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Wow its works.... kinda, I used the winsetuptousb guide I got the USB stick to boot and 2003 x64 installed in 18 minutes (slow usb and old machine), hoping it will be faster with my new Voyager GT and some nice new servers... However I have 2 problems which I would like your input on 1.) When the machine finish installing the password I set in my nLite build did not work... I have been using the nLite build for ages so I didnt just forget it. Anyone know a reason for this? 2.) Do files really get removed off the USB stick after the install? Do I need to keep syncing the USB drive to the OS files?

Hello Can anyone point me in the direction of a single guide that explains how to get 2003 x64 to install off a USB stick? I have tried winsetupfromusb but it would not boot, obviously I had no guide for this and am probably doing something wrong.. I have also tried the many XP tutorials but none of them guarentee and end result and when tried fail... I can confirm that my PC boots from USB as I have done it using a Windows 7 USB installation disk which was sooooo simple to do.. Any help would be appreciated Cheers

Hello People I remember seeing there was a link on MSFN to a blog which detailed a way of using WAIK and MDT to create a multiboot USB drive. Anyone remember the location of this blog? Cheers David P.S is there a boot loader that can boot to ISO's? I think this would be the answer to all my prayers...

cant you just type regedit /s "path"

Changing that line actually breaks WPI with the following error, nothing happens after this

I mean its not a big deal as I know it works perfectly on XP, Vista and Windows 7. I am logged on as the local admin so permissions shouldn't be an issue. Which command closes WPI? Maybe for my 2003 disks I can force it to be called any time an installation is done through WPI?

Its not only this script it doesnt close down on its even after a software install i.e. acrobat 6 etc.. I can try CMD \C if you still think it will make a difference I will confirm the version of WPI as well when I am back in work on Monday but it was very recently I downloaded it.

Here is the log WPI Installation Log File Install process started at: 01 June 2009 12:54:34 WPI information: Version=7.5.0 Internet Explorer version=7.0 Internet Connection=false Operating System Operating System=03 Edition ID=Standard Edition Service Pack=2 Architecture Architecture Name=GenuineIntel Architecture Name String=Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz Architecture ID=EM64T Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 8 Number Of Processors=1 MHz=2128 Architecture Type=x86 SysArch6432=AMD64 Architecture Bits=64 True 64 Bits=false Options file=D:\WPI\WPIScripts\useroptions.js Config file=D:\WPI\WPIScripts\config.js // Window tab Resolution=0 MainWindowWidth=800 MainWindowHeight=600 MainWindowX=-1 MainWindowY=-1 InstallerWindowX=25 InstallerWindowY=25 // Interface tab ShowToolTips=true UseTransitions=false IndentText=false // Style tab Theme='Windows' RandomTheme=false BgPicture='' // General tab Configurations=[''] ShowMultiDefault=true CheckOnLoad='default' NumCols=3 // --- SortOrder=['All Servers,HP Server,Agresso,SQL Server'] // --- Timer=false Seconds=60 StartBeepAtSecs=10 // --- ShowExtraButtons=true DoNotShowIfCD=true USSFSilentMode=false VerifyInstallHDD=false AllowCheckForInternet=false LoadDesktopBeforeInstall=false ReOpenAfterInstall=false DisableCatCheckBoxes=false SortWithinCats=false DisableOnDepsNotMet=true AlwaysUseScrollBar=true DontSplitCats=true InstallByCategory=false ReallyForce=false DisableIfDoGray=false InstallFonts=false ShowCommandInInstaller=true // --- DefaultInstallPath='default' CustomInstallPath=[''] // --- Language='en' // Audio tab PlayAudioInInstaller=false InstallAudio=[''] Volume=75 Shuffle=false CopyAudioFolder=false CopyAudioPath=['%systemdrive%\WPI_Audio'] DeleteAudioFolder=false // Tools tab MonitorResolution=0 MonitorDepth=0 MonitorRefresh=0 // --- ExecuteBeforeEnabled=false ExecuteBeforebit4=false ExecuteBefore=[''] ExecuteAfterEnabled=false ExecuteAfterbit64=false ExecuteAfter=[''] // --- RestartComputer=true RestartType=0 RestartSeconds=30 DoNotLoadDesktop=false // --- LogInstallation=true LogPath=['%systemdrive%\WPI_Log.txt']; TimeStampLogFile=true Global variables: %OSLANG%=ENU %WPIPATH%=D:\WPI %ROOT%=D: %CDROM%= %DOSPATH%= %SYSTEMDRIVE%=C: %WINDIR%=C:\WINDOWS %PROGRAMFILES%=C:\Program Files (x86) %TEMP%=C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp %SYSDIR%=C:\WINDOWS\system32 %ALLUSERSPROFILE%=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users %USERPROFILE%=C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator %APPDATA%=C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data %COMMONPROGRAMFILES%=C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files List of programs to be installed: REGTWEAKS (Must be installed for AMS Sites) 1 Items, 1 Commands ----- 01 June 2009 12:54:36 Program: REGTWEAKS (Must be installed for AMS Sites) Unique ID: REGTWEAKS Order: 000001 Category: HP Server 01 June 2009 12:55:29 - cmd1 Success (returned code 9009): "D:\WPI\Install\AUTO\START2003.BAT" 01 June 2009 12:55:30 - Finished installation. ----- Number of failed installations: 0 Install process finished at: 01 June 2009 12:55:30

