thammerling Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 does anyone know if WMI is up and running during the gui portion of an xp install? I have a script that will check the model of a machine and then install certain drivers (which are being troublesome and won't install properly without the setup file being run) based on that machines model. it works fine in a full blown already installed windows xp box, but it doesnt run properly when put into the commandlines.txt. it starts to run but fails. I am thinking this is because WMI isn't up and running yet there... any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueSpear Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 It's not available yet. This is a well documented issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 You'll need to consider WinPE to deploy your images then, as WinPE 2005 includes WMI support. You can also use BartPE, as I believe there's a hack to get most WMI working there as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thammerling Posted May 22, 2006 Author Share Posted May 22, 2006 *mgrin* yeaaaah... my boss thinks i "overcomplicate" things, so i think introducing either bartpe or winpe isn't an option. They are just going to have to understand that not everything can be done exactly like they want Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Well, you need to explain it to him in terms "management" can understand, live with it, or find a new boss . Any boss that actively hindered me from doing my job in the past was no longer my boss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thammerling Posted May 23, 2006 Author Share Posted May 23, 2006 i'm going with the "live with it" portion i'm really new here, and still feeling out the way things work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 - just keep nodding... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgraves66 Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 (edited) I've had to do the following to get WMI working. Follow these steps exactly:1> Set the following registry key:Key: 'HKLM\SYSTEM\Setup'Value: 'SystemSetupInProgress'Type: DWORDData: '0'2> net stop winmgmt /y3> net start winmgmt4> <Execute your WMI script(s) now>5> Reset 'SystemSetupInProgress' to '1'6> net stop winmgmt /y7> net start winmgmtNOTE: I've only queried 'Win32_ComputerSystem' for 'model'. Not sure if all functionality is available. Edited August 2, 2006 by sgraves66 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueSpear Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 That's similar to process required for installing .NET 2.0 from svcpack.inf. I would use it sparingly. I've seen some spectacular failures when something goes wrong with that little reg hack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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