order of integration/file editing?

[aod2002]

Hello everyone,

I've been messing around with the whole windows xp sp2 unattended install for a week now. Been testing it

out with vmware player. First time I tried everything manual. A lot of stuff didn't work of course. 2nd time I did these steps in THIS ORDER:

1. Took windows xp sp2 cd and copied all folders/files to C:\XPSP2

2. Used RVM Integrator to integrate his sp2 hotfix pack.

3. Used Nlite to trim down size and select registry edits.

4. Integrated all driver packs wtih DPBASE.(From Driverpacks site of course).

With this I had a lot more luck, though I still ran into a few screens that I had to attend to during xp setup(think I forgot to check off a few things in Nlite).

Now, I want to add silent application installs to this setup and I'm somewhat confused where to start since I already did all those integrations. I've added the $OEM$ folders to C:\XPSP2, put all my installation files into C:\XPSP2\$OEM$\$1\Install, created a batch_file.cmd(Which Ive tested in VMWARE to make sure its completely silent)inside of "Install" folder as well and have $systemdrive%\install\Batch_file.cmd in [GUIRUNONCE] within the WINNT.SIF file.

I need to create the ISO now for the setup, so would I re-integrate all those things then make the iso or just

create a new ISO with my new settings?

Also I noticed that even though I used DPBASE to integrate all the driver packs I downloaded from driverpacks.net that it didnt select the right drivers in vmware like for my audigy sound card. I just saw a dialog popup when windows first logged in. I got sound to work by manually installing the driver though.

Anyways Thanks a lot.

[Speeddymon]

You shouldnt have to reintegrate anything because it is actually done into the I386 folder. As long as you didn't blow away C:\XPSP2 then just put $OEM$ into there and make the ISO.

As for your sound not being detected properly, It may be because VMWare doesn't use an Audigy sound card. It emulates (as far as I remember) some really old 16-bit sound card. In any case I wouldn't worry too much if certain drivers don't work in a Virtual Machine, just make sure you check them first thing after you install it on your real machine.

[aod2002]

Ok so I tested out an other iso. I had to go back to nlite and check off a few more things and re-integrate it then I went back to RVM integrator and did that again, went back to DPBASe and re-integrated the hotfix package, edited my winnt.sif file to add the location of my batch command to run silent application installs, and re-created iso file. This is what happened when I tested it in vmware this time.

It got up to the point Regional and Language Options then it wanted me to select and hit next. THe other dialog boxes that popped up that I had to attend to were

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"Personalize your software" - Name and Organization fields

Date and time settings.

Workgroup or Domain name

"Welcome to Microsoft windows - Thank you for purchasing windows..."

"Will this computer connect to the internet directly or through a network?"

"Ready to Register with microsoft?"

"Who will use this computer?" Your name, 2nd user fields

"Thank You! You computer is configured for internet access...

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How can I get past these unattended? Here is the winnt.sif I used.

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<b>; Generated by nLite 1.2.1

[Data]

Autopartition=0

UnattendedInstall="Yes"

MsDosInitiated=No

[unattended]

UnattendMode=DefaultHide

UnattendSwitch="No"

OemSkipEula="Yes"

FileSystem=*

WaitForReboot="No"

NoWaitAfterTextMode=1

NoWaitAfterGUIMode=1

DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

NonDriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

OemPreinstall=Yes

[systemRestore]

[GuiUnattended]

AdminPassword=*

OemSkipWelcome=1

[shell]

DefaultThemesOff="Yes"

[Components]

Iis_common=Off

Iis_ftp=Off

Iis_inetmgr=Off

Iis_internetdataconnector=Off

Iis_nntp=Off

Iis_serversideincludes=Off

Iis_smtp=Off

Iis_webadmin=Off

Iis_webdav=Off

Iis_www=Off

Iis_www_vdir_scripts=Off

Iis_asp=Off

[userData]

ProductKey="MY SERIAL..."

ComputerName=UNKNOWN

[RegionalSettings]

Language= "0409"

[Networking]

InstallDefaultComponents="Yes"

[GUIRunOnce]

command9="%SystemDrive%\DPsFnshr.exe"

%systemdrive%\install\batch_file.cmd

</b>

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Also if someone could help me out with these silent application installs below that didnt work silently.

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"Installing Firefox 1.5"

output: System cannot find file -ma.

"Installing Adobe Flash player"

output: Plugins directory not found

"Installing Adobe reader light 8.0 switchless installer"

output: opened a new command prompt and didnt do anything else?

besides those problems everything else worked like my reg edits, disabled services, rest of silent application installs, driver installations with DBPASE, etc...

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Edited December 19, 2006 by aod2002

[aod2002]

OK I got everything working except this one thing. After windows is done installing and it tries to login for the first time I get this error

Windows Product Activation

This copy of windows must be activated with Microsoft before

you can continue. You cannot log on until you activate windows.

Do you want to activate Windows Now?

I select Yes and I get this

A problem is preventing Windows from accurately checking the

license for this computer. Error code: 0x80004005.

Here is my current winnt.sif file.(note: my serial number does work)

; Generated by nLite 1.2.1

[Data]

Autopartition=0

UnattendedInstall="Yes"

MsDosInitiated=No

[unattended]

UnattendMode=FullUnattended

UnattendSwitch="Yes"

OemSkipEula="Yes"

OemPreinstall=Yes

FileSystem=*

WaitForReboot="No"

NoWaitAfterTextMode=1

NoWaitAfterGUIMode=1

DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

NonDriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

OemPreinstall=Yes

[systemRestore]

[GuiUnattended]

AdminPassword=*

OemSkipWelcome=1

OEMSkipRegional=1

TimeZone=

[shell]

DefaultThemesOff="Yes"

[Components]

Iis_common=Off

Iis_ftp=Off

Iis_inetmgr=Off

Iis_internetdataconnector=Off

Iis_nntp=Off

Iis_serversideincludes=Off

Iis_smtp=Off

Iis_webadmin=Off

Iis_webdav=Off

Iis_www=Off

Iis_www_vdir_scripts=Off

Iis_asp=Off

msmsgs=off

msnexplr=off

zonegames=off

[userData]

ProductKey="MY SERIAL"

ComputerName=UNKNOWN

FullName="NA"

OrgName="NA"

[RegionalSettings]

Language= "0409"

[Networking]

InstallDefaultComponents="Yes"

[GUIRunOnce]

command9="%SystemDrive%\DPsFnshr.exe"

%systemdrive%\install\batch_file.cmd

[aod2002]

Now I have it completely fixed my last problem above was from making my Virtual machine only 2gigs so it didnt have enough space to install all the files. I also figured out the problems with my application installs, two of them just had ""'s in the wrong spot...