StarWing

how did u manage to install the drivers for you sblive 5.1 ? with my installation, win takes the built in drivers. I think it has something to do with the directories from creative's drivers. so, which drivers are u using, and which files/dirs u're taking out of the driverpackage ? Thx

I can't find it.. I'm thinking that i'm looking over it Can u give me a direct link to it plz ? Thx

But Why is it superiour to the other way of installing ?? Can some ppl give "the unknowing" ( ) a list of advantages/disadvantages ?

No luck so far.. I'v monitored the files with filemon. I think that I have all the necessary files, but still I'm getting an error at the end of the reinstallation in my current windows. Also, another weird thing is: when I'm pointing to ntprint.inf in the %systemroot%\inf file, Win says that the driver is Digitally Signed.. But when copying the same file to another dir, win says that the file is _not_ digitally signed :s BUT... When ignoring the error at the install. Then I can print without problems.. Even the printer icon in the system properties gives a file error (file not found)

The disks that I have of my HP720 are from the pre W2k era, so no drivers for WXP (and none exists on HP.com neither) I've think that I have found a way to do it.. But I need an utility that checks which files are accessed during manual reinstall. I know the existance of such an util, but I can't find it.. Hints anyone ? I am checking Tucows now, but so far, no succes :'( WXP recognizes the printer during the first "real" startup, even when powered off.

But the question still remains.. How do I know which drivers to unpack from drivers.cab? I've been looking in it, searching INF and INI files, but I can't find a thing for my HP720

Hello Take a look @ this page: http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/winnt_sif.htm You'll find your answer there

Is it possible to do a silent install of a printerdriver that is already included in windows XP ? When I am booting for the first time of my unattended install, windows detects my printer and asks to install it. All I have to do is clicking YES and OK a few times. Isn't it possible to do this thru a simple command or something ? Already searched google and MSFN forums, but nothing found Printer is a HP 720C and there are no newer drivers @ HP website. Is it possible to extract the neccesary files from anywhere, and point OemPnpdrivers-path to the location where i've putted them ? Thx

**** man, I've been breaking my head on this for 4 days now... I knew it would be something stupid like that.. I will give it a go. Will try the tips from bashrat again. Hope it works

that belgisch unattended thing works really well.. I've found it in the reference docs from the deployment tools. Also, keep in mind that when u're using an EN version of XP it is "belgian-dutch" First i've been using it, but that didn't work. As for the AutoConfirm=1 ConfigureAtLogon=1 I've already tried that, but no-go I am using only 3 files for the config 1 => winnt.sif (as shown) 2 => oobe thing for adding 2 users 3 => cmdlines.txt triggering a reg file for some tweaks That's all.. Maybe it has something to do with the svp pack file (or something)

Hello, I've been working on an unattended dvd since a few days now, and it is beginning to work. But I'v expiriencing a little problem with 2 things: 1) i've set the resolution to 1280*1024 (and 800*600) but, when loading windows for the first time (before the welcome part), it always says that windows will adjust the resolution to a value. Altough I've setted it in the winnt.sif file. I tried several thing, but none seem to work. 2) it _always_ keep showing the windows welcome screen, and the internet connection screen, altough the parameter UnattendedSwitch is set to "yes" or yes, it doesnt' matter I tried the setting installdefaultcomponents under networking set to yes, or no. Doesn't seem to help Normally I test it with VMWare, but installing straight to a HD doesn't help either Here is a copy of my winnt.sif file: [Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall=Yes [Components] msnexplr=off freecell=off hearts=off minesweeper=off pinball=off solitaire=off spider=off zonegames=off [Shell] DefaultStartPanelOff=Yes DefaultThemesOff = Yes [Unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended UnattendedSwitch="Yes" OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes FileSystem = * TargetPath=\WINDOWS WaitForReboot=No DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore NonDriverSigningPolicy = Ignore KeyboardLayout= "Belgisch-Nederlands" OemPnPDriversPath="a bunch of pathnames thats screwing up the layout :p " [Branding] BrandIEUsingUnattended = YES [SetupParams] SkipMissingFiles = Yes [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=* EncryptedAdminPassword=NO AutoLogon=yes OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone = 105 OemSkipWelcome=1 AutoLogonCount=1 [UserData] ProductID=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx FullName="xxxxx" OrgName="None" ComputerName=xxxx [Display] BitsPerPel=32 Xresolution=800 YResolution=600 Vrefresh=60 [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=11,1 Language=00000813 [Identification] JoinWorkgroup=default [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=No [NetAdapters] Adapter1=params.Adapter1 [params.Adapter1] INFID=* [NetClients] MS_MSClient=params.MS_MSClient [NetServices] MS_SERVER=params.MS_SERVER [NetProtocols] MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP [params.MS_TCPIP] DNS=Yes UseDomainNameDevolution=No EnableLMHosts=Yes AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1 [params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1] SpecificTo=Adapter1 DHCP=Yes WINS=No NetBIOSOptions=0 [GuiRunOnce] %systemdrive%\install\applications\progs.cmd %systemdrive%\install\applications\users.cmd :help: Thanks in advance