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Figured this out: 64 bit Vista requires <ComputerName>%MACHINENAME%</ComputerName> in order to pull the pre-created computer name from AD

We are running WDS on a Windows 2008 server. To setup computers, we create a computer account in AD and set the GUID as the MAC padded by 0s. I have included both the "ImageUnattend.xml" files for our 32 bit and 64 bit images. The 32 bit image joins the domain just fine and uses the computer account that we created before the install. The 64 bit image joins the network, but a random computer name is generated. How come it works on the 32 bit image, but not the 64 bit one and how can I fix it? Thanks. 32 bit ImageUnattend.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> - <unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend"> - <settings pass="specialize"> - <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <ComputerName>*</ComputerName> <RegisteredOrganization>IMS, Inc.</RegisteredOrganization> <TimeZone>Eastern Standard Time</TimeZone> <RegisteredOwner /> </component> </settings> - <settings pass="oobeSystem"> - <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <InputLocale>en-us</InputLocale> <SystemLocale>en-us</SystemLocale> <UILanguage>en-us</UILanguage> <UserLocale>en-us</UserLocale> </component> - <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> - <OOBE> <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage> <NetworkLocation>Work</NetworkLocation> <ProtectYourPC>1</ProtectYourPC> <SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE> </OOBE> - <UserAccounts> - <DomainAccounts> - <DomainAccountList wcm:action="add"> - <DomainAccount wcm:action="add"> <Group>Administrators</Group> <Name>Domain Admins</Name> </DomainAccount> <Domain>OMNI.IMSWEB.COM</Domain> </DomainAccountList> </DomainAccounts> - <AdministratorPassword> <Value>UABhACQAJAB3AG8AcgBkAEEAZABtAGkAbgBpAHMAdAByAGEAdABvAHIAUABhAHMAcwB3AG8AcgBkAA==</Value> <PlainText>false</PlainText> </AdministratorPassword> </UserAccounts> - <AutoLogon> <Domain>OMNI</Domain> <Username>Administrator</Username> <Enabled>false</Enabled> - <Password> <Value>UABhACQAJAB3AG8AcgBkAFAAYQBzAHMAdwBvAHIAZAA=</Value> <PlainText>false</PlainText> </Password> </AutoLogon> <RegisteredOrganization>IMS, Inc.</RegisteredOrganization> <RegisteredOwner /> <TimeZone>US Eastern Standard Time</TimeZone> </component> </settings> <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim://venus/reminst/images/SilverSpring/install.wim#Windows Vista ENTERPRISE" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" /> </unattend> 64 bit ImageUnattend.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> - <unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend"> - <settings pass="specialize"> - <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <ComputerName /> <RegisteredOrganization>IMS, Inc.</RegisteredOrganization> <RegisteredOwner /> <TimeZone>Eastern Standard Time</TimeZone> </component> - <component name="Microsoft-Windows-UnattendedJoin" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> - <Identification> - <Credentials> <Domain>OMNI</Domain> <Password>******</Password> <Username>compacct</Username> </Credentials> <JoinDomain>OMNI.IMSWEB.COM</JoinDomain> </Identification> </component> </settings> - <settings pass="oobeSystem"> - <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <InputLocale>en-us</InputLocale> <SystemLocale>en-us</SystemLocale> <UILanguage>en-us</UILanguage> <UserLocale>en-us</UserLocale> </component> - <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> - <AutoLogon> - <Password> <Value>UABhACQAJAB3AG8AcgBkAFAAYQBzAHMAdwBvAHIAZAA=</Value> <PlainText>false</PlainText> </Password> <Domain>OMNI</Domain> <Enabled>false</Enabled> <Username>Administrator</Username> </AutoLogon> - <OOBE> <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage> <NetworkLocation>Work</NetworkLocation> <ProtectYourPC>1</ProtectYourPC> <SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE> </OOBE> - <UserAccounts> - <AdministratorPassword> <Value>UABhACQAJAB3AG8AcgBkAEEAZABtAGkAbgBpAHMAdAByAGEAdABvAHIAUABhAHMAcwB3AG8AcgBkAA==</Value> <PlainText>false</PlainText> </AdministratorPassword> - <DomainAccounts> - <DomainAccountList wcm:action="add"> <Domain>OMNI.IMSWEB.COM</Domain> - <DomainAccount wcm:action="add"> <Name>Domain Admins</Name> <Group>Administrators</Group> </DomainAccount> </DomainAccountList> </DomainAccounts> </UserAccounts> <RegisteredOrganization>IMS, Inc.</RegisteredOrganization> <RegisteredOwner /> <TimeZone>US Eastern Standard Time</TimeZone> </component> </settings> <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim://venus/reminst/images/SilverSpring/install.wim#Windows Vista ENTERPRISE" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" /> </unattend>

Yes, that does it.That way you'll have the default items installed. (some items are NOT installed by default, so you might want to enable those, but if you just want the default set of items that get installed normally, then dont worry) I really did want every single option installed instead of just defaults. Is there a way to do that?

