brute force

hi all, i havent seen this one in my search but i have completed an unattended dvd using nlite, driverpacks etc. i bought new pc and id like to do an unattended install on it. but id like to keep some of the programs that were already installed on the pc. how do i go about getting those on my unattended dvd? thanks

yep, tried that. i know about that but it stops in the middle of the install to get a name. id like it somehow to get it automatically so i can step away and have it completely unattended

yes, that is a problem. i cant get that naming part automated. so i take the com puter off the domain, put in workgroup, rename computer and sid with newsid, reboot,. put the computer back on domain

; Generated by nLite 1.4.5 mod by FB [Data] AutomaticUpdates="Yes" Autopartition=0 UnattendedInstall="Yes" MsDosInitiated=No [unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended UnattendSwitch="Yes" OemSkipEula="Yes" FileSystem=* WaitForReboot="No" NoWaitAfterTextMode=1 NoWaitAfterGUIMode=1 Repartition=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore NonDriverSigningPolicy=Ignore [Display] Xresolution=1024 Yresolution=768 BitsPerPel=32 [systemRestore] MaximumDataStorePercentOfDisk=10 [GuiUnattended] EncryptedAdminPassword="No" AutoLogon="Yes" AutologonCount=1 AdminPassword="..........." TimeZone=035 OEMSkipRegional=1 OemSkipWelcome=1 [shell] CustomDefaultThemeFile="%WinDir%\Resources\Themes\Luna.theme" [Components] [userData] ProductKey="........................." ComputerName=TEST FullName="immu" OrgName="........... Inc" [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=1 Language= "0409" [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents="No" [NetClients] MS_MSClient=params.MS_MSClient [NetServices] MS_SERVER=params.MS_SERVER MS_PSched=params.MS_PSched [NetProtocols] MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP [params.MS_TCPIP] AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1 [NetAdapters] Adapter1=params.Adapter1 [params.Adapter1] [params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1] SpecificTo=Adapter1 IPAddress=192.168.0.1 DHCP="No" SubnetMask=255.255.255.0 WINS="No" NetBIOSOptions=0 [params.MS_NWIPX.Adapter1] SpecificTo=Adapter1 NetworkNumber=00000000 PktType=0xFF [identification] DomainAdmin=administrator DomainAdminPassword="............" JoinDomain=".............." [GuiRunOnce] ; ; Edited by DriverPacks BASE 8.05 ; http://www.driverpacks.net/ ; command9="%SystemDrive%\DPsFnshr.exe" command0="%SystemDrive%\install\install.cmd" "regedit /s %SystemDrive%\install\legal.reg" ; "regedit /s %SystemDrive%\install\wall.reg"

So what you have listed in the first post is all the winnt.sif has? There has to be something else going on that you need to use that sid program for all your new installs... that is what i have in that section of the winnt.sif. if you'd like, i can post the whole winnt.sif?

probably because im a newbie at this and not familiar with those three. can you give me any more info on WDS or ALTRIS?

see the beginning of this thread

the newsid support batch scripting? example? thanks

this what i did. after the normal unattended install, that is where the problem starts. so i delete the machine off the domain, put in workgroup. reboot. run the NewSID program. reboot. login as local admin, add the machine on the domain. then everything is good. i wish there was a way i can automate the whole thing, beginning to end

unattended install per MSFN instructions/site

i had tried to rename is a previous testing session and had no success. it seems that until i renamed it and gave a new SID with the microsoft NewSID program (the new sid program gives it a new sid and renames the computer), it wasnt going to work. thankfully it looks like everything is ok now. but i thought it was very weird that my research on this site (which i think is the best site i have ever been to) didnt mention needing a new SID. unless of course i missed something thanks again

i am really surprised i didnt get much help or as many responses regarding this issue, but it looks like the problem is that i needed to create a new SID. the testing is goig well and, up to now, the login problem is gone. thanks all

this is the weirdest problem. i successfully login as a few different users. i come back an hour or so later and i cant login. "windows cannot connect to the domain.....because your computer account was not found". how can this be if i successfully logged in as differnt users only an hour ago. i cant even login as domain admin. Help !!

looks like i took out the two Autologon lines but left the Admin lines and i am ok. just tested ok. i will test more apps installed ok also so it looks like i am good

unfortunately this does not work. i still cant get into domain. i log in as local admin fine but not domain

