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Hi,

I've prepared a DVD with an Unatended Windows 7 32-bits and it works like a charm.

I plane today starting a new Unatended Windows 7 but 64-bits and my using machine run Windows 32-bits.

It is possible to prepare an Unatended Windows 64-bits on a machine using Windows 32-bits?

Or, the using machine must run Windows 64-bits too]?

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If you already have a Autounattend.xml for your 32 bit install and you simply want to do the exact same on your 64 bit install you can manually seek out and change "x86" text to "amd64" in the xml...to be 100% sure you did not make any mistakes, open the edited xml in WSIM see if it gives you any error messages

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If you already have a Autounattend.xml for your 32 bit install and you simply want to do the exact same on your 64 bit install you can manually seek out and change "x86" text to "amd64" in the xml...to be 100% sure you did not make any mistakes, open the edited xml in WSIM see if it gives you any error messages

TNX ricktendo64 for the useful info :)

BTW, What is it WSIM?

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It's possible to create an ISO file Windows 7 64-bits on a computer running 32-bits!

If you want use 7Customizer you need to choose the Architecture x86 to do that!

=== 7Customizer Started===

7Customizer verion: 0.4.4

7Customizer path: C:\7Customizer_0.4.4\7Customizer.exe

Current directory: C:\7Customizer_0.4.4

OS: Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7600.0

OS architecture: x86

Work folder found: True

Mount folder found: True

Themes folder found: True

Languages folder found: True

Extract utility found: True

Configuration file found: True

bootorder.txt file found: True

Boot sector file found: True

Elevated: True

Loading Language: Begin

Loading Language: Done

Getting drive info

Free space: 114,290752410889 GB

Getting drive info: Done

Saved Imagex path: C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\x86\imagex.exe

Saved DISM path: C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\x86\Servicing\Dism.exe

Saved odcdimg path: C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\amd64\oscdimg.exe

Oscdimg Path Selected

oscdimg Path: C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\x86\oscdimg.exe

Windows source path selected

Sources folder found

install.wim found

install.wim size: 2692 MB

Added: "C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\x86\imagex.exe">work\testimagex.txt

Testing imagex

Imagex result begin:

Imagex result file created.

ImageX Tool for Windows

Copyright © Microsoft Corp. All rights reserved.

Version: 6.1.7600.16385

Imagex result end.

Added: "C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\x86\Servicing\Dism.exe">work\testdism.txt

Testing dism

dism result begin:

Outil Gestion et maintenance des images de d�ploiement

Version : 6.1.7600.16385

dism result end.

added: "C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\x86\imagex.exe" /XML /info "C:\Win7-64\sources\install.wim">work\imagesinfo.xml

Starting imagex

Imagex created imagesinfo.xml Successfully

Reading images information from imagesinfo.xml

First 5 lines of imagesinfo.xml

<WIM>

<TOTALBYTES>2823771322</TOTALBYTES>

<IMAGE INDEX="1">

<DIRCOUNT>13613</DIRCOUNT>

<FILECOUNT>63989</FILECOUNT>

Number of Available Images: 4

Reading image indiceis

Reading image displaynames

Reading image names

Reading image architectures

Reading image edition IDs - using EDITIONID

Available Images: Begin

Windows 7 Édition Familiale Basique

Windows 7 Édition Familiale Premium

Windows 7 Professionnel

Windows 7 Édition Intégrale

Available Images: End

Reading info finished

Start button pressed

added: "C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\x86\imagex.exe" /XML /info "C:\Win7-64\sources\install.wim" 4 >work\imagesinfo.xml

Starting ImageX

Imagex created imagesinfo.xml Successfully

Reading selected image information from imagesinfo.xml

First 5 lines of imagesinfo.xml

<IMAGE INDEX="4">

<DIRCOUNT>13978</DIRCOUNT>

<FILECOUNT>65688</FILECOUNT>

<TOTALBYTES>11970141374</TOTALBYTES>

<CREATIONTIME>

Installed Language: Begin

fr-FR

Installed Language: End

Image default language: fr-FR

Image Architecture: amd64

Image Edition:Ultimate

Selected Image name: Windows 7 ULTIMATE

Finished Reading selected image information

Tweaks Enabled

Preparing instructions for registry editing

added reg.exe load HKLM\7user "work\mount\Users\Default\NTUSER.DAT"

