My autologon doesn't always work

[Professor Frink]

I don't know what I'm doing wrong here. Before posting a whole bunch of code, let me just show the GuiUnattended section from my unattend.txt:

[GuiUnattended]
    AdminPassword="********"
    EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
    AutoLogon=Yes
    AutoLogonCount=1
    OEMSkipRegional=1
    TimeZone=35
    OemSkipWelcome=1

What's happening is that it finishes the XP installation, then stops at the "CTRL-ALT-DEL" login screen, instead of autologging in as the administrator and running my post batch file:

[GuiRunOnce]
    %systemdrive%\post.bat

I can login, then go to the C: drive and manually start post.bat, but that kind of defeats the purpose of unattended.

I'll post the rest of the file if it's necessary, or my tweaks file if there is a conflict somewhere. But before going into all of that, has anyone ever experienced this before?

The worst part is that it doesn't happen every time -- it's totally hit-and-miss. And during a few months of testing it never happened. But now it's sometimes working and sometimes not.

FWIW -- this is a network/domain installation, not a CD.

[XtremeMaC]

do u have any reg tweaks? maybe u also have an autologin reg hack and bc the password or the username doesn't match it doesn't allow u to login automatically...

[Professor Frink]

I have a lot of reg tweaks, but none that include any names or passwords.

And now it's getting really weird -- a few times I've had it autologon, but the post.bat doesn't run. It just sits like this:

What the heck?

[XtremeMaC]

I dunno but 1 thing I know is u could have just said it stays on the desktop or something, u didn't really have to post the desktop screenshot right?

what's in your post.bat and reg tweaks? maybe u're missing something? can u post them in an attachment?

also u know that u've set the number of auto login's to 1 so it will only auto login once.... after that it'll prompt u for password....

[Professor Frink]

I dunno but 1 thing I know is u could have just said it stays on the desktop or something, u didn't really have to post the desktop screenshot right?

I know, but I thought it would make for a good visual aid, to show that no programs are being installed. I resized it, though, to make it less intrusive.

I can post my other stuff later when I get the chance. But it's so weird that it should be random like that -- sometimes it works right, sometimes it autologsin but doesn't run my post.bat, and sometimes it never autologsin at all.

[Professor Frink]

Well, here are all of the relevant files, I think. The really large one I put as an attachment. For now I'm ignoring post.bat, because it doesn't even launch, so there can't be a problem in that file.

cmdlines.txt

[Commands]
".\net user administrator"


"REGEDIT /S tweaks.reg"

svcpack.inf

[Version] 
Signature="$Windows NT$"
MajorVersion=5
MinorVersion=1
BuildNumber=2600

[SetupData]
CatalogSubDir="\i386\Update"

[ProductCatalogsToInstall]

[SetupHotfixesToRun]
JS56NEN.exe /Q:A /R:N
823182.exe /Q /N /Z
823353.exe /Q:A /R:N
824105.exe /Q /N /Z
824141.exe /Q /N /Z
825119.exe /Q /N /Z
826939.exe /Q /N /Z
828035.exe /Q /N /Z
828741.exe /Q /N /Z
835732.exe /Q /N /Z
837001.exe /Q /N /Z
839645.exe /Q /N /Z
840315.exe /Q /N /Z
840374.exe /Q /N /Z
841873.exe /Q /N /Z
842773.exe /Q /N /Z
867801.exe /Q:A /R:N
DX9NTopk.exe
WMP9MM2.exe
828026.exe /Q /N /Z
873374.exe /Q:A /R:N
qchain.exe

unattend.txt

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
    AutoPartition=1
    MsDosInitiated="0"
    UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[Unattended]
    UnattendSwitch="yes"
    UnattendMode=FullUnattended
    OemSkipEula=Yes
    OemPreinstall=Yes
    TargetPath=\WINNT
    Hibernation=no
    FileSystem=ConvertNTFS
    ExtendOEMPartition=1
    DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
    OEMPnPDriversPath="WINNT\Drivers\GX270\1Chipset\INF;WINNT\Drivers\GX270\2Network\Pro1000\WinXP;WINNT\Drivers\GX270\3Video\GeFor64\6176;WINNT\Drivers\GX270\4Audio\ADI198x\SMAXWDM\W2K_XP;WINNT\Drivers\GX270\5Monitor\1901FP"

