[QuickLaunch Icons]

happens to me too... trying to figure it out...

Same thing here.. it changes to classic (doesnt bother me really)

But with the quick launch empty... going nuts... I need my show desktop lol!!

I noticed that in display properties the theme is set to "Modified Theme"

I dont remember changing anything about display in my CDs...

[Google toolbar]

ok well i went and download the latest version of it and it seems not to do it anymore. Though I remember seeing a post about that issue a while ago!

[Help with installation]

/qn should be in the " "

REG ADD %KEY%\015 /VE /D "Installing Alcohol 120%" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\015 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Applications\Alcohol_120%\Alcohol120%_Setup.msi /qn" /f

[Help with installation]

For your Office error... try this

REG ADD %KEY%\070 /VE /D "Installing Microsoft Office XP" 
REG ADD %KEY%\070 /V 1 /D "$systemdrive%\install\Applications\OfficeXP\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb-" /f

Your Unattended.mst must be in officeXP folder

I was getting an error as well when i was using the MSI. Try it with setup.exe

This should work... it did for me

[Help with installation]

Actually i just looked at your file... you dont even have any switches...

Try those switches on those programs... they should become silent... the rest, just check this forum you should find em all...

try those switches

REG ADD %KEY%\005 /VE /D "Installing Ad-aware SE Professional" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Applications\Ad-Aware\Ad-Aware.SE.Pro.v1.05.exe /s" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\015 /VE /D "Installing Alcohol 120%" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\015 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Applications\Alcohol_120%\Alcohol120%_Setup.exe  /passive /norestart" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\037 /VE /D "Installing Diskeeper 9" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\037 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Applications\Diskeeper\DiskeeperProfessional9.exe /s /v/qn" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\047 /VE /D "Installing MSN Messenger 7" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\047 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Applications\MSN\MsnMsgs.msi /QB" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\055 /VE /D "Installing WinRAR 3.4" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\055 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Applications\WinRAR\wrar340.exe /s" /f

Media player 10 and Office looks OK

Now try to find the others... i already had those

Hope this helps

[Help with installation]

If you had to do it manually, probably you dont have the right switches for those apps

[Google toolbar]

Anyone found a way to prevent the error when silently installing google toolbar? It still works but the error somewhat doesnt make it 100% unattended

[Help with installation]

Also... you should remove this from your winnt.sif since you are calling it from cmdlines.txt

[GuiRunOnce]
   %systemdrive%\RunOnceEX.cmd

[Help with installation]

The reason why you stop at the serial is because you use

ProductKey=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

Try using

ProductID=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

This should fix your serial problem

Hope this help!

[Still asks about Auto Updates before boot]

in the quick launch it will!

[Full Unattended Setup not working properly]

did you try

ComputerName=*

This should give you a random name

[How to put something at the desktop]

Best option to add something on desktop is do it with a command file

like

@copy %systemdrive%\Install\filename.ext %UserProfile%\Desktop

where %UserProfile% = c:\Documents and Settings\<logged in user>

You can also use %AllUsersProfile% which is the All users folder

This is the easiest way in my opinion to clean the desktop of useless shortcuts or add shortcuts after all the installations.

Hope this helps

[Still asks about Auto Updates before boot]

For the automatic update part i would have to check when i get home... i dont carry my winnt.sif file around at work

But for the shortcuts on desktop and taskbar you can try this out... add em in your registry tweak file..

;Put My Computer My Network Places and My Documents on the desktop
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel]
"{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000
"{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}"=dword:00000000
"{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000

To activate your Taskbar.. use this code (Note it as to be done during windows setup so add it to a reg file called within cmdlines.txt

