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Hi All, I've searched and searched but didn't come up with a solution for my problem. Here's my problem with creating an unattended installation of Windows 7 Professional x64. I installed rt7lite and WAIK. However when I create the autounattend.xml it doesn't get recognized and I still have to fill out most information as keyboard layout and I sitll have to choose which version I want to install (even when I only have the x64 version saved with rt7lite). In the passed I managed to get a working version (ultimate), however now when using rt7lite (2.7.0) and creating an unattended installation. I didn't do anything different then I did before and I've tried numerous times to get the autounattend.xml to work, but it seems it keeps failing. Anyone else have this problem? And is there a solution? I use rt7lite (x64) on a x64 system creating a x64 unattended installation. In the mean time I solved the keyboard layout issue, but I still get prompted to select the OS I want to install. This should be automatically, but I can't seem to get it right. Thanks for any help Problem solved. Seems that the boot.wim was an x86 installer image instead of a x64 installer, so now I used my original DVD as the start of my unattended installation. I will slipstream sp1 myself.

Seems that my tutorial isn't 100% bulletproof yet, so i'm back to testing and removed the tutorial for now.. I'm gonna try and find a working solution to install from the msi's on all systems. Right now it seems that my solution only works on my systems and not on yours biatche. So back to testing and looking for a way to install through the .msi's instead of setupx.exe..

Hi Biatche, I'm gonna do a full install on my other system, including Nero. So I'll let you know how that finishes, if it finishes I'll send you a PM how it went.

Tested my setup again too and have brought down the registry keys you need down to only a few. You still get the registration screen but if you press close then Nero starts. I'm still trying to figure that one out. Thought it had to do with the HKCU\Software\Nero hive, but seems that exporting and importing that hive doesn't get you passed the registration screen without having to press close (Could be because I'm using a trial serail though, so export this hive too). There also might be more serials mentioned in the HKLM\Software\Nero\Shared\NL9 hive, so make sure you export them all. As for the other registry settings: below you find overview. Basically we need the CLSID registry settings too because we haven't installed advrcntr4.dll but copied it over seperately to "c:\program files\Nero\AdvrCntr4". There's also a relation between ProductID and the hive in CLSID which contains the hex values. If the productID and this hive don't match then Nero won't be starting. I have tested the installation several times now and they all went OK. I haven't tested if actual burning is working but the image recorder did work.. There also might be a relationship between ProductID and your serial, so before creating the unattended installation install Nero first the regular way and export the below registry keys, the CLSID hives might change but I think they are always the same (Am not sure anymore). If you wish to have a different language then you should have FamilyLanguage as a registry key too. If you leave it then you have the English version (NLD=Dutch, DAN=Danish etc. etc., see the abbreviations for the language files). I will test my installation one more time.. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Nero\Nero 9\Shared] "FamilyLanguage"="NLD" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Nero\Shared\NL9] "ProductId"=hex:15,03,06,09,e2,9b,10,12,2a,79,01,0b,a6,ac,8c,05,20,22,24,2a,28,\ 2a,54,52,50,52,54,4a,48,4a,44,42,40,42,44,4a,48,4a,54,52,50,52,54,aa,a8,aa,\ a4,a2,a0,a2,a4,aa,a8,aa,94,92,90,92,94,8a,88,8a,84,82,80,82,84,8a,88,8a,94,\ 92,90,92,94,aa,a8,aa,a4,a2,a0,a2,a4,aa,a8,aa,54,52,50,52,54,4a,48,4a,44,42,\ 40,42,44,4a,48,4a,54,52,50,52,54,2a,28,2a,24,22,20,22,24,2a,28,2a,14,12,10,\ 12,14,0a,08,0a,04,02,00,02,04,0a,08,0a,14,12,10,12,14,2a,28,2a,24,22,20,22,\ 24,2a,28,2a,54,52,50,52,54,4a,48,4a,44,42,40,42,44,4a,48,4a,54,52,50,52,54,\ aa,a8,aa,a4,a2,a0,a2,a4,aa,a8,aa,94,92,90,92,94,8a,88,8a,84,82,80,82,84,8a,\ 88,8a,94,92,90,92,94,aa,a8,aa,a4,a2,a0,a2,a4,aa,a8,aa,54,52,50,52,54,4a,48,\ 4a,44,42,40,42,44,4a,48,4a,54,52,50,52,54,2a,28,2a,24,22,20,22,24,2a,28,2a,\ 14,12,10,12,14,0a,08,0a,04,02 "Serial9"="<your serial here>" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{EAF5E25C-A79D-8A47-DD87-3F42CCFB778D}] "jb_^HGLr"=hex:8d,13,f6,e5,79,1a,96,b8,90,9a,4b,0d,2f,ea,ad,df,6d,09,a8,32,b3,\ 06,5e,a8,02,47,a7,f9,93,40,21,0a,59,2a,dd,2d,d1,db,7c,31,3c,5a,20,68,0b,30,\ 6d,5f,7c,77,ff,b3 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{41683729-8ADF-481A-A6BE-F4058AC69477}] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{41683729-8ADF-481A-A6BE-F4058AC69477}\InprocServer32] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Nero\\AdvrCntr4\\AdvrCntr4.dll\"" "ThreadingModel"="Both" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{492CB0B6-C41D-4E53-A6CF-21225F8D4D6F}] @="NeroApplication Class" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{492CB0B6-C41D-4E53-A6CF-21225F8D4D6F}\InprocServer32] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Nero\\AdvrCntr4\\AdvrCntr4.dll\"" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{492CB0B6-C41D-4E53-A6CF-21225F8D4D6F}\ProgID] @="AdvrCnt0.NeroApplication.2" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{492CB0B6-C41D-4E53-A6CF-21225F8D4D6F}\TypeLib] @="{70DDA853-41A2-4db2-8441-980AFCB55040}" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{492CB0B6-C41D-4E53-A6CF-21225F8D4D6F}\VersionIndependentProgID] @="AdvrCnt0.NeroApplication"