I have the Professional version and want to install everything that one would normally install doing a "Full" install. Does leaving the OptionState line commented out do this, or does someone have a config.xml file that lists every single OptionState item so that a full install can be completed? Here is what our file looks like now. It looks like it removed all of the Office 2003 items that were installed and installed Access, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint, Word, and Publisher and I'm assuming that all of the features were installed? <Configuration Product="Pror"> <Display Level="none" CompletionNotice="no" SuppressModal="Yes" AcceptEula="Yes" /> <!-- <Logging Type="standard" Path="%temp%" Template="Microsoft Office Professional Setup(*).txt" /> --> <!-- <PIDKEY Value="BCDFGHJKMPQRTVWXY2346789B" /> --> <!-- <USERNAME Value="Customer" /> --> <COMPANYNAME Value="IMS, Inc." /> <INSTALLLOCATION Value="%programfiles%\Microsoft Office 2007" /> <!-- <LIS CACHEACTION="CacheOnly" /> --> <!-- <SOURCELIST Value="\\server1\share\Office12;\\server2\share\Office12" /> --> <DistributionPoint Location="\\omni\ss\pc_software\Office2007_Pro" /> <!-- <OptionState Id="OptionID" State="absent" Children="force" /> --> <Setting Id="Reboot" Value="IfNeeded" /> <!-- <Command Path="msiexec.exe" Args="/i \\server\share\my.msi" QuietArg="/q" ChainPosition="after" Execute="install" /> --> </Configuration>

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What did I do wrong? I ran aut2exe and converted the script to dtools408.exe. I then added it to my list of programs to install in WPA. When it tries to install, I get this error: AutoIt Error Line 0 (File "D:\Software\Apps\Dtools\dtools408.exe"): RunWait($executable & "/S /D="&@ProgramFilesDir & "\" & $directory,@ScriptDir) Error: Unable to execute the external program. The system cannot find the file specified.

I was able to install the AMD Dual Core Optimizer 1.0 silently, but they switched installers with the version and I can't get it to run silently. What switches should I use?

Guess it can't be done?

I was able to install Norton Internet Security 2006 silently using this command in WPI: %CDROM%\Software\Apps\NIS\SymSetup.EXE /O REBOOT=ReallySuppress /qb When I use the same command to install Internet Security 2007, I get a window that pops up on reboot that says: cfgwiz Failed to launch _tInternalWinMain OK Has anyone silently installed NIS 2007 successfully?

I'm still unable to figure this out. I think it requires the use of the /f1 and /f2 switches. Can anyone help?

I saw a post that said earlier versions of this can be installed silently using the InstallShield method, but I can't seem to get this one to work. I've tried creating the setup.iss file using the -R option and then installing with -s, but that didn't work. I'm using WPI to install Ntune from the CD. All of the other apps that I have configured install fine.

I was hoping for a script for just DivxPlay not DivXcreate. MHz script works for just DivxCreate, correct?

Psyonide, For me, the script just sits on the screen where you have to choose if you want to install the Google Desktop or not. I'm using Divx 6.1.1. I see the code that says it should make a selection but it doesn't. Any ideas?

I thought I remembered reading about the change that needs to be made to either of the .reg files in the Catalyst install so that "Same as desktop" is set as the refresh rate during an unattended install. I searched but can't seem to find it now. Was I imagining it?

