ladiko

thank you for your help, i will look into the log files tomorrow and test it with a shorter winnt.sif and will give response. i appreciate your details information and fast reply! by the way, i tried it with qemu, virtualpc and virtualbox, but as most normal computers list the hdd first and the usb pen drive second, i didnt found a way to boot from the second drive with all the virtualization solutions and when i set the pen drive as the first drive to boot, windows xp setup also listed it first and nuked the pen drives boot sector by writing it's own. what about vmware player?

does windows setup always create the file setupact.log?

Hello, i have a problem with the execution of the commands in the file cmdlines.txt and would be pleased if you could help me. I would like to add some regkeys by the cmdlines.txt method at T-12 as only then registry keys added to HKCU will be added to the default user profile and later are valid for all users. So what i do: Extract de_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_vl_x14-73985.iso to C:\de_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_vl_x14-73985\ with 7zip 9.27 Copy $OEM$ to C:\de_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_vl_x14-73985\$OEM$ Copy winnt.sif to C:\de_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_vl_x14-73985\I386\winnt.sif Delete C:\de_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_vl_x14-73985\[BOOT] Delete C:\de_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_vl_x14-73985\DOCS Delete C:\de_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_vl_x14-73985\DOTNETFX Delete C:\de_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_vl_x14-73985\SUPPORT Delete C:\de_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_vl_x14-73985\VALUEADD At the end C:\de_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_vl_x14-73985\ is about 860 MB Insert 2GB USB pen drive Start C:\WinSetup-1-0-beta8\WinSetupFromUSB_1-0-beta8.exe with admin rights Select Auto-Format it with FBinst: (*) NTFS [x] align Add to Disk: Windows 2000/XP/2003 Setup: C:\de_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_vl_x14-73985\ Go! -> pen drive format warning: OK -> Accept Microsoft EULA But at the end the cmdlines.txt is not executed. So here is how my WINNT.SIF and $OEM$ files look like: C:\de_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_vl_x14-73985\I386\ ... all the windows files and WINNT.SIF C:\de_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_vl_x14-73985\$OEM$\cmdlines.txt C:\de_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_vl_x14-73985\$OEM$\regkeys.reg C:\de_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_vl_x14-73985\$OEM$\$$\Resources\Themes ... the Zune theme files named in WINNT.SIF C:\de_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_vl_x14-73985\$OEM$\$1\_DRIVERS\ ... all the driver files C:\de_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_vl_x14-73985\$OEM$\$1\_INSTALL\GuiRunOnce.cmd C:\de_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_vl_x14-73985\$OEM$\$1\_INSTALL\SetupParams.cmd C:\de_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_vl_x14-73985\$OEM$\$1\_INSTALL\ ... some more files to be executed cmdlines.txt: [COMMANDS] "CMD.EXE /C echo TEST > C:\TEST1.TXT" "REGEDT32.EXE /S regkeys.reg" "CMD.EXE /C echo TEST > C:\TEST2.TXT" The TEST-files don't exist after the installation! regkeys.reg: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ; Enable Basic Authentification f.e. for WebDAV [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WebClient\Parameters] "UseBasicAuth"=dword:00000001 ; Changes default Search Options [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer] "SearchSystemDirs"=dword:00000001 "SearchHidden"=dword:00000001 "IncludeSubFolders"=dword:00000001 "CaseSensitive"=dword:00000000 "SearchSlowFiles"=dword:00000000 ; Turns On Classic Search [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CabinetState] "FullPath"=dword:00000001 "FullPathAddress"=dword:00000001 "Use Search Asst"="Yes" "Settings"=hex:0c,00,02,00,1b,01,e7,77,60,00,00,00 ...the keys are added to the registry without problems if i double click the file later, but unfortunately only to the currently logged in user. SetupParams.cmd and GuiRunOnce.cmd are executed without a problem. So on the USB pen drive it looks like that: X:\WINSETUP\XPpSP3\I386 X:\WINSETUP\XPpSP3\$OEM$\cmdlines.txt X:\WINSETUP\XPpSP3\$OEM$\regkeys.reg X:\WINSETUP\XPpSP3\$OEM$\$1\_DRIVERS\ ... all the driver files X:\WINSETUP\XPpSP3\$OEM$\$1\_INSTALL\GuiRunOnce.cmd X:\WINSETUP\XPpSP3\$OEM$\$1\_INSTALL\SetupParams.cmd X:\WINSETUP\XPpSP3\$OEM$\$1\_INSTALL\ ... some more files to be executed WINNT.SIF: ;SetupMgrTag [Data] MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall=Yes Floppyless=1 AutomaticUpdates=Yes AutoPartition="0" [Unattended] OemPreinstall=Yes OemSkipEula=Yes WaitForReboot=No TargetPath=\WINDOWS DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore OemPnPDriversPath="_DRIVERS\ACPI_ATK0110;_DRIVERS\Atheros_LAN;_DRIVERS\ATI_Display;_DRIVERS\ATI_HDMI_Audio;_DRIVERS\ATI_SMBus;_DRIVERS\DLink_DWL-G122_revC1;_DRIVERS\Intel_Chipset;_DRIVERS\Intel_Grafik;_DRIVERS\Intel_HDMI_Audio;_DRIVERS\Intel_SATA;_DRIVERS\MitsubishiCP9550DW;_DRIVERS\MSI-US300EX;_DRIVERS\Nvidia_Away;_DRIVERS\Nvidia_Display;_DRIVERS\Nvidia_HDAudio;_DRIVERS\Nvidia_LAN;_DRIVERS\Nvidia_SATA;_DRIVERS\Nvidia_SMBUS;_DRIVERS\Nvidia_SMU;_DRIVERS\Realtek_AC97;_DRIVERS\Realtek_HD_Audio;_DRIVERS\Realtek_LAN_PCI;_DRIVERS\Realtek_LAN_PCI-E;_DRIVERS\SIS_Grafik;_DRIVERS\TP-Link_TL-WN721N;_DRIVERS\VIA_HD_Audio" UnattendMode=FullUnattended UnattendSwitch="Yes" [UserData] ProductKey=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX FullName="Home User" OrgName="Home" ComputerName=HomeComputer [SetupParams] UserExecute="%SystemDrive%\_INSTALL\SetupParams.cmd" [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword="XXXXXXXX" EncryptedAdminPassword=No AutoLogon=Yes AutoLogonCount=1 OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=110 OemSkipWelcome=1 [Shell] CustomDefaultThemeFile = "%WinDir%\Resources\Themes\Zune.theme" [Display] BitsPerPel=32 Xresolution=1024 YResolution=768 Vrefresh=60 [TapiLocation] CountryCode=49 Dialing=Tone AreaCode=030 LongDistanceAccess="0" [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=1 Language=00000407 SystemLocale=00000407 UserLocale=00000407 InputLocale=0407:00000407 [GuiRunOnce] Command0="%SystemDrive%\_INSTALL\GuiRunOnce.cmd" [Identification] JoinWorkgroup=ARBEITSGRUPPE [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes [Components] msmsgs=off msnexplr=off zonegames=off [WindowsFirewall] Profiles=WindowsFirewall.Standard [WindowsFirewall.Standard] Mode=1 Exceptions=1 Notifications=1 [IEPopupBlocker] BlockPopups=Yes ShowInformationBar=Yes