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Hi, Recently, I compressed the programs I want to install unattended (@ T-12). After compressing, I'm having trouble... I get some Windows Installer "bad command line"... The comment for the SFX file is as follow: Inside this SFX file, there is only dotnetfx.exe. When I double click it, I get the WinRAR SFX window who wants to extract to c:\windows\temp. Clicking the install button just works fine; the command "dotnet.exe /Q:A /C:"msiexec /qn /i netfx.msi" execute just fine. But when calling the SFX with the winrar "/s" switch, I get a "Windows Installer bad command line" like the one on the screenshot. Does anyone knows what could be the problem??? Why is it working by double clicking the sfx and not when calling it with the "/s" switch??? thank you very much.
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xp-integrated cd-burning function
big_gie replied to spachtler's topic in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003
visit http://www.winguides.com for all the necessary tweaks... -
Wow can't wait for this finaly Thanks Allanol and Xtreme!!!! I'm sure it will be greatly appreciated from everyone!!!
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Good, thanx Alanoll
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Hi, Where can I found the DirectX opk version in french?? The english one is avaible from unattended.msfn.org but I can't found elsewhere... thank you
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Every byte counts: files on root of XP CD?
big_gie replied to JPamplin's topic in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003
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this format cannot be run in dos... maybe in recoveryconsole...
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Every byte counts: files on root of XP CD?
big_gie replied to JPamplin's topic in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003
7zip doesnt work under dos... You could use rar maybe... -
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Every byte counts: files on root of XP CD?
big_gie replied to JPamplin's topic in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003
Let the html files, they don't take serious place and its nicer to have a complete CD! I sugest compressing the drivers with 7zip (sfx), name it drivers.exe, put it in $OEM$\$1\drivers\drivers.exe then add this to your winnt.sif: This will expand at T-39 minutes, just before installation. My drivers are about 50 Mb uncompressed, and after 7zip I have 16 Mb Good luck! -
One Images for all Laptops/Desktops
big_gie replied to luckyse7en's topic in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003
Are you sure you want a sysprep installation? Isn't a unattended installation simpler? I install xp for both my laptop and desktop and don't have problem... I'm sure I'm not the only one too! look @ http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/drivers.htm for the driver section. Blue screen usely results from bad drivers, am I right? good luck... -
"Program_Files_Dir" Vaiable. Where is it?
big_gie replied to toreach's topic in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003
I'm using D: as program files since some years and NEVER had any problems... I'm now setting the program files location from winnt.sif and everything works fine. No unistall problems... I onced installed manually everything to "D:\" (even is program files whas pointing to C:\program files) and didn't had any problems... -
"Program_Files_Dir" Vaiable. Where is it?
big_gie replied to toreach's topic in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003
In your winnt.sif: -
Hi, Some registry info reside in HKEY_USER\<SID>\... so to import those change, you'll need to know the SID... Not sure if someone posted something like this, here is my contribution! I'm using JScript files to configure things, so whats next is written in js. sorry for you batch gurus But I'm sure it could be adapt... I'm using the PSGetSID tool from Systernals to get the sid. I don't know whats the earlier time you can use it. Didn't try it and to avoid problems I'm using it once logged in... Since I don't have access to all computers, I don't know if their is 43 characters after "S-" in the id... or does it began always with an "S-"?? Thanx to clarifying...
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Just found a way to automate partitionning...
big_gie replied to big_gie's topic in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003
@Xtreme It seams that I need to put it in fat before... this is really to complicated. pqdisk is doing it great... bad its not free -
Just found a way to automate partitionning...
big_gie replied to big_gie's topic in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003
thanks JPamplin. Just tryed the switch you gave me: -
Just found a way to automate partitionning...
big_gie replied to big_gie's topic in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003
it doesnt seems to support NTFS...:/ -
Just found a way to automate partitionning...
