Ben.Hahlen

I never asked for my posts to be deleted, only my account. Not logging into a site and deleting the cookies is definitely not the same as deleting an account. Having an account somewhere means you also have a password somewhere. If, for instance, MSFN got hacked, and for some reason they were able to recover passwords, that would mean that potentially my password would be retrieved as well, if my account were still here. If my account got deleted, no such chance. This is of course going past the fact that you should have different passwords for different sites, but I hope you get what I mean.

No, that's allright then Thanks for the help

Fair enough. Is it possible to have it deactivated then?

How can I get my MSFN account deleted? Haven't been here for ages and I'm doing cleanup. Thanks in advance!

Never mind... I found out what the problem is: If you install from a OEM dvd, then it has OOBE "built in", so it runs regardless of what you set in your XML. With a "normal" DVD it runs without a hitch. Thanks for the help everyone.

Tried it by adapting my XML based on the generated on from vLite, but still no success... Next step will be to strip my XML and try to build it up from scratch... It's gonna take a long long time... :S My question now is: why does Microsoft document stuff that does not work?

My XML has been created partly by the WSIM, partly by the online XML creator, and partly by stuff that I have found over here. The XML checks out in WSIM, only "error" it gives is that "SkipMachineOOBE" is deprecated. In which audit do you have the timezone stuff? Audituser or auditsystem? What does that command do exactly? And in which section do I put it? Thanks for the help

Also tried it by both adding a user and an administrator. Also to no avail... I have found multiple thread on here and on the internet that describe the same problem, but none seem to provide a proper solution... I really really hope someone can help me. Regards, Ben

Did that, doesn't work either... Thanks for the suggestion though

I have now also tried with: <SkipMachineOobe>False</...> and <SkipMachineOobe> deleted and <SkipUserOobe>False</..> All to no avail... It keeps asking me for a user, a network location and timezone... I am now going to try it by creating 2 users: 1 admin and 1 "normal" account, and having it login with the admin account. No clue if that is gonna work, no chance to try it until tonight. Any thoughts, tips, etc are very very very and more than welcome.

