[ajua]

A new WAIK for RC has been released. You can download it here.

[ricktendo]

maxXPsoft, on Jan 22 2009, 07:34 PM, said:

MagicAndre1981, on Jan 21 2009, 09:16 AM, said:

for Windows7 use DISM to mount the Image!

Thanks I'll look at it but the old imagex does still work also and faster than the new one

@ChimeraDev
2 xmls you are trying to do Audit passes?
That I don't have working yet but with single FULL xml I checked with WAIK 7. I placed on floppy but you can put on floppy/usb/%DVDroot% I had a near flawless UA installion and didn't ask for key

I have been having trouble booting from my USB drive and have it see/launch my Autounattend.xml

It works fine from a DVD just not when I boot from the usb drive

My question is does anybody have any experience with aplying unattended file to the image?

dism /image:c:\mount\ /apply-unattend:c:\unattend.xml

I have tried applying it to Vista Ultimate in Install.wim but it does not take, my other question is: do I have to apply it to one of the Boot.wim images?

This post has been edited by ricktendo64: 06 May 2009 - 08:48 AM

[ajua]

Good question ricktendo64...

I'm making my bootable USB to try an unattended install of Win7 but i didn't apply the XML. I will try it just the way i always do with Vista to see if it works.

Did you use the new WAIK to update your XML file and point it to the new WIM image? I already did so.

The thing that your XML is working from DVD but not from USB is weird. It should get applied.

[MagicAndre1981]

maxXPsoft, on Jan 23 2009, 02:34 AM, said:

but the old imagex does still work also and faster than the new one

imageX is just a compatibility app which calls DISM, so it can't be faster

[maxXPsoft]

MagicAndre1981, on May 7 2009, 06:13 AM, said:

maxXPsoft, on Jan 23 2009, 02:34 AM, said:

but the old imagex does still work also and faster than the new one

imageX is just a compatibility app which calls DISM, so it can't be faster

Perhaps you don't understand. I am using my one application that I am running and creating Win 7 dvd's on XP, Vista and from Seven so I see all the different things. I am still in debug mode right now and trying to find the things that work and don't work

You can mount with imagex and then call dism if you want.

[sobriquet]

Hi All,

I have downloaded windows7 and WAIK ; I have windows7 rc running already on this machine ; I want to create an unattend install with waik (I haven't used waik before) ; can you please guide me on how to start on this one ?

I have installed WAIK for windows7 and I have the ISO for windows7 ?

Whats next ?

Any help would be appreciated
Thanks and Regards

[ajua]

sobriquet, on Jun 17 2009, 09:49 AM, said:

Hi All,

I have downloaded windows7 and WAIK ; I have windows7 rc running already on this machine ; I want to create an unattend install with waik (I haven't used waik before) ; can you please guide me on how to start on this one ?

I have installed WAIK for windows7 and I have the ISO for windows7 ?

Whats next ?

Any help would be appreciated
Thanks and Regards

To get started, copy the contents of the dvd to a folder on your hard drive, open install.wim (located in sources folder) with WAIK and add a new XML file. You can then read the documentation that comes with WAIK to make you Autounattend.xml file.

But, it would be better to read Firegeier's guide for unattended Vista first, since all the principles are the same for Windows 7.

[ajua]

maxXPsoft, on May 7 2009, 08:05 AM, said:

MagicAndre1981, on May 7 2009, 06:13 AM, said:

maxXPsoft, on Jan 23 2009, 02:34 AM, said:

but the old imagex does still work also and faster than the new one

imageX is just a compatibility app which calls DISM, so it can't be faster

Perhaps you don't understand. I am using my one application that I am running and creating Win 7 dvd's on XP, Vista and from Seven so I see all the different things. I am still in debug mode right now and trying to find the things that work and don't work

You can mount with imagex and then call dism if you want.

That's what I'm doing. I mount wim's with ImageX and then use DISM for servicing them.
DISM can mount but I'm getting used first to its new command-line parameters before I ditch ImageX for mounting/commiting images.

[sobriquet]

elajua, on Jun 18 2009, 01:32 AM, said:

To get started, copy the contents of the dvd to a folder on your hard drive, open install.wim (located in sources folder) with WAIK and add a new XML file. You can then read the documentation that comes with WAIK to make you Autounattend.xml file.

But, it would be better to read Firegeier's guide for unattended Vista first, since all the principles are the same for Windows 7.

Hi Elajua,

Thanks for your reply, I went on to firegeiers website but its down ; not accessible ; have you got the document you can email me ; digeratimag at gmail dot com

Thanks and regards

[ricktendo]

Here is the PDF made from his site (I dont recall who made it)

http://www.mediafire.com/?ryhqmiytnmi

[ajua]

sobriquet, on Jun 26 2009, 06:37 AM, said:

elajua, on Jun 18 2009, 01:32 AM, said:

To get started, copy the contents of the dvd to a folder on your hard drive, open install.wim (located in sources folder) with WAIK and add a new XML file. You can then read the documentation that comes with WAIK to make you Autounattend.xml file.

But, it would be better to read Firegeier's guide for unattended Vista first, since all the principles are the same for Windows 7.

Hi Elajua,

Thanks for your reply, I went on to firegeiers website but its down ; not accessible ; have you got the document you can email me ; digeratimag at gmail dot com

Thanks and regards

Download the PDF ricktendo posted for the guide and also read the documentation that WAIK installs, it is very extensive and covers most topics.

[ChimeraDev]

I'm trying to build an unattended setup for Windows 7 Ultimate. I also install applications in the audit-pass and create a user in de oobeSystem pass. The only thing I need is the partition screen.

Since Vista SP1, booting to audit by running a command during the specialize pass isn't supported anymore. So the only way, as far as I know, is using the Microsoft-Windows-Deployment | Reseal setting during oobeSystem-phase to boot into audit. However, when you do this, the rest of oobeSystem will be ignored. Solution was to have a Unattend.xml file in the install dir with only the oobeSystem pass, and boot into oobe using a command in auditUser (sysprep.exe /quiet /oobe /unattend:%AppsRoot%\install\Unattend.xml)... Well, it doesn't work... At this point I keep getting the locale / timezone / product key / eula / user screens again, and when I look into the log, it says it found an already processed phase (oobeSystem) and it's skipping it, so I get presented with the unwanted OOBE questions.

Anyone has an idea? Thanks in advance.

This post has been edited by ChimeraDev: 21 July 2009 - 06:38 PM

[jobshopr]

I just spent a few hours scratching my head trying to figure out why Window 7 wouldn't accept my product key that I had entered into the autounattend.xml

Then I found this in the help and I discovered I was placing my MAK key in the wrong place:

Comparison of Product Key Settings (There are two places you can insert your product key)

Microsoft-Windows-Setup\UserData\ProductKey\Key
Specifies the Windows image to install during Windows Setup. If this setting is used by itself, Windows Welcome will prompt for a product key.

Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup\ProductKey
Specifies a Product Key to activate Windows. If this setting is used, Windows Welcome will not prompt for a product key. This setting can be used with Microsoft-Windows-Setup\UserData\ProductKey\Key. Note that the two product keys can be different.
If you are using a Volume License Multiple Activation Key (MAK), it must be specified using this setting.



Ed