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Ever figure out what this was? I'm having a similar issue. Works great with all my Dell boxes, but not with a generic beige box.
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@IcemanND
Ok, so with Windows Deployment Service I can't made a Hardware independent image only with third party tools like *Universal Imaging Utility*, ok thank you very much for helping me!
Namaste and have a nice day!
Elena
XP images are hardware (HAL, Mass Storage) dependent, but Vista are not. For Vista, generalizing will only remove the display adapter (and unsigned drivers) if redeployed to like hardware.
Probably a little offtopic here, but its relatively easy to swap HALs with DEVCON and VBScript. (I'm sure there are even easier ways, but thats what I used long ago...)
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Wow, this is quality work. **** am I glad that I know about this place.
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Hmmm... After some more reading, it seems the task sequencer doesn't even come into play unless you are capturing an image. Can anyone confirm this?
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If it matters, I'm doing unattended installs and not doing any image captures...
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I've just started playing with BDD 2007 and I must say that I'm overwhelmed. My goal is to start deploying XP with it, which I've done. Now I want to start adding in my own configurations. Can someone explain the task sequence? I can't find any good docs on it.
Here's what I'd like to accomplish:
1) Reboot the PC
2) Login as a domain user
3) Use RunOnceEx to configure some stuff
Where the heck would these scripts go in the task sequence???
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If the machine is a Dell, you can use the Dell utility partition to do this, then you just have to press F12 and select it... (I breezed through this thread, sorry if it was mentioned)
Yep
, but that is a "peculiarity" of DELL Bioses, the idea of the thread was to use the MBR or a bootloader/bootmanager (independently from any BIOS make/brand/code).More (GOOD) info on the DELL partition utility is here:
http://www.goodells.net/dellutility/index.htm
The BIOS has code that "intercept" the F12 and "recognizes" setting it active, the "DE" partition.
jaclaz
Yeah, I used just that site to learn how to setup a Dell utility partition to boot and reinstall an OS. I'll save all that for another thread tho...
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http://peid.has.it/
BUT!!! This is a much better version of Universal silent switch finder - http://www.wpiw.net/downloads/ussf.exe (PeID is built into it also)
Im sure you know this but the update doesn't work.
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If the machine is a Dell, you can use the Dell utility partition to do this, then you just have to press F12 and select it... (I breezed through this thread, sorry if it was mentioned)
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Does this work if joined to a domain? If so, its WAAAY easier than what I'm doing.
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I've never used that before but I have seen it used when I'm on RDP sometimes. I would think it should translate the domain prefix regardless of the DefaultDomainName setting.
Yeah, thats what I'm hoping is that it will be impossible for it to attempt to use the local computer name. We'll see...
"DefaultUserName"="USERNAME""DefaultPassword"="PASSWORD"
"DefaultDomainName"="DOMAIN"
"AltDefaultDomainName"="DOMAIN"
Try adding these:
"AltDefaultUserName"="USERNAME"
"AltDefaultPassword"="PASSWORD"
You can also try "DisableCAD" set it to 1
That's what I have in the first post, except for the CAD, which I've also tried. Thanks tho.
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Right, forgot my timeline there. When this does fail is the domain name listed in the "logon to" field or is it the computername? I'm wondering if the cmdlines.txt command is not being set or the value is being reset afterwards for some reason, but you need to find out what that registry value is when it fails.
I've used remote registry and all the values seem to be correct. On a new google search, I saw someone mention setting the username as 'DOMAIN\USERNAME', I'm wondering if that will help me.
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Sorry, I forgot to get back to you. Seems that the DefaultDomainName key is being set to the computername during setup. I forget if that's the default action, but I think so. You may want to use something like GuiRunOnce to run a req add and set the value of DefaultDomainName to your domain.
I'm setting those values now using cmdlines.txt. I don't think GUIRunOnce will work, as I can't log on. And I can't remember if I left this (key) piece of info out, but this login error doesn't happen every time.
I really wish I could just go back to logging on with a non-domain account, as this is a PITA...
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Gotcha, sorry I didn't read carefully enough. I thought you just wanted to autologon. So the logon prompt is coming up and if you cancel that and hit CAD again it steps thru just fine. When you have the logon prompt up, exactly what values are listed for each field?
The "problem" that I see is that it appears to be trying to log on to the local PC, rather than the domain. But like I said, after I hit okay and CAD again, it logs in. Im so confused...
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Your problem is this value. The rest of the first section is spot on, but just drop AutoLogonCount and you should be OK. Just make sure you're not using autologon after mini-setup b/c it'll get disabled when setup decrements the counter specified in unattend/sysprep, just like it does with this registry value.[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]"AutoLogonCount"=dword:00000001
But if I take out that value, won't it autologon forever? I just want to do it once, and I'm not setting it via unattend.txt or sysprep because I can't use either of those to logon to a domain account...
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I can't believe this place is failing me, as it never has before.
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What are you hitting cancel to exactly? maybe post a screenshot? I've never setup an auto login after install on my builds, but maybe I'd learn something and be able to help you out a bit better. Is it an option to disable CTRL+ALT+DEL on logon screen via AD GPO?
I hit cancel on the XP logon screen, then CAD, and suddenly the autologin works... its very odd.
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Now if only I could adapt this setupldr.bin to change the hal on a syspreped machine!
You can script the HAL change using RunOnce...
edit: I posted how to do it before, but can't remember the tool I used, and the search here sucks. I'll look around though if you're interested.
edit2: You can hot swap the HAL with devcon: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/m...60-aaeb017e5fc7
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I need to autologin to the domain once, as part of my PC build process, but it seems to default to logging into the local PC rather than the domain. What am I doing wrong? Here is what I've tried so far...
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"DefaultUserName"="USERNAME"
"DefaultPassword"="PASSWORD"
"DefaultDomainName"="DOMAIN"
"AutoLogonCount"=dword:00000001
"AutoAdminLogon"="1"I've also tried a more complex version I found on the internets:
[code]Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"DefaultUserName"="USERNAME"
"DefaultPassword"="PASSWORD"
"DefaultDomainName"="DOMAIN"
"AltDefaultDomainName"="DOMAIN"
"CachePrimaryDomain"="DOMAIN"
"AutoLogonCount"=dword:00000002
"AutoAdminLogon"="1"This 2nd code works MOST of the time. On the times it doesn't work, if I hit cancel then hit CTRL ALT DEL, it automatically logs in without me typing anything...
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Do I use relative Paths? How is this done? John
Bump...
Can I use relative paths in the OCT? Anyone know before I waste time on it?
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Ahhh!!! Sweet. Thank you!
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Even though they are essentially the same thing, I did try the web client. It too needed to install something from the original source.
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, but that is a "peculiarity" of DELL Bioses, the idea of the thread was to use the MBR or a bootloader/bootmanager (independently from any BIOS make/brand/code).
[GUIDE] Creating WIM images of Windows XP for system deployment using
in Windows PE
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FWIW, changing the SID isn't necessary. Also, using anything other than sysprep to change the SID is unsupported by MS.