MrJinje

Sapien has a freeware WMI Explorer. It's similar yet different from the WMI Explorer from Advanced Host Monitor (linked in Coffee's post) http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/SAPIEN-WMI-Explorer.shtml

So what is the plan, are we to discuss Windows 8 unattended stuff in the win 7 unattended forum or in the non-unattended Win 8 forum.

Easy. Record your data import and formatting using the Macro Recorder. Then open up VBA editor and call your macro on workbook open.

This page says 7 Ultimate has NFS Client (default is not installed) and that it is actually unavailable for 7 Professional ??? http://www.blackviper.com/windows-services/client-for-nfs/ Can you clarify why you want to downgrade your awesome Ultimate version into the less then stellar professional version ???

Why not give ForensiT a try, they showed up first on google, at least they understand SEO. I can't find much info on PC Transplant from Altiris since Symantec bought them. But that might be another to look at. http://www.forensit.com/move-computer.html

Question for everyone: Does the default boot.wim have the script host package and powershell already or does it need to be modified first ? If anyone is interested in scripting it, try using windowsPE pass to check the Win32_Volume BootVolume flag. Here is a powershell snip to return the correct drive letter. $CDrive = Get-WmiObject -class Win32_Volume | where-object {$_.BootVolume -eq "True"} | Select-Object DriveLetter $CDrive = $CDrive.DriveLetter $CDrive Edit: second line cleans up variable, removing useless formatting.

Are these local accounts or domain accounts ? I'm guessing local because you mention each user would have to change the password on each (and every) machine. Also guessing you disabled the setting that forces them to change passwords every 45 days, so these are in essence the long time 'favorite' passwords of each user. Not a problem. If the passwords are getting wiped when you move the profile, it's gonna be tough without you actually knowing their passwords (using Easy Transfer). Maybe you should try a different program for your profile capture, things with "Easy" in the name rarely ever are.

Did you notice this about halfway through ? Another feature is designed specially for password fields. If you put the attribute [password] right after the first % mark, the dialog will mask user input and the user needs to type the password twice to confirm. For example, <Password>%[password]Please input Admin password%</Password> So change your snip to this and it should work <Password>%[password]Enter Password%</Password> All you were missing was the '[password]'

The new -win8 switch worked for me. Built me a nice little directory "Waik_4" under the directory I specified.

OK, so you disabled the "Must Change" flag and got stuck with unwanted auto-login / blank password. One answer is to run a script to create temp dummy password, apply it to all users affected, and then reset the Must Change Password flag, so they have to change the dummy on login. When we do stuff like that in the office, we always put an actual piece of paper (not email) on each users desk so that they can login with the temp password on the morning you swap out machines. Otherwise they will not be able to login and you will be explaining to the higher ups why not.

Here is a link to the developer's website (i think) http://www.tsaysoft.com/mysysprep2/

Good stuff, keep it up.

No, but I could easily make one, I'm just starting this out, I'm even willing to mount the image registry and try to copy the registry settings. like, there's NO possible way to inject them? Copy the files directly into your install. Then register them at the Setupcomplete.cmd stage (or earlier) with the Regsrv32.dll in the System32 folder and not the one in 'syswow64' folder unless they are 32bit DLL's.

Not sure if this will be helpful. http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-edit-and-customize-metro-apps-ui-in-windows-8/

I believe you got some help over at MDL. Let me know if I am wrong and you still need help

Fine, he's all yours...

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Any idea if this is going to be another file based failure (thousands of small files) like all the other Microsoft portable app attempts, or will this actually compete with ThinApp and run via a single .exe bundle ?

You should have just tried my example, I have answered this question two posts back. 1) double check your parenthesis (), as they need to go around both commands before the "Else" statement. Follow the sample I posted. It is tested and working. 2) include the double ampersand && between your first and second commands, just like in my example 3) you do not "Run" anything, there is no such thing as the "run" command inside of batch environment. Instead you should "start /wait" both commands so that your script does not move on before you are done. EDIT: Also %CDROM% is not defined in any examples here, except for Maestro's. You may be better off just editing his sample to suit your needs.

We are not in any way affiliated with Microsoft, all we can do here at MSFN.org is make guesses based on past history. The only true answer we can give is that we do not know when definitions will stop. Do use the program or do not, there is no try guarantee. I guess you have to weigh the price you paid (free) versus the possibility of it no longer being supported 4 years in the future. Is it worth it to install this product if you only have 4 years before it will be discontinued. Will you still be running XP in 4 years or will you own a new machine by then ? Or will Microsoft create new product to replace this in the next 4 years, while discontinuing this one. Guess we can only wait and see.

Not sure, did you already check the first two links here. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883260 http://www.unifiedcompliance.com/matrices/live/04357.html If that aint it, we might need to open up the group policy .adm template and see what is really going on in there.

Read this article and see if it helps you install with your obviously OEM media, solution is direct from Microsoft

Definitely not the first one, but the second one probably will work, if not can always specify program files directly. "%ProgramFiles%\executable.exe" For a listing of other environment variables, see table at end of page here. As for quotes, yes they will run and in fact are required.

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Those companies would need to have set up a DNS Alias in order to do that. The basis for this is outlined in multiple RFC's including RFC-1034 RFC-1035 and RFC-2219. Re-read my final statement from the previous post and you see that 'microwesoft' in my example is exactly the same as 'tori' in your example. If blah.com creates/owns an alias for the CNAME 'Tori'(more than likely tori.com), when a DNS request is made, it will loop 'tori' through each TLD until it finds the CNAME record 'tori.com' which in turn redirects traffic back to blah.com. You as an end-user would only need to type 'tori' to be redirected to the blah.com, but make no mistake, DNS is doing all the magic in the background, and yes this still works on the internet today. There are millions of websites using DNS Aliases, another famous one being 'googel' (sic). I am done, either you will understand this post, or be blinded in rage at my arrogance for using 'microwesoft' in my example again and refuse to learn anything from me. Good luck and happy computing.