Spaceboy Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 I've got a couple of problems with my Custom win2k3 CD. I've used the method Gosh suggested at http://gosh.msfnhosting.com/server2003.htm. Anyway, I tested the cd in vmware and had no problems. Theme Service started fine, and theme was set on startup.However, after installing to my hard drive I've had a couple of problems:1) My default theme/wallpaper wasn't applied at startup2) Possibly related to the above problem, my resolution at startup was only 640x480, even though I have the following set in my winnt.sif:[Display]BitsPerPel=32Xresolution=1152YResolution=864Vrefresh=60Windows finds the correct drivers for my card as well. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosh Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 Did you run setup in the GUI? Did you specify the answer file? Remember in the GUI dosnet.inf will be used, so make sure you didn't miss anything like files not being added to dosnet.inf.When you boot from CD the files are directly copied from cd (setuplog.txt will show this). When you run setup from dos/GUI setup copies files to a temp directory ($win_nt$.~ls), then copy them from there. Double check everything. Use setuplog.txt to make sure files were copied correctly.-gosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceboy Posted March 29, 2004 Author Share Posted March 29, 2004 Well, all the theme files were copied over correctly. So were all Nvidia Driver Files, along with my Wallpaper. I've set my theme via winnt.sif as follows:CustomDefaultThemeFile="%Systemroot%\Resources\Themes\Keramik4.theme"My Dosnet.inf looks like this:[Version]signature="$Windows NT$"DriverVer=10/01/2002,5.2.3790.0[Directories]d1 = \I386[Miscellaneous]ProductType = 2MinimumMemory = 134217728DestinationPlatform = i386ServicePack = 0.0[UnsupportedArchitectures]halcbus.dll = %cbus2_mp%halcbusm.dll = %cbusmc_mp%halmca.dll = %mca_up%halmpsm.dll = %mps_mca_mp%halncr.dll = %ncr_mp%missprocfeatI'm using the standard Nvidia Driver that comes with Windows. When I boot up the graphics driver is corectly set. Theme files are in $$\Resources\Themes.Here's my complete winnt.sif file:;SetupMgrTag[Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes"[Unattended] UnattendMode=ProvideDefault OemPreinstall=Yes OEMSkipEULA=Yes UnattendSwitch="yes" TargetPath=\WINDOWS WaitForReboot="No" OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\002_graphics;Drivers\004_sound" OemSigningPolicy=Ignore DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore KeyboardLayout="United Kingdom"[GuiUnattended] EncryptedAdminPassword=NO OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=85 OemSkipWelcome=1[UserData] ProductKey=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx FullName="xxxx" OrgName="" ComputerName=xxxxx[Display] BitsPerPel=32 Xresolution=1152 YResolution=864 Vrefresh=60[LicenseFilePrintData] AutoMode=PerServer AutoUsers=5[RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=1 SystemLocale=00000809 UserLocale=00000809 InputLocale=0809:00000809[Branding] BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes[URL] Home_Page=http://www.google.com[Identification] JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP[Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes[Components] msmsgs=off paint=off autoUpdate=off iehardenadmin=off iehardenuser=off Indexsrv_system=off[Shell] CustomDefaultThemeFile="%Systemroot%\Resources\Themes\Keramik4.theme"[GuiRunOnce] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosh Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 You edit defltsv.inf and deleted defltsv.in_ right? I assume you are using a hexed uxtheme.dll. Are you using any reghacks that modify the performance options or anything?Is your $OEM$ folder under the i386 folder when you install from the hard drive? When you boot from cd it needs to be parallel to i386, from hard drive it needs to be under i386-gosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosh Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 If you're doing an upgrade you'll need to modify dsup.inf or dwup.inf. There might be a different file name for servers.-gosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceboy Posted March 29, 2004 Author Share Posted March 29, 2004 Ok, thanks for the help. I've found the theme problem anyway. It was the following entry in my theme file:[VisualStyles]Path=C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\Keramik4\Keramik4.msstylesColorStyle=NormalColorSize=NormalSizeThe path is wrong as I was installing to drive H. Can I specify a variable rather than a fixed drive letter for the theme file? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosh Posted March 29, 2004 Share Posted March 29, 2004 use[VisualStyles]Path=%ResourceDir%\Themes\GSLuna\GSLuna.msstyles-gosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceboy Posted March 29, 2004 Author Share Posted March 29, 2004 Ok, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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