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Ok. I've got my installation CD finished and its working really fine, but what kinda disturbs me is the fact that all of the software is installed for the local admin user. So I went and added the cmdlines.txt setup.... yada yada yada .... and I thought that if it is possible to execute a batch from there, it might also be possible to execute a silent install of my graphices driver. The installation accepts the basic chipset drivers (MemCtrl, SmBus, GART, IDE, LAN) using the PnP links in wnnt.sif, but it doesn't use the supplied ATI driver (propably not WHQL certified). It would look a lot better at the start of XP if the graphics driver would already be installed. Unfortunately, I can't test if this works, as MS VirtualPC doesn't clone my Hardwaresetup, but uses some kind of hardwaremask of its own. This is my cmdlines.txt (very short) and this is preinstall.cmd

I've been searching around for OEM Drivers for MS mice also, and finally came across gool ol' Microssoft Homepage: http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/oempartners/Download.mspx

I think that those drivers which did not install using the winnt.sif file weren't digitally signed, and as Alanoll said, they probably aren't accepted by Windows Setup as the better drivers. If you download the newest NForce driver package, you will find a setup.iss file in the directory where you extracted the files, not in WinNT! I don't know if it was there right after the extraction process, but it was definitely there after I installed them the first time. I tried a silent install using the command \XPCD\$OEM$\$1\install\NForce\setup.exe -s, and it worked out pretty neat, everything including the utilities installed, but it forces a restart, so it is the last thing I can run in my batch file, which might be a problem if I had a NVidia graphics card, because as far as I remember most drivers there force a restart after installation also. Well, somehow I managed to shoot my former Win2k installation to hell, so I'll be trying this out, and if I find anything new, I'll let you know.

First of all, thanks to the quick answers, my installation runs pretty smooth now, except for a little problem with my software installation in install.cmd. As to the certified drivers: I've already thought of that, even if I wasn't sure, especially after the installation accepts certain drivers like the chipset and it doesn't except others the audio/LAN drivers, even if they belong to the same installation package. What really surprised me was that the XP installation accepts the SATA driver, but after the Installation is completed, my System Manager says that there is a problem with the installed driver ( ! mark), so install it right again (from the same directory) and, surprise, surprise, the system accepts the driver without problems. I think I'll have to find a way to install the Mainboard drivers by install.cmd, so i have to figure out how to do a silent install with nforce drivers. Ok. New Question: I've just downloaded the newest WHQL certified NForce driver, and (as mine wasn't quite the most recent) I just installed and stumbled across the following file setup.iss in the folder where the driver components were extracted. Is it possible to install the complete driver package using the setup.iss for a silent install? Because then I could just load the accepted driver components during XP setup, and on the first logon, i could install the whole driver package including e.g. the control panel with a silent install using install.cmd. This is the setup.iss I think it is a bit small for a complete driver package... anyway, I'll try tomorrow. If anyone can help me..... PLZ

Hello. I've been trying to get my Unattended XP CD to work for some time now. I've already stumbled across this board, and it helped me alot fixing some minor problems, but I have some problems I just can't handle. I hope that you can ( actually: that I'm sure of) These are the requirements that I have which my XP CD should fullfil: 1.Fully unattended installation exactly after I choose the partition where I want to install to 2. Admin account without password and AutoLogOn 3. Installation of some Software at the end of XP Installation (the batch file works) The Problems with the Installation are: 1. The Welcome to XP screen starts after the final reboot, which I plainly don't want because I do not need the Internet connection setup and I only want my Admin as user! 2. When the resolution is changed, a prompt appears and informs of exactly the same.... (which surprised me a lot because in my simulation on MS Virtual PC it did not) 3. The final batch install.cmd is not executed. The file install.cmd is located in the directory $OEM$\$1. Is there (btw) a possibilty to make a silent install of the nforce chipset drivers? 4. Most drivers I listed under OemPnPDriversPath are not installed (e.g. Graphics/Sound) . Can anyone help?