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Hmm, but it doesn't show up at all when you visit Windows Update V5 from a SP2-patched machine, at least in my case.

You can do this all with Ghost 2003 and I presume Ghost 9.0, too. I have an external DVD burner on a couple of machines and it works with the included DOS USB drivers.

Yes, I've read this article. But has anyone come across a silent unattended install for VS 6 Professional? The file ACost.exe doesn't exist on my setup CD.

You forgot the OemPnPDriversPath: [Unattended] OemPreinstall=Yes OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\006\SI3112"

Why not? That's how you do it. This method replaces another method described thus:

Just make sure in your winnt.sif file that the following is not there: [Unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended You can add a batch file using [GuiRunOnce] that has your drive mapping commands. As for Office 2K, I believe you can use the same technique as for Office XP. You can combine the Office install onto a DVD with the unattended XP install or use a separate CD.

Set a folder to Thumbnail view. Go into Tools > Folder Options. Click the View tab and then click the Apply to All Folders. Close Windows Explorer and the next time you open it all folders will be in Thumbnail View.

Yes. Right-click on the My Documents icon on your Desktop. Click the Move button and choose a new folder location.

Try: msiexec /p C:\Projup\PRJSP1-ENU.MSP /a C:\prs1\PRJPROE.MSI SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /qb Looks like you reversed the sequence. PRJPROE.MSI is the only MSI file in my administrative share.

Yes. Use the OPK to create the unattend transforms file after slipstreaming the service pack. You slipstream the service pack the same way you would with Office.

Well it works with SP2 RTM.

See this post: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...ndpost&p=136537 Make sure you also install .NET Framework otherwise the Matrox Control Panel will not work, but the drivers will still be installed.

I use Roxio Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 (don't snicker! it just works! ) to make bootable Joliet filesystem XP unattended/slipstreamed DVDs.

I run the IE6 install using cmdlines.txt using this line: ".\IE6\ie6setup.exe /q:a /r:n" The IE6 folder is in $OEM$. From experience IE 6 installs require two reboots so I autologon twice using winnt.sif. This works for me in unattended slipstream CDs and RIS.

My TXTSETUP.SIF: [SourceDisksFiles] Fasttrak.sys = 1,,,,,,4_,4,1,,,1,4 [HardwareIdsDatabase] PCI\VEN_105A&DEV_3376 = "fasttx2k" PCI\VEN_105A&DEV_3373 = "fasttx2k" [SCSI.load] fasttx2k = Fasttx2k.sys,4 [SCSI] fasttx2k = "WinXP Promise FastTrak 376/378 (tm) Controller" [Config.fasttx2k] value = "", Tag, REG_DWORD, 1 Looks like yours will work. However, I don't use $OEM$\TEXTMODE, just $OEM$\$1\Drivers\001, plus the file ptipbmf.dll

Can you be a little more specific? What part of RIS is not working? The initial RIS bootdisk or the PXE boot ROM stage? Or are you talking about the Ethernet drivers for XP? Are you trying to integrate your Ethernet drivers into the RIS bootdisk? What is your motherboard and what are the Ethernet controller chipsets does it use? I ask these questions because it's unclear where to start from your post.

Windows 2000 doesn't ship with shutdown.exe. I just took a Windows XP version and put it into my $OEM$\$$\System32 directory. B)

An older version of the TERMSRV.DL_ file. Microsoft removed that capability before RTM. Apparently the last beta build that had it was 2055. See this thread: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...acked+sp2+files

I'm still using my trusty WinFax 8.02 with XP/SP2. The only reason I haven't upgraded is that it still works and it has TalkWorks 2.0 which I use as my voice mail-box.

setupmgr found in the deploy.cab (support/tools from the CD) created them!

You can't use F6 with unattended CD/DVDs. You will need to recreate the unattended media with the Intel SATA RAID drivers added in.

Slipstreaming means to integrate the service pack or any patches directly into the original installation files, in the process upgrading the installation and then recreating the whole thing back into a new CD or DVD. In other words with a slipstreamed XP SP2 when you can do a clean install from the CD you will have a Windows XP installation that already has the service pack installed. No need to manually run SP2 after a clean install. Unattended means to recreate the installation (slipstreamed and all) and make it a hands off install. That is the product key and preferences and settings are chosen by you before hand and integrated into the install. With an unattended install you also have the option of installing applications unattended after XP is installed. This is particularly handy if you create a slipstreamee/unattended DVD.

I would assume if you got your hands on an OEM copy of a CD (borrow perhaps?) you would be fine as long as you didn't activate it with that specific product key. The media is useless without a valid product key and then there is product activation to follow.

RunOnceEx.cmd runs at T-12 when it is loaded by cmdlines.txt and places the registry keys there for the actual RunOnceEx commands. The commands run after the first logon. Thus, if you add a batch file to run sysprep at that point, Windows will have been installed. The keys in RunOnceEx should not be processed at T-12, only placed in the registry.

You will need to add a sysprep.inf file that contains your product key and specifies fullunattended setup. ;SetupMgrTag [Unattended] UnattendMode = FullUnattended NoWaitAfterTextMode = 1 NoWaitAfterGUIMode = 1 OemSkipEula=Yes InstallFilesPath=C:\sysprep\i386 [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword="xxxx" EncryptedAdminPassword=NO OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=35 OemSkipWelcome=1 [UserData] ProductKey=xxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx FullName="Your Name" OrgName="Your Company" ComputerName=* [Display] BitsPerPel=32 Xresolution=800 YResolution=600 Vrefresh=75 [TapiLocation] CountryCode=107 Dialing=Tone AreaCode=705 [SetupMgr] DistFolder=C:\sysprep\i386 DistShare=windist [Identification] JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes [sysprepcleanup]