Hi,

Sort version:

What sorts of things would stop an unattended install from

copying the stuff from $OEM$ to my C: installation target?

Long version:

Doing an unattended install from a CDR in an IDE CDROM drive.

It kinda sorta works.

In addition to the contents of my OEM XP-with-SP2 CDROM,

my CDR includes the following files:

F:\I386\WinNT.SIF
F:\$OEM$\cmdLines.txt
F:\$OEM$\HKCU.reg
F:\$OEM$\HKLM.reg
F:\$OEM$\$1\Drivers\000_chipset\ <lotsa drivers etc in here>
F:\$OEM$\$1\Drivers\001_network\ <lotsa drivers etc in here>
F:\$OEM$\$1\Drivers\002_graphics\ <lotsa drivers etc in here>
F:\$OEM$\$1\Drivers\003_sound\ <lotsa drivers etc in here>
F:\$OEM$\$1\Install\guiRunOnce.cmd
F:\$OEM$\$$\Resources\Themes\Azul.theme
F:\$OEM$\$$\system32\oobe\oobeinfo.ini

Everything in $OEM$ seems to be ignored. I may be missing something,

but as far as I can tell, nothing in $OEM$ has been utilized. Upon

first login, I get a dialog box yelping that

C:\Install\guiRunOnce.cmd can't be found.

At that point, there is no Install or Drivers directory, anywhere on

any of my three HDD partitions (C:,D:,E:). c:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\

exists, of course, but doesn't contain my file Azul.theme .

Should these folders (copied from inside $OEM$\) be deleted by the time

the install completes and I login as a user? Or (my suspicion) why

would the installer have never copied any of the $OEM$ stuff over to

the C:\ in the first place?

None of the drivers have been installed. Though after login, I could

then do "Add Hardware : Network Adapter : Let me choose the files" and

I pointed Windows to F:\$OEM$\$1\Drivers\001_network\, and said Next,

and Windows correctly installed the eth0 driver.

I don't see any effects from either .reg file

The following snippets should have produced visible results:

<inside HKLM.reg>

;Disables Windows Tour bubble popup
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour]
"RunCount"=dword:00000000

<inside HKCU.reg>

;Set default verb for FOLDERs to EXPLORE
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\Shell]
@="explore"
;full path in Windows Explorer (file manager) title bar and address bar.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CabinetState]
"FullPath"=dword:00000001
"FullPathAddress"=dword:00000001

F:\I386\WinNT.SIF seems to be parsed and utilized, for the most part.

Lines such as

[Unattended]
	OemSkipEula=Yes
	ProgramFilesDir="C:\Apps\"
	CommonProgramFilesDir="C:\Apps\Common"
[GuiUnattended]
	ProfilesDir="D:\Users\"
[UserData]
	ProductKey=mypro-ductk-eygoe-shere-xxxx
	FullName="First M Last"
[Branding]
	BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes
[URL]
	Home_Page=my.yahoo.com
[Networking]
	InstallDefaultComponents=No
[params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1]
	IPAddress=192.168.ipa.ddr

all appear to have had their effects as expected.

These are just a few lines from my SIF file -- ones whose effects

are really obvious. In fact, the only immediately obvious line

from the SIF that DIDN'T work was:

[GuiUnattended]

TimeZone=010

During install, when time came to confirm the setting for this,

it was set for Pacific Time.

Any and all hints/help will be hugely appreciated.

Thanks!

Following is my entire SIF, in case that helps...

Values for the following keys have been altered to protect the

guilty:

ProductKey, FullName, ComputerName

IPAddress, DefaultGateway, DNSServerSearchOrder

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

[Unattended]
	FileSystem=*
	OemSkipEula=Yes
	UnattendMode=ProvideDefault
	OemPreinstall=No
	TargetPath=\WINDOWS
	ProgramFilesDir="C:\Apps\"
	CommonProgramFilesDir="C:\Apps\Common"
	AutomaticUpdates=yes
	OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\000_chipset;Drivers\000_chipset\XP;Drivers\000_chipset\XP\SP;Drivers\001_network\WINXP;Drivers\002_graphics;Drivers\003_sound\SMAXWDM\W2K_XP"
	DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

[GuiUnattended]
	ProfilesDir="D:\Users\"
	EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
	OEMSkipRegional=0
	TimeZone=010

[UserData]
	ProductKey=mypro-ductk-eygoe-shere-xxxx
	FullName="First M Last"
	OrgName=""
	ComputerName=MyCPU

[Display]
	BitsPerPel=32
	Xresolution=1280
	YResolution=1024
	Vrefresh=60

[TapiLocation]
	CountryCode=1

[RegionalSettings]
	LanguageGroup=7,10,9,1

[Branding]
	BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

[URL]
	Home_Page=my.yahoo.com
	Search_Page=google.com

[Proxy]
	Proxy_Enable=0
	Use_Same_Proxy=1

[Identification]
	JoinWorkgroup=SALINAS

[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
	UseDomainNameDevolution=No
	EnableLMHosts=No
	AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1

[params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1]
	SpecificTo=Adapter1
	DHCP=No
	IPAddress=192.168.ipa.ddr
	SubnetMask=255.255.255.0
	DefaultGateway=192.168.gwa.ddr
	DNSServerSearchOrder=dns.1.ipa.ddr,dns.2.ipa.ddr
	WINS=No
	NetBIOSOptions=1

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

[Shell]
CustomDefaultThemeFile = "%WinDir%\Resources\Themes\Azul.theme"

[GuiRunOnce]
"%systemdrive%\install\guiRunOnce.cmd"

OemPreinstall should be set to Yes.