added reg.exe load HKLM\7soft "work\mount\Windows\System32\config\SOFTWARE"

added reg.exe load HKLM\7system "work\mount\Windows\System32\config\SYSTEM"

added reg.exe import "work\reg.reg"

added reg.exe unload HKLM\7user

added reg.exe unload HKLM\7soft

added reg.exe unload HKLM\7system

Finished preparing instructions for registry editing

After apply ISO file selected

ISO file: C:\Win7-64.iso

ISO label: Win7-64

Added: "C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\x86\oscdimg.exe" -u2 -m -o -lWin7-64 -b"work\etfsboot.com" -yo"work\bootorder.txt" "C:\Win7-64" "C:\Win7-64.iso"

Apply button pressed

Debug Mode: False

Prepearing instructions to execute

Added: "C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\x86\Servicing\Dism.exe" /mount-wim /wimfile:"C:\Win7-64\sources\install.wim" /index:4 /mountdir:"work\mount"

Added: "C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\x86\Servicing\Dism.exe" /unmount-wim /mountdir:"work\mount" /commit

Preparing tweaks file

Finished preparing tweaks file

Starting

Finished Execution

Done. Exiting 7Customizer

You can also do manually or use others programs like RT Se7en Lite or Se7en_UA.

Note 1 : But the problem is when you want test your image ISO; Oracle VM VirtualBox display an error, because your computer is Architecture 32-bit an not 64-bit!

Note 2 : The test on a computer 64-bit with the virtual Machine works fine an the test is successful, because I can choose Windows 7 64-bit!

I don't know if you can do the test with WMware on a computer x86!?

The error displayed is on the Virtual Machine with a computer 32-bit:

Windows Failed to start

File: \windows\system32\boot\winload.exe

Status: 0xc000035a

Info: Attempting to load a 64-bit application, however this CPU is not compatible with 64-bit mode.

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Hi myselfidem Nice to see you again ;)

Bonne Année 2011

TNX for all the infos, right now i put the final touch on Win7 32-bits. I'll start building Win7 64-bits later rhis week.

Regarding your Note 1, Hope if anyone from here above had tested 64-bits image ISO with VMWare on computer Architecture 32-bit, he let us know.

Regarding RT7Lite, I'm not using it anymore see why HERE.

BTW, I'm curious to know, if we do need all the here bellow details in Autounattend.xml

                 <Username>XXXXX</Username>
                       <DisplayName>XXXXX</DisplayName>
                        <Name>XXXXX</Name>
              <FullName>YYYYY YYYYY</FullName>
            <RegisteredOwner>YYYYY YYYYY</RegisteredOwner>
                <Organization>ZZZZZZ</Organization>

Regards

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Hello coucou !

Bonne année 2011.

Yes you need to add those values inside your Autounattend.xml!

<settings pass="windowsPE">

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup"...


<UserData>
            <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
            <FullName>Full Name</FullName>
            <Organization>particulier</Organization>
            <ProductKey>
                  <Key>XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX</Key>
                  <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
            </ProductKey>
</UserData>

Because it's your personnal copy for Windows 7 Ultimate!

You can try to use the ISO file Windows 64-bit with VMware to see if you have the same error on a computer 32-bit !

Cheers.

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Thank you,

My question was especially about 

            <FullName>Full Name</FullName> 
            <Organization>particulier</Organization>

Then, if i must have, I'll have.

Regards

But if you really want, you can do not add your "Full name" and "Organization", just keep "AcceptEula" for unattended installation!

<settings pass="windowsPE">


<UserData>
                <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
                <FullName></FullName>
                <Organization></Organization>
                <ProductKey>
                    <Key>XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX</Key>
                    <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
                </ProductKey>
</UserData>

Your full name will not be displayed when you launch: Start | Run winver.

And inside the Registry, you will see only the name for your local account.


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion]
"CurrentVersion"="6.1"
"CurrentBuild"="7600"
"SoftwareType"="System"
"CurrentType"="Multiprocessor Free"
"InstallDate"=dword:4bae7ecb
"RegisteredOrganization"=""
"RegisteredOwner"="Antoine"
"SystemRoot"="C:\\Windows"
"InstallationType"="Client"
"EditionID"="Ultimate"
"ProductName"="Windows 7 Ultimate"


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"DefaultUserName"="Antoine"

You can make changes later inside the Registry if you want after the installation is complete and add a full name !

Cheers

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