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I use the method described at MSFN MSFN unattended office That is the administrative installation i think. B.t.w. running the office installation in my RunOnceEx and ONLY Office (so i removed all other program installations), things turn out great!

Way to go This has the advantage not having to edit your bat files (like you do with cmdow) Can this also be used on COM files? thnx for sharing....

See the Cleanup.CMD in MSFN howto

Hey people, After succesfully creating my first unattended XP installation, i decided to add some applications and windows components. I am using RunOnceEx, my file looks like this: @echo off SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Windows componenten en programma's installeren" /f REG ADD %KEY%\001 /VE /D ".NET Framework 1.1 + SP1" /f REG ADD %KEY%\001 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Microsoft\NETframework11+SP1\netfx.exe" /f REG ADD %KEY%\002 /VE /D ".NET Framework 2.0" /f REG ADD %KEY%\002 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Microsoft\NETframework20\dotNET20_silent.exe" /f REG ADD %KEY%\003 /VE /D "Visual J# Runtime files update" /f REG ADD %KEY%\003 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Microsoft\VisualJ#RedistributablePackagedotNET20\install.exe /Q" /f REG ADD %KEY%\005 /VE /D "Acrobat Reader 6" /f REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\AcrobatReader\AR6.exe -p\"-s /v\"/qn \"\"" /f REG ADD %KEY%\006 /VE /D "Java 2 Runtime environment V5.0 Update 6" /f REG ADD %KEY%\006 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\JavaRuntime\Java50.msi /passive" /f REG ADD %KEY%\075 /VE /D "WinRAR 3.20" /f REG ADD %KEY%\075 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\winrar\WinRAR320.exe /s" /f REG ADD %KEY%\076 /VE /D "Nero 6.3.1.17" /f REG ADD %KEY%\076 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\Nero\Nero63117.exe /SILENT /NOREBOOT /SN=XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX /WRITE_SN" /f REG ADD %KEY%\077 /VE /D "Daemon tools 3.4.7" /f REG ADD %KEY%\077 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\Daemon\Daemon347.msi /passive" /f REG ADD %KEY%\079 /VE /D "Office 2003 Proffesional + SP2" /f REG ADD %KEY%\079 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\Microsoft\OfficeProff2003+SP2\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb-" /f REG ADD %KEY%\155 /VE /D "Opruimen en opnieuw opstarten" /f REG ADD %KEY%\155 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\cleanup.cmd" /f EXIT As you can see, i have .NET 1.1 + SP1 (Slipstreamed) .NET 2.0 j# runtime Acrobat reader Winrar Nero Deamon tools Office 2K3 The problem is, when i test this unattended installation, everything is installed execpt office 2K3. The installer runs, but stops without returning a message, and office isn;t installed. I tested the office installation only by removing all other program entry's from RunOnxeEx and voila, office installed correctly. I suspect that the .NET frameworks cause some files to be locked beacause it requires a reboot, and thus office 2K3 cannot acces these file while installing. Is there anyone who can confirm this? Or have had similar problems?

Hi, If you want to accomplish an automatic XCOPY action after inserting the USB pendrive without user interference, forget it. Autorun files will not work on USB pendrives. I have been trying this for a while, and a long google surch revealed a Microsoft explanation that USB pendrives are treated different in windows than CD-ROM's. A way to do this is to have a batch file on the host machines that will look for a specific map on the pendrive. Example: Create a folder named: 012345678 On the host machine , start a batch task that will look on d: e: f: .... z: for a folder 12345678 using errorcodes. When the folder is found, you have your drive and XOPY the files you need. It can be a very simple batch file that you can run in windows task scheduler every 10 minutes (or less if it is a very regular task). Use CMDow.exe to hide this batch file from the users working behind the machines. Succes! Ivo

I am testing to delete the LANG folder in I386 on a non english version OS. (XP Proff dutch). Let you know soon if everything goes well. ***UPDATE*** Still installing, almost at T-12 now and still no errors.... Thumbs up... *** Second update *** Installation finished and working so,should be N.P

dear Ohad, It is recommended that the updates are in the same language as the language of the XP version you are using. The correct switch for Media Player 10 is: "/Q:A /R:N" So that part of SVCPACK.INF must look like: As you can see, there is a hotfix witch does not require all the switches /Q/O/N/Z This is KB890830.exe /Q Furtheron, you can test all the updates bij copying your updates to c:\Test and make a batch file containing your switchlist. Make a textfile in c:\Test and rename to *.bat Edit bat file and put all your updates + proper switches in them, save and run batchfile. This way you can see if all the switches are correct and in the right order. Please test on a VM! These are all the hints i can give you, at my own unattend installation the updates are also NOT applied. I have followed the tutorial completely by the letter and have double checked every file. Still the updates are not installed. I have checked the updates and switches as described above. I am using a Windows XP proff Dutch version... Anyone idea's? Greetz Ivo

**Update** After a very long search, and the help of some collegues, i have found the answer. The new version of VM has a floppy disk image of SCSI disk drivers on their website. It is not easy to find, so here is the link: Download Succes!!

I have created my first unattended installation of XP proff, and trying to test the iso with the newest VMware. However, after starting the VM, the windows setup cannot find a hard disk in the system and aborts the setup. In VMware i can only choose a SCSI hard drive, not a IDE or SATA or anything like that. Anyone have any idea's? Thnx!