOBEsystem, so im stumped. Im going to try not skipping machineOOBE and see what that does. Ill let you know how it goes

Ok, update to this again. Ive got all those problems taken care of. It seems vista didnt like having the password as "", so i had to include some string of text that was generated when I created the xml file. Im now down to three small problems. The first is my OEM information isnt being put into the install (its just onder computer properties, right?); second, my "network location" isnt being set automatically. I get prompted after setup to choose either work or home or whatever the third one is. Last, Windows update isnt set to download and install updates automatically. I though <ProtectYourPC>1</ProtectYourPC> was supposed to do it, but it isnt working. I may just have these things under the wrong pass. Im hoping someone can point me in the right direction. New XML file: <?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="x86" 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> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> </SetupUILanguage> <SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale> <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage> <UILanguageFallback>en-US</UILanguageFallback> <UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale> <InputLocale>0409:00000409</InputLocale> </component> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" 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>KEYKEYKEY</Key> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> </ProductKey> <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula> <FullName>David Silverman</FullName> <Organization></Organization> </UserData> <Display> <HorizontalResolution>1024</HorizontalResolution> <ColorDepth>32</ColorDepth> <VerticalResolution>768</VerticalResolution> </Display> <ImageInstall> <OSImage> <InstallFrom> <MetaData wcm:action="add"> <Key>/IMAGE/NAME</Key> <Value>Windows Vista HOMEPREMIUM</Value> </MetaData> </InstallFrom> <InstallToAvailablePartition>false</InstallToAvailablePartition> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> <InstallTo> <DiskID>0</DiskID> <PartitionID>1</PartitionID> </InstallTo> </OSImage> </ImageInstall> <DiskConfiguration> <Disk wcm:action="add"> <CreatePartitions> <CreatePartition wcm:action="add"> <Order>1</Order> <Type>Primary</Type> <Extend>true</Extend> </CreatePartition> </CreatePartitions> <ModifyPartitions> <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add"> <Active>true</Active> <Extend>false</Extend> <Format>NTFS</Format> <Label>OS</Label> <Letter>C</Letter> <Order>1</Order> <PartitionID>1</PartitionID> </ModifyPartition> </ModifyPartitions> <DiskID>0</DiskID> <WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk> </Disk> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> </DiskConfiguration> <EnableNetwork>true</EnableNetwork> </component> </settings> <settings pass="specialize"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-Licensing-SLC-UX" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <SkipAutoActivation>true</SkipAutoActivation> </component> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" 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>Silverman</ComputerName> <DisableAutoDaylightTimeSet>false</DisableAutoDaylightTimeSet> <RegisteredOrganization /> <RegisteredOwner>David Silverman</RegisteredOwner> <Display> <ColorDepth>32</ColorDepth> <DPI>96</DPI> <HorizontalResolution>1024</HorizontalResolution> <VerticalResolution>768</VerticalResolution> </Display> <TimeZone>Pacific Standard Time</TimeZone> <OEMInformation> <HelpCustomized>true</HelpCustomized> <Manufacturer>Puget Custom Computers</Manufacturer> <SupportHours>Mon-Fri 10am-6pm PST</SupportHours> <SupportPhone>(888)PUGET-PC</SupportPhone> <SupportURL>http://www.pugetsystems.com/support.php</SupportURL> </OEMInformation> </component> </settings> <settings pass="oobeSystem"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <OOBE> <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage> <SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE> <SkipUserOOBE>false</SkipUserOOBE> <NetworkLocation>Home</NetworkLocation> <ProtectYourPC>1</ProtectYourPC> </OOBE> <UserAccounts> <LocalAccounts> <LocalAccount wcm:action="add"> <Password> <PlainText>false</PlainText> <Value>UABhAHMAcwB3AG8AcgBkAA==</Value> </Password> <DisplayName>David</DisplayName> <Group>Administrators</Group> <Name>David</Name> </LocalAccount> </LocalAccounts> </UserAccounts> <RegisteredOrganization /> <RegisteredOwner /> <AutoLogon> <Password> <Value>UABhAHMAcwB3AG8AcgBkAA==</Value> <PlainText>false</PlainText> </Password> <LogonCount>2</LogonCount> <Enabled>true</Enabled> <Username>David</Username> </AutoLogon> <FirstLogonCommands> <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <CommandLine>cmd /c "FOR %i IN (C D E F G H I J K L N M O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) DO IF EXIST %i:\AutoUnattend.xml SETX AppsRoot %i: -m"</CommandLine> <Order>1</Order> <Description>SETX</Description> </SynchronousCommand> <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <Order>2</Order> <Description>InstallCopy</Description> <CommandLine>%AppzRoot%\installcopy.exe</CommandLine> </SynchronousCommand> </FirstLogonCommands> </component> </settings> <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:c:/vistawork/dvd/sources/install.wim#Windows Vista HOMEPREMIUM" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" /> </unattend> Thanks in advance for the help, Matt Bach

