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Ok, Hit another snag. On one install it popped a 'New Connection Wizard' as a result of the IE window being opened and no Internet connection being setup yet. I added some more code to the above. I'm testing it now. Not sure I like how I have it, but the only other choice is to have it all the way at the end with a long timeout to make sure it catches it if it does popup. ;AutoIt v3 ;ReplayMusic Semi-Silent install Finisher ;WinXP SP2 $Title = 'Applian Installer/Uninstaller' $Title2 = 'Replay Music Quick Tour' $Title3 = 'New Connection Wizard' RunWait('"' & @ScriptDir & '\RMSetup.exe" /S /W') ProcessWait('iexplore.exe', 3) Do Select ;IE popup tour Case ProcessExists('iexplore.exe') ProcessClose('iexplore.exe') ;IE popup tour Case WinExists($Title2) WinClose($Title2) ;First popup window - Driver install Case WinExists($Title) ControlClick($Title, '', 'Button1') ;New Connection Wizard - Sometimes Occurs Case WinExists ($Title3) ControlClick ($Title3, '' , 'Button4') EndSelect Sleep(500) WinWait ($Title3, '' , 5 ) Until Not ProcessExists('irsetup.exe') And _ Not ProcessExists('installtr.exe') And _ Not ProcessExists('iexplore.exe') And _ Not WinExists($Title3) Exit The wizard took quite a while to show up, It may have already moved on to the next program by the time it did. I didn't time it because I wasn't looking for it when it happened. I guess I'll have to check the timing and then I could make some better judgements on the placement of the code to close it.

This is what I needed! A fresh pair of eyes looking at the problem! Thanks MHz. Here is what I did to eliminate the hang and it worked like a charm. I just eliminated the part after the control click operation for the second title. It loops through the whole Do Until loop again, but it seems to work rather quickly. ;AutoIt v3 ;ReplayMusic Semi-Silent install Finisher ;WinXP SP2 $Title = 'Applian Installer/Uninstaller' $Title2 = 'Replay Music Quick Tour' RunWait('"' & @ScriptDir & '\RMSetup.exe" /S /W') ProcessWait('iexplore.exe', 3) Do Select ;IE popup tour Case ProcessExists('iexplore.exe') ProcessClose('iexplore.exe') ;IE popup tour Case WinExists($Title2) WinClose($Title2) ;First popup window - Driver install Case WinExists($Title) ControlClick($Title, '', 'Button1') EndSelect Sleep(500) Until Not ProcessExists('irsetup.exe') And _ Not ProcessExists('installtr.exe') And _ Not ProcessExists('iexplore.exe') Exit

OK, For lack of a way to do it without Autoit, I made this little script to finish the semi-silent install. It works within WIndows, but does not work during the Runonce sequence. I have tried everything I can think of with no luck. I am testing with VMware. Here's what I've got. (it's a little long winded, but the same exact window pops a couple of times and the loop seems to take care of it just fine) I've tried various versions of the Run command in AutoIT with no change in the result so far. ;AutoIt v3 ;ReplayMusic Semi-Silent install Finisher ;WinXP SP2 $Title = "Applian Installer/Uninstaller" $Title2 = "Replay Music Quick Tour" $Location = FileGetShortName( @ProgramFilesDir & "\ReplayInstall\RMSetup.exe") $Work_dir = FileGetShortName( @ProgramFilesDir & "\ReplayInstall") Run ( $Work_dir & "\RMSetup.exe /S /W" ) Sleep ( 4000 ) DO ;First popup window - Driver install IF WinExists ( $Title ) Then If Not WinActive( $Title ) Then WinActivate ( $Title ) WinWaitActive ( $Title ) ControlFocus ( $Title , "" , "Button1" ) ControlClick ( $Title , "" , "Button1" ) ;IE popup tour ElseIf ProcessExists ( "iexplore.exe" ) Then ProcessClose ( "iexplore.exe" ) ;IE popup tour ElseIf WinExists ( $Title2 ) Then If Not WinActive( $Title2 ) Then WinActivate ( $Title2 ) WinWaitActive ( $Title2 ) WinClose ( $Title2 ) Else EndIf Sleep ( 1000 ) $A = WinExists ( $Title ) $B = WinExists ( $Title2 ) $C = ProcessExists ( "irsetup.exe" ) $D = ProcessExists ( "iexplore.exe" ) $Total = $A + $B + $C + $D Until $Total = 0 Exit and here is how it's called from Runonce REG ADD %KEY%\051 /VE /D "ReplayMusic" /f REG ADD %KEY%\051 /V 1 /D "%PP%\ReplayMusic\ReplayCopy.cmd" /f REG ADD %KEY%\051 /V 2 /D ""%systemdrive%\Program Files\ReplayInstall\ReplayMFnsh.exe"" /f REG ADD %KEY%\051 /V 4 /D "REGEDIT /S %PP%\ReplayMusic\Registration.reg" /f The Replay copy cmd moves the files to the system drive. That was another attempt to get it to work. IT looks like this. I added the ping to allow for more time incase of a slow copy from a CD drive or what ever else might slow it down. FOR %%i IN (D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) DO IF EXIST %%i:\win51ip.SP2 SET CDROM=%%i: SET PP=%cdrom%\Install\ XCopy /Y /E "%PP%\ReplayMusic\ReplayMFnsh.exe" "%systemdrive%\Program Files\ReplayInstall\" XCopy /Y /E "%PP%\ReplayMusic\RMSetup.exe" "%systemdrive%\Program Files\ReplayInstall\" PING 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 10000 >NUL Exit If you run the Autoit script from a command window while in windows it works exactly how it is suppose to, but during Runonce it copies the files from the ReplayCopy.cmd file and that's it. THe script doesn't seem to run or fails, I'm not sure how to tell. I am about ready to pull my hair out and throw this box out the window... And yes I could just make an Autoit script and do it completely with that, but now it's just the principle of the thing, IT's not going to win, I plan on winning this battle! Anyone got any ideas on this?

