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in english we might be able to help you.... all I can tell from this is you are having problems installing svcpack.inf updates? I hope you aren't using a windows xp svcpack.inf example? Windows 2000 uses different commands for svcpack.inf that is all i know...

Reading through the ref.chm file, I found this interesting section regarding DetachedProgram execution via [GuiUnattended] section of winnt.sif I'm going to play around with this on the weekend, but perhaps someone already knows? DetachedProgram = "%SYSTEMDRIVE%\install\wpi.cmd" wpi.cmd @start %systemdrive%\install\wpi\WPI.htaIf I am guessing correctly, this will execute my WPI installer, and run it OVER THE TOP of the installation program? As in, WPI comes up on the screen at first GUI Mode run time and setup is still running in the background? If this is correct, my cmdlines.txt could run the WPI generated install.cmd? Theoretically, if WPI ran at the start of GUI mode setup, as long as you didn't leave it on the screen for half an hour it would be well and truly finished by the time cmdlines.txt was run?

My CD is almost finished, it works really great... Thanks to all the help from all you forum members, plus of course the great guides available on the MSFN site (big thanks to MSFN Unattended Guide and GOSH's guides) I have converted to WPI for installing programs (run during GUI mode setup, installs RunOnce commands), but now I am wanting to expand the scope of my CD so that I can run it on any computer.... Now I want to be able to use WPI to select all the programs installed, plus have a tickbox for SysPrep installation, which will set up RunOnce commands after the first windows boot to run sysprep on the second boot (after all the programs have installed)... I have searched on the forums for sysprep and found a few things, but not a lot relating to sysprep.inf commands or how it works What is the correct usage for sysprep? I have made a sysprep.inf and put it in the $OEM$\Sysprep folder, but I am unsure of the correct command line switch to run sysprep itself... sysprep -reseal or sysprep -mini ? I want sysprep to run, asking for the Real Name, Organisation, Computer Name, plus User Account names... Will having an auto-logon user account affect this? Should I delete my useraccounts.cmd and set the admin account to auto logon once or twice? Basically, once sysprep is run, I only want the admin account plus any accounts set up during sysprep... is this possible? I've copied a lot of the entries from my winnt.sif into sysprep.inf (like time zones, languages etc) so hopefully it will only ask the basic questions I want answered?

i'm testing with a different 1151 kernel now, see if it works any better.. should know in 20 minutes

what he means is you should click on the "Search" button at the top of the screen first, then try searching for "how to install fonts" in the "unattended" forum.. by the way, I think you have to be a member to use the Search page (then again, you have to be a member to make a post as well) oh, the answer to your question: use your $OEM$ structure place your fonts in $OEM$\$$\Fonts folder

I just leeched a few boot screens from themexp.org and found two different version numbers: 5.1.2600.1151 5.1.2600.1106 obviously the newer one is going to work better? what is the latest version of the ntoskrnl?

for the sound file, one thing I tested once is using REG commands to change the Windows Start sound, then a RunOnce command that adds a RunOnce command to change it back to default first boot, custom sound startup file, second boot and every boot after that, back to default this works but its a bit messy, theres gotta be a better way to do it?

i'm using virtual pc 2004 to test it.... a few weeks ago i first started playing around with the custom boot screen, installing it via cmdlines.txt and it was killing the install back then (on a real pc)... so, that leaves me with the question: where can i get a boot logo kernel that will work with my version of xp? i have xp volume license disk, slipstreamed to sp1a, with all critical updates etc...

I am using WPI to give a list of options during install... WPI executes during GUI mode setup and installs RunOnce commands for the requested options... one of my options is a custom boot screen... RunOnce calls %systemdrive%\install\boot.cmd @REM Changes the Kernel Boot Logo@echo Changing the Boot Screen@bootcfg /RAW /A /Kernel=kernel1.exe /ID 1@bootcfg /Timeout 1I have kernel1.exe in my $OEM$\$$\system32 directory The kernel1.exe I am using is the "Windows XP Pirated Edition" boot screen that comes with Style XP 2.0 (it is an SP1 boot screen)... I enabled it via StyleXP, then checked my boot.ini to find what kernel file it was using, which happened to be kernel1.exe I copied this file from my system32 directory and placed it on my cd $OEM$ path After the RunOnce commands are installed, if the custom boot screen was selected, windows freezes on the custom boot logo screen.... when i reboot, it goes to the boot screen and never stops flashing (the bar just keeps on going)

you are running "3dmark03.exe -s" and it does nothing? did you use "3dmark03.exe -r" first to create your answer file? You have to do the same for 3dmark01 obviously too... if you have made your answer files and it still doesnt work (clonecd, anyone), perhaps try using AutoIT to create a silent install script... should there be a space between /v and /qn? for vmware, try /qb instead of /qn

