[crazyboot]

OK, thanks Bâshrat, that's what I've thought.
So, I have to find where the problem lies, before I try your packs, because, I think I will have the same problem with your packs (as they use also Pyron's jobs).

I guess there is a compatbility pb between Pyron's jobs and one of following I use at the same time :
- cmdlines.txt
- svcpack.inf
- runonceex.cmd
- txtsetup.sif
- winnt.inf

Any idea from experimented users ?

Thank you very much and see ya !

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

Eh... Isn't it working now?

[crazyboot]

maybe i wasn't clear enough in my past posts :
No, unfortunately, it never worked for me ...

just two more precisions :

WINNT.INF

...
;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
    AutoPartition=0
    MsDosInitiated="0"
    UnattendedInstall="Yes"
    AutomaticUpdates=no

[Unattended]
    UnattendMode=FullUnattended
    OemSkipEula=Yes
    OemPreinstall=Yes
    UnattendSwitch="yes"
    TargetPath=\WINDOWS
    FileSystem=*
    WaitForReboot = No
;    OemPnPDriversPath="Pinnacle\PCTV550\Driver"
;    DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
    KeyboardLayout="Fran‡ais"


[GuiUnattended]
    AdminPassword="password"
    EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
    OEMSkipRegional=1
    TimeZone=105
    OemSkipWelcome=1
...

RegTweaks i use in the end of RunOnceEx.cmd

...
;Microsoft recommends to reset the DevicePath to "%SystemRoot%\Inf" after setup
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion]
"DevicePath"=hex(2)& #58;25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,\
00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,49,00,6e,00,66,00,00,00

;If you used WatchDriverSigningPolicy.exe, you should reset the appropriate keys if you 
;don't want unsigned drivers to be installed without warning (replace 0 by 1)
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Driver Signing]
"Policy"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Driver Signing]
"Policy"=hex:00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Driver Signing]
"BehaviorOnFailedVerify"=dword:00000000
...

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

Well, then you should remove EVERYTHING and start adding things one by one to find the error. I can't help you with that...

[crazyboot]

I guess you're right, Bâshrat

The only matter is that EVERYTHING else works perfectly, so that makes me very confusing...

Thank you for trying and for your incredible presence in this forum (and others ;o))

[crazyboot]

OK, I m making a minimum unattended installation.
Could you please give me a WINNT.SIF minimum unattended model that works with Pyron's jobs ?

Another question :
In order to replace SVCPACK.INF, if I make a cmd that is executed in the RunOnceEx time, what is the equivalent of qchain.exe ?
Can I just use .cmd like this :
start /wait KBxxxxxx.exe /q /n /z
start /wait qchain.exe
or not ?

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

Eh... for the winnt.sif: I think you can make that yourself... It all depends on your needs. No need to clean up your winnt.sif file btw, only remove/clean other things up.

To the 2nd question: yes, that's correct.

[crazyboot]

serialzs, on Aug 21 2004, 11:04 AM, said:

big_gie, on Aug 21 2004, 08:29 AM, said:

Does anyone used SetDevicePath.exe @ t-39 succesfully? I'm still looking for a correct way of using it...

@big_gie

this is the correct way...
SetDevicePath.exe %cdrom%\Drivers

the 1st part is SetDevicePath.exe is for command for your REGISTRY

and the 2nd part is %cdrom%\Drivers is for the folder were you put the drivers files...

to test it if its working...
1. Run REGEDIT
2. goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion dont close REGEDIT... remember what data is in DevicePath key...
3. execute the SetDevicePath.exe with the Drivers folder path.
(eg. SetDevicePath.exe D:\drivers)
4. go back to REGEDIT then then press F5 to Refresh Registry, look @ DevicePath
if it add the Drivers Folder Path on DevicePath Key then it works good...


-=[serialzs]=-
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I tried this just to verify...and
4. i still had the value %systemroot%\inf

So, the SetDevicePath.exe is not working ?

[crazyboot]

Well, it seems like there is a protection...
because I could do this :
- change manually the key to anyvalue
- use SetDevicePath.exe %SystemRoot%\Inf
and it worked, just like this value is permitted, but not the others...

[crazyboot]

Well I tried a new install with no SVCPACK and it didn't worked neither.
Then I tried another one, with much smaller PATH, and the result was the same.
Finally, it seems that SetDevicePath.exe is not wotking in my computer at all, because the only way it work is to set it to %SystemRoot%\Inf when initally not equal to %SystemRoot%\Inf

Help please ! Is there something I can do to check SetDevicePath.exe (and possible issues) furtherer ?

Thank you very much in advance !!!

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

Start from a EMPTY/clean UWXPCD. ONLY add drivers through this method, and I'm sure it will work It's been working for more than half a year for all my DriverPack users so...

