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Since not all users see this I wonder about something. Are your AD profiles set to store display setting data? Do these users get the Classic or XP style when they log into an XP machine? Have you determined if these working users never log into an XP machine? See where I'm getting to?

Of course, I was expanding the topic a little. And I see you caught my typo IDK about that post on reboot.pro... I already ready from WMI in WinPE, but didn't know if it knew what a battery was. I'll have to test some to see if I can get some of the values that GSM posted.

USB Root Hub 3:07 - 3:12 (5 minutes) >>> [Setup online Device Install (Hardware initiated) - usb\root_hub20\4&133b7487&0] >>> Section start 2011/08/24 03:07:27.506 dvi: Searching for hardware ID(s): dvi: usb\root_hub20&vid8086&pid1c2d&rev0005 dvi: usb\root_hub20&vid8086&pid1c2d dvi: usb\root_hub20 dvi: HardwareID - USB\ROOT_HUB20 dvi: InfName - C:\windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\usbport.inf_x86_neutral_f9abf85fd00186bd\usbport.inf ump: Server install process exited with code 0x000005b4 03:12:34.920 <<< Section end 2011/08/24 03:12:34.920 <<< [Exit status: FAILURE(0x000005b4)] Numeric Data Processor 3:07 - ( minutes) >>> [Setup online Device Install (Hardware initiated) - acpi\pnp0c04\4&e214901&0] >>> Section start 2011/08/24 03:07:35.212 dvi: HardwareID - *PNP0C04 ndv: Waiting for previous device install to complete. 03:07:35.586 ndv: Waiting for previous device install to complete. 03:08:35.600 ndv: Waiting for previous device install to complete. 03:09:35.613 ndv: Waiting for previous device install to complete. 03:10:35.626 ndv: Waiting for previous device install to complete. 03:11:35.640 ndv: Waiting for previous device install to complete. 03:12:35.653 ndv: Waiting for previous device install to complete. 03:13:35.666 ndv: Waiting for previous device install to complete. 03:14:35.680 ndv: Waiting for previous device install to complete. 03:15:35.693 ndv: Waiting for previous device install to complete. 03:16:35.706 ndv: Waiting for previous device install to complete. 03:17:35.720 ndv: Waiting for previous device install to complete. 03:18:35.733 ndv: Waiting for previous device install to complete. 03:19:35.746 ndv: Waiting for previous device install to complete. 03:20:35.759 ndv: Waiting for previous device install to complete. 03:21:35.773 ndv: Waiting for previous device install to complete. 03:22:35.786 ndv: Waiting for previous device install to complete. 03:23:35.799 ndv: Waiting for previous device install to complete. 03:24:35.813 ndv: Waiting for previous device install to complete. 03:25:35.826 ndv: Waiting for previous device install to complete. 03:26:35.839 ndv: Waiting for previous device install to complete. 03:27:35.853 ndv: Waiting for previous device install to complete. 03:28:35.866 ndv: Waiting for previous device install to complete. 03:29:35.879 ndv: Waiting for previous device install to complete. 03:30:35.892 ndv: Waiting for previous device install to complete. 03:31:35.906 ndv: Waiting for previous device install to complete. 03:32:35.919 ndv: Waiting for previous device install to complete. 03:33:35.932 ndv: Waiting for previous device install to complete. 03:34:35.946 ndv: Waiting for previous device install to complete. 03:35:35.959 ndv: Waiting for previous device install to complete. 03:36:35.972 ndv: Waiting for previous device install to complete. 03:37:35.986 ump: Server install process exited with code 0x000005b4 03:42:40.763 <<< Section end 2011/08/24 03:42:40.763 <<< [Exit status: FAILURE(0x000005b4)] There are a bunch of other "waiting for previous device install to complete" messages for other drivers, such as: Quite a few have that failure message as well. Setup.app.log doesn't show anything interesting. See attachment for full setupapi.dev.log (rar) setupapi.dev.rar

WHICH WinPE? jaclaz I wasn't specifically referring to the OP, but to As for WinPE, I'm thinking Win PE 3.0 x64.

I knew I was forgetting something. I'll have to shelve this project for now since they shipped the unit... I'll try to get a recreation done at another location, might take a few days tho.

