RunOnceEx and Rights

[mareg]

Hi all,

I was always using cmdline.txt file in my unattended install of windows XP and it's works fine.

I call a batch file in cmdline.txt to install all my applications.

I saw tutorial about RunOnceEx in the unattended guilde. It said RunonceEx method is more professionnal and better, ok I agree.

But if I understand well, if I want to install all my applications with this method, i have to log as an administrator the first time on my computer, if I log as user, my installations will fail ?!

Am I right please ?

If I am, it's not a great method to distribute my unattended windows in my society where each users has user rights only :/

Thank you.

[Djé]

'lut!

Well, you're not completely right

RunOnceEx will be executed whoever logs in first (admin or user).

But of course, you need admin right to install many apps. And RunOnceEx is executed after login.

So your installs will fail if a user logs in first.

but then, if you set correctly Autologon parameters in your winnt.sif, you can have, at the end of your xp install, the admin account to automatically logon for only one time (enough to install your apps with the right rights!). Just put a reboot at the end of your RunOnceEx. The pc will then shutdown after all apps are installed and will reboot ready for your users to login.

[mareg]

Salut Djé

thanks for the trick

I think I'll use the method you spoke about.

Byebye.