dtronvig

Turns out the simplest answer is to put AutoUnattend.xml on a floppy -- or on a USB flashdrive, apparently -- plug it in, make the disk player the first boot device, then restart on the Vista Install DVD. The floppy was read several times during the install, on each installation pass, I guess. I've seen people reporting problems with this, but it worked fine for me, especially once I realized I had to give the CD drive priority but leave the floppy in the drive. I got to take a look at the Windows System Image Manager along the way -- which is pretty slick -- but for me the choices in vLite took care of everything I wanted except for the Users directory location. I added that in Windows SIM as long as I was there. The install just asked for the install language and then cruised along. Have fun, Drew

So, all I really want to do is install Vista with the whole Profiles Directory (or Users folder) on the D: drive. You can go through various contortions after a normal install to move each user subfolder, but apparently you should be able to locate that whole Users structure somewhere else with an AutoUnattend.xml including: <FolderLocations> <ProfilesDirectory>D:\Users</ProfilesDirectory> </FolderLocations> Not being up to speed on WAIK, I was hoping to sneak in that code using something like vLite. I've tried editing the AutoUnattend.xml in the vLite working directory, but the xml file is just recreated according to the vLite settings when it goes to build the ISO. Is there a way to get vLite to pass on an edited AutoUnattend.xml? If not, is there a fairly simple approach to building a Vista install disk with a custom AutoUnattend.xml? If nothing else I'm guessing that this could be done through WAIK, but the documentation looks like a lot to wade through for what in this case seems like a pretty simple task. If I have to do this in WAIK, is there a basic roadmap of how to just add the /unattend switch and an AutoUnattend.xml to a Vista install disk? FireGeier’s guide might show that, but it’s been inaccessible for a couple of weeks. Thanks for any guidance, Drew