My failed test of my iso...

[Guest universal]

everything (but my runonce files) seems to have copied over, except in setup, it says somthing is wrong with my password , and to reinter it, and i have to click next. Then, my runonce method of installing programs didn't ever happen, and my hotfixes worked though. It logged me into a limited account , which i evidently created, thinking it was the admin. To finish install, I had to log in as admin, and an nlite prompt came up and "cleaned up"....help?

edit: i will check about the fixes when i get home. But i meant that runonceex didn't ever run. Could it be that i am using the win2k install interface?

[xolox]

Runonce apps-setup

Then, my runonce method of installing programs didn't ever happen, and my hotfixes worked though.

Could you clarify? The way I read this, it seems like you're trying to install your applications from within the Windows setup?! Or are you talking about the hotfixes that can't be integrated into the setup itself, and must be run during Runonce...

* Q832483  - Buffer overrun in an MDAC function could allow code execution

* Q817787 - Flaw in Windows Media Player Skins Downloading Could Allow Code Execution (Only needed for WMP8)

* Q817778 - Advanced Networking Pack

If so, did you seperate the applications from the hotfixes? This is the only way that I can think of in which the installation of the hotfixes could work, but the installation of the applications not... Could there be an error in the script that installs your apps?

User-problem

I had exactly the same problem, but I don't know if the cause is the same... I used

net users John asdf1234 /add

net localgroup Administrators John /add

net accounts /maxpwage:unlimited

REGEDIT /S autologon.reg

EXIT

net user John asdf1234 /add

net localgroup Administrators John /add

net accounts /maxpwage:unlimited

REGEDIT /S autologon.reg

EXIT

While users should have been user.... This way, my user WAS actually created, but it wasn't added to the admin-group, so autologin worked, but it was a limited user...

Password

Maybe you answer file contains an encoded password while it doesn't say so, or visaversa? Or the password contains invalid characters (don't know about those though)?

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Hope I've been of any use!

Good luck!

[Guest universal]

OKies...got the password trouble fixed. RunOnceEx still doesn't execute, and if it does, my progs never get installed.

Unrelated: my comp crashed yesterday, so i used my unattended cd, thats how i found i fixed the password prob.

Here is a copy of my runonceex.cmd, and my winnt.sif, as well as my cmdlines.txt...When I checked my runonceex in the registry, none of my entries were there. When i run it off the cd onto my current system it says "syntax is incorrect" or somthing like that. HELP ME!

On another note, my cd (on bootup setup)always has said palai.ttf is missing...i always skip it, but it wouldn't be unattended if i have to do that every time. Where does that font go?

Suggestions? HELP?!! Oh, and BTW my hotfixes always have all installed.

Runonceex.cmd

@echo off

IF EXIST D:\CD.txt set CDROM=D:
IF EXIST E:\CD.txt set CDROM=E:
IF EXIST F:\CD.txt set CDROM=F:
IF EXIST G:\CD.txt set CDROM=G:
IF EXIST H:\CD.txt set CDROM=H:
IF EXIST I:\CD.txt set CDROM=I:
IF EXIST J:\CD.txt set CDROM=J:

SET KEY=HKLM\Programs\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

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

REG ADD %KEY%\001 /VE /D "Preparing Installation..." /f
REG ADD %KEY%\001 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Programs\prepare.cmd" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\005 /VE /D "AOL Instant Messenger 5.1" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Programs\aim\setup.exe /s " /f

REG ADD %KEY%\010 /VE /D "AdAware" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\010 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Programs\adaware\setup.exe /s " /f

REG ADD %KEY%\015 /VE /D "AIMutation" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\015 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Programs\aimutation\install.exe /S " /f

REG ADD %KEY%\020 /VE /D "BCWipe" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\020 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Programs\bcwipe\setup.exe -S -A " /f

REG ADD %KEY%\025 /VE /D "BitTorrent" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\025 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Programs\bittorrent\setup.exe /s " /f

