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I'm going to be clearer... On my cd there are two type of unattended xp installation. One install also programs, regtweaks, customizations, etc..., instead the other is a simple one. I mean it installs just a "clean" xp ( no programs or other, just xp). Now, in the first case, when all jobs are done i can turn off the pc by a .cmd (which is copied over the HD togheter with programs). To do this i have write OemPreinstall = Yes in winnt.sif to copy $OEM$ (which contain programs, tweaks and the .cmd file) on the Hd. Now when i want to do the second kind of unattended (without appz) i have to write OemPreinstall = No to avoid to copy $OEM$ over the hd. So on the hd i haven't the .cmd which allow me to turn off the pc. Therefore i have to find a way to do this without copy tons of programs but just a .cmd or insert a command directly in winnt.sif. I hope i've been clear.

thanks for the answers but i need to shutdown under winnt.sif because i have a multiboot cd and i don't want to copy many files (programs, tweaks..) on hd (included a .cmd) just to turn off the pc after i' ve choosen a simple unattended installation. @BrandonS_Mil Yes, i could shutdown just after the first logon. I want to shutdown just when all operations are done. @Incroyable HULK i can type "shutdown [parameters]" directly under [GuiRunOnce] ? Is it tested or not? Bye

hi, i know i can reboot or shutdown the pc typing a command in a batch file (see "shutdown /?" in dos) at the final stage of an unattended installation. Can I use that command in winnt.sif too or exists an equivalent? Thanks

try to run an installation simply copyng winntbbu.dl_ in i386 folder without remove winntbbu.dll. If it doen't work then make a backup of the original winntbbu.dll and remove it from i386 folder.

Tried to execute it under a running os? Modify the command lines with the right paths and see what happens..., no?

If I run the invision executable with /s or /silent (no capitals) it works but only under a running xp. If I try it from a .cmd it seems to work but when I do the first login I see that something is installed about invision but when I start mIRC it's not loaded. Start the classic script... I dunno why @Swimming_Bird Do you wanna say install invision on mirc then copy the entire mIRC dir (updated with invision)?

Hi, I Install mirc copyng its foder in a location on hd then install invision 2.0 with /s or /silent switch. Under XP works but, ****, during an unattened it doesn't be installed. Why?

Just put the modified winntbbu.dl_ in the i386 folder. You don't need to delete the original winntbbu.dll

Problem solved after hours & hours of clean installations and many attempts; If I make a .cmd which contains: start /wait 7za.exe x archive.7z start /wait an_application.exe /switches and so on... all works fine If I am UNDER XP. Instead during an unattended installation,in a script invoked by this (contained in the winnt.sif file): [GuiRunOnce] %systemdrive%\install\start.cmd I MUST type: start /wait %systemdrive%\location\7za.exe x %systemdrive%\location\archive.7z -o%systemdrive%\OutputLocation start /wait %systemdrive%\location\an_application.exe /switches 7a.exe, archive.7z and files extracted are in the same dir. because I've also tried this before: start /wait %systemdrive%\location\7za.exe x %systemdrive%\location\archive.7z archive.7z should be extracted in the same dir. Extraction window appear and list of files extracted too but It seems that files aren't phisically extracted! In fact the extraction dir not contains them. Hope it be useful for someone. Now I can Install a version of .NetFramework 1.1 with sp1 slipstreamed in .7z format (for example).

In parameteres line I have to type in "application.exe /switches" and stop? Or I have to add other things such as overwrite=2, etc.? I need to know here if 7-zip self-ex support /wait (in an unattended stage) because each attempt cost me a CLEAN INSTALLATION!

I would be grateful if you can find what I'm looking for in that file

@astalavista I've tried with latest version (beta) and nothing is changed @colinbate I've tried to make a self-ex with winrar but seems it doesn't support /wait ; 7-zip support it? And what switches I must use?

an input?

Also tried this http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=17940&st=0 but nothing

u r a lucky man thanks ...but can't understand how to perform an installation! Light me plz

I don't need to write -o C:\OutputDirectory because 7za x archive.7z extract files and folders in the current dir. Then I can start the install file. If I run "7za x archive.7z" or "start /wait 7za x archive.7z" and then the next start /wait operation all works fine (under xp). But during an unattended installation does't work.

In which way I can Install it silently? It needs a response file? thanks

hi, guys I cannot understand why 7zip doesn't perform an extraction during an unattended installation in a script invoked by : [GuiRunOnce] %systemdrive%\install\start.cmd I've copied 7za.exe in the same dir of the .7z package typing the command "7za.exe x archive.7z" but nothing happen. I must put other files together with 7za.exe? a .dll? Or it doesn't work in that specified stage? Thank you, bye

Create a txt file and past this, then rename it to .reg Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced] "HideFileExt"=dword:00000000

I think it was normal. I suppose it's the first stage of installation (or not?). In fact setup screen starts with icons 1,2 and 3 checked then also the icon 4 become checked too. Installation bar doesn't appear soon but after and countdown counts . I had problems due to these particulars It's ok now (for now... )

hi people, little problem... I' ve edited wintbbu.dll, changing wallpaper, strings and radio buttons near the strings but, when I build the file in the image and install XP with virtual pc, radio button icons are freezed. They don't change. I can't visualize the status bar and the countdown doesn' t run. Animated buttons in the right side on the bottom work fine. It's all absolutely identic to the preview of Jcarle's Viewer Why? Thanks for help