Will WMI still detect a battery if it is not present in the system? We do not put batteries in until much later. Also, do you expect that WMI can find a battery from a WinPE?

I should have noticed where you were creating that .ini file. You didn't post the OS of the client. Vista, 7 and 2008 regard the root of the volume to be protected. As expected you seem to have run into a permissions issue. The reason why you didn't get any MsgBox about it may be due to what Local account VS was using to create the file.

Yes you can disable Driver Signature Enforcement. I have two notebooks that the "unsigned driver" screen comes up in 32bit. In 64bit the device does not even install, but we can't disable that option for our installs. So there is some manual steps for the techs to do for those two systems.

In your .cmd that launches in Audit Mode to run sysprep, just have it kill sysprep.exe process first before doing anything else.

Also, Outlook Express has been replaced by Windows Live Mail.

We're testing out a new bare-bone AIO PC that has an Intel DH61AG motherboard in it. After deploying Windows 7 Professional SP1 x86 on it, and during first boot, it was taking an extremely long time to install devices. The system seems fine otherwise, and the first boot after sysprep is normal. No drivers are missing in Device Manager either. I have confirmed the slowness in the setupact.log (snippet) Windeploy log from setupact.log in UnattendGC folder: There are no other logs for the relevant timeframe of 2011-08-24 03:07 to 06:18. Note: Date and time is incorrect due to the BIOS not being updated yet. And as such, this is a known working image on other hardware.

Ah, well there are (were) a bunch of different ways to run Quake in Win98. Besides WinQuake, GLQuake, (or the DOS version) and I'm thinking there was a Quake98 also.

I detect notebooks via checking the Model (or Manufacturer) in WMI, then compare against a list of supported model numbers in a text file that is on the server. If the model matches up (at this point it doesn't matter if its a notebook or desktop) it runs the appropriate commands for that model.

Well I see you are booting into Audit Mode, then running a command that syspreps the system... but I have some questions regarding this process. 1. Are you manually doing anything with the system? 2. Your batch file doesn't kill the existing sysprep.exe that would be already running in Audit Mode. I'd recommend using naming your unattend.xml as autounattend.xml. Also you have some extra info you don't need to have in there, such as the Specialize pass, those settings would be better off in your custom.xml. And you don't need to specify AutoLogon for the built-in Administrator for Audit Mode. Based on your custom.xml, I can't see why you'd expect to NOT get the Windows Welcome pages. OOBE wants to create an account and you aren't creating one with the XML.

You can try to "get out" of the window by using ALT+ENTER which I "believe" will change Quake into Windowed mode. You can try ALT+F4. As far as your specs (and even QuakeWorld) I don't have any experience in that. I had only used GL WinQuake with the 3dfx patch. I haven't played it since those good old days, except for running it on a Notebook to test a specific Open GL version on Vista.

The only times I have see a CD drive show up in Windows but not in the BIOS is when RAID is enabled on the board.

I would just hide the update so it doesn't show. The only time I update drivers is if there is a specific reason for me to do so, such as a game needs something or I am having problems related to video. I never update just because one shows up in WU or a new version comes out. Some people do, however but I don't know the reason for it.

Yes. I was copying commands from my own installer scripts and changing their specific names. My installers always sit in C:\temp (a folder that by default does not exist) so I can delete it later.

Does this mean that you were caught committing an "actual crime" in the past? jaclaz Yes well it was more of a "why are you using that?" and "you need to start using this instead"

Sysprep makes a copy of your answer file and names it "unattend.xml" which it uses as a log file. This is why you see "wasProcessed" and "Sensitive Data Deleted" values in it. What is in your Generalize pass? Did you try an XML without a generalize pass in it?

This "last line" is only for WSIM, since it will end up giving you an error. But if you aren't using WSIM to edit it, it shouldn't matter. All of my answer files (win 7 and 2008) have this: <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="catalog:d:/sources/install_windows vista business.clg" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />

Merge to form....

Are you running QuakeWorld? I was surprised to learn that there are still servers up for that game.

Aside from the fact that nLite isn't allowed to be used for business use... Why not just use the answer file to not install the different packages?

So you can't boot of the drive, did you try both a CD and a DVD?