REG ADD %KEY%\030 /VE /D "DivX 5.02 Video Codec" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\030 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Programs\divx502\setup.exe /s " /f

REG ADD %KEY%\032 /VE /D "DivX Hacked Codecs" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\032 /V 1 /D REGEDIT /S %CDROM%\Programs\divxlol.reg" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\035 /VE /D "IDBlaster Setup" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\035 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Programs\idblaster\setup.exe /VERYSILENT " /f

REG ADD %KEY%\040 /VE /D "Intel Video Codecs" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\040 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Programs\intelvideo\setup.exe -s " /f

REG ADD %KEY%\045 /VE /D ".NET Framework 1.1" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\045 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Programs\dotnetfx.exe" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\050 /VE /D "Radium Hacked Mp3 Codec" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\050 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Programs\radium\setup.exe /silent " /f

REG ADD %KEY%\055 /VE /D "Spybot Search and Destroy" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\055 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Programs\spybot\setup.exe /VERYSILENT " /f

REG ADD %KEY%\057 /VE /D "TweakUI Powertoy" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\057 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Programs\tweakui\setup.exe /qn" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\060 /VE /D "WinRAR" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\060 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Programs\winrar\setup.exe /s " /f

REG ADD %KEY%\065 /VE /D "XviD Video Codec" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\065 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Programs\xvid\setup.exe /VERYSILENT " /f

REG ADD %KEY%\070 /VE /D "Importing Registry Tweaks" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\070 /V 1 /D "REGEDIT /S %CDROM%\Programs\regtweaks.reg" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\075 /VE /D "Cleaning Up..." /f
REG ADD %KEY%\075 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Programs\cleanup.cmd" /f

EXIT

winnt.sif

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
    AutoPartition=0
    MsDosInitiated="0"
    UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[Unattended]
    UnattendMode=FullUnattended
    OemSkipEula=Yes
    OemPreinstall=Yes
    TargetPath=\WINDOWS
    UnattendSwitch="yes"
    Repartition=No
    WaitForReboot="No"
    DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
    FileSystem=*

[GuiUnattended]
    AdminPassword=*
    EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
    OEMSkipRegional=1
    TimeZone=20
    OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
    ProductKey=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    FullName="Owner"
    OrgName=""
    ComputerName=sad9f87hhsa43098a7asd98fy34

[Display]
    BitsPerPel=32
    Xresolution=1024
    YResolution=768

[TapiLocation]
    CountryCode=1
    Dialing=Tone
    AreaCode=55555

[FavoritesEx]
    Title1="Slickdeals-The Best Free Stuff Site.url"
    URL1="http://www.slickdeals.net/forums"
    Title2="Bens' Bargains-More Freebies.url"
    URL2="http://www.bensbargains.net/cat_freebies.shtml"

[Branding]
    BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

[URL]
    Home_Page=http://www.slickdeals.net/forums
    Help_Page=http://www.google.com
    Search_Page=http://www.google.com

[Proxy]
    Proxy_Enable=0
    Use_Same_Proxy=1

[Identification]
    JoinWorkgroup=WERKGROUP

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Components]
msmsgs=off
msnexplr=off
zonegames=off

[GuiRunOnce]
Command0="%windir%\source.bat"

cmdlines.txt

[COMMANDS]
"useraccounts.cmd"
"RunOnceEx.cmd"

[jrzycrim]

SET KEY=HKLM\Programs\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

Should be:

SET KEY=HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

On another note, my cd (on bootup setup)always has said palai.ttf is missing...i always skip it, but it wouldn't be unattended if i have to do that every time. Where does that font go?

There should be a file called PALAI.TT_ in your I386 directory. If it's not there, copy it from your original XP CD.

[Guest universal]

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smilie

Thats from when i used find and replace to change software to programs, which is where my progs are on the xpcd. THANKS MAN! That was a stupid fluke i made there...testing it now...IT WORKS! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[jrzycrim]

Cool. I was wondering how Programs got in there. That explains it. B)