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i think you miss understand what i mean i am not talking about runonceexe and all that those do not control thoat initial logon screen where it says"installing updates phase 1 phase 2 205 40% ...." im looking to what controls that action ill try to take vmware screenshots and show you

i think any update that requires reboot(and maybe has files at work at the time of installing which is same thing actually:)) will cause this thing i just cant figure out where it is exactly and what controls that gui:) could be nice to migrate my apps to running in this nice gui before login wouldnt it:)?

hey there sorry about that wasnt sure if it fits the unattened forum or here. anyway what i meant is not specific to ie8 i mean in general to any update what controls that display action after reboot(phase 1 25% 50% and all that) thanks

Hi guys i have a quick question maybe someone here knows the answer i am looking for the registry key(or something else) that controls what you see after installing updates that require reboot. example: i upgraded to ie8,it asked for restart i reboot the computer before i log in i see the welcome screen and then a screen that says "installing updates phase 1 25% 50% ..... i am looking for the thing that controls that(in xp you had that runonce key but in visat/7 its something else) thanks in advance

Hi guys i have a quick question maybe someone here knows the answer i am looking for the registry key(or something else) that controls what you see after installing updates that require reboot. example: i upgraded to ie8,it asked for restart i reboot the computer before i log in i see the welcome screen and then a screen that says "installing updates phase 1 25% 50% ..... i am looking for the thing that controls that(in xp you had that runonce key but in visat/7 its something else) thanks in advance

great guys thanks here is what i did just like with xp i run the cd detection and after that runonceexec.cmd at stage 4(thats like the 8min coundown in xp) then on firstlogon... run the iernonce trick from dvd to launch the same old great runonceexec(looks nice and shinny:)) so it looks cooler and you see whats installing when. so after that only thing i have to edit is actually just the runonceexec.cmd and thats it. thanks alot guys always great place to learn new tricks

hi there is there away toi disable uac using build in unattended script(xml autounattedned)? thanks (the reason being that then i can login with administrator and install my apps using runonceexec without ever being prompt) thanks

i am always sure that disabling uac in vista setup will enable us to use same old method of runoncexec just like in xp i dont think that has changed besides the fact regular user with uac doesnt have permission over there or something will check tomorow if anybody else has any ideas post:)

by the way your guide is awesome man makes it very simple to start moving with vista unattended keep up the good work(had to use transaltion for some stuff but really great)

hi there i am testing my vista dvd and while i am testing i thought couple of months ago i saw apost about runonceexec not fuctioning on vista anymore because ms has removed some dll that executes that. but when i start vista for first time i do see "customzing internet settings....." window with all kinds of user specific settings it does anybody has any info on that? it looks much cooler then executing it with synch commands no?

hi having same problem with settings this variable it doesnt install and when i check if %appsroot% exists,it doesnt here is what im using: You Type We Show <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend"> <servicing></servicing> <settings pass="windowsPE"> <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"> <ImageInstall> <OSImage> <InstallToAvailablePartition>false</InstallToAvailablePartition> </OSImage> </ImageInstall> <UserData> <ProductKey> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> <Key>xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx</Key> </ProductKey> <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula> <FullName>demo</FullName> <Organization>demo</Organization> </UserData> </component> <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> </SetupUILanguage> <InputLocale>0409:00000409</InputLocale> <SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale> <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage> <UILanguageFallback></UILanguageFallback> <UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale> </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> <Enabled>true</Enabled> <LogonCount>2</LogonCount> <Username>administrator</Username> </AutoLogon> <OOBE> <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage> <NetworkLocation>Home</NetworkLocation> <ProtectYourPC>1</ProtectYourPC> <SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE> <SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE> </OOBE> <TimeZone>Eastern Standard Time</TimeZone> <FirstLogonCommands> <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <Order>1</Order> <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:\AppsRoot.txt SETX AppsRoot %i:\ -m"</CommandLine> </SynchronousCommand> <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <Order>2</Order> <CommandLine>%AppsRoot%Install\Java\jre-1_5_0_11-windows-i586-p.exe /s /v/qn</CommandLine> </SynchronousCommand> </FirstLogonCommands> </component> </settings> <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:f:/vistawork/dvd/sources/install.wim#Windows Vista ULTIMATE" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" /> </unattend> i also have the right folders set on my ultimate dvd ofcourse if i run the cmd after vista is installed the variable gets set right any ideas whats going on here?

my mistake again sorry for the confusion i did the whole process again and i saw same results when i click on langugaes it says 1.2gb reduction(suposed to remove 1.2gb) but the end results is only 400-500mb are removed any idea?

