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1) I'm trying to setup a small LAN using unattended. I'm currently testing with VMware, ran into problem at T-39(start of GUI setup) with the message "the file 'asms' on the xp cd is needed..." . The problem can be 'solved' by xcopying the asms folder to the root of the destination drive afterwards, but that beats the purpose of unattended setup. Any clues ? 2) Also, why does some entries in unattend.txt have quotes around them and some don't, like MsDosInitiated=0 or MsDosInitiated="0", is it ok to go without quotes ? 3) Can someone please check my unattend.txt for the reason of failed copy of $oem$ folder ? ;SetupMgrTag [Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated=0 UnattendedInstall=Yes [unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes TargetPath=winxp Hibernation = No Repartition = No UnattendSwitch = Yes WaitForReboot = No ProgramFilesDir="D:\Programi" DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore OemFilesPath="\\server\winxp\$OEM$" [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword="123qwe" EncryptedAdminPassword=NO AutoLogon=Yes AutoLogonCount=1 OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=100 OemSkipWelcome=1 ProfilesDir="D:\Korisnici" [userData] ProductID=key FullName="name" OrgName="inge" ComputerName=* [Display] BitsPerPel=32 Xresolution=1024 YResolution=768 [TapiLocation] CountryCode=385 Dialing=Tone AreaCode=1 [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=2 SystemLocale=0000101a UserLocale=0000101a InputLocale=101a:0000041a [setupMgr] DistFolder=\\server\install\winxp DistShare=winxp [branding] BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes Home_Page=http://www.google.com [Proxy] Proxy_Enable=0 Use_Same_Proxy=1 [GuiRunOnce] Command0=%systemdrive%\install.cmd Command1="rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n \\server\CanonPIX" [identification] JoinDomain=dugave.inge DomainAdmin=administrator DomainAdminPassword=123456 [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=No [NetAdapters] Adapter1=params.Adapter1 [params.Adapter1] INFID=* [NetClients] MS_MSClient=params.MS_MSClient [NetServices] MS_SERVER=params.MS_SERVER [TerminalServices] AllowConnections=1 [NetProtocols] MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP [params.MS_TCPIP] DNS=Yes UseDomainNameDevolution=No EnableLMHosts=Yes AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1 [params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1] SpecificTo=Adapter1 DHCP=Yes WINS=No NetBIOSOptions=0

Thank you.

Is it possible to place multiple driver folders(OemPnPDriversPath) inside $oem$ so that install finds them as required ?

1) is this a solution or advice ? 2) It's inside i386.

search for oemskipwelcome and set it to 1

I'm running Server 2003 domain controller, and installing Windows XP SP2 inside VMware workstation 4.5.2 using network share and unattend.txt. First problem comes in the form of an input box at T-39 looking for the location of a 'asms' file, that is a directory inside i386 share. I've found a way around by manualy copying the folder to c:\ and pointing the setup in that direction, but don't know why it isn't copied in the first place. Second problem is that i have set up a $OEM$\$1 folder hierarchy but it doesn't get copied to the client. Here are my files: ----------------unattend.bat----------------------- set AnswerFile=.\unattend.txt set SetupFiles=\\server\winxp .\winxp\I386\winnt /s:%SetupFiles% /t:c /u:%AnswerFile% /rx:lang ----------------unattend.txt----------------------- ;SetupMgrTag [Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" [unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes TargetPath=winxp Hibernation = No Repartition = No UnattendSwitch = Yes WaitForReboot = No ProgramFilesDir="D:\Programi" ;OemPnPDriversPath=Drivers\0memctl;Drivers\1video;Drivers\2vmxnet;Drivers\3scsi;Drivers\4mouse;Drivers\5hgfs ;DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword="password" EncryptedAdminPassword=NO AutoLogon=Yes AutoLogonCount=1 OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=100 OemSkipWelcome=1 ProfilesDir="D:\Korisnici" [userData] ProductID= FullName="name" OrgName="org" ComputerName=* [Display] BitsPerPel=32 Xresolution=1024 YResolution=768 [TapiLocation] CountryCode=385 Dialing=Tone AreaCode=1 [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=2 SystemLocale=0000101a UserLocale=0000101a InputLocale=101a:0000041a [setupMgr] DistFolder=\\server\install\winxp DistShare=winxp [branding] BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes Home_Page=http://www.google.com [Proxy] Proxy_Enable=0 Use_Same_Proxy=1 [GuiRunOnce] Command0=%systemdrive%\install.cmd Command1="rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n \\server\CanonPIX" [identification] JoinDomain=domain.local DomainAdmin=administrator DomainAdminPassword=password [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=No [NetAdapters] Adapter1=params.Adapter1 [params.Adapter1] INFID=* [NetClients] MS_MSClient=params.MS_MSClient [NetServices] MS_SERVER=params.MS_SERVER [TerminalServices] AllowConnections=1 [NetProtocols] MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP [params.MS_TCPIP] DNS=Yes UseDomainNameDevolution=No EnableLMHosts=Yes AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1 [params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1] SpecificTo=Adapter1 DHCP=Yes WINS=No NetBIOSOptions=0 ...i've disabled the driver section beacuse i ran into some problems with VMware NIC; so except for the ASMS and the OEM folder everything goes as planned, it even joins the domain and everything, but i would really like to have OEM files copied over, or is there a better way of installing apps after the setup (logon script) ?