Ok, so i got my first issue taken care of, i just needed to put the language in a few more spots. Im still getting that big error though. My new XML file is: <?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="x86" 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> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> </SetupUILanguage> <SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale> <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage> <UILanguageFallback>en-US</UILanguageFallback> <UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale> <InputLocale>0409:00000409</InputLocale> </component> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" 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>KEYKEYKEY</Key> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> </ProductKey> <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula> <FullName>David Silverman</FullName> </UserData> <Display> <HorizontalResolution>1024</HorizontalResolution> <ColorDepth>32</ColorDepth> <VerticalResolution>768</VerticalResolution> </Display> <ImageInstall> <OSImage> <InstallFrom> <MetaData wcm:action="add"> <Key>/IMAGE/NAME</Key> <Value>Windows Vista HOMEPREMIUM</Value> </MetaData> </InstallFrom> <InstallToAvailablePartition>false</InstallToAvailablePartition> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> <InstallTo> <DiskID>0</DiskID> <PartitionID>1</PartitionID> </InstallTo> </OSImage> </ImageInstall> <DiskConfiguration> <Disk wcm:action="add"> <CreatePartitions> <CreatePartition wcm:action="add"> <Order>1</Order> <Type>Primary</Type> <Extend>true</Extend> </CreatePartition> </CreatePartitions> <ModifyPartitions> <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add"> <Active>true</Active> <Extend>false</Extend> <Format>NTFS</Format> <Label>OS</Label> <Letter>C</Letter> <Order>1</Order> <PartitionID>1</PartitionID> </ModifyPartition> </ModifyPartitions> <DiskID>0</DiskID> <WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk> </Disk> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> </DiskConfiguration> </component> </settings> <settings pass="specialize"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-Licensing-SLC-UX" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <SkipAutoActivation>true</SkipAutoActivation> </component> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" 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>Silverman</ComputerName> <DisableAutoDaylightTimeSet>false</DisableAutoDaylightTimeSet> <RegisteredOwner>David Silverman</RegisteredOwner> <AutoLogon> <Password> <Value></Value> <PlainText>false</PlainText> </Password> <Enabled>true</Enabled> <LogonCount>2</LogonCount> <Username>David</Username> </AutoLogon> <Display> <ColorDepth>32</ColorDepth> <DPI>96</DPI> <HorizontalResolution>1024</HorizontalResolution> <VerticalResolution>768</VerticalResolution> </Display> <OEMInformation> <HelpCustomized>true</HelpCustomized> <Manufacturer>Puget Custom Computers</Manufacturer> <SupportHours>Mon-Fri 10am-6pm PST</SupportHours> <SupportPhone>(888)PUGET-PC</SupportPhone> <SupportURL>http://www.pugetsystems.com/support.php</SupportURL> </OEMInformation> <TimeZone>Pacific Standard Time</TimeZone> </component> </settings> <settings pass="oobeSystem"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <OOBE> <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage> <SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE> <SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE> <NetworkLocation>Home</NetworkLocation> <ProtectYourPC>1</ProtectYourPC> </OOBE> <UserAccounts> <LocalAccounts> <LocalAccount wcm:action="add"> <Password> <Value></Value> <PlainText>false</PlainText> </Password> <DisplayName>David</DisplayName> <Group>Administrators</Group> <Name>David</Name> </LocalAccount> </LocalAccounts> </UserAccounts> </component> </settings> <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:c:/vistawork/dvd/sources/install.wim#Windows Vista HOMEPREMIUM" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" /> </unattend> Edit: deleted CD key

So theres two issues im currenty having. The first is that I cant seem to get rid of the first screen durring vista setup. The one where you select "language to install", "Time and Currency Format" and "Keyboard or Input method". The second is a bit worse, since it pretty much breaks everything and makes the OS unbootable. Durring the install, I get an error of "Windows could not parse or process unattend aswer file [C:\Windows\Panther\unattend.cml\ for pass [oobeSystem]. The settings specifies in the answer file could not be applied. The error was detected while process settings for component [Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup]" This only happened after I tried to get the computer name set automatically, so i probably just had a mistake there. Thanks in advance for the help. <?