Unattended Setup hangs at Registering Components

[tyanni]

My unnattended setup used to work fine, however I have now added updates to svcpack.ini for the first time, and it is not working anymore. It hangs at Registering Components, with 12 minutes left. Its been going for several hours now, and nothing else has happened. I've done everything as explained in the unnattended guide here. Here is a copy of my svcpack.ini -

[Version]

Signature="$Windows NT$"

MajorVersion=5

MinorVersion=1

BuildNumber=2600

[setupData]

CatalogSubDir="\i386\Update"

[ProductCatalogsToInstall]

[setupHotfixesToRun]

JS56NEN.exe /Q:A /R:N

Q819696.exe /Q /N /Z /O

Q823182.exe /Q /N /Z /O

Q824105.exe /Q /N /Z /O

Q824141.exe /Q /N /Z /O

Q825119.exe /Q /N /Z /O

Q826939.exe /Q /N /Z /O

Q828035.exe /Q /N /Z /O

Q828741.exe /Q /N /Z /O

Q831167.exe /Q:A /R:N

Q832894.exe /Q:A /R:N

Q835732.exe /Q /N /Z /O

Q837001.exe /Q /N /Z /O

Q837009.exe /Q:A /R:N

Q839643.exe /Q /N /Z /O

Q840374.exe /Q /N /Z /O

WMP9MM2.exe

Q828026.exe /Q /N /Z /O

qchain.exe

DX9NTopk.exe

Thanks for all your help!

Tim

[Alanoll]

it's SVCPACK.INF first of all, but it's probally a typo in your post.

Do you have a CMDLINES.TXT file or are you just using SVCPACK.INF? Do you have any batch files running?

[tyanni]

Is SVCPACK.INF case sensitive? Yes, I am running a cmdlines.txt flile, which runs my RunOnceEx.cmd file.

Thanks,

Tim

[tyanni]

Okay, I confirmed that one of the files, WMP9MM2.exe was missing from my Updates Folder, so I added that. I also deleted the Direct X 9 update, 839643.exe, and now have it running from my hotfixes.cmd file since it needs to be run after DX9. However, Windows still hangs at T-12. I can't for the life of me figure out why - all of the files are there now, and I don't get any error messages at all - it just sits there. Next step would be for me to try to run each update manually and make sure they work, but I'd like to avoid this is possible.

Help!

Tim

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

A long time ago I had the same problem, nobody knew what was wrong, the only solution: restart from zero...

(but keep your svcpack.inf, winnt.sif, $OEM$ folder etc of course!)

hope this helps..

[tyanni]

Well, I guess that is what I will do. I did run the hotfixes, one by one, on a fresh SP1 system, and they all worked. So its something else. I will start over tomorrow. No wonder people use RIS and SMS to push out images/updates.

Tim

[Aaron]

If it halts at T-12, then svcpack.inf is not at fault as its already finished (See http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/timeline.htm) You can see its cmdlines.txt

Check that you haven't used pause in any of your batch scripts in combination with cmdow, because a batch is probably paused and minimized by cmdow - hence you can't see it.

[Alanoll]

it's SVCPACK.INF first of all, but it's probally a typo in your post.

Do you have a CMDLINES.TXT file or are you just using SVCPACK.INF? Do you have any batch files running?

I was trying to get you to post the other files you're using.....

as AaronXP said, T-12 is CMDLINES territory not SVCPACK.

It doesn't neccesarily have to be a PAUSE either, just SOMETHING that requires a prompt, like a copy or something, and you just can't see it if you use cmdow.

[tyanni]

Thanks guys, I figured out that it was definitely not svcpack.inf by watching it on VirtualPC today - the file runs fine. Here is my RunOnceEx, it flashes briefly, is hidden by cmdnow, and then the whole setup hangs.

cmdow @ /HID

@echo off

SET

KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Applications" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\005 /VE /D "Adobe Reader 6" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\Applications\AdobeReader6\AR6.msi

/qb-!" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\010 /VE /D "Spybot Search & Destroy" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\010 /V 1 /D

"%systemdrive%\install\Applications\Spybot\spybotsd13.exe

/silent" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\020 /VE /D "AIM 5.5" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\020 /V 1 /D

"%systemdrive%\install\Applications\AIM\Install_AIM.exe

/s"/f

REG ADD %KEY%\030 /VE /D "AVG 6.7" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\030 /V 1 /D

"%systemdrive%\install\Applications\AVG\setup.exe

/HIDE /@ avg_net.cfg"/f

REG ADD %KEY%\030 /VE /D "TightVNC" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\030 /V 1 /D

"%systemdrive%\install\Applications\TightVNC\setup.exe

/silent"/f

EXIT

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

I hope that in your real RunOnceEx.cmd there aren't all those returns where they shouldn't be?

[tyanni]

Of course not - the post window just wouldn't let me put it in as I have it.

[tyanni]

Well, I've figured it out. When I numbered the reg keys, i.e 001, 010, etc. I stupidly put 030 for two sets. So whichever ran first, either AIM or Tight VNC, would install, and then the script would ask me to overwrite the earlier install. Stupid me.

Thanks, I think I am all set until the next problem.

Tim

[Alanoll]

but that's what /f is supposed to do. Force the entry.....

by the way, you don't need to put all those returns when posting.....it may not look right in your little box, but it willl.....as another note....please use CODE tags. It makes it look all perty like.

[tyanni]

Well, the /f def. didn't work for me. I know because I watched it without the cmdnow running, and it was prompting me every time I ran the script. As for the returns, I didn't put them in - they were automatically put in when I pasted the code in. I will use code tags next time.

Thanks.

Tim