I do have an exit and the script does execute and then exit fully. Here is the code with the exit in it @ECHO OFF TITLE AMS Install COLOR 0F FOR %%I IN (D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) DO IF EXIST %%I:\WIN51AS.SP2 (SET CDROM=%%I:& GOTO DONECD) :DONECD ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. ECHO ----------------------------------- ECHO. ECHO Creating Partition E ECHO. ECHO ----------------------------------- ECHO. start /wait %CDROM%\WPI\Install\AUTO\Partition\createpart.bat cls ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. ECHO ----------------------------------- ECHO. ECHO Create Folders on E ECHO. ECHO ----------------------------------- ECHO. start /wait %CDROM%\WPI\Install\AUTO\Partition\createfolder.bat cls ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. ECHO ----------------------------------- ECHO. ECHO Change Default Install Location ECHO. ECHO ----------------------------------- ECHO. REGEDIT /S "%CDROM%\WPI\Install\AUTO\RegTweaks\ProgramFilesLoc.reg" CLS ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. ECHO. ECHO ----------------------------------- ECHO. ECHO Allow RDP ECHO. ECHO ----------------------------------- ECHO. REGEDIT /S "%CDROM%\WPI\Install\AUTO\RegTweaks\allowrdp.reg" CLS EXIT

Hello Platform | Windows 2003 Standard x64 I am a bit new to WPI but have found it intuitive none the less and very useful. However I have one problem so far, after the install has finished the WPI window stays open with no option to close as seen in the screenshot. Is there an option I can use to display a Close button? How is this handled normally? I also have the option for the server to restart once installation is complete but this does not seem to work. Any help would be appreciated

Have you previously used Windows 7 on thi smachine?

Unless this is very important to you and you have the patience to do a lot of research I would not automate the partitioning and selection of which drive to install windows on. In my experience it takes about 3 minutes to get past this bit and then its plain unattended sailing!

I dont think you are getting a response because we do not understand what you are asking

They way I have created my unattended install is that after the install has taken place I have a script that runs to install my software. I have a Folder on the CD with software in and then a script in the startup folder which gets deleted when the script finishes. To get the script into the startup folder you need to create the following folders where $OEM$ is on the root of the cd $OEM$\$Docs\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup Example of my script attached, it should be a .bat rather than .txt but to upload it I had to change it. The script will bascily look for this file WIN51AS.SP2 and then denote that it is the CDROM and then just find out what the silent install commands are for the installer. I will say that I borrowed this off the TINYXP cd as it uses this method as well for a few things, pretty easy for standard apps, it took a a while to figure of SQL Server! STARTXP.txt

I would like home delivery that would be nice What I said was more a statement about myself wanting this but haven't got the time to put into it. I do appreciate the help and when I have the time I will probably revisit this or by a stroke of luck that program will have been made... Cheers David

I was kind of hoping that someone had already gone through this and could make it easy for me. I was also hoping that by now someone would have been lovely enough to create a program that just does it all for you. Considering how many people want to boot from USB and use multiboot boot installers and all the hardware that now doesn't come with DVD drives nowadays. Thanks for all your help and if anyone creates this nirvana program then I would be more than willing to pay for it.

