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eggy524, Search this forum for a 2cd install, it is definitely possible because I have done it successfully using the method described here in the forum. Good luck, tguy

See this topic: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=27005 tguy

Make sure your WINNT.SIF file includes the following two lines in the [unattended] section DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore NonDriverSigningPolicy=Ignore tguy

Try REG DEL instead of REG DELETE. Or you can try using regedit and a minus sign to delete the key.. For instance: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Runonce] "^SetupICWDesktop"=- This works for me.

Anyone know if this Unattend parameter will work on a Windows 2000 server unattended install?

You could also try e-backup 1.4x from Inachis Software software. I've used it for quite sometime and it works well. Full version allows you to schedule backups on a regular basis.

Search this forum for mraid35x and txtsetup. I seem to recall a post that reflected the settings for the iastor.sys or something similar. tguy

Search Google or Support.Microsoft.Com for delsrv.exe. You will need to download the executable, expand it, and install it. Then go to a command prompt and type: delsrv <name of service> That should do it.

I had this problem too, until I moved my IE 6 silent install to be kicked off by my cmdlines.txt file. This resolved the problem. To solve your problem in the interim, search Google for 'folder or pane greyed out', basically there is a .dll file that needs to be registered using regsvr32, I forget the name of it but you should be able to find it with the above search. tguy

Try Symantec PCAnyWhere....

In a Workgroup configuration you can either: 1) Create an account on the server machine that has the same name and password as the user account you use to login to your Windows 2000 or Windows XP PC 2) Use Tools --> Map Network Drive in Explorer and tell it to "Connect using a different user name.." Then give it the name of the user account on the server, ie: Myserver\Myuser and the appropriate password for the user account on the server you are connecting to. Hope this helps. tguy

I ran into this problem too, what I did to get it to work was to remove the ADDLOCAL=jrecore from my command line. It worked then. tguy

Try to specify the full path to where your regtweaks.reg file is. ie: C:\temp\regtweaks.reg. Line in cmdlines.txt would look like "REGEDIT /S C:\TEMP\REGTWEAKS.REG" tguy

Try creating a .reg file with this entry and executing it. ; Ignore - Install the software anyway and don't ask for my approval [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Driver Signing] "Policy"=dword:00000000 Remove the comment line though first. tguy

To repartition your disks set the following parameters in your WINNT.SIF or unattend.txt [DATA] AutoPartition=1 [unattended] Repartition=Yes ExtendOEMPartition=1 FileSystem=FAT32 or ConvertNTFS This should fix it. tguy

You might also have select media with a non-select license agreement product key. I ran into this issue myself. Check to make sure the two are consistent. Another thing you can try is to open the SETUPP.INI file in the i386 directory where your source files are located. Make sure the last three numbers of your PID are 270. This is supposed to aid in removing the prompt for a license key when doing unattended installs. tguy

When you are building computers with an unattended cd, even in Virtual PC, you need to put your WINNT.SIF file on a floppy disk. Here's how I do it. 1) Either mount the .ISO for your build on the Virtual PC cd-rom or put the CD into your computer's cd-rom drive. 2) Turn on the Virtual machine you are creating. 3) When you see the "Setup is inspecting your computer's hardware...", insert the floppy disk into your computer's floppy drive. I tried including in the i386 directory on my cd, and it did not work for me either. tguy

