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OK so obviously these are the boot images. What is the error you are getting?

I compared your XML to my working Vista unattend I used on WDS and found you do not have a WindowsDeploymentServices object. Info here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722103%28WS.10%29.aspx See my Vista XML I attached. Unattend.xml

Did you look at the Application Event Log as stated in the error? You usually get this message if you are missing a VCRedist.

Its easier to create your install DVD without an unattend file in it. Then if you want to run it unattended, you put your XML file on a USB key and insert it before booting off the DVD. If you don't want it to be unattended, don't insert the USB key. I think you could use a floppy disk too, not sure.

I have no idea what happened to the poll.

I don't see how this is news. Even the link says April...

When capturing a sysprepped Win7 image, I only capture the volume the OS is on. I do not capture the system reserved partition. It should work that way, even if you do not create the system reserved partition. I'm not really sure because all my images have WinRE partition in them. You should run bcdboot regardless.

You might need to run Outlook as elevated. I researched this error and it appears when Outlook can't do something its trying to do, similar to an access denied, port not open, etc.

Well not seeing a picture, but here are my questions: 1. How much RAM on the Technician PC? 2. What is the file size of the WIM? 3. What compression type did you use when creating the WIM?

Your local spellchecker here for you! On page 13, your 2 partition diskpart script, you have the second partition (the one with E: ) to get drive label="CDRIVE" the same as the first partition which actually is the C drive! However as an alternate script to deal with the CD-ROM drive letter being there, you could also do this: sel vol d assign letter=e As with deploying a stored Windows 7 image, you do not need to give the system reserved a drive letter. Since a Windows 7 WIM is stored sysprepped, it will automatically take care of the System Reserved partition on reboot. So a good scenario to redeploy a Windows 7 image would be to NOT assign a letter to the system reserved partition, and make the OS volume get the C drive. Also, the OS volume should be active, not the system reserved partition. But obviously your example will put a System Reserved partition and the rest of the drive a Logical Volume... Can Windows boot from a Logical Volume? Here is my (modified) Windows 7 example: sel disk 0 clean create part pri size=5000 format fs=ntfs quick label="system" create part pri sel part 2 active format fs=ntfs quick label="OS" assign letter=c exit A couple notes. After creating the first partition, you do not need to do "SEL PART 1" because it will be selected automatically. This is only for the first partition. If you do a LIST PART after creating the partition, you can see it is going to be selected already.

Nero doesn't make a shortcut either... You can create shortcuts in C:\Users\Public\Desktop for them to appear after setup.

.NET Framework support is not included in WinPE by default. There have been some projects that have gotten it to work, notably:

I'm sure if you validated your XML in WSIM you would have an error. This for example: <ProductKey> <WillShowUI>Never</WillShowUI> <Key>xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx </ProductKey> However, this might be because you copypasta your XML into the post. You should attach your XML to your post sans product key.

That's usually normal for an on-board graphics chipset to do. It doesn't always work but its supposed to. Does your AGP card only have 1 video out?

Yes that is the correct link.

So what error(s) are you getting?

Your English isn't so bad. I've seen worse even from people where English is their primary language!

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At first thought, I would want to do this, since I'm already deploying both. Then again maybe not because I bet this covers the info on Technet, which is totally different than what I do.

I don't think CS4 makes a shortcut on the desktop by default. I've installed it twice and did not get icons. You should look to see if there are any switches, or if you can define a custom ISS (if IS) to get icons to show up.

In the future, remember to attach your unattend.xml instead of copypasta from IE. What option did you choose to attach the XML file to? I don't think this XML will work if attached to the install image.

It is definately possible, but all the things you listed are possible to do with the unattend file.

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