Figured it out: As I mentioned, I have a number of PCs with the Intel D865GBF motherboard in them. All PCs have Windows 2000 SP4 installed on them and all have the Intel INF 6.3.0.1008. I was able to get the cloning process to work on 2 of the PCs. When we move a drive to a new system, we follow the steps listed here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...b;en-us;Q314082 I found one of the PCs on which I was able to successfully clone from the IDE drive to the SATA drive and looked at the versions of the files listed in the article above. They were: atapi.sys 5.0.2195.6699 intelide.sys 5.0.2195.6666 pciide.sys 5.0.2195.6655 pciidex.sys 5.0.2195.6672 The versions on the PCs that weren't cloning were older versions, even though the same service pack was installed and the same version of the chipset INF. If I copied those 4 files to one of the PCs that wasn't cloning and then tried to complete the clone again, it worked! So know I'm trying to figure out what installed the update version of those files on the PC that worked. One of the recommended Windows 2000 updates? Steve

Pressing F6 when you install Windows is only to install the SATA RAID drivers, not the actual SATA drivers, correct? This is an 865 board that doesn't have RAID and I can't seem to find any sort of standalone SATA drivers for it. The computer has the Intel INF version 6.3.0.1008 installed and all devices are correctly identified in Device Manager. Device Manager reports 2 x Primary IDE and 2 x Secondary IDE connections, as well as two other connections which I can't remember right now, so I assume that the SATA drivers are already installed. Steve

We have a number on new PCs that are using the Intel D865GBF motherboard. These PCs currently have installed a Seagate ST340014A (40GB) hard drive. (all drivers and devices are detected) We want to install Seagate ST380817AS (80GB) drives in them. We first tried using Ghost 8.0 to perform the cloning procedure. The cloning worked perfectly fine (all drives were detected fine and the cloning worked great). However, when we try and boot the PC from the SATA drive, the initial Windows 2000 startup screen appears (white with the blue bar) and then freezes at about 50%. If you try to boot in safe mode, it only makes it to agp440.sys before freezing. We then tried putting both the IDE drive and the SATA drive in a different PC and used Ghost 9.0 to perform the operation. Again, the clone worked fine, but when you place the SATA drive back in the original PC and try and boot from it, the PC freezes in the same place. We then also tried Acronis True Image 8.0 and got the same result (clone works fine, but Windows freezes). Since the cloning works, I guess it must not be a Ghost problem, so my question is, what steps are people who clone from an IDE to a SATA drive in the same system taking? Since it's on the same motherboard, it can't be some sort of HAL issue, right? Steve

This is so weird. The drivers posted by prathapml are the ones I am using. I tried to re-download them just to make sure mine weren't corrupt and it did the same thing, but only on a 925 board. If I use my disk on a 845 or 865 board with an Nvidia card installed, it works fine. But it freezes on a 925 board with an Nvidia card installed.

Problem appears to have been with the ForceWare drivers. I had extracted them and then placed the path in OemPnPDriversPath. If I left everything else, but removed that, it worked fine. I see that people have gotten the Nvidia drivers to work with XP, but what about an unattended 2000 CD?

Looks like 4,096 characters for Windows XP and 1,023 for Windows 2000. My line at its worst is only 229 so that isn't it.

I have a Windows 2000 unattended CD that has drivers for a Intel 845 board (sound, video, NIC) and an Intel 865 (sound, video, NIC) and the disk works fine when used on either of those motherboards. Structure is as follows: I added the drivers for an Intel 925XCV. When I try and use the CD on a system with a 925XCV, Windows 2000 setup now freezes on the screen right after you specify the computer name and administrator password. If I use an earlier version of the disk that does not have any of the 925 drivers on it, it works fine. The earlier version of the CD does not have the "03_VIDEO\Nvidia" directory, the "05_SATA" directory, the "02_NIC\Marvell" directory, or the "04_SOUND\925" directory. Is there a limit to the length of the "OemPnPDriversPath" entry in the winnt.sif file? Line currently reads: OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\01_INF;Drivers\02_NIC\PRO100;Drivers\02_NIC\PRO1000;Drivers\02_NIC\Marvell;Drivers\03_VIDEO\865;Drivers\03_VIDEO\845;Drivers\03_VIDEO\Nvidia;Drivers\04_SOUND\865;Drivers\04_SOUND\845;Drivers\04_SOUND\925;Drivers\05_SATA" If a driver isn't used, windows will just skip the directory, right? So it must be a length issue? Steve

Thanks for your reply, as discourteous as it was. What search terms did you use to locate the posts where you stated "i've seen this topic covered many times before"? unattended firewall sp2 didn't turn up any applicable results for me.

Anyone have silent install switches for this?

I have a slipstreamed unattended CD with XP SP2 RC1. The install runs through perfectly fine, processes the items in my RunOnceEx, and then reboots. After the reboot, none of the network connections are automatically firewalled as they are supposed to be with SP2. You have to reboot one more time and then they are automatically firewalled. Is there a way that I can make the PC reboot again after the reboot at the end of RunOnceEX? Put the command "shutdown.exe -r -f -t 60 -c" at the end of RunOnceEX?