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You need this under: [unattended]UnattendSwitch="yes"add this too your code and it should solve alot of problems! Also, Go to this link here and read... Unattend Guide (Drivers) Peace

Check this out! (Very Informative!!!) Site Here Microsoft Article Also, look @ XtremeMaCs' post Post on configuring "Power Scheme"

Becareful with: Vrefresh=75Old monitors do not support an high hertz refresh rate. I suggest 60 hertz. You will not notice the difference. If it is set too high the monitor will not be viewable and setting it low will add life to your monitor. Ranges: 56;60;75;85 Peace How do blonde brain cells die? Alone.

@ yoporch I read on this forum somewhere that you can not keep the setup from saying: If you do, it will send the boot into a countinous loop. Just press one time and leave alone. Of course if an end user sees the message he/she will probably keep pushing keys... I see your concern, it is one of my own...I will research this more and if you find anything, let me know! Peace What do you call a blond with half a brain? Gifted!!!

[Data] AutoPartition=1 or 0 If you have the selection on 1 then Windows Setup will install the OS on any free partition that is available. If you remove this line or if you put AutoPartition=0 then setup will ask you on which partition you wish to install Windows onto and advises you what to do if your partition already contains an OS. If you put: [Data]AutoPartition=1 then, it will put the operating system on a free partition, automatically. But, you want it on D: I suggest reformating and partitioning your HDD as so: C: primary 16gb NTFS WinXP D: logical 2gb FAT16 DOS E: logical78gb NTFS Data and put it on C: instead. I will also search the forum. I read something on this, but I dont remember where it is. Will post again once I find the info... Post: This link has some good ideas as well ---> Forum Post

WINNT.sif Commands List

since you mentioned dahotfix.log file. I searched and found mine as well. Seems that mine is not loading either. My log file states the same thing as yours. I was thinking that they all loaded b/c update said i was ok, So I will be working on this problem as well. If you have any breakthrews, let me know. Peace "More than any other job, master control is about immediate consequences..."

Make sure your patch executable is named the same as what you are calling it in your svcpack.inf and put your patches in numerical order, like so: [setupHotfixesToRun]JS56NEN.EXE /Q:A /R:NMDAC.CMDQ327979.EXE /q /n /zQ328213.EXE /q /n /zQ329048.EXE /q /n /zQ329909.EXE /q /n /zQ331953.EXE /q /n /zQ811789.EXE /q /n /zQ813862.EXE /q /n /zQ815485.EXE /q /n /zQ816979.EXE /q /n /zQ816981.EXE /q /n /zQ816982.EXE /q /n /zKB823182.EXE /Q /O /N /ZKB824105.EXE /Q /O /N /ZKB824141.EXE /Q /O /N /ZKB825119.EXE /Q /O /N /ZKB826939.EXE /Q /O /N /ZWMP9MM2.EXEKB828026.EXE /Q /O /N /ZKB828035.EXE /Q /O /N /ZKB828741.EXE /Q /O /N /ZQ831167.EXE /Q:A /R:NKB832894.EXE /Q:A /R:NKB835732.EXE /Q /O /N /ZKB837001.EXE /Q /O /N /ZQ837009.EXE /Q:A /R:NQCHAIN.EXEDX9NTOPK.exeThis is an example of -----> Windows XP HE

Check where you put the hotfix and see if it is named correctly there: Example: ENU or ENG (on the front of the name...) Make sure these co-inside with what you have it named in your files. When I downloaded mine I had to change the first 3 letters of the hotfix.

;SetupMgrTag[Data] MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" [unattended] Repartition=Yes UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes UnattendSwitch="Yes" WaitForReboot="No" TargetPath=\WINDOWS [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=* EncryptedAdminPassword=NO OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=85 OemSkipWelcome=1Take out ----> AutoPartition=1 Put quotes---> UnattendSwitch="yes" and put in the order as mine is....Hope this helps

MrBoss, after installing the system, boot it up, and when your in windows, log off(Do Not Shutdown), and try to log back on as administrator. Does it Que you for a PW, if so, type in ----> "" Does that log you in? Let me know what happens and I'll get back to ya...

