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its working now....yippeee.. not sure why its working all of a sudden but I coiped a few lines for the inf file from IcemanND's sif & its working.. i have relocated the i386 folder to c:\ so its not removed when the sysprep folder disapears. The only problem ive got now is im trying to add doamin user to the admin group from my runonceEX which runs at cmdlines.txt but its not working. works fine on my RIS install at this time. I can only put it down to running cmdlines.txt before the mini setup has joined the machine back to the domain. here is my working sif file

I use autoimage to integrate Ryan VM's windows update pack & BTS driver packs into my RIS image. this way i can RIS any machine & it will install the correct drivers & install the latest windows hotfix's during the install.

ive double checked all my folders sif entries & have even downloaded the latest sysprep from the web but it still wont work.. anyone have any ideas im stuck..?

Ive added OemPreinstall=Yes but it still dosent work.. any more ideas..? this is my sif file now..

HKLM Runonce & RunonceEX run just after the login but before you are fully into windows. you need to run the install in the HKCU Runonce for it to run in windows itself. HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce instead of HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce or RunonceEX

IcemanND have you got this bit in yours or is it not needed..? [setupMgr] DistFolder="C:\sysprep\i386"

im trying to get cmdlines.txt working with sysprep but its not working... here is what I have so far. sysprep.inf I have create a folder I386 in sysprep which containins the $OEM$ folder which holds tyhe cmdlines.txt a reg file & a runonceEX.cmd file. cmdlines points to the reg file to set autologin details & then the runonceEX.cmd file writes entries ready to install software on the reboot. none of the reg file & runonce entriesd are being written to the registry so cmdlines.txt cant be running. The cmdlines.txt & associated files work on my ris installs from the distribution folder but dosent from sysprep. Can anyone help.? I run sysprep.exe select min setup, reboot then reseal.

Yeeeaaahhh, got it working.. it was this line in the sif file I needed to add works fine on my domain without it but a machine running as a workgroup needs.

I have read that oobeinfo.ini dosent run in conjuction with an unattended install. is this right..?

anyone any ideas...

I ris XP machines from windows 2003 compaq dl380. create your ris image from your XP SP2 CD. make a backup copy of this base image. put a copy on your machine & integrate ryanVM(windows updates) & BTS driver packs using Autoimage. Configure what you need to automate the XP install in the risdrd.sif in i386/template folder. Copy image backup to server. Stop & restart the Remote Installation service on the server. of you go. Once you have XP installing you can then use RunonceEX to install applications unattended aswell as XP.

OK, i have got multiple RIS images which run fine. i want a RIS image but dont want it to join our domain I just want it to setup on a workgroup. The problem im havving is the final reboot after installation im getting the welcome to & help me protect screens which need manual intevention. i have got the settings for this in my sif file but for some reason after the reboot & because its not joinning my doamain it refuses to rwead the $winnt$ for the answers to these pages. what can I do to resolve this issue. I was told the Install should look at the $winnt$ after the reboot which is a copy of the sif file but it dosent seem to.. sif file here

you are pointing to the setup file aswell as the transform file..?? here is mine.. I install from a network so paths will need changing but mine works. "\\Server\Software\Office\Office 2003\CD1\setup.exe" TRANSFORMS="\\Server\Software\Office\Office 2003\CD1\laptop Custom Setup File.MST" /qb-

RyanVM is for post SP2 hotfixes so your base is ideal. I use to use a program called RISUlt to add Drivers & Ryanvm to my RIS but it dosent support the latest driver packs. Im now in the process of using Autoimage as rougespear suggested. Follow his guide & you shouldnt go too wrong.

there is no registry key to control this so ive wrote an AutoIt script which will change the box to unchecked. here it is incase somone else needs it..

someone must have the answer to this one..

anyone know a way of setting this under a user profile without going into properites etc. there must be a registry key somewhere to control this tick box.

I use RISULT to add the update packs & BTS Driver packs.. the only problem is that the new BTS driver pack dosent currently work with risult. Rougspear has got a tool call autoris which does the same as RISULT but again i dont think this is working with the new BTS driver packs.

has anyone got a solution on adding new BTS Driver packs to RIS..? I normally use Risult but this currently has not been updated for the new BTS system.. anyone got another weay of intrgrating into ris..?

im eagerly waiting for risult to work with the new BTS system.. are you working on this one fencer??? can you give us an update.. cheers

1. ive done a few test riprep's but i get errors during the process that it could not read a file or two etc.. what could be causing this issues or is this normal.>? 2. Surly you must be able to put in an answer file so when you restore an image its more or less automated like sysprep. Where would this answer file go, be called & can I use the sysprep one..? or is it that you use a sif file once the image is uploaded to the ris server..? is this located in the same as flat images? 3. It seemsto take several hours to upload an image via rip rep.. is it quick on the download or does that take several hours..? my network is 100mb & flat ris images install within 30mins so it shouldnt be that causing images to upload so slow.. is the slow upload generally the case..? thanks for your help..

Hi Guys, I havent automated the partiton size but for each install i have two sif files. ones is set to [RemoteInstall] Repartition=Yes UseWholeDisk=yes to basically partition the size of the drive.. my other sif file has this option set. [RemoteInstall] Repartition=no UseWholeDisk=yes this brings up the XP partition option page so you can set whatever size of partition you want then the install will continue unattended. So basically i have one install that partitons the whole drive automatically & the second install prompts for a partition to be set which i can alter per machine. yes its a small manual imput but its right at the start of the install & i can vary parttion asizes so its one worth having.

all my installs are join domain which work a treat its only this workgroup one that apears to lose connection to the sif file as its not authenticated to the domain after the reboot.

if what you are saying about the sif file copying down as the $winnt$.inf that would be fine.. But when I do a workgroup install why does it not see the answers in the local inf file after XP is installed & it does the reboot. The only explanation i have is that it looks at the sif file on the server and cannot access this any more as the machine is no longer authenticated on the domain. Any one else got any ideas?

is there a way of doing this..? Basically i need to do a workgroup install but as the sif file is on a domain server on the final reboot it loses connection to the sif file & therfore dosent set the firewall & other settings. i need to be able to copy the sif file during the ris install & for the machine to look at this local copy. i can copy it down via $OEM$ but how do i link to this local copy.