Use CDShell as per flyakites guide, it works very well and is easy to setup, it must be as I got it working http://flyakite.msfn.org/

Jaclaz Thanks for the much needed terminolgy lesson I have created and booted to GRUB4DOS on a USB stick but I am now unsure how to enter the command to call my .bin files to kick off a particular OS install. Can you advise if I can call these bin files? Cheers David

Hello Eventuall I have managed to get my x64 Server 2003 multidisk working but now I would like to put it on USB sticks as we use HP Blades which as standard do not come with CD Drives and our installations are remote to our site to small to spend time using PXE boot. Can anyone tell me if its possible to boot from USB to CDShell? If you can then is there a guide anywhere? If not is there another shell program that I can use to boot to and then select one of my multiboot os installations.. I have to admit I will need a noob guide so please keep it detailed.... Cheers David

Hello I have created 4 unattended 2003 x64 install disks which install different software depending on which disk you use i.e Database Server, Application Server etc.. I would like to however combine all 4 disks and possibly more in the future onto one disk. The guides for the x86 versions of windows are very comprehensive but I have found the x64 setup very different. Where I have got so far, I have used flyakites guide Guide I have done all the getting started items I have copied the 4 x64 disks to the Setup diirectory AIO-DVD\SETUP\Server2003\HPBusiness AIO-DVD\SETUP\Server2003\HPSQL AIO-DVD\SETUP\Server2003\HPTest AIO-DVD\SETUP\Server2003\HPPlain I have extracted the boot folder from 2003 x64 and tried to modify the hex files but the guide kind of stops here for x64. I am also having problems modifying the boot sector, the file reports NTDLR in corrupt. Can someone please sanity check my folder structure and advise on any changes as well Thanks for your help David Folder_Structure.doc

Has anybody been able to install Window 2003 SP2 x64 from a USB stick? If so would anybody be willing to share there solution in detailed steps? Thanks for your help David

The reg key are correct as I have tested them with local admin users and they are exports from manually configured Excel Addin. As we run a child domain and there are no users in it i.e users log into Citrix using the parent domain logins then the child domain GPO Logon scripts do not run. This is why I need to use a local GPO policy which does run the scripts but not for standard users. I have also tried a scheduled task but the scheduler does not seem to recognise the Citrix logon in the traditional sense so does not run the task. I will have a look at the local and domain GPO for permissions to run Regedit? Any suggestions on how to run the script with elevated permissions would be great.

Environment: 2003 SP2 x64 | Citrix 4.5 Hello I am trying to create a registry script to automatically add the Add-Ins for Excel i.e. BIF and Excelerator when accessing it via Citrix. I am using the files attached which actually work if I am a local administrator but not if I am a normal Domain User. I am running the .bat file through the local GPEDIT.msc of the Citrix server rather than GPO because the users are actually in a Parent Domain that our domain trusts (one way). Obviously I do not want to give local admin rights to all Citrix users so I was wondering if anyone had done this before or knows of a way of doing it. Any help would be greatly appreciated via a Thank You for lack of a better method excelerator.zip

Solution: Go Fibre

In my unattended install I use a bat file to run the following commands DISKPART creates the partition and assigns the Drive Letter FORMAT - well formats the drive and labels it. There are other commands for diskpart that you can use to specify the size of the partition. I use this method because its easy and I know that the servers we install onto are always the same BL460c's. I do not automatically create the Install partition as this is very early on so you don't have to wait ages for the only bit of interaction. Also for this to work at all the disks need to be in a RAW state example bat file DISKPART /s %CDROM%\AUTO\Partition\createpart.s" ECHO Y | FORMAT E: /FS:NTFS /Q /V:Applications EXIT example diskpart script select disk 0 create partition primary assign letter=E