With the help of a lot of people on the forum here (although they didn't even know it ), I have managed to create an Autounattend.xml. The problem now is however, that it doesn't work properly. At least: it doesn't automatically create the user I specified and asks me the autoprotection settings. I have specified <OOBE> <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage> <NetworkLocation>Home</NetworkLocation> <ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC> <SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE> <SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE> </OOBE> <TimeZone>W. Europe Standard Time</TimeZone> <UserAccounts> <AdministratorPassword> <Value>ThisIsATempPass</Value> <PlainText>true</PlainText> </AdministratorPassword> <LocalAccounts> <LocalAccount wcm:action="add"> <Password> <Value>temporary</Value> <PlainText>true</PlainText> </Password> <Description>It's me</Description> <DisplayName>me</DisplayName> <Group>Administrators</Group> <Name>me</Name> </LocalAccount> </LocalAccounts> </UserAccounts> Also my setupcomplete.cmd doesn't run, but that is another issue. Underneath is my autounattend.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend"> <settings pass="windowsPE"> <!-- This part specifies the registerd owner and organization of the computer, as well as the productkey. Only the Owner and Organization should be changed !--> <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> <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula> <!-- ######################################### CHANGE ######################################### !--> <!-- Change these two values !--> <!-- ######################################### CHANGE ######################################### !--> <FullName>Me</FullName> <Organization>Org</Organization> <!-- Thank you for making changes, please read on !--> <!-- It's the product key. Don't change it !--> <ProductKey> <Key>Removed</Key> <WillShowUI>Never</WillShowUI> </ProductKey> </UserData> <!-- Compliance check, it checks whether your pc is capable of running Windows Vista. Assuming it can, this part has been disabled !--> <ComplianceCheck> <DisplayReport>Never</DisplayReport> </ComplianceCheck> <!-- This key specifies where the log-file of the setup is being written !--> <LogPath>%SystemRoot%\temp</LogPath> <!-- This part specifies which image is installed (Vista Ultimate), whether it is installed to an available parititon (no) and that the Disk Configuration Manger will always be shown. In addition, Dynamic Update has been disabled !--> <DiskConfiguration> <WillShowUI>Always</WillShowUI> </DiskConfiguration> <DynamicUpdate> <Enable>false</Enable> </DynamicUpdate> <ImageInstall> <OSImage> <InstallFrom> <MetaData wcm:action="add"> <Key>/IMAGE/NAME</Key> <Value>Windows Vista ULTIMATE</Value> </MetaData> </InstallFrom> <InstallToAvailablePartition>false</InstallToAvailablePartition> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> </OSImage> </ImageInstall> </component> <!-- This part specifies the Inputlocales and should not be changed !--> <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>0409:00020409</InputLocale> <UserLocale>nl-NL</UserLocale> <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage> <SystemLocale>nl-NL</SystemLocale> </component> </settings> <settings pass="oobeSystem"> <!-- This part contains all "basic" settings of the PC, like the EULA acceptance, which network you are at, and such. It also creates the first user account, and assigns the Administrator password. You should change the corresponding attributes in this part that are specific to you as a user.!--> <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"> <!-- This part disable EULA Acceptance and OOBE at first Logon !--> <OOBE> <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage> <NetworkLocation>Home</NetworkLocation> <ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC> <SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE> <SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE> </OOBE> <TimeZone>W. Europe Standard Time</TimeZone> <UserAccounts> <AdministratorPassword> <!-- ######################################### CHANGE ######################################### !--> <!-- Change this value to a password for your Administrator (and don't lose it) !--> <!-- ######################################### CHANGE ######################################### !--> <Value>ThisIsATempPass</Value> <!-- Thank you for making changes, please read on !--> <PlainText>true</PlainText> </AdministratorPassword> <LocalAccounts> <LocalAccount wcm:action="add"> <Password> <!-- ######################################### CHANGE ######################################### !--> <!-- Enter your desired password over here !--> <!-- ######################################### CHANGE ######################################### !--> <Value>temporary</Value> <!-- Thank you for changes, please read on !--> <PlainText>true</PlainText> </Password> <!-- ######################################### CHANGE ######################################### !--> <!-- Here we specifiy the description of your user, make it whatever you like !--> <!-- ######################################### CHANGE ######################################### !--> <Description>It's me</Description> <!-- ######################################### CHANGE ######################################### !--> <!-- Here we specify the display name of your user. I entered my full name here !--> <!-- ######################################### CHANGE ######################################### !--> <DisplayName>Me</DisplayName> <!-- No need to change this entry!--> <Group>Administrators</Group> <!-- ######################################### CHANGE ######################################### !--> <!-- Sspecify the username of your user, can be anything as long as it is not your DisplayName !--> <!-- ######################################### CHANGE ######################################### !--> <Name>me</Name> <!-- Thank you for making changes, please read on !--> </LocalAccount> </LocalAccounts> </UserAccounts> <VisualEffects> <!-- This value specifies that ClearType will be used for Font Smoothing !--> <FontSmoothing>ClearType</FontSmoothing> </VisualEffects> </component> <!-- This part defines that the SideBar is on by default and is visible, no changes needed !--> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Sidebar" 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"> <SidebarOnByDefault>true</SidebarOnByDefault> <SidebarVisible>true</SidebarVisible> </component> <!-- Here is another definition of the inputlocale and user location settings, no changes needed !--> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" 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"> <InputLocale>0409:00020409</InputLocale> <UserLocale>nl-NL</UserLocale> <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage> <SystemLocale>nl-NL</SystemLocale> </component> </settings> <settings pass="specialize"> <!-- This part specifies some other user settings, like the Computername, Registered Organization and Registered Owner, as well as the initial Display Resolution and the Autologon for the first few passes !--> <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"> <!-- ######################################### CHANGE ######################################### !--> <!-- Enter the name for your computer here !--> <!-- ######################################### CHANGE ######################################### !--> <ComputerName>MyDesktop</ComputerName> <!-- ######################################### CHANGE ######################################### !--> <!-- Enter the Registered Organization here (if any) !--> <!-- ######################################### CHANGE ######################################### !--> <RegisteredOrganization>Me</RegisteredOrganization> <!-- ######################################### CHANGE ######################################### !--> <!-- Enter the Registered Owner here (so basically your full name) !--> <!-- ######################################### CHANGE ######################################### !--> <RegisteredOwner>Me</RegisteredOwner> <!-- Thank you for making changes, please read on !--> <!-- In this part, we will specify the AutoLogon Password and username. The logon count is set to 10 times, and can remain like that. This should give you enough time to install your drivers and such without having to enter your password on each reboot (which can be annoying, to say the least) !--> <AutoLogon> <Password> <!-- ######################################### CHANGE ######################################### !--> <!-- Please change this value to the password set above for your user account !--> <!-- ######################################### CHANGE ######################################### !--> <Value>temporary</Value> <!-- Thank you for making changes, please read on !--> <PlainText>true</PlainText> </Password> <Enabled>true</Enabled> <LogonCount>10</LogonCount> <!-- ######################################### CHANGE ######################################### !--> <!-- Please change this value to the username you have set above !--> <!-- ######################################### CHANGE ######################################### !--> <Username>ben2404</Username> <!-- Thank you for making changes, please read on !--> </AutoLogon> <!-- This part specifies the screen resolution, depth and refresh rate, no changes needed !--> <Display> <ColorDepth>32</ColorDepth> <HorizontalResolution>1280</HorizontalResolution> <RefreshRate>60</RefreshRate> <VerticalResolution>1024</VerticalResolution> </Display> </component> <!-- This part specifies the joining of a workgroup that you can specify !--> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-UnattendedJoin" 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"> <Identification> <!-- ######################################### CHANGE ######################################### !--> <!-- Please change this value to the workgroup you would like to join !--> <!-- ######################################### CHANGE ######################################### !--> <JoinWorkgroup>Ben001</JoinWorkgroup> <!-- Thank you for making changes, please read on !--> </Identification> </component> <!-- In this part some customizations for Internet Explorer are set. The homepage is set to Google, the pop-up blocker is on, the filter set to medium and the information bar will be shown !--> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-IE-InternetExplorer" 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"> <Home_Page>http://www.google.com</Home_Page> <Help_Page>http://www.google.com</Help_Page> <BlockPopups>yes</BlockPopups> <FilterLevel>Medium</FilterLevel> <PlaySound>true</PlaySound> <ShowInformationBar>true</ShowInformationBar> <FavoritesDelete>false</FavoritesDelete> <IEWelcomeMsg>true</IEWelcomeMsg> </component> <!-- This part specifies that the Customer Experience Improvement Program has been disabled !--> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-SQMApi" 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"> <CEIPEnabled>0</CEIPEnabled> </component> <!-- This part specifies whether System Restore should be disabled. It is enabled in this answerfile !--> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-SystemRestore-Main" 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"> <DisableSR>0</DisableSR> </component> <!-- This part specifies whether Windows Defender should be disabled. As I don't use Windows Defender (actively, at least), it has been set to disabled !--> <component name="Security-Malware-Windows-Defender" 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"> <DisableAntiSpyware>true</DisableAntiSpyware> </component> <!-- This part specifies that the AutoActivation feature is skipped !--> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-Licensing-SLC-UX" 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"> <SkipAutoActivation>true</SkipAutoActivation> </component> </settings> <!-- This part specifies the source of the offlineImage file. Do not change this. !--> <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:./SOURCES/install.wim#Windows Vista ULTIMATE" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" /> </unattend> Anyone who can help?

