Eagle117

I think that will work! I can't get it to restart the RunOnce while I'm using "cmdow @ /HID" to hide the box but if I REM that line out, then it launches. Nope, turns out to be a silly problem on my end. It works prefectly. Thank you.

I think that will work! I can't get it to restart the RunOnce while I'm using "cmdow @ /HID" to hide the box but if I REM that line out, then it launches.

That isn't my problem. During setup I import the registry settings from a local file that will cause RunOnceEX to run on next logon. I have to do it this way because during setup, Windows does not have access to the network to get the most up to date information. On the very first logon, RunOnceEX runs but all it does it goes out to the nework and gets the more recent registry settings to import about the current software we want installed. Because RunOnceEX has already been run this logon, it doesn't process these new registry settings. This is what I am trying to figure out. Can I force it to go ahead and launch RunOnceEx again right after the first one stops and use the registry settings? Otherwise I have to reboot the machine one more time so it will process again.

Rather than burn a new CD every time I want to change my RunOnceEX on my unattended install CD, I moved the main RunOnceEX batch file out to a server. The RunOnce that is now on the install CD goes out to the network share and executes the batch file that adds the registry keys for the current install software. The downside to this is that I now have to login twice to get my software to install. Is there any way to have the RunOnceEX load a batch file that adds more registry keys and then immediately executes them? I really like the nice GUI look to the setup otherwise I would just start a regular batch file to perform the install when it first logs onto the network.

Thanks. I didn't know you could compile it into an exe. I'll look for some good guides on how to do that. Apparently the 4x versions of VNC have a silent switch that I wasn't aware of so that is good to go now.

I have three programs that I am trying to integrate into my unattended CD to finalize everything. One is a Win95 program that installs just fine with XP but is just a standard .exe with no switches and I have to click Next about 6 times, change one radio button, and then click Next two more times and it is done. How can I automate this and keep software for the final install at a minimum? I think it could be done with AutoIT but it seems like a lot of work as well as extra software I would need to install with the CD. I'm looking for something like a self-extracting file that can do this for me? The second one is another .exe file that appears to have been made with InstallShield 7.1.100.1248 but the company says it has no silent install option and I can't get anything to work. The only option that needs to be set is to have it install for "All Users" and not the current user. This seems like it would be easier since it is almost a decent program. My third program is RealVNC that I would like to have install silently and set my default password. I have a feeling it may be in this forum already so I'm going to search but if anyone know of any links off the top of their head I would appreciate it.

I just want to know if I go through and extract the INF files from the setup and then use nLite to integrate them, will it work correctly? I know using Intel's manual method will work but it seems like a lot of hassle. Just want verification that using nLite and these drivers work.

The setup notes with the Intel Chipset drivers contain a method for integrating their drivers in an XP CD. If I use nLite to add drivers and point it to the same folder will it work the same or do I need to go through Intel's methods? It is hard enough to tell if the drivers are installed properly when I use the normal interactive install, I don't want to think they are being installed only to be bitten in the end but it sure is easy to use nLite to integrate all of my drivers.

I've read through the WAIK documentation but I still don't quite get this. I want to make an image of Vista with Office 2007 and other business applications included in my WIM file to deploy. Somewhere I thought I read that you could then modify the WIM file afterwards to include or remove things such as programs and windows updates without having to reimage the machine. How do you get imagex to recognize programs or will it just do it if it can and skip it if not? Is it really as simple as installing Vista and my other programs and then using imagex to capture it and be done? How do I get them into modules or components that I can then include or remove?

Can you link me to any threads about adding your own drivers to these CDs? I looked at the guide but it only had one example and didn't really explain where to get the information about other drivers. I need the raid version of the same driver used in the example.

Has anyone else had trouble with adding extra drivers for SCSI and RAID cards from floppies after creating and unattended CD? With multiple builds I am able to press F6 to specify additional drivers for my RAID cards and it reads the floppies and acts like it is going to work. But when it attempts to copy the drivers from my floppy it always gives me an error that it cannot copy. If I do the exact same procedure from just a standard slipstream CD it works great. I'm assuming it has to do with the $OEM$ folder but I'm wondering if there is a fix for this. After a series of unfortunate events it took me 5 hours to get the OS installed on my PC that normally takes me 30 minutes after this issue, HD issues, motherboard issues and partition issues so I thought I would tackle this problem first.