Hi, Well I tested the installation again and this time it failed.. Maybe it's because I did something different because when I tested my installation i prepared yesterday 2 more times it worked. So the tutorial should work..

Hi all, I think I may have missed some registry settings, probably I needed the references in HKCR\CLSID too. I'll be testing that today. If it's true then I'll modify the tutorial in my previous post, because ThinApp doesn't do a regshot from HKCR. I have tested the installation before posting the tutorial to see if it worked and it worked, so right now I'm testing the installation again to see if you actually need the HKCR registry settings.. I'll keep you posted..

Hi again, Like x-Shadow-x said I used ThinApp for the job, but I am sure there must be some programs that do the same job without having to pay for it. Also if you don't have VMWare then the job might be tricky as well since you have no way of testing the installation, unless you have a second PC and tons of CDs/DVDs. For Nero Burning Rom 9.0.9.4 and 9.4.13.2 I nailed it down to having advrcntr4.dll and register it with regsvr32 (see my instructions and the thread here on MSFN called thread "new way to install Nero 9 silent"). You need registry keys from HKLM\Software\Classes\CLSID (get a freeware program that does snapshots of your registry before and after an installation and compares the differences). And finally modify unit.msi with Orca so that you can install from the unit.msi. If you do not modify unit.msi you will get a nag screen saying that Nero has to be installed from setupx.exe). I nailed it down and here's the how to: Edit: Tutorial removed for now since it only seemed to work on my test computers and according to Biatche it didn't work on his. So back to testing and trying to figure out a working solution on all computers for a nero installation through the unit.msi's...

Hi Biatche, I haven't got the 9.4.13.2 version. So I'm stuck to my old version.. I downloaded the 9.4.13 trial version with a temporary license file, so I can check if my documentation works on this version too.. Right now I'm going to test it so keep your fingers crossed... Just tested 9.4.13.2 and didn't work, so back to testing.. Nero gets installed but doesn't start... I am getting closer and closer, so I think I will get there..

Hi all, At the moment I'm working, but later on today I will do a clean install of Nero 9.0.9.4 to see if my solution actually works. If so then I will post a step by step tutorial explaining what I did to make it all work. I will also test if my solution works for the latest version of Nero.

Hi All, I think I nailed it all down with the help of msfn (a different post called "A different way to install nero") and ofcourse thinapp. My installation only contains Nero Burning Rom 9.0.9.4 and is now 46MB in packed size. Everything is installed trough the unit.msi which you have to modify a bit (see post on msfn "A different way to install nero"). And most important I didn't install the "Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package " which was mandatory in my case. But I'm still testing to see if I actually need to install this or can slim it down with a few more MB's. The reason probably why it wasn't working for me had to do with some registry settings not inserted when installing through the msi's. With the help of ThinApp I managed to track down those registry settings. If any body is interested in my solution just lemme know (because a different post on msfn about "A different way to install nero" was not working for me).

Hi x-Shadow-x, That ofcourse would be great.. Count me in for the custom installer..

I've tested the Thinapp way and it is indead packed into a single file. I rather use the unit.msi files, but I can't get them to work, unless I use setupx. If i use the unit.msi files (with some modifications through Orca) then nero is installed but I can't seem to get Nero to work (control center doesn't work and it doesn't accept my registry export from the full install). Edit: Well I've just tested thinapp some more and it seems possible to let ThinApp do all the work with snapshots and saving the changed files and registry to a project directory. Next I checked those files and went through the registry settings grabbed by ThinApp and I saved the ones that seemed important to me. I now have a working version of Nero without any installer. All I need to do now is create an msi package for all the files needed. I guess I have just started to built my own very first micro installation..

I'm a huge fan of win2k, recently i've started with XP and will be joining the XP clan soon... However I've also tried Vista, but I really hope M$ does a better job on Windows 7. So till now my all time favorite OS is W2K Pro SP4, unfortunately a lot of apps are not supported anylonger so it's time to upgrade..

I think I solved my problem with the quicklaunch sort order too. With the help of some of the comments on this forum ofcourse. But when I combine my desktop restore and quicklaunch restore then the desktop restore will reset to default. So i need to move the restores around a bit in my scripts. Basically do a quicklaunch restore before my program installs and the desktop restore after my all program installs.

Yea I would love a tutorial on how to do a Nero Portable version.. I think I have found the answer: VMWare ThinInstall.. So i'm gonna go and try that first..