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Still having a question about this : I added this key, which is supposed to show the options (domain, shut down...) on the logon screen. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] ... ... "ShowLogonOptions"=dword:00000001 I just added the "ShowLogonOptions"=dword:00000001 after the other lines, but the options do not show on the logon screen. Is there another registry setting for that ? Thanks again !

Very good answer, thanks a lot !

OK, I found the solution ! I was right in my first post, when I talked about the "KeyboardLayout" setting in [unattended]. The problem is that I had not the correct value for this setting, because the Layout for my Keyboard "Français - Belgique" contains the special character "ç". I checked in the txtsetup.sif file, and the correct string was "Fran‡ais - Belgique". The "‡" is ASCII code 135, which in standard extended ASCII maps to "ç"... Well, I never really understood this mapping problem, but I believe that this character's code is interpreted differently by Windows and by the Textmode system...

Hi all ! When the RIS installation process is over, I am presented with a login screen with values for login / domain set to "Administrator" and "Local computer". Is it possible to set these values in my .sif file (at least the "Domain") to a different user, and to my D domain ? Thanks a lot !

Thanks for your answer. I might try to find a suitable registry tweak ! No, actually I am just installing a French version of WinXP, but these versions include French (Canada), French (France), French (Belgium), etc... It looks like the default behaviour for keyboard autdetection during textmode setup is to detect any AZERTY keyboard as French (France), without further investigation... Just a guess, of course. I'm still interested in better solution, but thanks for your tip !

Hi all ! I have successfully changed my SIF file to configure the WinXP installation with my Regionnal Settings : Belgium (French). [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=1 SystemLocale=0000080c UserLocale=0000080c InputLocale=080c:0000080c The only problem is that after the installation there is a Language Toolbar with both "French (Belgium)" and "French (France)" available. I suppose that "French (France)" was automatically installed during textmode setup (auto-detected ?), ands I don't want this keyboard layout to be present. How can I instruct the installer NOT to install this Keyboard Layout, or to remove it ? I know that there is a "KeyboardLayout" setting in [unattended], but when I try to use it I have an error about an entry not present in txtsetup.sif. I don't have a txtsetup.sif file, and I don't really understand what should be included in it... Any idea ? Thanks a lot !

Great instructions, believe me !

Lol, it looks like the net IS a village, after all Is that so risky ? I mean, if well known portals publish them, what is the problem if I put them on my personnal ftp server ? Anyway, I might just point the guy who need them to the right place. If I got lucky while browsing, anybody could...

The nForce3 is PXE enabled, but there is a problem in the ROM that causes the installation to crash at some point. A PXE floppy won't help that.

I don't think so, because I believe that the SATA/SCSI driver integration is very specific to those devices. BUT, I have found the RIS drivers for NForce3/4 !!!!! It's not enough though : I have to wait for Asus to release a PXE ROM update, so that the K8N works with RIS. I have to thank a very nice guy for that ! He posted a post on a Microsoft forum about RIS and NForce 4, so my eye was catched. I answered my post and gave me all the informations I needed t ofind the drivers ! I could post them if someone here was interested !

OK, I think my search is over... :

@VATERNL : Well, I checked again, and I really don't see anything special. You should be aware that Microsoft's artivle is not the most precise. There are other step-by-step guides about adding NICs to RIS that are better written. You can check this one, I found it very useful. Otherwise, I am in contact with Asus support, but nothing of interest yet. The latest mail was : Hum... I don't call that a support answer, but I keep trying with them...

Well... I've got to think about this, but I really can't think of anything special. I copied all the driver files to $OEM$\$1\Drivers\NIC and to \I386, then I added the search path in the rissetup.sif (or whatever its name, I can't remember right now), and that was it. I'll give it another try on an A7N8X tomorrox, but I think that's about it.

I used the latest Unified drivers from nvidia's website. I used the drivers from the root of the ethernet folder. Yes, only this one. It worked like a charm.

Actually, this DOES work fro me with nForce2 MBs. (ASUS A7N8X) But it DOES NOT work with nForce3 MBs. (ASUS K8N) So you should be able to boot on RIS with your MB following the normal procedure (the one from Microsoft's web site). The difference with nForce3 (and nForce4) MBs is that these latest network card need the "NVidia Network Bus Enumerator" driver to be loaded before the network cards can be detected. I haven't found a way to load this enumerator during textmode yet...

I get a textmode screen stating something like "installation on winXP not supported : drivers for your network card not found" If I boot on the RIS serveur with an nforce2 card instead, it is the point where the setup starts loading the files from the server.

Those don't work either... I tried them once again today... And ASUS still won' answer my email...

I did that, and found nothing... I am quite at loss...

Hey that's very good news ! (the drivers, not the fat that they don't work for you ) I haven't found anything like that though. Where should I look precisely ?

Well, I just followed the steps from Microsoft's KB article. Let's say the path to my image is : \Setup\English\Images\RISetup I have a \Setup\English\Images\RISetup\I386 folder I made a \Setup\French\Images\RISetup\$oem$\$1\Drivers\LAN\NForce folder (i have subfoldes, because I have many drivers to install) in this folder I copied the file from the latest unified driver. (they were extracted in C:\NVIDIA\nForceWin2KXP\5.10\Ethernet) I then just took the .inf and .sys files from this folder and copied them to \Setup\English\Images\RISetup\I386 I stopped and restarted the BINL service, and that was it. Good luck !

Noone here ever tried to boot on an RIS server with an nForce3 ethernet controller ? Sorry to bump this thread, but this issue is driving me crazy. I have no answer from ASUS's support, and NVidia won't provide any since this is an Asus MB...

YEs, same problem with the .cat files. I think the problem is that the Nforce NIC needs the "NVIDIA Network Bus Enumerator" to be installed in order to be detected. Am I wrong ? If this is correct, how could I work around this problem ?

Thanks for your answer cheezus ! That's almost exactly what I did, but without the .cat files (only .inf and .sys in the i386 folder). I'm going to try with them, but I have little hope : as I said, it works with nforce2 NICs, but not with nforce3. So it's not a problem of bad installation, it's a driver / NIC specific problem I think.

Hi all ! I created an RIS image for my workstations with a WinXP SP2 disk. I added the drivers from the latest nForce WHQL package (5.10), following the instructions form MS KB article 314419 "How to Add OEM Plug and Play Drivers to Windows XP" . My RIS installation works for motherboards with NForce2 chipsets (ASUS A7N8X motherboards), but not for those that have a NForce3 chipset (ASUS K8N motherboards). Is there something special I should do, or maybe there are special drivers I have to use ? Thanks a lot for helping !