Here is a sample of a vbScript I use during my unattended builds. This one will create a shortcut on the desktop and on the Quick Launch toolbar for Windows Explorer. 'Create Windows Explorer Desktop icon Set Shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") DesktopPath = Shell.SpecialFolders("AllUsersDesktop") Set link = Shell.CreateShortcut(DesktopPath & "\Explorer.lnk") link.Arguments = "/n,/e,c:\" link.Description = "Explorer link" link.HotKey = "CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+E" link.IconLocation = "%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe" link.TargetPath = "%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe" link.WindowStyle = 1 link.WorkingDirectory = "%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%" link.Save 'Create Windows Explorer Quick Launch icon Const OverwriteExisting = True Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") If objFSO.FolderExists("C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\") Then objFSO.CopyFile "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\Explorer.lnk" , "C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\", OverwriteExisting Else Set objFolder = objFSO.CreateFolder("C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\") objFSO.CopyFile "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\Explorer.lnk" , "C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\", OverwriteExisting End If If objFSO.FolderExists("C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\") Then objFSO.CopyFile "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\Explorer.lnk" , "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\", OverwriteExisting Else Set objFolder = objFSO.CreateFolder("C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\") objFSO.CopyFile "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\Explorer.lnk" , "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\", OverwriteExisting End If objFSO.CopyFile "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\Explorer.lnk" , "C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\", OverwriteExisting Hope this helps. tguy

Once again persistence pays off, I found my needed driver for the Broadcom 440x chipset on the Dell Dimension 2400 at Bart's site, http://www.nu2.nu. The driver is in the b44.cab file available for download from his site. Still looking for the Linksys EG1032 driver if anyone can help. Found the NDIS driver for the Linksys EG1032, has a Marvell chipset, contacted Marvell and they sent me the driver, EG1064.DOS. Problems solved. tguy

Does anyone know where I can get NDIS .dos drivers for NT/2000 based TCP/IP boot disk for: 1) Broadcom 440x NIC (in Dell Dimension 2400) 2) Linksys EG1032 Gigabit NIC (Retail NIC version) The drivers are not available from the manufacturer's website. I am attempting to use Ghost to backup the computers with these NIC's in them but I cannot find the right drivers. Any help is always appreciated. tguy

We'll I finally figured it out on my own through trial and error. Here is what you need to do to load the drivers for an unattended Windows Server 2003 build CD with the Dell Perc 4/DI raid controller drivers. 1) Download the file, perc-cerc-w2k3-6.41.2.32.A03.exe from support.dell.com 2) Expand this file to a directory on your hard drive, ie: c:\temp 3) Download makecab.exe from Microsoft. 4) Using makecab.exe compress mraid35x.sys to mraid35x.sy_ 5) Copy mraid35x.sy_ to your i386 source directory replacing the existing file if present. 6) Open the TXTSETUP.SIF file in your i386 directory with Notepad. 7) Add the following entries to their respective sections. [sourceDisksFiles] mraid35x.sys = 1,,,,,,4_,4,0,,,1,4 [HardwareIdsDatabase] PCI\VEN_1028&DEV_000F&SUBSYS_014A1028 = "mraid35x" PCI\VEN_1028&DEV_0013&SUBSYS_016D1028 = "mraid35x" PCI\VEN_1028&DEV_0013&SUBSYS_016E1028 = "mraid35x" PCI\VEN_1028&DEV_0013&SUBSYS_016F1028 = "mraid35x" PCI\VEN_1028&DEV_0013&SUBSYS_01701028 = "mraid35x" PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_1216&SUBSYS_8471101E = "mraid35x" PCI\VEN_1077&DEV_1216&SUBSYS_8493101E = "mraid35x" *** Entries taken from OEMSETUP.INF file downloaded with driver file from Dell*** [sCSI.Load] mraid35x = mraid35x.sys,4 [sCSI] mraid35x = "DELL PERC 4/Di RAID Controller" 8) Save the changes to the TXTSETUP.SIF file and create your ISO using your favorite utility. 9) Burn your ISO to CD-ROM and your ready to go. PS: Repeat the above steps substituting the file mraid2k.sys for a Windows 2000 installation.

I have a problem trying to load the Dell PERC 4/DI raid driver, mraid35x.sys for Windows Server 2003, and mraid2k.sys for Windows 2000 on my unattended CD installation. I have tried using the txtsetup.sif method and have had success with other drivers from HP etc. but not these Dell drivers. Can anyone tell me how to integrate these drivers into my unattended CD using the txtsetup.sif or txtsetup.oem method? Any help is greatly appreciated