Tripredacus

What is your OS?

Imagex is deprecated in ADK. Those instructions are not for WinPE 4. And normally you would need to commit the changes afterwards. Its strange there is no instructions to unmount the image.

<!--This answer file generated by RT Seven Lite--> I'll hope that this was edited? You should not have empty elements. <UserAccounts> <LocalAccounts /> <AdministratorPassword> <Value /> </AdministratorPassword> </UserAccounts> <AutoLogon> <Password> <Value /> </Password> Also, why do you specify BOTH the Image Name and the Install Key? You don't need both, pick one or the other.

Have you thought of upgrading to Windows 7 x64? I had always found XP x64 to be used only as needed. I also remember some incompatibilities with it.

I think I liked the Vista wallpaper the best.

What is the Hardware ID of the device? You can find this on the Details tab in the Properties in Device Manager. It is possible that you can find a Vista or Windows 7 driver for it from another provider, or even in DriverPacks.net.

I still think the client PC needs more memory, but your suggestion might work. I've never used that setting and I don't know if it can be used without increasing client memory.

You have Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup in there twice. Check your answer file in WSIM for any other possible issues.

Is it a SATA or PATA drive? Are you using RAID?

In the future, if you posted your thread in the wrong section, ask a moderator to move it instead of creating a new thread. When you are in Audit Mode, you have to close the Sysprep window, then run sysprep from the cmdline using the /unattend switch. Preferably, your XML file should not have any WinPE passes in it.

I am looking at my HTA (see signature) which does not have a working progress bar... BUT it does go away after its work is done. I'm no master of VBScript, but I notice a difference between it and yours. Your progress routine doesn't have any exit command. For example: Sub objWIM_Progress(Percent,TimeRemaining) On Error Resume Next objShell.Popup Percent, 1, "Title", -1 If Percent = 100 Then progress.innerHTML = "<table border='0'><tr><td>Percents completed: </td><td>100 % </tr><tr><td>Time remaining: </td><td>0 min 0 sec</td></tr></table>" Exit Sub Else Call ProgressHelper(Percent,TimeRemaining) End If See that Exit Sub part in there.

Is there anything recorded in Event Viewer? Are you able to post your VBS?

Well I'd go with what works... but... I recommend you put your XP files on a network share. That way you don't need to worry about UFDs either.

My guess is that they wanted to streamline all their products across the line, and there is already some confusion about RT and Desktop (such as people saying they will be buying a Surface and put an i5 into it).... So I am going to guess they got rid of Aero to save on GPU power usage... which is a consideration for battery life in the portable devices.

With my deployment app, I simply show an HTA during the install process to alert users that the installer is running. That way you don't have to worry about calculating times, etc. Also you need to watch out for installers that spawn msiexec.exe, since that can stay open in the background for 10 minutes.

The UUID of the motherboard can be used.

Look at this thread, starting with this post: You can add things to "DEFAULT" user account, if you need to load the "HKCU" you'll find that in NTUSER.DAT in the Users\Default folder.

I reported this in the Dev Preview, but even in RTM it doesn't seem possible to search File Contents using Explorer. In Windows 7, if search couldn't find what you were looking for, an option to search in File Contents. Windows 8 explorer doesn't even have any options, let alone this. So as an example, if I have a folder full of INFs, searching for a Hardware ID just shows zero results. Don't tell me I have to copy this folder to another OS just to find the file I need!

Wow! What are you putting in your boot.wim to make it so large? Also, the boot.wim size is directly related to the amount of RAM in the system. A 600MB boot.wim may require at least 2GB RAM on the client, although that is just a guess.

Are you using your pre-existing Windows 7 account when booting into Windows 8? Have you tried testing with a new user account?

I totally agree with that. If I were you (Tihiy) I would use a login system instead of serial keys... That way you would allow use on multiple machine and monitor how many are running using that account. ...Every program is crackable, no matter how many protection/obfuscation techniques you use there will always be someone to bypass them you know, there's a great chance that those people who want to use your product on multiple machine but can't without purchasing a new license will just download a cracked version somewhere... Just saying Man you guys are the RUDEST EVER... Just saying ... We can use this opportunity to make a suggestion.... such as offering a Site-License for the final product.

i can install 64bit by booting but will be clean install not upgrade. Are you sure it is actually a 64bit install disc? Have you tested on a VM or something? I'm finding that some people have gotten a 32bit ISO from Anytime Upgrade so you should verify that for one.

It comes down from the top that it would be preferrable for Windows 8 in Audit Mode to not have the Sysprep box on the screen. This is because I use a program that ends up sysprepping the machine instead and the techs have been using the sysprep box for years and might just forget to run the program. I was able to accomplish this by mounting NTUSER.DAT from the Administrator account and add: taskkill /im sysprep.exe To the RUN key. But I am wondering if this is the best way to do this? Is it possible to find out what makes sysprep.exe run automatically in Audit Mode? Has anyone figured it out?

I'm confused by your posts... Do you get the 0x7B when booting the UDB key or does the OS install and you get the 0x7B when booting the OS? I can't be both (since if the USB key gets the error you couldn't possibly install the OS) but you posted this: Knowing exactly when you get this error will help determine where your actual problem is.

I didn't see it mentioned, but can this notebook boot any other CD?