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Hello, all! I was wondering if anyone had any luck adding Windows Explorer and start menu to the WinPE 2.0 environment? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Hello, all! I was wondering if anyone had any luck adding Windows Explorer and start menu to the WinPE 3.0 environment? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Hello, all! First, I'd like to say that I did search on this topic and couldn't find anything related to my problem. I've used nLite to integrate SP2, device drivers, hotfixes, and create a bootable ISO image. Everything works like a charm! After Windows XP loads, the batch file that I use to launch my applications will not launch. Yet, it has been copied to the root of C:. Here's my START.CMD file: ;SetupMgrTag [Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" AutomaticUpdates=No [unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes TargetPath=\WINDOWS DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore AutoActivate = No Repartition = No WaitForReboot="No" UnattendSwitch="yes" KeyboardLayout="US" [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=WESDXVVRFBGFDGBSDFSDCSDCSCSD AutoLogon = Yes AutoLogonCount = 2 EncryptedAdminPassword=NO OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=4 OemSkipWelcome=1 [userData] ProductKey=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX FullName="BASEPCNAME" OrgName="BASE" ComputerName=FRESH_XP_INSTALL [Display] BitsPerPel=32 Xresolution=1024 YResolution=768 AutoConfirm=1 [TapiLocation] AreaCode=503 [identification] JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes [Components] Indexsrv_system = Off msmsgs=off msnexplr=off freecell=off hearts=off minesweeper=off pinball=off solitaire=off spider=off zonegames=off OEAccess=off Zonegames=off Fax=off [shell] DefaultStartPanelOff = Yes DefaultThemesOff = Yes [GuiRunOnce] %systemdrive%\install\start.cmd [WindowsFirewall] Profiles = WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall [WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall] Mode = 0 Home_Page=http://www.yahoo.com

Nevermind! I found the problem! This is what I did: I removed the WINNT.SIF file from the I386 directory and started to install Windows normally. Well, when Windows was at the "Installing Start Menu Items", I started getting a BUNCH of "Cannot find d:\Myselex*.* (sorry, I couldn't remember the files!) and many other errors before it finally completed the install. Thanks and keep up the GREAT work!

Help!! I have Windows XP slipstreamed with SP1 and all the hotfixes and then, after installation, I go to configure the start menu items and nothing is there (No "Display Control Panel", for example!). I followed all the directions in the unattended CD/DVD guide but I'm still having this issue. I'd like to include a screen shot but I don't know how to include it. Maybe someone could help me with this? And IE is not recognized! When I try to launch it, it gives me the "Open With..." window! Here's my WINNT.SIF file: [Removed to reduce length!]

Hello, all! I downloaded XPlode 4.00.5.130.exe and, when I launch it, the continue button on the EULA screen is grayed out. I read the information. Is there a time limit to when the continue button will be available? Should I leave it open for a bit? Thanks!

Thanks for responding, Astalavista! I found the problem: Under the GUIUnattended section, the TIMEZONE line is missing. Now, I'm just trying to figure out what timezone I should put since I live in Pacific Time. Any thoughts on this? Thanks!

Hello, All! I'm not sure what happened but, while windows is installing, right after the product key entry, I get a window to confirm the date. I followed all the directions on the site for an unattended install but I keep getting that screen! Here's my Batch file: @ECHO OFF TITLE Installing all the Required Programs for My PC ECHO. ECHO Installing Hotfixes as of 11/24/04 ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\hotfixes.cmd ECHO Done. ECHO. ECHO Installing Adobe Acrobat 6.0.1 ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Adobe6\AdbeRdr60_enu_full.exe -p"-s /v\"/qn\"" ECHO Done. ECHO. ECHO Installing Google Toolbar 5.5 ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\GoogleToolbar\GoogleToolbarInstaller.exe /s /qn ECHO Done. ECHO. ECHO Installing Windows Media Player 10.0 ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\WMP10\MP10Setup.exe /q ECHO Done. ECHO. ECHO Installing Directx 9.0c ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\Install\Directx9c\dxsetup.exe /SILENT ECHO Done. ECHO. ECHO Installing Quicktime 6.7 ECHO Please wait... start /wait start /wait %systemdrive%\Install\quicktime\QuickTimeFullInstaller.exe /VERYSILENT /SP- ECHO Done. ECHO. ECHO Installing nVidia Display Drivers v61.77 ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\Install\nVidia\setup.exe /s /v"/qb" ECHO Done. ECHO. ECHO Installing ISOBuster ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\Install\ISOBuster\ISOBuster.exe /VERYSILENT /SP- pskill ISOBuster ECHO Done. ECHO. ECHO Installing Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\Install\VirtualPC\Setup.exe -s -v"-qnpidkey=pidkeynumberallusers=2" ECHO Done. ECHO. ECHO Installing Yahoo Messanger 6.0 ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\Install\Yahoo\ymsgrie.exe /s ECHO Done. ECHO. ECHO Installing DVD Shrink 2.0.15 ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\Install\DVDShrink\dvdshrink.exe /SUPERSILENT ECHO Done. ECHO. ECHO Installing Winrar 3.41 ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\Install\Winrar\wrar341.exe /s ECHO Done. ECHO. ECHO Installing Office 2003 ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Office2003\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=%systemdrive%\install\office2003\Unattended.MST /qb ECHO Done. ECHO. ECHO Applying Registry Tweaks... REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\RegTweaks.reg ECHO Done. ECHO. ECHO Deleting Temp Installation Files... RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\Drivers RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\install ECHO. ECHO Restarting the PC in 60 seconds... shutdown.exe -r -f -t 60 -c "Windows XP will now restart in 30 seconds, this will give enough time for the shortcuts to update and for the shell to fully load before its ready to restart!" ECHO Done. EXIT