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="x86" 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> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> </SetupUILanguage> </component> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" 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>KEY-KEY-KEY-KEY-KEY</Key> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> </ProductKey> <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula> <FullName>David Silverman</FullName> <Organization></Organization> </UserData> <Display> <HorizontalResolution>1024</HorizontalResolution> <ColorDepth>32</ColorDepth> <VerticalResolution>768</VerticalResolution> </Display> <ImageInstall> <OSImage> <InstallFrom> <MetaData wcm:action="add"> <Key>/IMAGE/NAME</Key> <Value>Windows Vista HOMEPREMIUM</Value> </MetaData> </InstallFrom> <InstallToAvailablePartition>false</InstallToAvailablePartition> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> <InstallTo> <DiskID>0</DiskID> <PartitionID>1</PartitionID> </InstallTo> </OSImage> </ImageInstall> <DiskConfiguration> <Disk wcm:action="add"> <CreatePartitions> <CreatePartition wcm:action="add"> <Order>1</Order> <Type>Primary</Type> <Extend>true</Extend> </CreatePartition> </CreatePartitions> <ModifyPartitions> <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add"> <Active>true</Active> <Extend>false</Extend> <Format>NTFS</Format> <Label>OS</Label> <Letter>C</Letter> <Order>1</Order> <PartitionID>1</PartitionID> </ModifyPartition> </ModifyPartitions> <DiskID>0</DiskID> <WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk> </Disk> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> </DiskConfiguration> </component> </settings> <settings pass="specialize"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-Licensing-SLC-UX" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <SkipAutoActivation>true</SkipAutoActivation> </component> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" 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>Silverman</ComputerName> <DisableAutoDaylightTimeSet>false</DisableAutoDaylightTimeSet> <RegisteredOrganization /> <RegisteredOwner /> </component> </settings> <settings pass="oobeSystem"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" 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></Value> <PlainText>false</PlainText> </Password> <Username>David</Username> <LogonCount>2</LogonCount> <Enabled>true</Enabled> </AutoLogon> <Display> <ColorDepth>32</ColorDepth> <DPI>96</DPI> <HorizontalResolution>1024</HorizontalResolution> <VerticalResolution>768</VerticalResolution> </Display> <OOBE> <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage> <SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE> <SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE> <NetworkLocation>Home</NetworkLocation> <ProtectYourPC>1</ProtectYourPC> </OOBE> <TimeZone>Pacific Standard Time</TimeZone> <UserAccounts> <LocalAccounts> <LocalAccount wcm:action="add"> <Password> <Value></Value> <PlainText>false</PlainText> </Password> <DisplayName>David</DisplayName> <Group>Administrators</Group> <Name>David</Name> </LocalAccount> </LocalAccounts> </UserAccounts> <OEMInformation> <HelpCustomized>true</HelpCustomized> <Manufacturer>Puget Custom Computers</Manufacturer> <SupportHours>Mon-Fri 10am-6pm PST</SupportHours> <SupportPhone>(888)PUGET-PC</SupportPhone> <SupportURL>http://www.pugetsystems.com/support.php</SupportURL> </OEMInformation> <RegisteredOrganization /> <RegisteredOwner>David Silverman</RegisteredOwner> </component> </settings> <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:c:/vistawork/dvd/sources/install.wim#Windows Vista HOMEPREMIUM" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" /> </unattend>

Hello all, I work for a custom computer company and so far, we've been doing Vista installs pretty much by hand. It hasnt been too bad, but we would like to change to unattended installs asap. In the past, with XP, we just did images for each motherboard we carried, then installed any additional drivers/software afterwards. Ive been trying to read up on how unattended installs work in Vista, but I still have a few questions. First, we would like to completly automate the installs using a XML file. I understand how to do things like the user name and product key, but is there a way to install specific drivers or software through the XML file? The drivers and software to be installed change from system to system, so it would have to be able to specify which things to install. Second, is it possible to do this all over the network, or am I going to have to have the xml file on a floppy or USB drive? Last, Ive been using BDD for the last few days, just trying to get familiar with it, and Ive gotten most things to work alright, but I cant seem to get Nvidia drivers installed. Note this isnt using an xml file, this is using BDD's light touch install. Its like since there is a driver already installed (the generic microsoft one), it doesnt even try to install the new video driver. Any help/tips you can give me are really appreciated. Again, Im new to this, so if I'm asking something obvious, dont hesitate to make fun of me Thanks, Matt