I followed FireGeier's instructions to make Autounattended.xml with automated application installations. I have Vista SP1 (6001.18000.080118) and WAIK 6001.18000 as well.

At the point where those applications' installations should start I get error message telling me about some unexpected error (It doesn't give any kind of an error code). Any tricks / ideas?

Maybe you're missing a " somewhere in your RunSync commands.

When all else fails, i'd start testing by adding one application at a time to see which app is giving you this error.

You can also post your autounattend.xml here (remove the key!) so that we can see what might be wrong with it.

This is my Autounattend.xml i'm trying to use...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
  <settings pass="windowsPE">
	<component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
	  <SetupUILanguage>
		<UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
	  </SetupUILanguage>
	  <InputLocale>0000042a</InputLocale>
	  <UserLocale>fi-FI</UserLocale>
	  <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
	  <SystemLocale>fi-FI</SystemLocale>
	</component>
	<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
	  <UserData>
		<ProductKey>
		  <Key>(removed)</Key>
		  <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
		</ProductKey>
		<FullName>tk</FullName>
		<AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
	  </UserData>
	  <ImageInstall>
		<OSImage>
		  <InstallFrom>
			<MetaData action="add">
			  <Key>/IMAGE/NAME</Key>
			  <Value>Windows Vista (vLite) HOMEPREMIUM</Value>
			</MetaData>
		  </InstallFrom>
		  <InstallToAvailablePartition>false</InstallToAvailablePartition>
		  <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
		</OSImage>
	  </ImageInstall>
	</component>
  </settings>
  <settings pass="oobeSystem">
	<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
	  <OOBE>
		<HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
		<NetworkLocation>Home</NetworkLocation>
		<ProtectYourPC>1</ProtectYourPC>
	  </OOBE>
	  <TimeZone>FLE Standard Time</TimeZone>
	</component>
  </settings>
   <settings pass="auditUser">
		<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
			<RunSynchronous>
				<RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
					<Order>1</Order>
					<Path>cmd /c %AppsRoot%\Install\AVG\avg75free.exe /HIDE /DONT_START_APPS /NO_WELCOME /NO_AVGW_STARTUP /QUIT_IF_INSTALLED</Path>
					<Description>AVG</Description>
				</RunSynchronousCommand>
		<RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
					<Order>2</Order>
					<Path>cmd /c %AppsRoot%\Install\ASIO4ALL_2_8_English.exe /S /NCRC</Path>
					<Description>ASIO4ALL</Description>
				</RunSynchronousCommand>
				<RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
					<Order>3</Order>
					<Path>cmd /c REGEDIT /S %AppsRoot%\Install\regtweax.reg</Path>
					<Description>Registry tweaks</Description>
				</RunSynchronousCommand>
			</RunSynchronous>
		</component>
	</settings>
  <settings pass="specialize">
	<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
	  <ComputerName>teemue-PC</ComputerName>
	</component>
	<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-Licensing-SLC-UX" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
	  <SkipAutoActivation>true</SkipAutoActivation>
	</component>
	 <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
			<RunSynchronous>
				<RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
					<Order>1</Order>
					<Path>cmd /c "FOR %i IN (C D E F G H I J K L N M O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) DO IF EXIST %i:\AppsRoot.txt SETX AppsRoot %i: -m"</Path>
				</RunSynchronousCommand>
				<RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
					<Order>2</Order>
					<Path>%WINDIR%\system32\sysprep\sysprep.exe /quiet /audit</Path>
				</RunSynchronousCommand>
			</RunSynchronous>
		</component>
  </settings>
  <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:D:/uusvdvd/sources/install.wim#Windows Vista (vLite) HOMEPREMIUM" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>

Edited March 23, 200818 yr by teemue