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Know it's been a while if silently installing latest ver 3.51 the ini method works best. Change your ini file to fpp3.ini

@rado Thanks again for your very fast addons.

& Welcome You should read further in the thread to find a pdf of the guide made by another member.

Yeah thanks Home Premium.

I'm in the midst of unattending my families new laptops that came with Home Premium. They both need updating. I have used my Ultimate xml as a base & it has worked well except for admin account status & firstlogon.cmd won't play? Is this typical of HP or is there something I may be missing?? Any pointers appreciated guys...

It's worth a try you could write to your Computer manufacturer & request a copy of Windows on dvd, some will come to the party. Especially if you mention you are very pleased with their product & will most likely purchase again in the near future.

I do agree something that was not overcome since Vistas inception I'm now to believe. Like McoreD I have used every combination available in the passes to get the Au to work. Always falls back to en-US.

A mastered Vista UA xml will work well with only minor changes to work in 7.

As mentioned you must save & unmount using the following or similar. imagex /unmount /commit H:\Unattended\Vista\Mount

I have also tried that in all available passes however always defaults to en-US? Hope you track that one down.

I have a VLited reduced installation & won't update to Sp2 is what i meant.

It's a real pain in the a** you cannot even update to sp2 live in Vista sp1 with a Vlited installation. There must be a workaround....

Please be patient man sometimes these posts don't get attention for days..& we ain't all UA experts. The amount of variables in the wsim is endless & you can accomplish most you need to. Try going through the help files whilst verifying your xml in the wsim. Good luck with it.

@ Rado thanks for your very fast releases. Always appreciated.

Did it occur to you maybe that no one here has attempted to integrate IE8 to their source as yet.

Have you tried to silently install AVG in a live windows sp3? If so it does install without error?

I use most of those tweaks also & work UA no problem. Maybe instead installing through your seperate batch file "Run.cmd" maybe install it directly by the "FirstLogonCommands" eg: I just sfx my reg file to silently install & no problems.

Just a quick Q for you..does your reg tweaks work as expected by simply merging the file live in windows? If not what tweaks work/don't work for you?

@Max Had a play with the beta unattended just used a hacked vista xml & seemed to work well. Didn't know about the new waik though.

Yes the Vista answer file "Autounattend.xml" all necessary user data & unattended info can be placed in there.

Using Martin's guide with a Gold ed or sp1 makes no difference Vista still works unattended the same including installing your apps. Heck I'm using the same xml as did from Vistas existence. As far as Vista not being popular in unattended that's not true...anything you think of unattended can be done in Vista. You need to do more searching & much testing. All the best with it.

Totally agree with Kel above don't mess with other peoples suspect crap on the net. Search around here or driverpack.net for a great list of ready drivers suitable for Vista wim integration.

No problem man, were all looking for ways to simplify our Vista UA installs, you can slim down the SoftwareDistribution folder in your mounted wim to the necessary files only. All the best with it.

You could also incorporate it into a cleanup file following your app. installs.

How about showing a little more respect in your posting...I don't see any others offering advice do you??