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Thank your for your replies and ideas. I tried that, but the application (nVidia graphic card configuration panel, ATI graphic card configuration panel, Dell TouchPad configuration, etc.) use .net 4 functions in their GUI's... , so you get a error if you want to start their GUI's or some functions are not usable. So I've no chance, I have to install .net 4 and then these apps, dependent of the hardware, after W7 OS base installation... like I do with other apps. (the drivers need only 5MB, but the GUI need 150MB plus .net 4...) Regards ahe

Hello, I've a problem with new hardware drivers, which use a own setup for installation on W7. For example TouchPad driver need .net 4 and a own setup.exe or a graphics driver with need a special setup too, etc. Currently I use the "old" $oem$ method with success on several different hardware types (DELL Latitude/Optiplex/Precision, HP...) During PE boot (boot by PXE no WDS) I check the hardware model, grab data about computername, partition sizes, local admin password, needed apps from the admin in a formular. After this the autounattend.xml will be filled with these data and the installation will be started with the command ..\Win7Profx86enu\setup.exe and several parameters: Script based on AutoIT, like this: . . . $rc = RunWait($pxeinstdir & "\Win7Profx86enu\setup.exe " _ & "/installfrom:" & $pxeinstdir & "\" & $wim_src_dir & "\install.wim " _ & "/m:" & $pxeinstdir & "\" & $WithApp & "\$oem$ " _ & "/noreboot " _ & "/unattend:" & $SYSPREPFile) . . . I use two different WIM files, one for 32 bit and one for 64 bit and the admin can decide, if he want to install with or without apps. After installation of W7 we install, dependent on the site/language, differnt additional apps. It's all working fine, except the special hardware drivers, which cannot be installed with the $oem$ method. My idea was to add the special drivers (model dependent) as DataImage in the autounattend.xml file, but everytime I got a error message, that "windows cannot install the data image files specified in the answer file" I created the data image as described in MS doc: "imagex /capture C:\Data\DataFiles C:\Data\MyData.wim "MyData"" A part of my XML, example Latitude E5420: <settings pass="windowsPE"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-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"> <ImageInstall> <OSImage> <InstallToAvailablePartition>false</InstallToAvailablePartition> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> <InstallTo> <PartitionID>2</PartitionID> <DiskID>0</DiskID> </InstallTo> </OSImage> <DataImage wcm:action="add"> <InstallTo> <DiskID>0</DiskID> <PartitionID>1</PartitionID> </InstallTo> <InstallFrom> <Path>H:\\Out-of-Box Drivers\X86\Latitude E5420\Special\E5420.wim</Path> </InstallFrom> <Order>1</Order> </DataImage> </ImageInstall> <UserData> <ProductKey> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> </ProductKey> <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula> <Organization>faurecia</Organization> </UserData> </component> </settings> <settings pass="offlineServicing"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsNonWinPE" 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"> <DriverPaths> <PathAndCredentials wcm:keyValue="1" wcm:action="add"> <Path>H:\\Out-of-Box Drivers\X86\Latitude E5420</Path> </PathAndCredentials> </DriverPaths> </component> </settings> Perhaps the path to the wim file is wrong or the entry is used in the wrong section of the XML or I need a additional XML (how to start it with command line?) or something else... Or someone has a idea, how to hide the automatic deletion of the "Out-of-Box Drivers" folder from drive C: after driver installation... then I can do it like I did on XP.... Regards ahe

Hi pcdreams, do you mean the Gui-VIM (GNU Vi-Editor)? In version 6.4 I see the Nullsoft Install System and find some links: http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Support http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Which_command_...gure_installers regards ahe

Hi all, I've packed the XP MUL packages with 7-zip and the installation worked fine , but when I try to embed the Office 2003 MUL packages in the same way I have the same problem as before ... I fear it is a size limitation of the unattended inst... ahe

Hello, I've made a unattended Windows XP Inst for our users and it works fine. During the installation the clients get their correct drivers and a lot of applications. We install our clients with PXE or Boot-DVD. both versions have the same directory structure: i386\$oem$\$1\ drivers (PnP-Drivers: Audio, Video, NIC, etc.) install (Office, Acrobat Reader, Virusscan, etc.) We've made a version for our german users with a localized german Windows XP and a special version with a localized english Windows XP for some special users/applications and both versions work fine! Now we plan for our spanish, french, polish, german, english users a new standard client with a multilanguage Windows XP installation. But if I integrate the Windows XP MUL packages in the $oem$\muitemp directory (start with cmdlines.txt) or in the install directory (start in the same batch as the other apps: "muiinst\muisetup.exe /i 0405 040c 0407 0415 0c0a 041b /r /s"), the installation hangs in the beginning. After the start screen of XP setup - after inspection computer - I get the message before the files copy: Windows XP requires a hard drive volume with at least 2464 megabytes of free disk space. Setup will use part of this space for storing temporary files during installation. The drive must bei on a permanently attached local hard disk supported by Windows XP, and must not be a compressed drive. Setup was unable to locate such a drive with the required amount of free space. Setup cannot continue. Press ENTER to exit. If I delete the MUL packages from the installation directories the installation work fine. And a manuel installation of the MUL packages after a complete Windows XP installation worked too. Is there any limit of the files or megabytes in the unattended installation of Windows XP or what is wrong? (my goal is to integrate the Office 2003 MUL too ... ) Thanks for your help! ahe