You can download that new MDAC and get instructions on how to install it from here ----->> Unattend Guide on MDAC Make sure to name it correctly in both places and put the EXE in the correct DIR. Hope this helps Example of MDAC.CMD @echo off ECHO.ECHO Installing Q832483 Buffer overrun in an MDAC function could allow code executionstart /wait %systemdrive%\install\hotfixes\ENG_Q832483_MDAC_X86.EXE /C:"dahotfix.exe /q /n" /qEXIT

Cool, many thanks gosh...

do you have an SVCPACK.inf file? Put spaces (Q823718.exe /Q:A /R:N)

Take out (AutoPartition=1) and put in [unattended] Repartition=Yes and on unattendswitch, put "" around YES and remove (FileSystem=ConvertNTFS); it will choose NTFS automatically. The order could make a difference also; this is mine and it works perfectly! ;SetupMgrTag[Data] MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" [unattended] Repartition=Yes UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes UnattendSwitch="Yes" WaitForReboot="No" TargetPath=\WINDOWS [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=* EncryptedAdminPassword=NO OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=85 OemSkipWelcome=1This will format,partition,choose NTFS, and begin the unattended install for XP.

msgina.dll Examples This guy has a gina.dll that he has created. Look for the link, after you click this link. I don't know anything about it , but I did run accross this. Hope it helps.

This might help a little. Specs on 2004 states that it is a bootable cd. Make sure your boot options in your BIOS are correct. The definitions should be able to be dled, added to the files(Batch?), and recreate the image, and reburn. (Anybody wanna touch on this?) Hope this helps.

Try this, I'm @ work at the moment, so I don't have rights to access it, but it seems to have alot to it.

http://lurch.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Docs/Dell/IntelNIC/net_push.htm http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/download...er/default.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default....tentid=28000519 This last link has alot of information on it, check it out.

http://aumha.org/a/batches.htm

Ok I just got through doing some time testing and the results are in! Microsoft Virtual PC(MVPC) V's VMWare(VMW) Tested with XPHESP1 with all hot fixes + DX9 Host=W2KP,P3,512RAM Total Install Times: (MVPC)=93mins total and runs for 25mins @ T-13 (VMW) =62mins total and runs for 19mins @ T-13 (MVPC)= $110.00 US (VMW) = $199.00 US (MVPC) receives for ease of understanding and options available. (VMW) receives for ease of understanding and options available. (MVPC) = 45 days of free trial version (VMW) = 30 days of free trial version Download (MVPC) Download (VMW) If anyone knows how to shrink these times to install, then let me know! Thanks, RDH

Put these in there. UnattendSwitch="yes"WaitForReboot="No"Yes, i think, i did it as stated and it works fine

Unattend Guide Examples Go there and compare. Yes, I beleive it is off now, but dont take my word for it Sighned ---> Newbie

yea, try that order

Here's an example. Provided by the "Unattend Guide" » cleanup.cmd (used with RunOnceEx.cmd) cmdow @ /HIDshutdown.exe -r -f -t 60 -c "Windows XP will now restart in 1 minute..."net user aspnet /delete RD /S /Q "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\PrintMe Internet Printing"RD /S /Q "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Java Web Start" DEL "%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Windows Media Player.lnk"DEL "%UserProfile%\Desktop\Flashget.lnk"DEL "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Windows Movie Maker.lnk"DEL "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Adobe Reader 6.0.lnk"DEL "%AllUsersProfile%\Desktop\Java Web Start.lnk"DEL "%AllUsersProfile%\Desktop\Adobe Reader 6.0.lnk"DEL "%AllUsersProfile%\Desktop\Alcohol 120%.lnk" RD /S /Q "%systemroot%\Cache\Adobe Reader 6\"RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\drivers\RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\apps\ EXIT