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Have you tried the xp tool? It might work in vista aswell...the registries are very close to being the same. For me when I was making my own regtweaks.reg file I simply googled up what i wanted to do and added "registry" to the search so like "turning off screen saver vista registry" found the solution and added the line to my file. Took a bit but it works.

Are you using multiple product keys for different installs or just 1? If you enter the productkey in the autounattend then it wouldnt prompt for any version and just go ahead with whatever version the key was coded too.

So after an hour of googling, all I can find is people *complaining" that their autounattend generates a random name..this is EXACTLY WHAT I WANT..but for the life of me it simply doesnt work. Regardless of what I do it just prompts for a computername. if i put in a * it still asks for a name. If i enter a name then it will put that name, but im using this disc to install vista on several different computers for repairs and obviously dont want them to be all named the same..especially when more than 1 of them is on my network..kaboom! I'll post my entire autounattend.xml file here and maybe someone can help..for now, computername is NOT in there so that it asks. <?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> </SetupUILanguage> <InputLocale>0409:00000409</InputLocale> <UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale> <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage> <SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale> </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> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> </ProductKey> <Organization>Owner-Corp</Organization> <FullName>OwnerPC</FullName> <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula> </UserData> <ImageInstall> <OSImage> <InstallFrom> <MetaData wcm:action="add"> <Key>/IMAGE/NAME</Key> <Value></Value> </MetaData> </InstallFrom> <InstallToAvailablePartition>false</InstallToAvailablePartition> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> </OSImage> </ImageInstall> </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> <NetworkLocation>Home</NetworkLocation> <ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC> <SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE> </OOBE> <UserAccounts> <LocalAccounts> <LocalAccount wcm:action="add"> <Description>user account</Description> <DisplayName>User</DisplayName> <Group>Administrators</Group> <Name>User</Name> <Password> <Value>cABhAHMAcwB3AG8AcgBkAFAAYQBzAHMAdwBvAHIAZAA=</Value> <PlainText>false</PlainText> </Password> </LocalAccount> </LocalAccounts> </UserAccounts> </component> </settings> <settings pass="specialize"> <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"> <TimeZone>Mountain Standard Time</TimeZone> <AutoLogon> <Enabled>true</Enabled> <LogonCount>2</LogonCount> <Username>Administrator</Username> </AutoLogon> </component> <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-Deployment" 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"> <RunSynchronous> <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <Description>Copyapps</Description> <Path>D:\programs\copyappsvista.cmd</Path> <Order>1</Order> <WillReboot>Never</WillReboot> </RunSynchronousCommand> <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <Description>DirectX 9</Description> <Path>D:\programs\nero\installation\redist\directx\dxsetup.exe /silent</Path> <Order>2</Order> <WillReboot>Never</WillReboot> </RunSynchronousCommand> <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <Description>Nero</Description> <Path>D:\programs\nero\installation\setupx.exe /quiet</Path> <Order>3</Order> <WillReboot>Never</WillReboot> </RunSynchronousCommand> <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <Description>Adobe</Description> <Path>d:\programs\READER9\Setup.exe /sall</Path> <Order>4</Order> <WillReboot>Never</WillReboot> </RunSynchronousCommand> <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <Description>IE8</Description> <Path>d:\programs\IE8vis.exe /passive /nobackup /norestart</Path> <Order>5</Order> <WillReboot>Never</WillReboot> </RunSynchronousCommand> </RunSynchronous> </component> </settings> </unattend>

So i have IE8VIS.exe in my programs directory and during the install, in the autounattend it calls to install ie8. For some reason, without any errors i can see, it simply doesnt install. The other programs I have in there install silently...adobe, nero,directx but for some reason ie8 simply does not work. This is the code for the ie8 install. <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <Description>IE8</Description> <Path>d:\programs\IE8vis.exe /passive /nobackup /norestart</Path> <Order>5</Order> <WillReboot>Never</WillReboot> </RunSynchronousCommand> Any ideas?

Just a little update. It seems the problem is ONLY with powerdvd. I ran the nero installer and the adobe reader installer and both work. Also tried copying the powerdvd install from the disc to desktop and it still crashes. I copied the installer over my network from a different location (not the exact installer thats packed with my disc) and it works....very strange.

So I had a vista AIO disc that would install vista..skip most stuff and then begin a script that auto-installs powerdvd using auto-keys software. All was good and well until i replaced the vista sp1 image with a vista sp2 image. Now when vista boots, it goes to run the setup.exe (happens if i manually do it too) and i get the message that setup launcher has stopped working. I initially thought it was because it was installing updates at the time but after a reboot and no updates being installed, it did it again...the windows installer seems to be broken somehow. Any thoughts?

To be honest, I hate windows 7 and vista search..its annoying, not very user friendly and i just plain dont like it. Is there anyway to get the classic windows xp search (not that windows search 4.0 crap) but the search companion installed and working with win7. I'm not in it for speed, or indexing or anything else. I just like the interface in xp for searching for files..its simply and it works. Any thoughts,

System restore is an essential repair utility when it comes to registry repair from missing or damaged registry files...also works nice when a program goes south or driver breaks windows. Just putting that out there...for the few gigs that it uses, it does come in handy

This may not be the best solutuion, but you could use that progam you had and then somehow map keyboard functions to scroll wheel functions. just a thought.

