Having some trouble...

[sephiroth1395]

Hello everyone !

After getting tons of information thanks to the Unattended Guide and this fabulous forum, I'm almost over with my Unattended Windows XP CD. You've been really helpful, guys !

After testing for the second time my CD in real situation (installing on a real computer, not on VMWare), i'm having some strange problems...

OEM Files disappear ! The files from the $OEM$ are copied during the text-mode setup, but they disappear afterwards : I get error messages telling me setup can't find the files at the RunOnceEx step and, after checking, the $OEM$ files were really deleted !

Ask user and company name during OOBE Following some pieces of advice found on this forum, I modified my OOBE file (expand, modified then makecab) to make Windows ask me for the User and Company name. But it didn't work...

Regional settings at T-39 stage After modifying the OOBECONF.ini file to make it ask me for the regional settings, I'd like to make setup not to ask me for them at the T-39 stage, but I don't remember which file I have to modify... Can someone remind me please ?

Help me protect my PC Following the ref.chm file, I modified the OOBEINFO.ini file so it won't ask for automatic updates anymore... It didn't work either.

Here are my winnt.sif and oobeinfo.ini files :

winnt.sif

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

[Unattended]
	FileSystem=*
	UnattendMode=FullUnattended
	OemSkipEula=Yes
	OemPreinstall=Yes
	TargetPath=\WINDOWS
	AutoActivate = Yes

[GuiUnattended]
	AdminPassword=*
	EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
	OEMSkipRegional=0
	TimeZone=105
	OemSkipWelcome=1

[Display]
	Xresolution=1024
	Yresolution=768
	AutoConfirm=1

[UserData]
	ProductKey=****************
	FullName="Utilisateur"
	OrgName="Utilisateur"
	ComputerName=ORDINATEUR

[RegionalSettings]
	LanguageGroup=1
	Language=0000080c

[Identification]
	JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]
	InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Components]
	msmsgs=off
	msnexplr=off
	zonegames=off

oobeinfo.ini

[StartupOptions]
DesktopWindowHeight=1024
DesktopWindowWidth=768
Offline = 1; Setup skips registration and ISP signup pages
Registration=1
ScreenResolutionCheck=0

[Options]
AdminPW=1
FontSmoothing=1
INTL_Settings=1
MouseTutorial=1
JoinDomain=1
SkipAutoUpdate=1
TimeZone=1

[OEMRegistrationPage]
OEMAddRegPage=0
PostToOEM=0
RegPostURL=""

[Signup]
ISPSignup=None

[Userinfo]
sFirstName = window.external.UserInfo.get_FirstName();
sLastName = window.external.UserInfo.get_LastName();
sCompanyName = window.external.UserInfo.get_CompanyName();

[Ctrl-X]

OEM Files disappear ! The files from the $OEM$ are copied during the text-mode setup, but they disappear afterwards : I get error messages telling me setup can't find the files at the RunOnceEx step and, after checking, the $OEM$ files were really deleted !

Not sure if I understand correctly, but the $OEM$ folder itself is deleted after setup is finished... That's why you should place files and folders you want to keep in one of the $OEM$ subfolders. Check the guide for details.

[sephiroth1395]

Seems I didn't express myself clearly enough... Must be my bad english, sorry...

I mean that I see the files being copied durint the text-mode setup, but when setup finishes, I see the files are not on the hard drive !

I mean, the folder $OEM$\$1\install isn't on C:\install when setup finishes...

[cluberti]

"OEM Files disappear ! The files from the $OEM$ are copied during the text-mode setup, but they disappear afterwards : I get error messages telling me setup can't find the files at the RunOnceEx step and, after checking, the $OEM$ files were really deleted !"

Change the following line in your Winnt.sif file:

FileSystem=LeaveAlone

Then, install Windows XP onto a FAT32 volume. Once the text-mode setup completes, boot your PC to a bootable floppy disk or CD and check the drive to see if it indeed did, or did not, copy the files to your C: drive.

"Ask user and company name during OOBE Following some pieces of advice found on this forum, I modified my OOBE file (expand, modified then makecab) to make Windows ask me for the User and Company name. But it didn't work..."

Are you certain that your oobeinfo.ini file is located in $OEM$\$$\system32\oobe? If so, the fact that it isn't copying the $OEM$ structure is likely affecting this.

"Regional settings at T-39 stage After modifying the OOBECONF.ini file to make it ask me for the regional settings, I'd like to make setup not to ask me for them at the T-39 stage, but I don't remember which file I have to modify... Can someone remind me please ?"

Change the following line in your Winnt.sif file:

OEMSkipRegional=1

"Help me protect my PC Following the ref.chm file, I modified the OOBEINFO.ini file so it won't ask for automatic updates anymore... It didn't work either."

Again, change your Winnt.sif file:

AutomaticUpdates=0

[sephiroth1395]

Thanks for the anwser

I'll see about the OEM folder. For the user-input problem, I'm sure my oobe file is read since the other parameters take place (for exemple, the regional settings are asked in the oobe stage, like the oobe file asks it).

EDIT : I just noticed that the files destinated to the windows folder ($OEM$\$$) are still on the hard drive after setup finishes. So, it's just the files in $OEM$\$1 that are deleted...

Edited October 4, 2006 by sephiroth1395