jase4772 Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 I'm having a couple of teething problems with setting up my unattended install. At first when it rebooted it was setting the screen resolution and prompting me if this was alright and wanting me to confirm I could see the text, so far so good. Now its stopped doing this and instead when it eventually logs in its in 640x480 mode. I'm using VMWare4 at the moment to test the image and I've even tried using the process of adding the VMware drivers but this hasn't made any difference and besides I could select 1024x768 b4. My Winnt.sif file does have the correct entry for 1024x768 so I'm at a bit of a loss really.The other problem is I've found the option to skip the first welcome screen asking if you want to register and do the auto updates but now its stopping at the Welcome login screen. Where am I going wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nepali Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 Compare with ur winnt.sif file;SetupMgrTag[Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" AutomaticUpdates=yes[unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended UnattendedSwitch=Yes OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes TargetPath=\WINDOWS OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\vga;Drivers\sound;Drivers\max;Drivers\pro;Drivers\vmax;Drivers\via;Drivers\sis;Drivers\lan" DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore Hibernation = No[GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=* EncryptedAdminPassword=NO OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=193 OemSkipWelcome=1 [iEPopupBlocker] AllowedSites=www.msfn.org;www.microsoft.com;www.amazon.comBlockPopups=Yes FilterLevel=Medium ShowInformationBar=Yes[userData] ProductID=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx FullName="Nepali" OrgName="Bhulland" ComputerName=itanium[Display] BitsPerPel=24 Xresolution=800 YResolution=600 Vrefresh=75[TapiLocation] CountryCode=977 Dialing=Tone AreaCode=061 LongDistanceAccess="15113"[identification] JoinWorkgroup=workgroup[Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes[Components]msmsgs=offAccessOpt=offmsnexplr=off zonegames=offMedia_clips=offDialer=offFax=offHypertrm=offMedia_utopia=offMousepoint=offMedia_clips=offTemplates=offTerminalServer=offClipbook=offDeskpaper=off Home_Page=http://www.google.com.np[shell] DefaultStartPanelOff=No CustomDefaultThemeFile="%WinDir%\Resources\Themes\OpusOS\OpusOS.msstyles"[WindowsFirewall]Profiles = WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall[WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall]Mode = 0[GuiRunOnce]%systemdrive%\install\run.cmdCheck this for the problemFor display[Display] BitsPerPel=24 Xresolution=800 YResolution=600 Vrefresh=75for welcome screen,check this[unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended UnattendedSwitch=Yes OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes TargetPath=\WINDOWS [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=* EncryptedAdminPassword=NO OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=193 OemSkipWelcome=1This will definately solve ur problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jase4772 Posted July 10, 2005 Author Share Posted July 10, 2005 Hi,I've checked my winnt.sif and its spot on with the only exception being I've not specified a refresh rate on the display settings thinking that it would be better to leave this out to default it to whatever. Would that cause it to fail?My unattended and guiunattended are both the same so I've no idea whats happening there then.I'll try adding a refresh rate to see if that helps on the display settings.Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jase4772 Posted July 10, 2005 Author Share Posted July 10, 2005 Well the refresh addition didn't make a difference still boots in 640x480 mode but I've managed to get the auto logon working by adding a cmd file to the cmdlines.txt that merged the autologon registry tweak and this has done the trick. Just need to sort the resolution problem and we're cooking on gas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nepali Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 I've managed to get the auto logon working by adding a cmd file to the cmdlines.txt that merged the autologon registry tweak and this has done the trickWhat will u do if u create new userautologon reg tweak will automatically logon to ur previous account, not in new accountso be sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashly Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 @ jase4772I noticed you said VMWare 4 to test your image in your first post ..Have you actually tried your image on real physical hardware as well ?The reason I'm asking is , I had similar probs with VMWare 5 when testing my UA XP install. The thing is my install actually worked as it was spose to on real physical hardware.I was using the same settings as you , 1024x768 @ Default refresh.My UA at the time had no extra drivers added or intergrated.Yet when I burnt and installed it on a P3 1.2 with GF2 vid card it would install and at first boot screen it would be 1024x768 @ Default hz without any windows nag or having to change settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nepali Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 the main thing is u r installing ur operating system in vmware in a small default windowstry installing ur UAXP in fullscreen vmware5 windowssolvedcheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashly Posted July 10, 2005 Share Posted July 10, 2005 @ NepaliYep I thought that was the prob with VMWare 5 for me , but it didn't matter if I ran VMWare @ Fullscreen or not , still 640x480 window nag on install of UA in VMWare for me.Doesn't matter if I run my real desktop at 1024x768 or 1600x1200 (that my default resolution on my pc) I still get 640x480 on UA first boot in VMWare.I don't find it a prob as I now have come to expect this when I test my images in VMWare.Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jase4772 Posted July 10, 2005 Author Share Posted July 10, 2005 I'm pretty close to testing this install on a live system so I guess I'll see what happens there. I'm hoping I have more luck that before as the last time I did a live test I'd used nLite to create my disc and on first reboot after the very first install process it blue screened @ Nepali - I won't be creating any extra users thankfully as this cd will be used by me alone. Worse case I'll know what to remove if I want a logon screen in the future.Thanks for your help people, the moral of the story - don't rely on VMware as helpful as it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jase4772 Posted July 10, 2005 Author Share Posted July 10, 2005 (edited) Success!! A live install worked a treat and the res changed to what I wanted. Unfortunately I had added autopartition and it decided to leave the existing W2K install. Not to fear one quick tweak later and tis removedWell after 2 days of solid work I've now got my install with probably 99% of the things I like tweaked.Here's my configs for anyone to check out and use. autologon.regqlb.regregtweaks.regwinnt.sifcmdlines.txtaccounts.cmdcleanup.cmdRunOnceEx.cmd Edited July 10, 2005 by jase4772 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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