I have got the exact same problem... Did you resolve this in the end? My Vista + SP1 is able to install without problems. However, once I integrate all the other updates after SP1, but then I get the 0x8030001 error. I'm starting to think it's because of my install.wim being larger than 4GB, but I'm not sure about that. Would it work if I would split my install.wim into multiple files? Any help on this?

Update: Shuffling stuff around in my config.js and deselecting "Sort withing Categories" worked. (It also helps to actually change the stuff in the relevant folder ). Is there a "Feature Request page"? B/c I would like to add "ordering applications in WPI Config". Via up/down arrows or sth would be good enough for me. Saves me (and others) from going into the config.js. Thanks again

Thanks for the answers Kel So it's not possible to select the programs to install @T13? (Basically: WPI runs, you select programs, it writes the selections to a config file, it runs at first logon and installs all selected programs). Too bad, but oh well, was gonna change stuff around anyway, so no biggie. Just have to wait a bit longer before hitting the drinks when installing a PC The switches you are talking about can be found on the WPI site? Deselecting the "Sort within categories" doesn't do anything. Might have to try switching around my config file, as that is now sorted alphabetically as well. So for instance, I now see: Classic Menu for Office 2007 (install order: 510) Office 2007 (install order: 501) Which doesn't make sense, as Classic menu is a dependency of Office, so it would make more sense to have it underneath it. They do install in the order set, so that is good. Must add that I did see this thread of mritter, which seems to discuss my "problem" as well. So hopefully this will be fixed in the next version Again: really like WPI, also in the process of starting to use it for my Vista DVD (although that needs a whole lot of more work...) Keep up the great work

*Bump* Anyone?