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/06/15/h...-domain-member/ thanks for your response 1. does this take into account that i probably need to login as admin first so the apps can get installed . then i need to reboot and login as regular user. although i dont understand why i need to login as admin to get apps installed if there are all in the \install folder off of C:\ (result of unattended install using my winnt.sif file and 2. the above instructions sound that i need to do this post xp install. i need to get these setting on the unattended DVD. can you elaborate a littel more on the above. thanks

I have successfully created automated dvd using nlite. but i noticed that the administrator was always auto logging on. i want to get it to the point where i get the Ctl-alt-del box so a normal user can logon. i also needed to install apps coming from Guirunonce and my install.cmd. thus i need it to login as admin to get the apps installed, reboot once and get the ctl-alt-del box so a normal user can login. the problem is it is not letting me get to the domain after that first reboot. the ppas get instlled fine on the first logon with admini. but after that first reboot, no matter which user logs in (including the domain admin), i cant logon. i thought by using the autologon and autologoncount features, i can correct the problem. here is my winnt.sif. please help. thanks [GuiUnattended] EncryptedAdminPassword="No" AutoLogon="Yes" AutologonCount=1 AdminPassword="..........." TimeZone=035 OEMSkipRegional=1 OemSkipWelcome=1

i have successfully created automated dvd. but i noticed that the administrator was always auto logging on. i want to get it to the point where i get the Ctl-alt-del box so a normal user can logon. i also needed to install apps coming from Guirunonce and my install.cmd. thus i need it to login as admin to get the apps installed, reboot once and get the ctl-alt-del box so a normal user can login. the problem is it is not letting me get to the domain after that first reboot. the ppas get instlled fine on the first logon with admini. but after that first reboot, no matter which user logs in (including the domain admin), i cant logon. i thought by using the autologon and autologoncount features, i can correct the problem. here is my winnt.sif. please help. thanks [GuiUnattended] EncryptedAdminPassword="No" AutoLogon="Yes" AutologonCount=1 AdminPassword="..........." TimeZone=035 OEMSkipRegional=1 OemSkipWelcome=1

you should contribute that information for the benefit of others. thank you

didnt know that. great. ill try it. one question: when you export, do you use the actual export as a cmd file. thanks for the explanation

Settings are stored in registry [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Picasa] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Google\Picasa] Configure Picasa, export what you want from registry and run installation with a .cmd file: @echo off start /wait picasa3-setup.exe /S ping -n 02 127.0.0.1>nul taskkill /f /im Picasa3.exe start /wait regedit /s Settings.reg exit can you elaborate a little more on this. some of us are newbies to this and would benefit. i.e. "configure Picasa: do you mean install it completely on a test pc first, then export etc. or is the code above what we actually use thanks very much

I posted that it may as it depends on the particular license you have (OEM, "FULL", Corporate, etc.) and possibly also on your local Laws. jaclaz i see. i never answered your question as for Multiboot_10.cmd. it is easy but seems not reliable. ive created the one successfully but had to change NTDETECT. now i tried to creat again, i get errors. i followed the instructions in this forum. i had to do the NTFDETECT thing, enabling txt mode in driverpacks, required to use the PEtoUSB thing. all this and still an issue. it worked fine, then tried it again because of a modification and now i get .sys errors in text mode. so am back to creating with Multiboot. who knows what will happen next. now i get textsetup.sif is corrupt. doesnt make sense since it just worked yesterday. thanks again

Are you hinting that USBmultiboot is not easy? Seriously, besides the fact that you may be infringing the EULA by making more than one copy of the install files, if you have identical USB sticks, you can "clone" one to another, if you have different sticks, as long as you have the "other" sticks already bootable using the HP utility (or any other means) you can just copy the files from one to another. It is advised that boot files (NTLDR, NTDETECT.COM, BOOT.INI, grldr and menu.lst) are copied first, than all the other files/dirs. jaclaz not going to infringe on anything. if i am not supposed to do it, then this is over. didnt know i was. thanks for that information.

hi all, now that i have successfully created a xp-installable usb flash drive via multiboot_10.cmd (thanks to all the help in this forum), how can i duplicate this for more usb flash drives. is there an easy way or do i need to use Multiboot_10.cmd to create each one? thanks again

i have successfully created a unattended DVD, but id like the dell programs/icons that came with this computer to be on my cd. they are the programs for the service tag, dell support etc. how do i get them on the cd/dvd. thanks