; Enables the Quick Launch bar
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Desktop]
"TaskbarWinXP"=hex:0c,00,00,00,08,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,b0,e2,2b,\
d8,64,57,d0,11,a9,6e,00,c0,4f,d7,05,a2,22,00,1c,00,0a,01,00,00,1a,00,00,00,\
01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,4c,00,00,00,01,14,02,00,00,\
00,00,00,c0,00,00,00,00,00,00,46,83,00,00,00,10,00,00,00,a0,b0,48,5e,89,8d,\
bd,01,00,d8,9e,e4,2a,8d,bd,01,00,45,fe,5e,89,8d,bd,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,13,01,14,00,1f,0f,e0,4f,\
d0,20,ea,3a,69,10,a2,d8,08,00,2b,30,30,9d,19,00,23,44,3a,5c,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,cd,97,15,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,af,24,5c,\
b9,10,80,57,69,6e,6e,74,00,00,20,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,af,24,a3,b9,10,00,50,\
72,6f,66,69,6c,65,73,00,50,52,4f,46,49,4c,45,53,00,19,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,\
c1,24,08,92,10,00,69,65,35,30,30,2e,30,30,30,00,00,28,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,\
c1,24,08,92,10,00,41,70,70,6c,69,63,61,74,69,6f,6e,20,44,61,74,61,00,41,50,\
50,4c,49,43,7e,31,00,21,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,c5,22,9d,91,10,00,4d,69,63,72,\
6f,73,6f,66,74,00,4d,49,43,52,4f,53,7e,31,00,29,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,d3,22,\
32,a6,10,00,49,6e,74,65,72,6e,65,74,20,45,78,70,6c,6f,72,65,72,00,49,4e,54,\
45,52,4e,7e,31,00,24,00,31,00,00,00,00,00,db,22,76,ba,10,00,51,75,69,63,6b,\
20,4c,61,75,6e,63,68,00,51,55,49,43,4b,4c,7e,31,00,00,00,8d,00,00,00,1c,00,\
00,00,01,00,00,00,1c,00,00,00,36,00,00,00,0d,f0,ad,ba,8c,00,00,00,1a,00,00,\
00,03,00,00,00,e7,18,2d,23,10,00,00,00,49,45,35,30,30,5f,58,31,43,00,43,3a,\
5c,57,49,4e,4e,54,5c,50,72,6f,66,69,6c,65,73,5c,49,45,35,30,30,2e,30,30,30,\
5c,41,70,70,6c,69,63,61,74,69,6f,6e,20,44,61,74,61,5c,4d,69,63,72,6f,73,6f,\
66,74,5c,49,6e,74,65,72,6e,65,74,20,45,78,70,6c,6f,72,65,72,5c,51,75,69,63,\
6b,20,4c,61,75,6e,63,68,00,00,10,00,00,00,05,00,00,a0,1a,00,00,00,a3,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,08,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,cc,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,\
4a,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,40,00,32,00,e6,01,00,00,c4,24,15,9f,20,00,4c,61,75,\
6e,63,68,20,49,6e,74,65,72,6e,65,74,20,45,78,70,6c,6f,72,65,72,20,42,72,6f,\
77,73,65,72,2e,6c,6e,6b,00,4c,41,55,4e,43,48,7e,32,2e,4c,4e,4b,00,00,00,40,\
00,00,00,02,00,00,00,36,00,32,00,48,02,00,00,c4,24,15,9f,20,00,4c,61,75,6e,\
63,68,20,4f,75,74,6c,6f,6f,6b,20,45,78,70,72,65,73,73,2e,6c,6e,6b,00,4c,41,\
55,4e,43,48,7e,31,2e,4c,4e,4b,00,00,00,36,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,2c,00,32,00,\
51,00,00,00,ec,22,46,39,20,00,53,68,6f,77,20,44,65,73,6b,74,6f,70,2e,73,63,\
66,00,53,48,4f,57,44,45,7e,31,2e,53,43,46,00,00,00,52,00,00,00,e0,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,16,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,16,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,\
00,00,00,01,00,00,00,aa,4f,28,68,48,6a,d0,11,8c,78,00,c0,4f,d9,18,b4,37,02,\
00,00,e0,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,16,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,16,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00

Hope this helps...

[Norton Anti Virus 2005 unattended installation]

You can delete the same folders as NAV 2004... I got my NAV 2005 folder down to around 45-48M

And thanks for the "/noreboot"... I think this was the only switch i didnt try out lol... it was always rebooting after the silent install... regardless of switches i was using...