[GuiUnattended]
    AdminPassword="********"
    EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
    AutoLogon=Yes
    AutoLogonCount=1
    OEMSkipRegional=1
    TimeZone=35
    OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
    ProductID=********
    FullName=********
    OrgName=********
    ComputerName=********

[Display]
    BitsPerPel=16
    Xresolution=1280
    YResolution=1024
    Vrefresh=60

[Components]
    msnexplr=off
    msmsgs=off
    Freecell=off
    Hearts=off
    Minesweeper=off
    Pinball=off
    Solitaire=off
    Spider=off
    ZoneGames=off

[TapiLocation]
    CountryCode=1
    AreaCode=717

[FavoritesEx]
    Title1="Google.url"
    URL1="http://www.google.com/"

[Branding]
    BrandIEUsingUnattended="Yes"

[SetupMgr]
    DistFolder=c:\winxp\I386
    DistShare=winxp$

[Identification]
    JoinDomain=********
    DomainAdmin=********
    DomainAdminPassword=********

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents=No

[NetAdapters]
    Adapter1=params.Adapter1

[params.Adapter1]
    INFID=*

[NetClients]
    MS_MSClient=params.MS_MSClient

[NetServices]
    MS_SERVER=params.MS_SERVER

[NetProtocols]
    MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP

[params.MS_TCPIP]
    DNS=No
    DNSSuffixSearchOrder=********
    UseDomainNameDevolution=No
    EnableLMHosts=Yes
    AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1

[params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1]
    SpecificTo=Adapter1
    DHCP=No
    IPAddress=********
    SubnetMask=255.255.255.0
    DefaultGateway=********
    DNSServerSearchOrder=********
    WINS=Yes
    WinsServerList=********
    NetBIOSOptions=0

[GuiRunOnce]
    %systemdrive%\post.bat

There is one part of tweaks.reg that might seem odd:

;-----Set up large fonts for all users upon first logon-----
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce]
"lgfonts"="c:\\WINNT\\lgfonts.bat"

I do that because the high resolution needs large fonts, and I want it to be automatic for every new user (and those reg tweaks don't work from tweaks.reg). So in the $$ folder I have lgfonts.bat:

