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I can certainly download it, but why bother running it? Alas, why write a program that just deletes autorun.inf when I can do it using the Delete key?

Here's a question I've been wondering about but haven't really cared about finding out the answer. So I'll throw it in here and see what you guys think. I have an answer file that creates 1 or 2 accounts during the oobe phase, it also sets a logon count for one of them. One complaint I hear about is that the Password will expire on any of the accounts after a certain amount of time. This can be fixed manually by checking the Password never expires box on the Account Properties, but how can this be done with the answer file?

Not all Win7 DVDs will have all the versions inside the INSTALL.WIM. You can run IMAGEX /INFO on it it see what you have available to you. This is only for WSIM to know where the CLG file is that you build the XML with. It is not used by setup. Also, setting flags isn't going to mean anything for what you are doing, so you can omit that step alltogether. The only programs I've seen make use of the metadata set by flags is by the RECENV.EXE that is part of Windows RE. This is likely why it was removed from the Windows 7 documentation (although Imagex won't error if you use it). Also the method to create a recovery partition in Vista was more "manual" than in Windows 7. In Windows 7, you don't even need to use /flags anymore when creating a recovery partition. Createa a Windows Image for Multiple Architecture Types

The term "shareware" has gone by the wayside. Shareware was the idea that you could have a disk (or CD) and install the programs, then give it to a buddy to do the same. The correct term to look for is "trial" software, although some software will have a "limited" or "lite" version.

Surely, Server Core does not support audio. See the following: General Development Considerations for Server Core

Jcarle has a tool you might like then! http://www.msfn.org/board/forum/147-windows-updates-downloader/

But windows backup will make "normal" .vhd files and NOT .wim ones, AFAIK. Question is seemingly about .wim images jaclaz In Backup and Restore, on the left there are two options: - Create a system image - Create a system repair disc The System Repair Disc requires a Windows DVD to read from first in order to create. The "System Image" is indeed a WIM file. I had used this once, but never tested the ability to use this WIM with Windows Backup and Restore on other systems. I'll do a test real quick to confirm if it is a WIM or not. Edit: Jaclaz is right, it makes a VHD. I don't know where I figured it made a WIM, but either way a DVD can still be made.

Does the Windows 7 that is installed work? As far as getting new media, only the recovery partition could make the DVDs. However, you might be able to purchase the DVDs from Toshiba. Otherwise you can try the Microsoft method: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326246

WinRE should just give you the binaries to run RECENV.EXE. I haven't tried that package so I'm not sure.

Did you get the recovery DVD with it?

Wouldn't it be easier to join one of the existing projects and help them complete those goals?

Are there no silent install switches for this program? Can you open the "Set-up.exe" with WinRar to find the real installer?

The situation you are running into is hardly rare. In my last company and my current company I always have to tell our techs that if an image fails, try it again. If it fails again then there is something wrong with the system. This is because the images (and boot environments) are known to work across multiple hardware platforms. If the problem is persistant, get that PC into repair to find out what is wrong and get it fixed.

Windows 98 isn't dead by a long shot. The reason you have been finding these problems is because you are trying to use Windows 98 like you would a current OS. What you need to do is find a use for 98 instead. For example, it is still perfectly fine for my purposes: - media server for the lan (I'm in process of moving this role to another PC) - MAME - Quake 3 Dedicated Server I do not try to use it as an every day system, I have Windows 7 for that, and before that it was XP. As soon as my Win98 became my secondary computer, it became more of an appliance for me, and it has worked out fine for that. I did use it as my backup system (I've even had to use it to post here when my PC was dead) prior to me getting a netbook.

OP can use Windows Backup, which is designed for this function. It doesn't matter that there are programs installed elsewhere, or how you manage their backup strategy. The use of Windows Backup is hinted to in the What Is Windows RE? article on Technet. I have seen the automatic prompting of using a recovery image after running WinRE, but never made it do that on purpose.

This type of install will creates an ini file in the Temp folder, which it uses as its answer file. It makes it based on the choices you make in the GUI. I didn't see any other switches that let you provide an answer file, also not even the /Chrome one you mention. The main setup uses something called "SFXSTUB" while looks to just do an extract, however the files it extracts doesn't have a normal .exe from what I can see.

I'll check it out again this weekend. I totally forgot about winipcfg!

Oh yeah, definately didn't think about if you are trying to script concurrent installs or not. All my installers will use RunWait() and rarely have to script any waiting like Iamtheky recommends.

Well first, you'd need to research what kind of installers you are using. Also, you can check any logs in the Windows folder, you may find something there.

I did a test install that did not install chrome, however GoogleUpdate.exe did appear in Task Manager but this system did not have access to the internet. setup_av_free.exe /silent /oem Available switches: /silent /verysilent /oem /msi /autorun I didn't try /msi or /autorun to see what that did.

Enable logging on those installs if possible. Also you can write to a log file or the Application Event Log with AutoIT as well.

I understand that idea, but I hadn't restarted into DOS mode or anything, just opened "command" from the run box.

I am actually surprised with the low minimum requirements of Deus Ex Human Revolution...

Also, if you search for 'recovery' in either the Unattended XP or Vista forums you will find a bunch of topics about this already.