[evilvoice]

I have also noticed that setdevicepath will only allow %systemroot%\inf as I have tried many other ways to get anything else to work...I ONLY use Ryans Update Pack and this Driver setup...it worked tons of times before, just not anymore...is there something that is possibly stopping this from working?

[crazyboot]

"Afterdawn, on in topics Pyron's SetDevicePath.exe clone", said:

Okay, I created my own, and this one definitely works for me. Just modify the 3 values in the begin of my script. The driver_prefix is just the name that should be prefixed for every folder that contains an INF-file.
The drivers_path and winnt_file should be surrounded by quotes if you have spaces in your path. Make sure you've downloaded nircmd.

CODE@echo off

set drivers_path=D:\xp_unattend\$oem$\$1\drivers
set drivers_prefix=drivers
set winnt_file=D:\xp_unattend\i386\winnt.sif

call :traverse %drivers_path% %drivers_prefix%
nircmd.exe inisetval %winnt_file% "Unattended" "OemPnPDriversPath" "~q%newPath%~q"
goto :eof


:traverse
 pushd %~f1
 if EXIST *.inf (
   if NOT DEFINED newPath (
     set newPath=%~2
   ) else (
     call set newPath=%%newPath%%;%~2
   )
 )
 for /d %%I in (*) do (
   call :traverse "%%I" "%2\%%I"
 )
 popd
goto :eof

Hello everybody,

@Bashrat : yes I already tried to the everything again, since the beginning and without anything that is not needed, but it's still not working...

@Evilvoice : finally someone who's got the same problem ! I am not insane (just a little crazy) ;o))

Well, I ve found this alternative in an other topic, but even if they say that's the same than Pyron's it seems there is a BIG difference :

- Pyron's SetDevicePath.exe scan recursively its argument - which is a folder, memorising as many lines as there are sublfolders with INF files. The result is used to update REGISTRY ENTRY Device Path. No need for WINNT.SIF !

- This one do exactly the same but the result is used to update WINNT.SIF, more precisely, the line OemPnPDriversPath...

But, correct me if I'm wrong (and it is possible that I am, as I am not a programmer), it seems however to me that it s much more complicated to make a code to scan than to update ? So I was asking myself is there a way to change a little this script and make it do exactly the same thing than SetDevicePath.exe ?

[beb]

Hallo , has somebody sources of the WatchDriverSigningPolicy.exe???

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

Check the first post...

[paull2k]

Okay, I am completely lost as to what it is I am doing wrong here.
First off, I have my cd setup like this:
WIN51
WIN51IP
WIN51IP.SP1
I386
$OEM$\RunOnceEx.cmd
--$1$
----install
----drivers\000_chipset
----drivers\001_graphics
----drivers\002_sound
----drivers\SetDevicePath.exe
----drivers\WatchDriverSigningPolicy.exe

When I try to run the Windows XP Setup in VMWare 5, things appear to go fine, until it gets to the part where it runs presetup.cmd. I'm thinking this is where the trouble area is. I have it setup as follows:
set tagfile=\WIN51IP
for %%i in (c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z) do if exist "%%i:%tagfile%" set CDDRIVE=%%i:

%CDDRIVE%\$OEM$\$1\Drivers\SetDevicePath.exe %CDDRIVE%\$OEM$\$1\Drivers
start %CDDRIVE%\$OEM$\$1\Drivers\WatchDriverSigningPolicy.exe

I suspect it's something fairly simple, looked over the guides many times and have not made much progress at all. If someone could point me in the right direction, it would be very much appreciated. Thanks.

[beb]

I need C-source of the WatchDriverSigningPolicy ( see Post #16 , WatchDriverSigningPolicy.cpp ( 2.91k ) , but file was removed(?) ). Thank you.

[JuMz]

Hey guys

I combined Pyron's method and am using winPE to install XP Pro. During the text portion of the setup, it says that it is unable to find setupORG.exe and presetup.cmd

Once I press ignore on both, the setup installs the rest of the files. Now when the GUI portion is about to start, it just continously reboots, which makes sense, since it is searching for presetup.cmd which was not copied....

Any advice?

And yes, both files are in the I386 folder...

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

Did you list the files in your txtsetup.sif AND in your dosnet.inf? This last one is required if you use WinPE!

[JuMz]

Bâshrat the Sneaky, on Jun 5 2005, 11:06 PM, said:

Did you list the files in your txtsetup.sif AND in your dosnet.inf? This last one is required if you use WinPE!
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

According to pyron, I have added the appropriate entries in the txtsetup.sif, That is why its asking for the files to begin with.

No one said anything about a dosnet.inf, I'll try it out

But just in case, any other suggestions? Thanks for your quick response btw

I'm a big fan of your work and a long time reader of the forums, just don't post very much!


OHH!, where do I add them in the dosnet.inf