johnbreton

I trying to find a utility that will achieve the same thing has fdisk but for WinPE? I don't want diskpart. Can anyone recommand something? thanks John

Hi Takeshi For the RIS installation, you don't need the $OEM$ folder created at the same level as the i386 folder. The $OEM$ can be anywhere, as long as you have your OEMfilepath in your unattend and you are good to go.

alright...found the solution. pretty stupid. here is the right line: ghost32 -clone,mode=restore,src=M:\deploy\images\image.gho,dst=1 -sure -rb no space, and no minus sign between the command except the SURE and RB. arggg john

M is for my network share that I mapped afteer booting with WinPE Net use m: \\server\ghost Thanks

Alright...should be an easy one but I am getting really frustrated My goal is simple: Boot with WinPE 2004 and automatically (using Ghost command line switches) load (restore) a GHO image on the PC. I boot fine with Windows PE. Network boot fine. Map dirve is OK. I can manually run ghost32 and browse the network and get my image. but if I use those command line swicthes, it does does not work: ghost32 -clone, -mode=restore (or load), -src=M:\deploy\images\image.gho, -dst=1, -sure, -rb Remember, I can do it manually, but with command line, it does not work. I get this error message: "Clone SRC unkown". Yes my image exist. Thanks for any help

I running 2 OS language : Canadian french and Canadian English. My question is can I use only the english sysprep for "syspreping" my french OS? or they are some problem when running different language sysprep on different OS? Thanks for any help John

Thanks Dman that is exactly what I want to achieve. anyway in doing this in the registry? thanks

I have look in the search, I have look in the Registry_Tweaks.txt but can't find where in the registry to set my details view for my files and folders.. thanks for any help John

Do you have something with more details.?? It does not mentionned anything about ALL the stages.

I searched Google, Microsoft and MSFN but can't seem to find a DETAIL documentation of all the stage during a unattend setup? Thanks for any help John

I have a IBM Netvista 6578-RAF and I can't boot woth WinPe. It is working fine with other newer model of IBM but not the Netvista. The Netvista are still good machine (PIII, 512 meg RAM) What is happpening exactly is that I start booting from the CD, - The process of "setup is inspecting your computer" starts - Then the "Starting Windows Preinstalation Environnement" start Then right at the end, it reboots. Anyone has seen this ?? Thanks for any help John

I want to do this silently in a CMD I knew about the right click and install B)

Alright thanks dude I got my answer for Windows XP but not for Office....but I get the point on how to do it. Thanks again John

Here is a good one: The first time you go on Windows Update or Office Update, you are prompted to install 2 different Activex : 1 for Windows Update, 1 for Office Update. I am not talking about Windows update but the Activex that needs to be install first. Is there a way that I can download those 2 Activex so I can integrate them into in Unattend installation Thanks for any help John

Hi Everyone, I have a INF and a DLL that I need to install. I have no idea on how to do this??? Anyone has an idea?? Thanks John

Does anyone know exactly what is the use of using the -factory command when using sysprep? I have read what is the factory command but does anyone actually using it? Is it really helpfull? Thanks for any input on that. John

We have introduced a new model in business: The IBM ThinkCentre M50 8187-EKF. It has a hyperthreading processor and a 80 GIG SATA. I can t find anywhere on IBM web site the place to get those driver to add into my SYSPREP inf file. Anyone can help me on this one.. thanks REgards John

Alright When I boot either with BartPe or WinPE, and I start my Unattend setup file, I get this error message: "The specified setup script file (C:\scripts\unattend.txt) in inacessible or invalid" Here is the part where I am calling the unattend file: echo diskpart.exe /s "pepart.txt" format c: /fs:ntfs /v:"" /Q /Y c: cd \ mkdir Scripts copy u:\Scripts\unattend\Control\WinXPsp2EN\*.* c:\scripts copy u:\Scripts\unattend\stage1\*.* c:\scripts copy u:\Scripts\unattend\Common\*.* c:\scripts copy u:\scripts\mini-setup\*.* c:\scripts u: cd source\Winxpsp2en\i386 winnt32 /unattend:c:\scripts\unattend.txt /syspart:c: /noreboot reboot My unattend file is located in u:\Scripts\unattend\Control\WinXPsp2EN which get copied locally. (I have verified) Here is the first part of my unattend file: [Data] AutoPartition=1 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" AutomaticUpdates = 1 [Unattended] UnattendMode = FullUnattended OemSkipEula = Yes OemPreinstall = Yes OemFilesPath = \\jpbreton\unattend\OEM1\$OEM$ OemPnPDriversPath=\Windows\System32\Drivers\NIC\Intel;\Windows\System32\Drivers\vid\1;\Windows\System32\Drivers\vid\2;\Windows\System32\Drivers\vid\3;\Windows\System32\Drivers\vid\4;\Windows\System32\Drivers\AUD\1;\Windows\System32\Drivers\AUD\2;\Windows\System32\Drivers\CHP\1;\Windows\System32\Drivers\CHP\2 DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore DUDisable = Yes DUStopOnError = No ; ExtendOemPartition = 1 ; If Set extends disk partition to end of disk or by x MB FileSystem = ConvertNTFS ; Specify wheter to leave filesystem alone or convert to NTFS AutoActivate = No ; Determines if Windows should auto activate over Internet ActivateProxy = Proxy ; Proxy Setting to use when auto activating windows CrashDumpSetting = 3 ; 3=small memory dump 0-3 DisableDynamicUpdates = NO ; Don't go get updates from Internet during install Hibernation = 1 ; 0=Enables hibernation WaitForReboot = Yes ; Yes=Wait 15seconds after guimode setup to reboot ; ComputerType = ; Defines Custom HAL type ; Factory = Yes ; Used in conjuction with OPK If yes will not delete Sysprep directory ; ForceHalDetection = No ; Used in upgrades to keep previous hal ; Keyboardlayout = ; Allows specification of keyboard type ; NTUpgrade = No ; Indicates whether or not this is an OS upgrade ; OverwriteOEMFilesOnUpgrade = 0 ; Indicates whether OEM files should be overwritten ; Repartition = 1 ; Only when booting to CD specify 1 to repartition hard disk ; UnattendSwitch = No ; Set to yes during winnt installation to skip welcome ; Win9xUpgrade = No ; Indicats if this is an upgrad I have checked everything, ACL, security...but can't find the problem. thanks for any help John

YESS!!!!!! Thanks a million FETT! JOhn

Thanks Fett Thanks Bledd I don't want to run the program (exe) into the startup menu. I want the program to run as a service. I thought that Microsoft had made a software in the ressource kit that could allow that... I am still searching Thanks Let me know if you find anything else. John

Is it possible to add to an unattend install of Windows SP2, the installation of an .exe as a service that start automatically. I have copied my exe into the C:\windows\system32 directory. Now I just want to make it a service. Anyone has a link, a solution or any tip that would help me. Best regards John

Looks good I will give it a try right away.. thanks a million John

I know it has been asked before, but the windows firewall thread is making me angry .. Alright I was able to disable the Windows XP firewall in my unattend.txt windows XP sp2 installation. [WindowsFirewall] Profiles = WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall [WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall] Mode = 0 My problem is when the first time the administrator autologon, I still have the annoying security warning. Samething for the Antivirus. How can I disable those 2 security messages. thanks John

Sorry for the probably basic question, but I am new to all this unattended installation of Windows XP. I am reading the Microsoft Desktop Deployement Ressrouce Kit and can't find what I am looking for. Is there a way to log exactly the whole process of an Fully automatted unatttend installation? My unattend file crash in the middle of copying file but I don't know where it crash? Thanks for any help.. John