Hello, All!! I checked the forums and didn't see anything about a Java Silent Install so, after a little while, I came up with a working one! Here it is (this is used on the LATEST Java plug-in, v1.4.2.06): j2re-1_4_2_06-windows-i586-p-iftw.exe /S /v/qn Enjoy!

Hello, All! I administer about 8 different types of PC's and Laptops from Compaq, Dell, and Toshiba. I want to add ALL the necessary video, NIC, and sound drivers to any PC/Laptop's in my area. How do I go about adding ALL the drivers into an unattended install CD (not DVD)? I did a search of this on the forums and found out that there is a limitation to the OEMPNPDRIVER path. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! (Sorry! I accidently posted this to another unattended thread!! I meant to open a new one but accidently clicked add reply! )

Hello, All! I administer about 8 different types of PC's and Laptops from Compaq, Dell, and Toshiba. I want to add ALL the neccarey video, NIC, and sound drivers to any PC/Laptop's in my area. How do I go about adding ALL the drivers into an unattended install CD (not DVD)? I did a search of this on the forums and found out that there is a limitation to the OEMPNPDRIVER path. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Thanks, jbm! It worked great!

The directx9c ran perfectly! Thanks. I'll look into the other two soon

I figured that, rather than clutter the whole message board , I'll put everything in this message: (1) How do I found switches for Applications? For example, I'm trying to find the silent install of the Java plugin, j2re-1_4_2_05-windows-i586-p.exe. I searched the help file but no go. (2) How do I set up a RunOnce command to automatically log in as administrator, finish the updates, and, once the machine reboots, prompt me for a login? (3) How do I disable the "Take a Tour of Windows XP" balloon tip? (4) I'm using SP1 and after the nifty installation of Windows, I go to Windows Update to install the latest updates. It states that Windows Update is old and needs to be updated. Is there a download for that so that I don't always have to go through it? All of you people ROCK!

Is there an option to remove this and just have the CD/DVD automatically start its work? Thanks!

Thanks for responding so quickly, ICANIT! I will try that ASAP! I also ran across two other problems: While installing the Highmat Support in CD Writing (KB831240), I get an invalid parameters. I used /Q /O /N/ Z Same thing for Microsoft Data Access Components (Q832483). I used /Q:A /R:N. Thanks!

I've done a search on the forum and found the silent install for version b but it did not work with c. Is there something I'm doing wrong? Thanks!

Hello, All! When Setup starts copying files, I get the "cyclad-z.inf" error. I hit ESC and it finishs the automated install. BUT, upon further investigation, I set the Autopartition to 0 and I no longer get that error. Is there a reasonable expanation to this? Is it a corrupted Slipstreamed XP that's causing this? Thanks!

Hello, All! For some reason, I'm still prompted to partition my hard drive. Is there something I'm doing wrong? Thanks! Here's my answer file: ;SetupMgrTag [Data] AutoPartition=1 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" [unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes TargetPath=\WINDOWS UnattendSwitch="yes" WaitForReboot="No" DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=e3e5400a1d40272ed7df8f4af3235bbdaf4d17ef1f9f7f5ec4fb158210218c67 EncryptedAdminPassword=Yes OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=4 OemSkipWelcome=1 [userData] ProductKey=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX FullName=<blank> OrgName=<blank> ComputerName=Fresh-XP-Install [Display] BitsPerPel=16 Xresolution=1024 YResolution=768 [TapiLocation] AreaCode=503 [identification] JoinWorkgroup=<blank> [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=No [Components] msmsgs=off msnexplr=off freecell=off hearts=off minesweeper=off pinball=off solitaire=off spider=off zonegames=off OEAccess=off Zonegames=off Fax=off [GuiRunOnce] %systemdrive%\install\start.cmd [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 DNSSuffixSearchOrder=<blank> UseDomainNameDevolution=No EnableLMHosts=Yes AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1 [params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1] SpecificTo=Adapter1 DHCP=Yes WINS=No NetBIOSOptions=0

Thanks, jrf2027! That did the job!

Hello, All! I am new to this issue and I can't think of a better way to spend my time! I am experimenting at this time and I have a question: What is the command-line code to move a folder from one location to another? Example: During the last phase of my unattended installation, I have a folder named SpecialDrivers. I want to move that to the root of C: so it will be going from D:\SpecialDrivers to C:\SpecialDrivers. Thanks!