big_gie replied to big_gie's topic in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003
@Ausmith1 Its just that I don't want everytime to do this... Its just for testing and I think a cmd line tool will be faster than a gui one... -
Just open the WinRar setup file: its a sfx. You can modified everything you want. What I do is install Winrar, configure everything I want. Then go to Options\Import-Export\Expot config to a file and export you config to "Settings.reg" in the same folder as winrar. Open the winrar installer with winrar. Copy the sfx options. Close it. Now create a SFX with the %programfiles%\winrar folder and put the comments you copied earlier. This will make the same "installer" as if you downloaded it, but you will get you config and your reg info, like a "corporate" one Nice one Nice one! Hum... Mine is set to thunderbird, I'm looking for the reg file for it... got it ; Thunderbird comme courriel par défaut [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Clients\mail] @="Mozilla Thunderbird" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Mozilla Thunderbird] @="Mozilla Thunderbird" "DLLPath"="D:\\THUNDERBIRD\\mozMapi32.dll" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Mozilla Thunderbird\DefaultIcon] @="D:\\THUNDERBIRD\\THUNDERBIRD.EXE,0" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Mozilla Thunderbird\protocols] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Mozilla Thunderbird\protocols\mailto] @="URL:MailTo Protocol" "URL Protocol"="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Mozilla Thunderbird\protocols\mailto\DefaultIcon] @="D:\\THUNDERBIRD\\THUNDERBIRD.EXE,0" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Mozilla Thunderbird\protocols\mailto\shell] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Mozilla Thunderbird\protocols\mailto\shell\open] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Mozilla Thunderbird\protocols\mailto\shell\open\command] @="D:\\THUNDERBIRD\\THUNDERBIRD.EXE -compose %1" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Mozilla Thunderbird\shell] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Mozilla Thunderbird\shell\open] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Mozilla Thunderbird\shell\open\command] @="D:\\THUNDERBIRD\\THUNDERBIRD.EXE -mail"
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Just found a way to automate partitionning...
big_gie replied to big_gie's topic in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003
thanx evilvoice... But dos doesnt like ntfs drives so there is no C: d: and e: for me... Ausmith: I'm using dos boot floppies (Win98). Those are included with my cd because they are much more small than PE... and just to format a drive I'm not sure I need a full cd wich takes 5 minutes to load... I'm actually using Acronis Partition Expert and since I do many testing in vmware, I was looking for a way to automate the formating. The format from the win98 disk doesnt support ntfs () and XP's one can't run in dos... (**** dos..) Will continue my search for something -
Just found a way to automate partitionning...
big_gie replied to big_gie's topic in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003
It doesnt work in dos... or does it? at last when I tryed it... -
PQDisk v7.01 is part of the PowerQuest Deploy Toolkit v2.51, witch is part of the PowerQuest DeployCenter Library 2.0... h**p://www.powerquest.com/deploycenterlibrary/ calling: pqdisk /CMD=formatcd.txt /DSS /LOG=pmdisk.log /IHF Will format my C:, D: and E: as NTFS... Just put it on a boot floppy (I call it via CDShell) PQDisk is ~500 kb
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What to do when the cd is runnig out of space?
big_gie replied to ectavares's topic in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003
I rather install small application with my unattended cd, not big ones like office or system works (the iso is like 400Mb (i think)... it surely can be reduced...) I'm really sure you can replace everything from systemworks with some freeware witch take 90% less space! I have more than 30 application installed in unattended, including firewall, antivirus, ftp client, web browsers, all needed hotfixes, shells, compression, acrobat reader, cd-r tools, codecs, directx9, .net, java, ad blocker, registry editor, email client, vnc,ultraiso, and many more My cd is less then 650Mb and I also have about 50 Mb of dos application (anti-virus, data recovery, partitionner...) I also have all the drivers needed for my 2 computers. So it IS possible to put all you need... (read: get rid of systemworks ) I'm still surprised from the 1Gb... -
Problem creating unattended CD
big_gie replied to ectavares's topic in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003
2 days?????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm still working on it since last summer!!!!!!!!!!! -
Fix for read-only files when copied from CD
big_gie replied to Brutal Sponge's topic in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003
Or even better creat a sfx from 7zip wich compress much more. But even with the silent switches you get a window telling you its extracting...