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Without knowing the board model, I can't get you the correct link, but try installing this: Intel Chipset driver Or you can look up your board on MSI's website to get the driver they recommend.

I haven''t but it is definately possible to do. Since this will eventually become a WinPE topic, I'll move this to that section.

This might be a tough one. I know that some manufacturer's will use the standard placing of information (DMI) however some do not. With each of these that have a tool, do they store their information in the same place? I would think maybe you can try the WMI Toolkit, but it won't show you everything by default. I've had problems viewing some areas at the base level, although I have tools that can write to that area and can read them from WinPE manually. You'll have to do some testing to figure out how to do this, such as a read Model name from DMI then check "these" settings, since each model and/or manufacturer can be putting the data in the wrong place. I do find it interesting that you wish to automate this process. My company still relies on quality checks done by a person who makes sure the BIOS settings are correct. EDIT: I forgot, there is another option. We have a couple systems (have not implemented this across the board yet) where we have a BIOS update that sets all the proper settings, and also writes some additional data into the DMI so that we can confirm it has our custom BIOS update on it and not the stock or website version.

Yes it should reinstall using the default drivers if not the ones already installed. Sorry I missed the topic desc.

Your first step, until you are familiar with the whole thing is to post in the RT7Lite thread: The rest of the Windows 7 unattend forum is for more general questions, so response to questions are taken as if you aren't using some other program.

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Problems with Optical drives usually trace back to the Mass Storage controller. You didn't post your OS so don't know if these steps are relevant. You can try go into Safe Mode and remove any ODD that shows up in Device Manager and reboot. Also try to update the Mass Storage drivers. I seem to recall that you can try removing the "IDE" controllers in Safe Mode and reboot also, but only have used that up until XP, never seen something like this in Vista or 7.

This XML seems incomplete. Have you made it in WSIM? What do you want to hide? The disk? Not sure about your other questions, so look at these and hopefully it is correct for you: AcceptEula Windows 7 Enterprise only has 1 edition on it (or at least mine does) so you just need to have the proper architecture specified in your answer file, and also put your install key into UserData. ProductKey

Why would you not want to create a user account? I believe you need one. As far as updates go... <ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC> ProtectYourPC

Why do you need the Administrator account? I usually just create 2 accounts (if needed) with 1 local admin account (at least) and 1 local user account, then login with whatever. I ask this of clients too that want to use the Administrator (built-in) account, what do you need it for? And usually no one can give a reason for it.

Is there a reason why you need the driver installed first? Is something not working properly after Windows Update installs the correct driver?

use IcemanND's guide to learn to create a WinPE CD:

Actually, I'd use the forum a lot on that part. I've never tried to do an unattend and join a PC to a domain, so I have little knowledge on that entire process and how to fix it. I just read other users posts and try to figure something out based on them.

You should be fine to block this port on the firewall, as it has some known exploits attached to it, such as DDoS and remote code execution attacks. I found this on another site, but won't link to it because of some page content. This will at least tell you what is using that port and lead you on a path to see whether or not this is causing a problem on your system.

I know what you are saying now. let me use an example from my system. In my Start Menu, Windows Update shows up, and the properties say the shortcut exists in the path you posted about. However, in that folder (from explorer) that shortcut does not exist. There are file links between files in some folders, so they actually live somewhere else. Here are some possible locations: C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu Instead of Roaming, there may be a Local folder. My PC does not have a Windows folder in Local. Go to C:\Users\Default\AppData to see what you have. The Public folder does not have an AppData folder, or at least (again) my PC doesn't.

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The 2010 dates are normal. You can ignore those. The problem appears to be that your domain join fails, yet the OS still attempts to log in. 2011-06-17 10:43:42, Error [DJOIN.EXE] Unattended Join: NetJoinDomain failed error code is [2691] 2011-06-17 10:43:42, Error [DJOIN.EXE] Unattended Join: Unable to join; gdwError = 0xa83 The fact you have a .\ means it is not liking the domain name you have specified? Have you tried specifying the short domain name instead of the fully qualified domain name? Also a usage recommendation... you should have an account created in AD that is used for joining computers to the domain, rather than actually using the main domain admin account. Anywawys, Windows is trying to log into the local Administrator account, but that account is disabled. I also see that OOBE does not see an OOBE pass, and that you are not creating a local user account! I wouldn't think you could log into a system that (technically) has no accounts. You should create at least one local account to be added into the Administrators group, even if you never actually use it. Your generated Unattend also is showing this: <JoinWorkgroup>WORKGROUP</JoinWorkgroup> So let's try to figure out why your system can't join the domain. Can you confirm that the system has an IP address at the time it attempts to join the domain? If you are not certain, you should be able to check your DHCP server for an IP lease. EDIT: the "NetJoinDomain failed error code is [2691]" error in the log means the client could not reach the DC.

Also, what does this server actually do? Is it slow to the clients, or actually at the console itself? Are you using a RAID, if so does its diagnositcs software say it is healthy?

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Yeah I had called Realtek once before regarding a NIC issue. They don't really have the software or drivers for specific (actual) boards like you'd think they would. I had managed to get a NIC ROM from their engineering department, but it didn't work out exactly as you'd expect, since the stuff they have are specific only to their chips. So it doesn't take into account for HOW their chips are being used in whatever piece of hardware you are using. In the end, its always best to go to the board manufacturer to (hopefully) solve whatever the issue is, rather than going directly to Realtek.

What is your network setup like? Do you have an IP address on your wireless nic?

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I am not aware of a way to do that.