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Did you get the latest drivers? There are some new hotfixes out for Vista, today I think.

Will do!

It happens with the Scrnsave.exe edit... before login run that is. The program runs but as soon as it tries to enumerate the hardware it fails with this message...

I got the error... it's CM_Reenumerate_DevNode Failed Error: 51

The problem comes with the WLAN drivers from Intel. It makes sysprep take FOREVER to finish. So I just add the rest and leave hardware to add them after first login. Btw, I get an error after it detects all drivers and then tries to pull up the hardware installation wizards... When I get back to work I'll shoot that to you Monday.

Is there proxy support?

Well I figured it out I got it to work but did it differently HKEY_USERS\.Default\Control Panel\Desktop\ Edit String SCRNSAVE.EXE to wherever the program you want to run is Edit String ScreenSaveActive to 1 Edit String ScreenSaverIsSecure to 0 Edit String ScreenSaveTimeOut to whatever seconds you want to wait, I put 20 to allow time to login but also let me run the program... Works great... I'm adding this to my sysprep and I have a program that auto installs hardware. Think I'm going to use a batch script that runs this then imports the proper reg keys...

Yeah I was the one who requested it And guirunounce runs after first login not before... I'm looking into it though.

Awesome... I wish there was a way to start this in a runounce before login to windows... So on reboot for a image it'll auto install before windows has a chance to screw things up.

Ones from Dave Hope - Written in CSharp for .Net 2.0 - Backs up only Non-Microsoft Drivers - For Win2k, 2k3, XP, NT - GPL 2.0 source available... http://davehope.co.uk/Projects/CSharp-DriverBackup/ The other backs up ALL drivers in the system - Sourceforge project - GPL'd http://sourceforge.net/projects/drvback/ Both work great, btw. Both are FREE!

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetma...ht/default.aspx I don't know if anyones seen this already but I tried to find it in the search.

Is there a way to determine what updates are needed for the system? Then do an automatic install of all of them?

I would too... I haven't been able to find anything that does this for free...

You want to replace any \ with \\ in your code because \ refers to a command

Also remember to do a backward slash for the driver location folder \Drivers . It's different than the web. Madboy - What are you writing the code with/in?

The new DMCA amendments say that we can use a copy of the original cd or use the software on a hardware not originally specified. So it's not illegal to use a OEM cd that you had for that OEM machine on a home built machine.

Make change the location to where your own installation has the hal dll's. Make sure also that before you reboot that you change or make sure that when you go into Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager > Expand "Computer" > Make sure that it says ACPI Multiprocessor/Uniprocessor. If you are imaging from a MultiProcessor system keep the above Unattended - Update order. If you are imaging from a UniProcessor reverse the Unattended - Update order.

There's a utility that will create a verification of the drivers for you http://www.updatexp.com/sigverif-exe.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308514 Also I think there's a registry hack that will allow unsigned drivers There's a program that when run will allow installation of unsigned drivers. It's called WatchDriverSigningPolicy.exe . http://www.msfn.org/board/lofiversion/index.php/t57463.html http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/35/

I think I may try this out... let's hope for the best

Interestingly enough I couldnt find not one .pbk file... Although I did find to the install for CMAK...

Well... something like a scan of a http/ftp folder.. Basically... 0. Loads INI configuration file 1. Scans Hardware on system 2. Creates list of hardware needed to be installed 2. Removes Hardware not present 3. Connects to http/ftp folder (username/pass or anonymous) to scan what drivers are available to download according to list created 4. Downloads only pertinent drivers for that system to a predefined location on the hard drive (not all drivers at the folder location) 5. Install Drivers for specific hardware So kinda like how it is now but instead of connecting to a local drive or mapped drive it's HTTP/FTP... Would you really need a DB to connect to?

Thanks I'll check out the PBK! I also found some other information http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community...net05_0224.mspx http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServe...3.mspx?mfr=true http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServe...3.mspx?mfr=true http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documen...l.mspx?mfr=true

I'm looking to export the settings we use on the laptops across the 50 or so other laptops in the field. Does anyone know if there's a cmdline proggie that I could run do export and then import this information?

If you need a host let me know...

Do you mean almost like an FTP/HTTP? To download and then install the drivers it needs? That _would_ be a neat function!