Killgore

Hi! I can't get DPs working on machines with Azalia codec. Audio isn’t installed at all. I think it’s because of KB888111 not being installed entirely (be it SP1 or SP2). I use method 2 GuiRunOnce, NoKTD. DriverPack base - V5.11.8, audio A & B - V5.11.1. Below are my doubts. It appears that KB888111 included in DP base is copied from SP2 version. SP1 version has a different cat file and additional mssap.dll file. So Azalia wont work with SP1. Why portcls.sys isn’t compressed in KB888111 directory? It isn’t even copied to i386 directory or anywhere else. Is this supposed to work with old version? During integration of DPs I see this information: “back-up of PORTCLS.SYS made...” Where is this backup, because I don’t see any? This script :PORTCLSSYS_FIRST_TIME REM ### Makes a back-up of the portcls.sys file. ### CMD /C COPY /Y I386\portcls.sys I386\portcls.old>NUL in run_me.cmd tries to copy nonexistent file, because portcls.sys is integrated in SP1 or SP2.CAB. Why hdaudbus.sys is in compressed and uncompressed form?

So, I can tell from my first hand experience, that customers are not going to accept BSODs in their computers. Once – OK, maybe twice, but give them more and they come to me. And what do I find in their computers? Overheating, dusty processors, broken memories etc, but no signs of killer Realtek drivers. I’m not saying it’s impossible that Realtek driver has, or had some issues with other drivers or hardware. It’s surely possible like with every other piece of software. I’m only saying that I don’t see it in my everyday job, which (given the popularity of Realtek chipsets) means it’s very rare. What I see quite often is XP with DPs failing to install. You say it’s because of Realtek drivers. Well, I don’t think so, because they work in the same computer installed manually. Besides, if I turn audio chipset off in BIOS I often get similar results with DPs.

Yes, but here we are not talking about drivers generally, but drivers installed in some specific way (through DPs). I think it makes a huge difference. And it says more about errors in method than about drivers. Why there are no problems with drivers integrated by MS?

As I said I work as a serviceman. I don’t see many people complaining about bluescreens without any hardware failure. In fact I’ve seen that once and it was related to old SBLive drivers under WinXP. Sometimes outdated graphic drivers make problems with new games, but that’s all. If hardware is stable and fully functional I don’t see any bluescreens.

I don't udnderstand. Those drivers actually work outside of DPs.

I'll try that, but frankly installing audio drivers manually is not exactly my idea of unattended CD As of DP_graphics_A 5.11 - I already tried that with no success. Thanks for quick reply, Chris

Hi! I work as a serviceman in a computer store. As a part of my job I install Windows XP on many computers. To facilitate my job I tried to use unattended installs with DP whenever possible. I must admit, that DPs are generally much more stable lately. But recently I had a "black series" of computers not working with DPs. I collected HWIDs from most of them and now I post them as an attachment to this post. These machines freezed after last restart during system loading or restarted continuously after last restart. Most of my installs are WinXP SP1 Evaluation PL (i install them for demonstrational purposes only, and I don't have SP2 version of it), some are WinXP SP2 Home or Proffesional OEM PL. You can discern them by sp1 or sp2 in the filename. Driverpacks used were the most current with V5.11.8 BASE as a foundation (with some I tried V5.11.6 with similar results). I use Method 2, GuiRunOnce (I tried both KTD and NoKTD). I noticed, that a computer with integrated graphic card is almost sure to be dead after installation. HWIDs.zip

Hi! Is there a way to modify TC installer so that it will install configured plugins (i.e. iso plugin connected with iso image)? TIA

Hi Alanoll! Well, where else could they be, assuming that I'm installing Windows from CD and I want to run installation programs also from there (that's what “Running RunOnceEx from CD” is all about, isn't it)? I'm only asking, I really don't know. Thanks in advance.

Hi! I'm new to this forum. I found it and unattended.msfn.org very useful. One thing that, as I think, needs a little improvement is “Running RunOnceEx from CD” page. I don’t even know if this forum is a proper place to post propositions of modifications to unattended site but I haven’t found any other. So, enough talking, here is my method: Instead of typing these “IF EXIST X:\CD.txt set CDROM=X:” lines, creating special files etc., I propose simple modification of RunOnceEx.cmd !Warning! I assume that you have read http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/runonceex_cd.htm as this post describes only modifications to that guide. for /F "Skip=3 Tokens=3" %%I in ('reg query HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup /v Sourcepath') Do Set CDPath=%%I After inserting this line before REG ADD lines you have to change all occurrences of "%systemdrive%\install” to “%CDPath%$OEM$\Install” (that's right without backslash, because it's already in CDPath) or wherever you keep your installation files. Happy unattending.