IE8 is definately faster than IE7 in all regards...HOWEVER, i have seen more than a few times that IE8, even a new install, tends to break quite often ending up in either not working completely or not working very well. The simple solution that has worked every time was to completely uninstall ie8, reboot, reinstall. Do not open ie8 but instead get into internet options, change default homepage, reset security zones to default, connections tab > proxy settings and UNCHECK auto-detect settings (major source of alot of load time problems or no load at all) and then reset advanced settings to complete defaults. Of course, after you reset defaults you'l have to change homepage again...google.ca works nice and is a fast load. This should resolve any IE8 issues. Also, you will need to reload addons like flash or java. p.s. the -exoff option can also be used by right clicking an IE icon, either on desktop or in start menu (aslong as its the REAL shortcut not a user created one) and select run with no addons). p.p.s as a side note, chrome is MUCH better and MUCH faster, albeit not compatibile with asmuch as ie is.

I'm wondering how much has changed from vista to windows 7 in terms of the autounattended.xml file and the process itself. Has anyone tried using a basic working vista autounatten with a windows 7 install? The actual install themselves seem to be very similiar..win7 has some additions like auto-connect to wireless and homegroups. My other question, When i created my AIO disc with xp home,pro and vista32 i contemplated creating a dual-layer with vista64 aswell but since not many systems we repair had it I didnt bother. Windows 7 is definately changing the playing field and 64bit is becomming more prevelant. Instead of integrating windows 7 32/64 on my already aio disc (maybe in the future), has anyone been able to squeeze windows 7 32 AND 64 on 1 regular layer dvd without removing too much stuff? Thanks, *am i the only one who thinks it was dumb of MS to add the ei.cfg file to discs making them non-aio disks for win7....while im talking about it....does anyone know what the difference in that file makes if you select retail over oem, or volume license =1 or =0 in terms of how the OS operates or activates.

FLyakite has a good tutorial on this. It's how I started. I also made a post on how to add multiple images to a dvd and make it bootable with menus using cdshell. it's in this forum somewhere

I did some research on this and apparently there is no way to do this through registry. One way to do it, which isnt fool proof or perfect, is to use something like autoit and write a script that runs the options and uncheck the navigation pane window. So you basically write the script to do the same thing you would do yourself if you were turning it off.

This is one of my sections. <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <Description>IE8</Description> <Path>d:\programs\IE8vis.exe /passive /nobackup /norestart</Path> <Order>5</Order> <WillReboot>Never</WillReboot> </RunSynchronousCommand> </RunSynchronous> THe things I noticed here is that you are missing description and the willreboot tags...weather or not those are needed or not I'[m not sure but you can add them and try that. The other thing I see that COULD cause an issue is having spaces in your path, perhaps quotes are needed there? Try it with quotes or try removing the spaces in the directory names to eliminate problems. Could you paste the .bat file? Perhaps there's a command in there that is failing? Although that shouldnt cause an issue because the autounattended should only crap out if it fails to launch the bat, regardless of what the bat file actually does. Just a thought.

I have tried several methods to get norton 2009 antivirus (90day trial) and internet security (15 day trial) to silently install and I cant seem to ge tit to work properly. So far I have tried the following /qb /qn /noreboot several other switches that dont seem to work..oddly enough, /qb seems to kinda work, but the service does not get started...but if i manually run the service, it almost acts like it wants to reinstall again. the program never mentions any reboots that are needed or not needed and leaves me sitting at the screen wondering if its installed or not. What I want to do is basically this.. silently install either product and then have the window come up to activate manually and go from there if another version exists I want the app to silently install and then prompt the user for a reboot, after a reboot the install should continue as normal. if anyone has any insight into this, that would be greatly appreciated. -Thanks.

i tried those methods and they didnt work for me either. something else that didnt work for me but you might wanna try. there are some generic keys listed by microsoft as pre-activation keys for just this sort of thing. They are supposed to be activationless but I have tried them with no luck. Maybe you'll hav ebetter luck or someone else might have the solution. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457078.aspx

Try this http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=133512 Really easy. There's a guide out there by a guy named flyakite, it specifies longhorn but it may work for vista...i tried it and it didnt ...but the above post explains how....real easy.

I did an install on a PC and didnt realize that it did not have ethernet plugged in, and it worked...so now I'm really confused as to what happened. perhaops it was some other random error on the other pc that was a coincidence that it worked after i plugged the internet in. I'll have to do some more installs and see what happens.

Something that would be easier (maybe) would be to do all these installs from svcpack which installs during the T13 time period of the install. Basically everything gets installed before windows boots for the first time so you dont really need to see if something is installing or not. This is the method I use and it works great.

Why offline? If you want to apply to all users, you can look for the settings in HKLM instead of users and see if that works, another option is putting each reg file in the default profile for startup that runs the HKCU settings and then deletes itself...sounds more complicated than it is. The hive to load would be software which on a windows install is located in windows/system32/config

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center] "AutoUpdateDisableNotify"=dword:00000001 "UacDisableNotify"=dword:00000001 "InternetSettingsDisableNotify"=dword:00000001 This will disable warnings for automatic updates, uac and the firewall being turned off. UNFORTUNATELY, the uac disable only works on vista business and ultimate...I have not found a solution for this, other than NOT turning off UAC. As for the antivirus, there is a key called antivirusoverride (google it and you'll find the key) but this registry entry is protected with permissions so a standard regedit will not work.

Try this http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=133512

yeha that's what I meant by removing the autounattended file. The source is an OEM copy of vista sp1. So what I will do is just use the original disc I used the image from, and strip the settings from the autounattended file one by one until I find the culprit, and hopefully after that, the solution! Could it be due to the fact that no specific version of vista is specified in my unattended?

Just curious if it would be possible to have cdshell play some sort of sound file like a midi or anything else dos-compatible for it's boot menu. I think that would be neat.

Best thing I can suggest is to get your exact model number for the monitor and check the specs on it on hp's website and see if it supports that resolution. I am somewhat surprised that it doesnt by default but who knows. How are you changing the resolution? If you're just trying the windows settings, try in the nvidia control panel itself and see if that option is there.