@echo off

regedit /s C:\WINNT\lgfonts.reg

:end

and that calls lgfonts.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 



;-----Use large Windows fonts-----

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ThemeManager]
"WCreatedUser"="1"
"LoadedBefore"="1"
"SizeName"="LargeFonts"
"ThemeActive"="1"
"LastUserLangID"="1033"
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"ColorName"="NormalColor"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Appearance\New Schemes\Current Settings SaveAll\Sizes\0]
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"Size #0"=hex(b):01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"Size #1"=hex(b):11,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"Size #2"=hex(b):11,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"Size #3"=hex(b):12,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"Size #4"=hex(b):19,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"Size #5"=hex(b):11,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"Size #6"=hex(b):11,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"Size #7"=hex(b):12,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"Size #8"=hex(b):13,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
"Flat Menus"=dword:00000001
"Color #0"=dword:00c8d0d4
"Color #1"=dword:00984e00
"Color #2"=dword:00e35400
"Color #3"=dword:00df967a
"Color #4"=dword:00ffffff
"Color #5"=dword:00ffffff
"Color #6"=dword:00000000
"Color #7"=dword:00000000
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"Color #9"=dword:00ffffff
"Color #10"=dword:00c8d0d4
"Color #11"=dword:00c8d0d4
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"Color #15"=dword:00d8e9ec
"Color #16"=dword:0099a8ac
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"Color #28"=dword:00ebb99d
"Color #29"=dword:00c56a31
"Color #30"=dword:00d8e9ec
"Contrast"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics]
"BorderWidth"="0"
"CaptionFont"=hex:e8,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,bc,02,00,00,\
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"CaptionWidth"="-276"
"IconFont"=hex:f0,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,00,\
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"IconTitleWrap"="1"
"IconVerticalspacing"="-1368"
"MenuFont"=hex:f0,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,90,01,00,00,00,\
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"MenuWidth"="-276"
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"ScrollWidth"="-288"
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"AppliedDPI"=dword:00000078
"MinAnimate"="1"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\StreamMRU]
"MRUListEx"=hex:00,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,ff
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[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\0]
"ViewView2"=hex:1c,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,90,00,00,00,00,00,01,\
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[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache]
"LangID"=hex:09,04
"@shdoclc.dll,-866"="Related"
"@shdoclc.dll,-864"="Show &Related Links"
"@shdoclc.dll,-865"="Shows links related to the current page."
"@C:\\WINNT\\system32\\SHELL32.dll,-9216"="My Computer"
"@C:\\WINNT\\system32\\SHELL32.dll,-9217"="My Network Places"
"@C:\\WINNT\\system32\\SHELL32.dll,-8964"="Recycle Bin"
"@shdoclc.dll,-880"="Internet Explorer"
"@shell32.dll,-12691"="My Recent Documents"
"@C:\\WINNT\\system32\\SHELL32.dll,-9227"="My Documents"
"@shell32.dll,-21779"="My Pictures"
"@shell32.dll,-21790"="My Music"





;-----Use large mouse pointer-----

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Cursors]
@="Windows Standard (large)"
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  25,00,5c,00,63,00,75,00,72,00,73,00,6f,00,72,00,73,00,5c,00,6e,00,6f,00,5f,\
  00,6d,00,2e,00,63,00,75,00,72,00,00,00
"SizeNS"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,59,00,53,00,54,00,45,00,4d,00,52,00,4f,00,4f,00,54,\
  00,25,00,5c,00,63,00,75,00,72,00,73,00,6f,00,72,00,73,00,5c,00,73,00,69,00,\
  7a,00,65,00,34,00,5f,00,6d,00,2e,00,63,00,75,00,72,00,00,00
"SizeWE"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,59,00,53,00,54,00,45,00,4d,00,52,00,4f,00,4f,00,54,\
  00,25,00,5c,00,63,00,75,00,72,00,73,00,6f,00,72,00,73,00,5c,00,73,00,69,00,\
  7a,00,65,00,33,00,5f,00,6d,00,2e,00,63,00,75,00,72,00,00,00
"SizeNWSE"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,59,00,53,00,54,00,45,00,4d,00,52,00,4f,00,4f,00,\
  54,00,25,00,5c,00,63,00,75,00,72,00,73,00,6f,00,72,00,73,00,5c,00,73,00,69,\
  00,7a,00,65,00,32,00,5f,00,6d,00,2e,00,63,00,75,00,72,00,00,00
"SizeNESW"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,59,00,53,00,54,00,45,00,4d,00,52,00,4f,00,4f,00,\
  54,00,25,00,5c,00,63,00,75,00,72,00,73,00,6f,00,72,00,73,00,5c,00,73,00,69,\
  00,7a,00,65,00,31,00,5f,00,6d,00,2e,00,63,00,75,00,72,00,00,00
"SizeAll"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,59,00,53,00,54,00,45,00,4d,00,52,00,4f,00,4f,00,\
  54,00,25,00,5c,00,63,00,75,00,72,00,73,00,6f,00,72,00,73,00,5c,00,6d,00,6f,\
  00,76,00,65,00,5f,00,6d,00,2e,00,63,00,75,00,72,00,00,00
"UpArrow"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,59,00,53,00,54,00,45,00,4d,00,52,00,4f,00,4f,00,\
  54,00,25,00,5c,00,63,00,75,00,72,00,73,00,6f,00,72,00,73,00,5c,00,75,00,70,\
  00,5f,00,6d,00,2e,00,63,00,75,00,72,00,00,00

But I doubt that that is the problem. If anyone can find something out of place, please let me know.

tweaks.reg

[XtremeMaC]

hmm wierd I'm speechless.