Until you just said that I competely forgot that you can take it out of "automatic" detection. I was all ready to unplug the drives manually. We forget more than we learn everyday! This getting old thing is rough on the brain....

Anyone up for that task?!

@cancerface It will boot from the SCSI, It is running that way now. Just can't use the Unattended Disc to setup windows. I can use the regular install just fine. @Big Poppa That is what I was afraid of and was hoping for a Miracle... So if anyone has a Miracle up their sleeve....

I'm sorry I may have confused you there... When I said it worked on another computer I meant one with a different config than my main one. (just IDE drives) The problem with the SCSI config is that I need to use the onboard controllers also. I do have the "C" drive on the channel A and set to Drive 0, but as long as any of the onboard stuff is active, it (the onboard) is always picked up as HD0. I had that mentioned in the first post about setting the SCSI to boot before the IDE raid controller, but I don't think there is an option to put it ahead of the primary IDE slot. I know it's not windows setup's fault that it is assigning those letters, I was just wondering if anyone figured a way to get around the BIOS assigning the drive order the way it does. I still see the only solution being to disconnnect/disable the onboard stuff during an unattended install then reinstall after. Kinda kills the joy of an unattended.... I hope there is another answer. By the way it has an Award Bios if that helps anything.....

Nobody??? (ok, a gratuitous bump)

Anyone Installed any of the Replay series stuff from Applian? The /S /W switches make it install silently almost all the way, they seem to be common to the SetupFactory installer stuff. At the end it pops a box for finalizing a sound driver install and then after that a IE window pops up too. Not so worried about te IE window, but he continue thing stops it dead in it's tracks. I'd like to try to do it without a Autoit script if possible. But I guess If not I'll have to do that instead.

@Drusenija I've done what you had suggested with getting the drivers out of the VMware folders and put them in the $oem$\driver locations. Also added all the OEmPNPdriver stuff too. But still doesn't work for me. The drivers are copied to the system32 folder on the VM machine and can be installed by clicking "update driver" on the display adapter, but windows did not install them during setup. I also modified the .inf for the driver like suggested so the resolution would be where I want it. But no luck. I have basically done all that you did but it doesn't work. It worked one time for me on the very first install into the VM machine, after that, no go. I'm very frustrated with this, been working on it for days now..... I'm going to try net user method right now and see what happens. Any other ideas for the oobeinfo way??? Thanks, Sim

I agree, I was always under the impression that $OEM$ was in the same Dir as I386, not in the I386 Dir....

One thing I forgot to mention... It works just fine on another comuter with just a single drive on it and fine on a second computer with two IDE drives. Xp Setup just doesn't seem to like SCSI.

Hi, Im definitely a Nube on this, so please have pity on my pathetic soul... My problem is during the unattended install, I decided to pick the partition myself just to see how everything went the first time around. Well good thing I did. XP assigned C: to a data storage IDE drive (primary IDE controller) on the computer and the system drive (SCSI) the letter D:. I have tried several different things to resolve the problem, but to no avail. The drivers are loaded for the SCSI array and it does detect it properly, but if I do this completely unattended it will most likely wipe out my data drive. Just some of the info on the system: Primary onboard IDE controller - Primary channel - Master - DVD-RW - Slave - DVD-RW Secondary Channel - Master - 160gb HD (single partition) SCSI controler Adaptec 39320 - Channel A - Raid0 array 34gb (Two partitions - System Drive & work space) Channel B - Raid0 array 110gb (single partition) Onboard IDE raid controller - Primary channel - Master - 300gb HD (two partitions) secondary channel - Master - CD-RW I made sure that only the system drive/partition had a "active" partition, since it appears XP uses that as a criteria for assigning drive letters, No luck there though. I have the SCSI bios boot first before the IDE raid Bios, Not any help, reversing it makes it worse though. I beleive that only one of the partitions on the 300gb drive are being detected by setup also, kinda strange I thought. Anyone got any ideas, short of unplugging all the other drives ahead of it in drive letters? I searched for two days, but have come up with only close-but-no-cigar answers. I figure someone else must have a rig as stupid as mine, I hope!!

Do you have the latest version of Nero and NVE? I think that is what blackbox is talking about, IT does not work with any version lower that 6.6.0.13 and 3.1.0.7. I used it and it seems to work fine with those versions.