Ms Hotfix Combination Mode Not Working

[Carlos]

Hi all,

I tried and tried installing according to ms hotfix combination mode, but the os allways locks the boot screen on the first post install boot.

Setuperr.log only starts to fill on the very last run of the progress bar and according to it, setup can't find the appropriate catalogs, so booting the os fails, but all the files were installed.

I've run out of clues. Can someone help me on this?

I've yet to try any of the methods described here, hopefully ms knows something about installing it's oses and it's me who's missing something?

While at it, if someone could explain me why the screen resolution, network components and "optional" components settings are ignored by setup (doesn't matter wheter there's "", spaces or whatever), I'll would also be grateful - screen resolution always gets set to the monitor default (1280x1024), which sucks on a crt, network always tries to install the default components (tcp, qos, msnet) and the optional components are also all instaled, always.

these are my svcpack.inf and unattend.txt/winnt.sif (I'll save you dosnet.inf, but there's nothing wrong with it, all entries are there, I'm absolutly sure) - the install switches were taken from the installers with /? and qchain isn't needed with this setup.

[Version]

Signature = $Windows NT$

[setupData]

CatalogSubDir = i386\svcpack

[ProductCatalogsToInstall]

Q322011.cat

Q327979.cat

q329256.cat

Q329692.cat

q330994.cat

Q810032.cat

Q810272.cat

Q811114.cat

q812415.cat

Q814995.cat

Q815485.cat

KB817778.cat

Q819696.cat

KB820291.cat

KB821253.cat

KB822603.cat

kb823182.cat

KB824105.cat

kb826939.cat

kb824141.cat

kb825119.cat

kb828035.cat

kb829558.cat

q828750.cat

q818857.cat

scripptg.cat

[setupHotfixesToRun]

Q322011.exe /q /n /z

Q327979.exe /q /n /z

q329256.exe /q /n /z

Q329692.exe /q /n /z

q330994.exe /q

Q810032.EXE /q /n /z

Q810272.EXE /q /n /z

Q811114.exe /q /n /z

q812415.exe /q /n /z

Q814995.EXE /q /n /z

Q815485.EXE /q /n /z

KB817778.exe /q /n /z

Q819696.exe /q /n /z

KB820291.exe /q /n /z

KB821253.exe /q /n /z

KB822603.exe /q /n /z

kb823182.exe /q /n /z

KB824105.exe /q /n /z

kb826939.exe /quiet /n /norestart

kb824141.exe /quiet /n /norestart

kb825119.exe /q /n /z

kb828035.exe /quiet /n /norestart

kb829558.exe /quiet /n /norestart

q828750.exe /q

q818857.exe /q

scripptg.exe /q

unattend.txt:

;SetupMgrTag

[Data]

MsDosInitiated=0

UnattendedInstall=Yes

[unattended]

UnattendMode=ProvideDefault

OemPreinstall=No

OemSkipEula=Yes

TargetPath="XP"

UnattendSwitch=Yes

WaitForReboot=No

[GuiUnattended]

AdminPassword="..."

EncryptedAdminPassword=No

OEMSkipRegional=0

OemSkipWelcome=1

ProfilesDir="h:\"

TimeZone=85

[userData]

ProductKey="..."

FullName="..."

OrgName=""

ComputerName="..."

[Components]

AccessOpt="Off"

AutoUpdate="Off"

Clipbook="Off"

Deskpaper="Off"

Dialer="Off"

Hypertrm="Off"

Iis_webadmin="Off"

Media_clips="Off"

;Media_utopia="On"

Mplay="Off"

Msnexplr="Off"

Mswordpad="Off"

Netoc="Off"

Objectpkg="Off"

Paint="Off"

Pinball="Off"

Rec="Off"

Templates="Off"

WMAccess="Off"

Zonegames="Off"

[Display]

BitsPerPel="32"

Xresolution="1152"

YResolution="864"

Vrefresh="85"

[RegionalSettings]

LanguageGroup=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17

[branding]

BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

Home_Page="about:blank"

[Proxy]

[FavoritesEx]

[identification]

[Networking]

InstallDefaultComponents=No

[NetAdapters]

[NetClients]

[NetProtocols]

[NetServices]

[PCHealth]

ER_Display_UI=1

ER_Enable_Reporting=0

RA_AllowToGetHelp=0

Thx,

Carlos

[RyanVM]

The only useful comment I can make is that you can't install 817778 during anytime other than during the RunOnce part of setup. It relies on the windows shell running.

[GreenMachine]

I would like to see this:

[Version] 
Signature="$Windows NT$" 
MajorVersion=5 
MinorVersion=1 
BuildNumber=2600

[Carlos]

RyanVM: I had yet to try installing q817778 along with Windows, thanx for the reminder anyway.

GreenMachine: I'll try your suggestion, thanx.

See ya,

Carlos

[Carlos]

Ok, it worked!

Now, I just have to find why setup won't install my components, display and networking settings.

Carlos