1 thing that maybe preventing this is bc u've

;-----Set up large fonts for all users upon first logon-----

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce]"lgfonts"="c:\\WINNT\\lgfonts.bat"

this and this one adds it self to runoce as well as the stuff in

[GuiRunOnce]   %systemdrive%\post.bat

so it might be that this new one overwrites the other runonce value???

so maybe use the add title stuff to append the lgfonts.bat to the end of runonce,

u know like this:

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

REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Runonce Stuff" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\abc001 /VE /D "Preparing Setup" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\abc001 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\installme.bat" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\abc002 /VE /D "another nice program.exe" /f

and after this I'd assume everthing is gonna be okay

and instead of adding another bat why don't u add the fonts stuff in the other bat?

so put the contents of the c:\\WINNT\\lgfonts.bat into post.bat and save yourself and windows from processing 1 more...

[Professor Frink]

Maybe the two are conflicting, I'm not sure. But the reason I did this:

;-----Set up large fonts for all users upon first logon-----
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce]
"lgfonts"="c:\\WINNT\\lgfonts.bat"

was so that lgfonts.bat runs upon fist logon for every user (it only takes about a half of a second to run). It was the only way I could get that tweak to work for all users, and I really needed that to work.

You want more weirdness? It never used to cause a conflict. I had that in there during months of testing, and post.bat always ran. Now it's hit-and-miss.

Oh well. If I can't figure it out, it's not a huge loss -- I can just manually launch post.bat. It could be a pain since I'm scripting over 100 workstations, but I can live with it if I have to.

Thanks for your input, though, XtremeMaC.

[XtremeMaC]

np I wish I could have helped.

heh wait maybe your post.bat isn't in %systemdrive%\

maybe its somewhere else? I think in order to be using %systemdrive%\ u've to point the oem folder to root of systemdrive. so maybe its in another problem which u're used to going in and bc of the u didn't realize it? hmm doubt that, i read your 1st post again, but I'm not deleting this bc u know might be a careless mistake?

good luck with 100+

(bloody setup, should be easier to handle!)

[prathapml]

Yes, that's a possibility.

Normally, you'll have your post.BAT in "$OEM$\$1\install".

So, you need to have this in winnt.sif

[GuiRunOnce]
   %systemdrive%\install\post.bat

[Professor Frink]

I don't think that's it, because post.bat is in the $1 folder. So

[GuiRunOnce]
   %systemdrive%\post.bat

should always work, right?

FYI -- I just tried an experiment and removed lgfonts.bat from my tweaks file, and post.bat still didn't launch. So I don't think there is a conflict.

[XtremeMaC]

yes it should work, that could have only been a careless mistake, I knew u had it in the right dir since it lauches but this one gets me too .

could it be bc of something in the post.bat?

maybe an applications install doesn't properly end or something? maybe some of the time u're hdd works faster or xp takes less ram or I dunno.

post your post.bat? maybe its in there? I mean does your install work unless u have the bat files? it does right? now only thing it could be is the bat I think??? totally guessing though. never experienced such a nasty bug

[Professor Frink]

I'm usually running more than one install at a time, through a switch. But is there any possible reason wy that would matter? Obviously, each one has its own IP address and hostname.

But if I understand the whole process correctly, once the initial copying of files is done at the beginning, everything is being done locally on the workstation, right up until post.bat launches and the programs start installing from the server. But like I said, it's not that the program installation is having a problem -- post.bat sometimes doesn't even launch at all.

So is there any reason why my network setup, with multiple installations, could be causing this weirdness?