Aaron

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Last option would be to use a vbs file, copy and paste the following into notepad and save as shutdown.vbs in /install/Tools: Set OpSysSet = GetObject("winmgmts:{(Shutdown)}//./root/cimv2").ExecQuery("select *from Win32_OperatingSystem where Primary=true") for each OpSys in OpSysSet OpSys.ShutDown() Next Execute as: start %systemdrive%\install\Tools\shutdown.vbs

The fixed one? Its the one I created by using the -R switch, works fine for unattended.

Another Installshield, so it's: Setup.exe -R

lol, good example that

lo Billy!

Window Server 2003 went final back in late March.

If you want to copy a directory to another location where it never existed, then use XCOPY XCOPY /E /Q "%systemdrive%\Install\SystemFiles\exampleA" "%systemdrive%\Program Files\exampleA"

What happens?

[InstallShield Silent] Version=v6.00.000 File=Response File [File Transfer] OverwrittenReadOnly=NoToAll [{0BEDBD4E-2D34-47B5-9973-57E62B29307C}-DlgOrder] Dlg0={0BEDBD4E-2D34-47B5-9973-57E62B29307C}-SdWelcome-0 Count=4 Dlg1={0BEDBD4E-2D34-47B5-9973-57E62B29307C}-SdLicense-0 Dlg2={0BEDBD4E-2D34-47B5-9973-57E62B29307C}-SdAskDestPath-0 Dlg3={0BEDBD4E-2D34-47B5-9973-57E62B29307C}-SdFinishReboot-0 [{0BEDBD4E-2D34-47B5-9973-57E62B29307C}-SdWelcome-0] Result=1 [{0BEDBD4E-2D34-47B5-9973-57E62B29307C}-SdLicense-0] Result=1 [{0BEDBD4E-2D34-47B5-9973-57E62B29307C}-SdAskDestPath-0] szDir=C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel Result=1 [Application] Name=ATI Control Panel Version=3.00.000 Company=ATI Technologies Lang=0009 [{0BEDBD4E-2D34-47B5-9973-57E62B29307C}-SdFinishReboot-0] Result=1 BootOption=0

This is what you need: http://www.easydesksoftware.com/regwatch.htm open up the window where it allows you to tick the checkbox. Start Registry Watch and click on Start log. tick/untick the checkbox of whatever option you're setting, then click on Compare in Registry Watch. For shortcuts, such as calc: COPY "%Systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Calculator.lnk" "%Systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\%username%\application data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch" For Quicktime DEL "%Systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\%username%\application data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\nameofshortcut.lnk"

oops, looks like a bad key. There's more registry entries involved for changing prompt to ignore. This is what happens when prompt is changed to ignore from the System properties: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Driver Signing Name: Policy Old: hex:01 Now: hex:00 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup Name: PrivateHash Old: hex:2d,20,f1,68,6f,10,b7,0c,f3,f0,37,54,ec,b1,8c,79 Now: hex:3f,ac,90,40,51,a9,c7,e6,1c,b5,d5,9c,5d,db,fa,ea HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-2025429265-920026266-1957994488-1003\Software\Microsoft\Driver Signing Name: Policy Old: dword:00000001 Now: dword:00000000 If the S-1-5-21-2025429265-920026266-1957994488-1003 isn't identical to yours then you're out of luck, its randomly generated on every windows setup

Yeah its possible it could be the wrong patch, even though they hold the same filename. This happened when I tried the IE6 Cumulative Patch on Windows Server 2003, when it was designed for XP.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ;Changes Windows Driver Signing Policy from 'prompt' to 'ignore' [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Driver Signing] "Policy"=hex:00 Make sure this is in the registry before starting the driver installation.

What happens that it didn't make it unattended? (Driver signing window appears?)

The -R switch won't work on 44.03_win2kxp_international.exe, like seethru says, it needs to be extracted. then, use -R on Setup.exe

what application? 44.03_win2kxp_international.exe?

Have you used the QFECheck tool to confirm installation of these hotfixes? Also, you have to reboot to complete the installation of these hotfixes, they don't take effect immediately as system files have to be reloaded.

Then follow what Terminator3 said, Windows Setup will only install the relevant drivers for the hardware when it finds a perfect match out of all the seperate folders you specify For example, if you included ATI and Nvidia drivers, and installed on a PC with an ATI card, windows will only use the INF from the ATI drivers folder to install the drivers.

I'll see what I can do edit: looks like about 12 changes are made to the registry when the sound icon in the systray is disabled. Hard to track.. sorry! If you're wondering, I used RegMon from sysinternals to track the SetValues it made. Although I'll need a better app to make complete snapshots before and after.

Only as long as the folder "Video" has the required INF files to install the drivers. If the INF files are in the subfolder, then you need to include the subfolder path.

Doesn't really concern us

You can either browse to the directory where setup.exe resides in via command prompt, OR create a shortcut to setup.exe and edit this shortcut to add the -R switch

That's the way to go!