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I've got a batch for installing nearly 40 hotfixes unattended and it's executed after the main_batch.cmd. when i simulate on VirtualPC with my cd-image everything works fine, but when i install on a real pc, i've got the problem that after every hotfix-.exe i see a window that there's a problem with the 'update.exe' and i could send a report to microsoft. the installation quits. rebooting the computer twice i started the hotfixes.cmd by myself and it worked: i could install every patch. maybe the programms i install by main_batch.cmd are causing troubles? - DirectX 9b - Media Player 9 - copying uxtheme.dll - Adobe Reader 6 - Nero 6 - DivX 5.0.5 - Norton Internet Security 2003 Here's my hotfix.cmd: CLS @echo off ECHO. ECHO Installing KB282010... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\KB282010.exe /Q /M /Z ECHO. ECHO Installing Q329170... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q329170.exe /Q /M /Z ECHO. ECHO Installing Q331953... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q331953.exe /Q /M /Z ECHO. ECHO Installing Q810577... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q810577.exe /Q /M /Z ECHO. ECHO Installing Q810833... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q810833.exe /Q /M /Z ECHO. ECHO Installing Q811493... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q811493.exe /Q /M /Z ECHO. ECHO Installing Q811630... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q811630.exe /Q /M /Z ECHO. ECHO Installing Q817606... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q817606.exe /Q /M /Z ECHO. ECHO Installing KB817787... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\KB817787.exe /Q:A /R:N ECHO. ECHO Installing KB818043... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\KB818043.exe /Q /M /Z ECHO. ECHO Installing Q819696... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q819696.exe /Q /M /Z ECHO. ECHO Installing KB820291... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\KB820291.exe /Q /M /Z ECHO. ECHO Installing KB821557... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\KB821557.exe /Q /M /Z ECHO. ECHO Installing KB823559... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\KB823559.exe /Q /M /Z ECHO. ECHO Installing KB823980... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\KB823980.exe /Q /M /Z ECHO. ECHO Installing KB817778... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\KB817778.exe /Q /M /Z ECHO. ECHO Installing Q322069... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q322069.exe /Q /M /Z ECHO. ECHO Installing Q321898... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q321898.exe /Q:A /R:N ECHO. ECHO Installing Q322011... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q322011.exe /Q /M /Z ECHO. ECHO Installing Q323255... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q323255.exe /Q /M /Z ECHO. ECHO Installing Q327979... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q327979.exe /Q /M /Z ECHO. ECHO Installing Q328310... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q328310.exe /Q /M /Z ECHO. ECHO Installing Q329048... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q329048.exe /Q /M /Z ECHO. ECHO Installing Q329115... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q329115.exe /Q /M /Z ECHO. ECHO Installing Q329390... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q329390.exe /Q /M /Z ECHO. ECHO Installing Q329441... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q329441.exe /Q /M /Z ECHO. ECHO Installing Q329834... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q329834.exe /Q /M /Z ECHO. ECHO Installing Q810272... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q810272.exe /Q /M /Z ECHO. ECHO Installing Q810565... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q810565.exe /Q /M /Z ECHO. ECHO Installing Q814033... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q814033.exe /Q /M /Z ECHO. ECHO Installing Q814995... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q814995.exe /Q /M /Z ECHO. ECHO Installing Q815021... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q815021.exe /Q /M /Z ECHO. ECHO Installing Q817287... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q817287.exe /Q:A /R:N ECHO. ECHO Installing KB819639... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\KB819639.exe /Q:A /R:N ECHO. ECHO Installing KB821253... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\KB821253.exe /Q /M /Z ECHO. ECHO Installing Q813951... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q813951.exe /Q:A /R:N ECHO. ECHO Installing Q330994... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q330994.exe /Q:A /R:N ECHO. ECHO Installing Q818529... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Hotfixes\Q818529.exe /Q:A /R:N and here's my main_batch.cmd (don't mind the german lines *g*) CLS @echo off ECHO. ECHO In den naechsten Minuten werden einige Zusatztools ECHO und Aenderungen an Windows-XP durchgefuehrt ECHO Bitte haben Sie etwas Geduld!! Die Installation kann ECHO je nach Rechner bis zu einer halben Stunde dauern. ECHO. ECHO Starte Batch... ECHO START >c:\unattended.log date /t >>c:\unattended.log ECHO. ECHO Installiere DirectX 9.0b ECHO DirectX 9.0b >>c:\unattended.log time /t >>c:\unattended.log echo ************************ >>c:\unattended.log ECHO Einen Moment... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\DirectX9b\dxsetup.exe /opk ECHO. ECHO DirectX 9.0b fertig >>c:\unattended.log time /t >>c:\unattended.log echo ************************ >>c:\unattended.log ECHO. ECHO Kopiere gepatchte UXTheme.dll zum Benutzen von Windows Themes ECHO Noch einen Moment... echo UXTHeme.dll >>c:\unattended.log time /t >>c:\unattended.log REN %systemroot%\System32\dllcache\uxtheme.dll uxtheme.old COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\uxtheme\uxtheme.dll" "%systemroot%\System32\dllcache\" REN %systemroot%\System32\uxtheme.dll uxtheme.old COPY "%systemdrive%\Install\uxtheme\uxtheme.dll" "%systemroot%\System32\" ECHO. echo UXTheme.dll fertig >>c:\unattended.log time /t >>c:\unattended.log echo ************************* >>c:\unattended.log ECHO. ECHO Installiere Windows Media Player 9 ECHO Und noch einen... ECHO Windows Media Player 9 >>c:\unattended.log time /t >>c:\unattended.log start /wait %systemdrive%\install\WMP9\MPSetupXP.exe /Q:A /R:N ECHO. echo Media Player 9 fertig >>c:\unattended.log time /t >>c:\unattended.log echo ************************** >>c:\unattended.log ECHO. ECHO Installiere Adobe Reader 6 ECHO Warten... echo Adobe Reader 6 >>c:\unattended.log time /t >>c:\unattended.log start /wait %systemdrive%\install\AdobeReader6\AR6.msi /QB ECHO. echo Adobe Reader fertig >>c:\unattended.log time /t >>c:\unattended.log echo ************************** >>c:\unattended.log ECHO. ECHO Installiere WinRAR 3.20 ECHO Nochmal warten... echo WinRAR 3.20 >>c:\unattended.log time /t >>c:\unattended.log start /wait %systemdrive%\install\WinRAR20\wrar320d.exe /s ECHO. echo WinRAR 3.20 fertig >>c:\unattended.log time /t >>c:\unattended.log echo ************************** >>c:\unattended.log ECHO. ECHO Installiere Nero Burning ROM v6.0.0.11 ECHO Please wait... echo Nero Burning ROM >>c:\unattended.log time /t >>c:\unattended.log start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Nero_600011\Nero60011.exe /silent /noreboot ECHO. ECHO Registering Nero Burning ROM... REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\Nero_600011\register.reg ECHO. echo Nero Burning ROM fertig >>c:\unattended.log time /t >>c:\unattended.log echo *************************** >>c:\unattended.log ECHO. ECHO Installiere DivX 5.0.5 ECHO Uno momento... echo DivX 5.0.5 >>c:\unattended.log time /t >>c:\unattended.log start /wait %systemdrive%\install\DivX_505\DivX505Bundle.exe /s ECHO. echo DivX 5.0.5 >>c:\unattended.log time /t >>c:\unattended.log echo DivX 5.0.5 fertig >>c:\unattended.log echo **************************** >>c:\unattended.log ECHO. ECHO und zuletzt ECHO Installiere Norton Internet Security 2003 echo Internet Security >>c:\unattended.log time /t >>c:\unattended.log start /wait %systemdrive%\install\NISEcur\NIS\NIS.msi /QB reboot=suppress echo Internet Security fertig >>c:\unattended.log time /t >>c:\unattended.log echo ****************************** IF EXIST c:\runonce.bat start /wait c:\runonce.bat ECHO FERTIG! ECHO echo Abschluß: >>c:\unattended.log time /t >>c:\unattended.log EXIT Thank you for helping!!!!

I'm not quite sure if it works, but you could put your winnt.sif on your floppy, copy it to e.g. c:\ by autoexec.bat and then start the installation by cdrom:\i386\winnt.exe /s:cdrom:\i386 /u:c:\winnt.sif

I had the same problem when I tried the cd in virtual pc and used an iso-file. when I replaced the winnt.sif within the iso-file it could not be read any longer. I had to generate a new iso-image with the right winnt.sif and it worked again.