PC shuts down during silent install

[ginocyber]

Hi everyone,

does anyone know how I can disable power & hibernate & sleep modes during a silent install?

For some reason, all my pc's are turning off about 20 minutes into the install.

Thanks

[anyweb]

very odd !

are they plugged in when installing ? what hardware are they ? how are you installing ?

[ginocyber]

Monitor is plugged in via dvd and mouse/kybd are plugged in via usb.

I am putting vista & its xml file onto a bootable dvd and installing it that way.

I just re-did my xml file which now excludes the section:

<RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">

<Order>2</Order>

<Path>%WINDIR%\system32\sysprep\sysprep.exe /quiet /audit</Path>

</RunSynchronousCommand>

This fixed the problem but now, the next section, which is to install the apps never got invoked.

[bobthenob]

hi i had this problem its somthing to do with sysprep

if you read this post ive added my xml and reg tweaks

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=129090

[ginocyber]

Thanks Bob!!!

Got it all sorted now.

[ginocyber]

Me again.

Would you know how to make Vista install itself on any size hard drive?

So far, I can make wipe out all partitions, create 1 partition, & install vista on it but I need to enter the hard drive capacity for this to work.

This method for me will not work if I have systems with different hard drive capacities.

Here's what I use so far for a hard drive that has 149GB:

<InstallToAvailablePartition>false</InstallToAvailablePartition>

<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>

<InstallTo>

<DiskID>0</DiskID>

<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>

</InstallTo>

</OSImage>

</ImageInstall>

<DiskConfiguration>

<Disk wcm:action="add">

<CreatePartitions>

<CreatePartition wcm:action="add">

<Order>1</Order>

<Size>149000</Size>

<Type>Primary</Type>

</CreatePartition>

</CreatePartitions>

<ModifyPartitions>

<ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">

<Active>true</Active>

<Extend>false</Extend>

<Format>NTFS</Format>

<Label>Vista</Label>

<Letter>C</Letter>

<Order>1</Order>

<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>

</ModifyPartition>

</ModifyPartitions>

<DiskID>0</DiskID>

<WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>

</Disk>

</DiskConfiguration>