dansouza

You also need the following in [unattended] UnattendSwitch="Yes"

You have UnattendSwitch=Yes in there twice and like previously stated your missing a quote.

All sorts of things. Need to only choose 1 option for UnattendMode and FileSystem, and you need to remove the semi-colons from the front of your entries in [unattended], and add the following under [unattended] Repartition=Yes UnattendSwitch="Yes" You can remove the following lines: OverwriteOemFilesOnUpgrade=No NTUpgrade=No Win9xUpgrade=No Since it's not an upgrade, they're not necessary.

I can't get RunOnceEx to work in Windows 2000 either. Exact same RunOnceEx and $OEM$ Folder Tree works in XP but under 2K nothing happens at all. No error messages, just nothing. It gets completely ignored. "Install" and "Drivers" folders get copied to the hard drive but software doesn't install.

Do a base install of XP Service Pack 2 with no updates installed, then go to Windows Update. Select Custom, then when you see the list of updates under High Priority, click on the link for each update to expand it. Click on the "More Info" link, then in the little window that pops up, you'll see 2 links, one for home users and one for IT Pro's. Click the one for IT Pro's and it will take you to the TechNet bulletin pertaining to that update, and you will find a link on the page to download the update. Download it to a folder on your hard drive and rename it to the standard 8.3 format (ie. KBXXXXXX.exe) the X's being the update number.

To cut down on install time, edit svcpack.inf adding the /o switch to all of the entries. (overwrite oem files without prompting) This drastically cuts down on install time

That's what I was thinking, I would hope you're not putting any malicious software on your CD

Tried it, it worked fine. I used that method to install some drivers and I used RunOnceEx to install others.

I had the same problem. I think that section of the guide left something out, I'm going to try it myself and let you know. I think it's supposed to be "%systemdrive%\Drivers\etc..." instead of just "Drivers\etc..." as the computer needs to know which drive it's supposed to get them from.

I tried something a little different just for the heck of it. I have DVD burner but I know some people don't and some don't have a DVD Rom either, so I made 2 seperate CD's, one for Windows, updated drivers, .NET framework, and all the critical updates, and the 2nd CD for Apps. I used the RunOnceEx from CD alternate method: SetLocal enableextensions SET CDROM=%~d0 and the last command of the RunOnceEx.cmd being: shutdown.exe -r -t 00 to restart the computer. It worked like a charm!

Thanks

I have in my winnt.sif under [Data] AutomaticUpdates=yes but I get prompted anyway when it's all done. Anyone know how to stop this?

Thanks for clearing that up

Is this is a mistake? The guide says to copy the oembios.bin, cat, sig, and dat from the I386 folder of your windows CD and put them in the I386 folder in your windows setup source folder. If your windows setup source came from your cd to begin with aren't they already there? Wouldn't you just be copying the same files?

You can take care of the problem with unsigned drivers simply adding the following line to the [unattended] section of your winnt.sif DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

I'll try all of the above

I don't know what version of Windows you're using but both XP and 2000 Pro do that automatically. It copies the files needed for setup from the CD and does the actual install from the hard drive. Once the drive is formatted, files are copied and setup begins, it runs from the hard drive from there. After 1st reboot you can take out the CD If you're using 98 or ME you can do it by first booting from a floppy and choosing "Start with CD Rom Support" then after formatting the hard drive, type the following at the command prompt: (the text in brackets is key presses, not text to type) C: [enter] md win98 (or win9x for ME) [enter] cd win98 (or win9x) [enter] D: (or whatever letter your cd rom is) [enter] cd win98 (or win9x) [enter] copy *.* C: [enter] This copies all of the contents of the win9x or win98 folder to the folder of the same name on your hard drive. If you're using ME, you'll need to boot from floppy to do the install. If 98, type at the command prompt: sys C: That copies command.com to the hard drive and makes it bootable.

The correct synatx for XP is ProductKey=XXXXx-etc.. Windows 2000 is ProductID=XXXXX-etc..

What I was wondering is if I could do it with it a batch file or with RunOnceEx as once I'm auto-logged on the folder "C:\Documents and Settings\Dan\My Documents\My Pictures" will have already been created.

Does anyone know how to copy all of my picture into the "My Documents\My Pictures" folder so they're there when the install is done? Any help would be appreciated.

The $OEM$ Directory is NOT supposed to be inside the I386 folder, it is supposed to be parallel to it. See the following: http://unattended.msfn.org/global/oemfolders.htm

Please folks, we're here to help each other, not jump down people's throats. Nobody's perfect and we all make mistakes, and I hope when I make 'em nobody jumps all over my butt.

I used the /qn switch and it worked fine. "%systemdrive%\Install\INSTALL_MSN_MESSENGER_NT\MsnMsgs.msi /qn"

I tried that and it didn't work. I don't know if the US version is diferent but I tried every switch I could think of and it just kept coming up with the FEAD Optimizer and stuck where you have to click next. Nothing worked until I extracted it first

First, launch it like you're going to install it on your system, let it extract, then at the prompt, click next, but then cancel the installation. Then go to C:\Program Files\Adobe and keep opening all the folders until you get to the ENU folder. The setup files are in there. Copy the folder to your "Install" folder in your setup files. Open the folder and rename "Adobe reader 7.0.msi" to a name with no spaces (I chose "reader7.msi" Then just use reader7.msi /qn It works perfectly and doesn't reboot after install