ok my mistake i only wanted to remove languages and its only 400-500mb:) i thought its more so vlite is 100% the iso is 2.01gb instead of 2.5gb

i dont think so i clicked apply and then prompts me for rebuild or other option i selected rebuild(to reduce space) then on that last page i selected save iso

hi im trying to do something and it doesnt work:) maybe somebody has an idea im trying to remove the extra languages on the vista ultimate dvd to save spece and to make this my default dvd. i created a new folder f:\vistadvd and f:\vlite when i open vlite i choose tem as : f:\vlite i choose my dvd as source and vlite copies it to f:\vistadvd i SELECT the 4 languages (so they are removed) press next next(rebuild to save space) and on the iso page i select save iso but the iso comes out the same size as the original 2gb+- what am i doing wrong here? thanks in advance for all replies

you are 100% right i like the challenge too:) i am done with xp dvd its working fine and i stopped updating it one thing to note is acronis or ghost willnot let you deploy an image to a diffrent hardware(youll get blue screen in xp) but today when everything is virtual acronis has an addone that will let you restore to diffrent hardware(not even sure in most cases u even need that in vista,since it knows its stuff almost in any situation) but again for the challenge im starting new dvd with vista:) will keep updating great forum

hey guys im looking for info on vista unateended and since i know this was the place to check on special tweaks in xp i am checking this topic every once and awhile.i know alot has changed and have been in depth with this thing for the last 8 monhts(long before release) but to tell you the truth im thinking this: since vista ent,ultimate and buisness are the ones that are hardware independed. and most of us use those versions. do we really need an unattended install with this? in 99% of all pc hardware today we can just sysprep an already installed image capture it using 2 ways: 1.ghost image(for those hardwares that work,most of them will since vista is loaded with drivers and is hardware independed). 2.ximage to take an wim file(so we can inject drivers if needed) and i think we are covered:) we have all software installed all hotfixes(can add them to the wim file if needed) and all drivers almost(we can add more to the wim file,for example i added all intel inf files) let me know what you think guys thanks

sure, whats happening is the command seem to go ok but on the log i see this error: 2006-09-15 15:56:43, Info CBS Pkgmgr: called with: "pkgmgr /o:"c:\mnt\;c:\mnt\windows" /m:"c:\vista" /l:"c:\pkg.txt"" 2006-09-15 15:56:43, Info CSI 00000001@2006/9/15:19:56:43.324 WcpInitialize (wcp.dll version 0.0.0.5) called (stack @0x37ebf0c6 @0x1012be4 @0x100d6ef @0x100e0e9 @0x7c816fd7 NULL) 2006-09-15 15:56:43, Info CBS Archived log file: c:\pkg.txt.txt to: (null) 2006-09-15 15:56:43, Info CSI 00000002@2006/9/15:19:56:43.334 WcpInitialize (wcp.dll version 0.0.0.5) called (stack @0x37ebf0c6 @0x281dd02c @0x281be882 @0x1013f9e @0x1007570 @0x100d91a) 2006-09-15 15:56:43, Info CSI 00000003@2006/9/15:19:56:43.344 WcpInitialize (wcp.dll version 0.0.0.5) called (stack @0x37ebf0c6 @0x2820a711 @0x281f27b3 @0x1013f9e @0x1007570 @0x100d91a) 2006-09-15 15:56:43, Info CBS Must be doing offline servicing, using stack version from: C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\Servicing\cbscore.dll 2006-09-15 15:56:43, Info CBS Loaded Servicing Stack v6.0.5600.16384 with Core: C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\Servicing\cbscore.dll 2006-09-15 15:56:43, Info CSI 00000004 CSI Store 757352 (0x000b8e68) initialized 2006-09-15 15:56:43, Info CBS Session: 3152:23512499 initialized. 2006-09-15 15:56:43, Info CBS Pkgmgr: return code: 0x0

could you give some more information please? here is what i am using: pkgmgr /o:"C:\mnt\;C:\mnt\Windows" /n:"C:\unnattend.xml" /l:"C:\logfile.txt" in my xml file i have this: <?xml version="1.0" ?> <unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"> <settings pass="offlineServicing"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsNonWinPE" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS"> <DriverPaths> <PathAndCredentials wcm:keyValue="1"> <Path>c:\vista</Path> <Credentials> <Domain>mycomputername</Domain> <Username>localuseruser</Username> <Password>password</Password> </Credentials> </PathAndCredentials> </DriverPaths> </component> </settings> </unattend>

hi im looking for feedback about pkgmgr.exe and its use to insert drivers into offline image i wasnt able to do it when i tried with rc1 and newest aik thanks

if you'll reinstall your domain and not restore from backup, no they can not, you have to re-join them to the domain ... then this way all the user profile will be lost am i right to say so? yes because all usernames will have diffrent strings in their sid's and so will create new profile based on that sid but you can always restore all profiles to new ones

lets just say wait for beta 2:)

what actually happens when you boot from dvd is winpe is being loaded from this file>>boot.wim and this launches the install which goes to this file install.wim

ill keep you guys update as soon as i have new info i dont think it will be that hard its just diffrent adding drivers for example will be much easier then before and because it is suposed to be hardware independed(image can boot to any serial ata for example,with the right drivers) i think imaging will be more apealing in vista then setup unattened(remeebr you could update your image to include more hotfixes and service packs and drivers(which you cant in xp image)

ok figured it out vista beta 1 only knows to take unattened from 2 places floppy or if run from winpe setup /.... path to unattended file currently putting the file on dvd doesnt work only from beta 2 and another thing did you notice it doesnt have i386 folder thats because it actually drops an image on your computer(install.wim) plus hardware detection:) pretty cool and suposed to be faster too