Hmmm another question I hope someone can answer for me.

During an unattended installation it gets to the point were it says registering files and then pops up with a messaging sayings "choose directory for extracted files". I believe this is suppose to be answered from winnt.sif under target path. On that line I have targetpath="\winnt". When the popup comes up it defaults to c:\winnt but I still have to say ok.

Am I in the right area or do I need to be looking somewhere else?

Thanks

What's your UnattendedMode= line set to?

Fullyunattended

I did notice that its Registering Components not registering files.

Just a little mess up on my part there.

Thanks

Post your winnt.sif (minus your CD key of course). Maybe something in the order is hosed.

Here ya go

;SetupMgrTag
[Components]
    msmsgs=off
    freecell=off
    hearts=off
    minesweeper=off
    pinball=off
    solitaire=off
    spider=off

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

[Unattended]
    Repartition=Yes
    UnattendMode=FullUnattended
    OemSkipEula=Yes
    OemPreinstall=Yes
    TargetPath=\WINNT
    WaitForReboot=No

[GuiUnattended]
    AdminPassword=*
    AutoLogon=Yes
    AutoLogonCount=1
    OEMSkipRegional=1
    TimeZone=3
    OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
    ProductID=*
    FullName="*"
    OrgName=*
    ComputerName=*-NEWSYS

[Display]
    BitsPerPel=16
    Xresolution=1024
    YResolution=768
    Vrefresh=60

[RegionalSettings]
    LanguageGroup=1
    Language=00000409

[Branding]
    BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

[URL]
    Home_Page=http://webnav

[Proxy]
    Proxy_Enable=1
    Use_Same_Proxy=1
    HTTP_Proxy_Server=*
    Proxy_Override*

[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=Yes
    DNSServerSearchOrder=*
    WINS=Yes
    WinsServerList=*
    NetBIOSOptions=0
[Guirunonce]
    %systemdrive%\Install\hotfixes\hotfixes.cmd
    %systemdrive%\Install\batch_file.cmd
    %systemdrive%\Install\start.cmd

Try putting \WINNT in " ". In your first post, you had it with " " around it, so I figured you had it that way in your winnt.sif, too.

Gonna try that right now. I had the quotes around there from before because I was trying to figure it out myself before asking

Nope didn't work.... got to the same screen "performing final tasks" --> registers components and comes up with Choose Directory for Extracted files. Darn the luck

Your continued help is appreciated!

Still hoping someone could figure out why.

Just a repeat on the problem. Prompt pops up while setup is registering components and says Choose directory for extracted files.

Much appreciate to whoever replies.

Thanks

Do you have something in $OEM$\CMDLINES.TXT

It looks like an application want you to choose a directory for extracting files before installation (no silent switch)

I don't believe I have anything in there. I will have to check on monday. What components are registered during that part of installation.?

Here ya go

----snip----

[Display]
    BitsPerPel=16
    Xresolution=1024
    YResolution=768
    Vrefresh=60
----snip----

Not that it's got anything to do with your problem, but your Vrefresh is set low, have you tried 70, 72, 75, or even 85.

Actually I don't have a cmdline at all. I tried changing the hotfixes to see if something in there was getting extracted and that wasn't it. I have no drivers. Only two applications are installed during unattended but of course thats in guirunonce. Also attempted to redo the entire thing from scratch and still got the popup during install.

Stupid thing!

I would just like to say thank you to jito and jdoe. Jito for being the first to respond and jdoe for giving me the info that something was trying to actually extract it self and didn't have anything to do with the regular windows installation. I found out one of my hotfixes didn't have the necessary switches to completely install silently. So thanks again!!

if you have the qchain hotfix being installed during svcpack.inf, then thats your problem, you need to extract qchain.exe and just add it to the bottom of your svcpack.inf...it asks you to choose directory, and somewhere it says inetsrv...you just need to find the qchain hotfix number, as I dont know it off the top of my head.