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Currently on ADSL 2+ obtain 20Mbit down Location Australia

FDM owns for a free DM cant beat it really, does every flashget can do and never have had a problem

The MS Action pack is a cheap way to get a lot of licenses for companies that are starting out in development phase An action pack includes pretty much all of MS OS's and Software they have produced and you get limited licenses of each. Its now limited to one action pack per company used to be 2, but there are ways around this (split your business into departments, each is a company in its own right like we do ) None of the licenses from the action packs that are in use, can be in production thou. ie making you money) Basically in my situation, they are used for desktop OS's our domain controllers and for test bed scenarios the best part about them thou, is i get to play with everything they have. Its a good way to good a grasp on what MS have to offer, but in most situations i prefer Unix and will use their products if I can. baliktad - thanks for the info aswell, nice find

For the Hostname just leave it out of winnt.sif file and it should prompt you to stick it in as far as I can remember. As for the domain query use netdom.exe (download it from MS website) Put netdom somewhere in your OEM folder I Create a .cmd file and put it wherever, then called that file from RunonceEx. my Domain.cmd looked like this: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- start /wait %systemdrive%\install\netdom join %computername% /domain:malaysia /userd:administrator /passwordd:******** /OU:"OU=MALAYSIATECH,DC=MALAYSIA,DC=LOCAL ------------------------------------------------------------------ That command adds and joins me to the domain and puts the com in the MALAYSIATECH OU syntax: netdom join <computer name> /domain:<domain name> /userd:<domain user> /passwordd:<domainpassword> /OU:<DN for OU>

Ok thanks Ill check it out aswell

Hmm... not that its any of my business, but why would you want to do that? Kind regards, eNuffSaid Because my company does not use corporate keys, they use action pack keys 5 keys all up and can be activated 5 times each. Therefore when computer "a" with mac address "assigned" needs a reinstall, the unattended CD always gives the same CD key to that specific computer. Thats ok?

Thanks, alternatives are most welcome

USB 2.0 was another issue you may want to check out. just google windows XP + mup.sys theres heaps of entries to look through.

Actually yah thats not a bad thing, after re-reading it. I'll let ya know how I go I might make multiples for each user or simply 1 boot entry for each CD key, thx

Heres one example of someone fixing the problem from an OEM prespective and I too tried disabling Mup.sys from the console and it too stopped at the next stage AGP440.sys But also I must say It is ONLY with an unattended CD i get this, some other PPL i have been reading about get this problem from USB 2.0 and/or critical update "So a couple of days ago I posted asking if anyone knew of problems with Sysprep and Windows XP. I finally found the problem so I figured I would post this to help other System Engineers that might be stuck. The reason Windows would not boot past loading the initial quasi-DOS drivers was because of the HAL being wrong. At first I was stuck at Mup.sys. (seen in safe mode) Then I added some more drivers to my presys image and I got a little farther. Now it was loading agp440.sys on my laptops, but it was still not getting to Windows. Once I changed my build machine from the "Uniprocessor ACPI" HAL to the "Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC" HAL everything was fine. You would think these two HALs are the same right? Well they aparently are not. Now my image works on laptops as well as desktops. This was one very tough problem to solve. Hopefully my posting will help others that have the same troubles."

I did check this, but you can only check it one or twice within windows b4 it wont boot By default it updates this and when Hyperthreading is changed. I have only noticed problems from using an unattended install and its only when all the C. updates have been applied. Ill see if i can hunt down the update that was causing problems for ppl It is definately hardware specific aswell. I just want to see want what stubbz hardware is to compare, and if he is using HT on a P4 I also noticed a lot of ppl getting this problem was with USB 2.0 cards aswell

The difference of the action pack is that the keys enterered need to be activated online and those keys can be activated a number of times. Once you have registered them the max amount of times, you need to start ringing microsoft and get the keys reset, then you can start reinstalling them again what i essentially need to do is: Have 1 CD depending on MAC address names the computer gives that specific MAC address one of the CD keys (so that user will always get that key when i reinstall) Adds computer to Active Directory Joins computer to the Domain Im just missing the Assiging CD key entry, being an action pack makes no difference in this case, just want to assign specific Keys to coms I could look at the boot options but seems a little messy for what i am wanting to do. But thx for the replies

Basically I have had to make 5 or so CD"s all with diff CD keys No I dont use a reg file to enter them, its just written in the winnt.sif atm. this is the only thing stopping me from neeeding more than 1 disc atm. I can always change the CD key key post install, but thats more attended than i would like

lottsa views and no anwers no-one has needed to do this kind of thing? thx

Yup I know all about this issue as I have recently stumbled across it. Once installed XP fully unattended (all windows updates) then next time I rebooted it hung on mup.sys everytime. First my machine specs P4 3gig (hyper threading on) *NOTE radeon 9800 Pro IC7 MAX-3 SB live (was in machine at the time) I played with a few things and installed a few times b4 i got it too work. I first noticed the mup.sys hang after trying to install my 1st unattended disk which had all critical updates slipstreamed into it. There was a specific update, (which escapes me now) which i hunted down that people found they were having problems with, so I tried making my unatteneded disk with just the bare SP1 and rollup, which i had success with.. 3 things stand out and need to be trouble shooted to find the actual cause 1. P4 Hyperthreading on or off 2. Critical update (I think its just 1, or only when its slipstreamed) 3 Hardware configuration (maybe just an unfortunate mix of hadware) Im guessing its a combination of these 3 How I solved my Problem. *Note that I tried 3 other unattended XP install disks, made by 3 different ppl, all working on other computers except mine at this stage. Scenarios: 1st attempt Status: Not working Hyper threading on* unattended (all criticals updates) 1st reboot after installation it hung on mup.sys each time, it would not boot into windows. 2nd attempt Status: Working Hyper Theading on* I remade an uninstalled disk with just SP1 and the security rollup package. 3rd attempt Status: Working Hyper Theading off* I remade an uninstalled disk with just SP1 and the security rollup package. 4th attempt Status: Working Hyper Theading off* Original unattended disk with all updates. It looks like it could be hyperthreading, but im not certain its just this on its own as I know ppl using HT that never had this problem so im thinking its just a hardware + that 1 update with HT on in my case I also found that I could bork my install sometimes when turning HT on and off and suddenly after a perfect working install it would hang again at mup.sys It may be a little diff for you, but if you still get probs PM me and let me kow and maybe we can hunt down the specific problem.. thx