OK... so... somehow my txtsetup.sif got screwed :/ i'm just going to start from scratch... might test out the auto update xp program see if it works good....

even after i did that (added the 2 files to dosnet.inf), they never get copied... after windows is installed, they aren't on the hard drive anywhere...

i know its a bit wierd hehe... i always seem to be sitting at the PC watching that part of setup though, wishing it were quicker somehow (like installing all those drivers you dont need, like Toshiba floppy disk driver and crap like that)... my unattend disk i still have to choose a partition, type in name, organisation, computer name and admin password.... so they're not fully unattended...

this method doesnt actually install the audio utilities properly, but i am working on a way to integrate the very latest version (available on guru3d.com) of the audio drivers and audio utilities using a batch file similar to this: if not exist %windir%\system32\nvmcp.sys goto skipnv "%systemdrive%\Install\Applications\NVAudio\setup.exe -S" :skipnv a batch file like this could allow you to have lots of program that only install if certain drivers have been installed (it won't install the nvidia audio utility on a computer that does not have the mcp south bridge)

guy i live with has an ASUS A7N8X Deluxe revision 2.0 (Ultra400 north bridge).... I have tested my method of driver installation and it works great... the only problem we have is with his machines particular configuration, it will not be able to shutdown or reboot with the nvidia SW IDE driver installed, so I just deleted that directory and didn't add it to winnt.sif drivers path i used the latest from nvidia, 3.13, the ones on the asus website havent been updated for a long time... that same driver version was there (with the same message about it being newer) about a year ago.... extract the .exe installer, which will give you a bunch of directories.... just grab what you need and make your drivers path addition look like this: Drivers\nForce\AudioDrv;Drivers\nForce\AudioUtl;Drivers\nForce\Ethernet;Drivers\nForce\GART;Drivers\nForce\MemCtl;Drivers\nForce\SMBus;Drivers\3COM920B

i didn't say before but that framedyn.dll error I am getting that at the 13 minute mark of gui mode setup too, when it installs the Media player 9 and Movie maker 2 unattend bundle... it says that setup_wm.exe cannot start because framedyn.dll are missing.... since i wrote the original post i tried adding framedyn.dll and srclient.dll to the DOSNET.INF force driver cab copy section at the bottom... same results... oh i forgot to mention im slipstreaming the rollup update sorry :/ Since i have slipstreamed the rollup update, does this line still need to be there anyway? Maybe this is part of the problem i dunno... I had problems with it asking which directory it was going to extract to, during gui mode setup, is why it looks the way it does for the command switches i didn't use batch files to slim down the size, i used gosh's guide of winnt32.exe /noreboot and grabbing the install files off the drive... the only batch files i have run are from eldergeek.com the ones for updating the I386 files for the rollup update

that worked for me many times now

I have both the Nvidia 56.64 drivers and the ATI 3.4 slipstream version drivers... the nvidia drivers are stock standard, i just extracted the installer fron nvidia website, whacked that in $OEM$\Drivers\NVDetn8, then made sure that was in my winnt.sif drivers path... i have tested on nvidia cards (ti4200, ti4600, fx5900U, mx440) and radeon (9600xt, 9800xt, 8500) both work good... the radeon driver i have is from a russian site and it installs the control panel during PnP driver installation it works good www.radeon2.ru

OK i think i get it now... at first i thought that the numbers were 5 apart to allow 5 seconds for each installer or something im a newb

because my unattend cd has all my neccesary raid drivers included, is there any way I can skip the "Press F6..." and "Press F2..." messages that appear in text based setup?

thats the funniest thing ive seen all week!

i've double checked my cd source folders, and both files are in I386 folder framedyn.dl_ srclient.dl_ I think they are both SP1a files? I know srclient.dl_ comes with service pack 1 what could cause them to not copy? maybe my svcpack.inf is overwriting them somehow?

i am installing clone cd through guirunonce (initiated from apps.cmd) i seem to have a major error somewhere because of those missing files runddl32 does not work... at all... can't even open system control panel

Why not have the first batch file add a GuiRunOnce command to load the second batch file (it will load it after a reboot automatically)? that way you don't have to worry about copying it to the startup folder and deleting it once its been run and of course use the shutdown command to reboot the pc... Use the same format as the apps.cmd that installs all your programs (REG ADD)...

try speaking normally first and we might be able to understand you better... you can remove internet explorer and still leave windows explorer, but you will still be affected by the security exploits? i am unsure but just make sure you have all the critical updates on your xp cd (svcpack.inf) I don't see why windows update won't work.. you don't have to do it through internet explorer?