First of all, let me say that this is a wonderful utility. I have only tested it once so far, but already liking the way it looks and what it does. However, there is a question of which I have not been able to find the answer. At the moment, in my UAXP install, at T13 I get a dialog box that prompts me for username/password/computer info, etc. Then a utility runs that lets me select registry tweaks to apply and then it runs the application selector. Setup continues and at first boot (RunOnceEx), applications are installed. I would like to know if this is possible with WPI as well? I have searched the forums and the manual (and Google), but haven't been able to find if this is possible. Another little thing I've run into (but that's prob a misconfig on my end): Applications are sorted alphabetically in WPI, not by install order, which seems more logical to me. They do install in Install order, but I would like to have them show up at the install order as well. Once again: I like the utility and if you need more information, let me know. Regards, Ben

Switches: za_suite_setup.exe /s /i /noreboot /lickey XXXX Where XXXX is your licensekey without dashes. There should also be a switch to install your backed up settings, but I can't remember that at this time.

I don't dare to ask, but how is it going with the AIO Promise driver? I can't wait to have a proper driver which will allow my computer to continue booting and not "hang" searching for the controller Anyhow, I really appreciate the work your doing, just wondering for an "ETA" . Thanks in advance

Don't know if it should be here, but in any case: My HWID for a Mobility Radeon 9600/9700 Series: PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E50&SUBSYS_207217C0&REV_00\4&13B9B28C&0&0008 You're doing a great job, Bashrat, keep it up :thumbup

This is for a MSI K7N2 Delta ILSR. Hope it helps. (PS: I think it's an issue with the "messy" drivers, but ever since I installed on the computer with the DPM, it takes some time for Windows to recognize the SATA Driver and boot from it... Can't do it anyway else, since my disk which contained the files is corrupted AND Windows doesn't seem to want to copy from any disk I put the drivers on... ) hwids.txt

I am using this silent install package since recently. I have a problem though. FireFox gets installed properly, and also the .xpi and .jar files I included are installed correctly, BUT: When I check for updates, it shows each plugin/theme that requires an update twice, and if I install a (updated) theme or extension, my bookmarks don't work anymore. Do you perhaps know how this could be? Thanks in advance. The package is great!

Guess I cheered too soon... Using the "net start themes" command doesn't do it. It did it once, but now it doesn't do it anymore :'( Is someone able to help me??

I found out why it didn't apply the themes correctly. As I said, I thought that it was a service not started yet that caused the problem, and I was right . If you're running RunOnceEx, just make sure that you put net start Themes before you apply the theme. That works perfectly (for me) . THanks for this utility .

In the download-link just change the v01 to v02 and you've got the correct file . I'm using the program @cmdlines.txt, and I love it . It provides me with a hassle-free method of installing PC's.

This utility is made to change the theme in to whatever theme you like, but it has to reside in the %windir%\resources\themes folder. My post is only to ask whether I'm doing something wrong, because when I run it from RunOnceEx, it changes the theme, so the RunOnceEx window looks different, but then when it boots further into windows, the theme is back to Luna again, so I guess that @first logon there is some service not running yet, or something like it. If you want to use a different theme for your RunOnceEx window, do the following: 1. set the theme 2. navigate to the HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ThemeManager key in your registry 3. export it. 4. add the code during cmdlines.txt, only using HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ThemeManager instead of HKCU. The reg-file will look like this: [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ThemeManager] "WCreatedUser"="1" "LoadedBefore"="0" "ThemeActive"="1" "LastUserLangID"="1033" "DllName"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,\ 74,00,25,00,5c,00,72,00,65,00,73,00,6f,00,75,00,72,00,63,00,65,00,73,00,5c,\ 00,54,00,68,00,65,00,6d,00,65,00,73,00,5c,00,52,00,6f,00,79,00,61,00,6c,00,\ 65,00,5c,00,52,00,6f,00,79,00,61,00,6c,00,65,00,2e,00,6d,00,73,00,73,00,74,\ 00,79,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,00,00 "ColorName"="NormalColor" "SizeName"="NormalSize" This code sets the theme to royale. Hope I've helped you. (And I hope someone can help me ).