[Viper999]

I restarted the process and looked at the file Se7en_UA.ini and it is empty and remains empty all the way through and including when I hit any key to continue on to second stage where it mounts the wim file. The file is time stamped 11-27-09 and remains 0 bytes in size. I opened the file to make sure and sure enough it is empty.


What I did to get a file was installed the app to a different folder and deleted the existing Se7en_UA.ini and the app created a new one which I attached.

I am running windows XP and I am trying to build a windows 7 DVD. I also installed waiK because I thought it might help.

Thanks for your help...
Jim

Attached File(s)

•  Se7en_UA.ini (1.57K)
  Number of downloads: 18

This post has been edited by Viper999: 03 January 2010 - 06:53 AM

[maxXPsoft]

It dos not write to the ini. At anytime if you delete the ini and restart the Se7en_UA it will re-create the ini as a troubleshooting tool with sensitive data removed.

Uninstall and reinstall and place on root of any drive.
Your AppPath=C:\Win7\ where it should be AppPath=D:\Se7en_UA\ or C:\Se7en_UA\
Applications=D:\Storage\XP\winxp\Software should be simply D:\APPS

EDIT: noticed this on your applications also
[Apps]
1=D:\Storage\XP\winxp\Software\Off2k7
2=D:\Storage\XP\winxp\Software\Firefox
Place applications folders directly in the APPS folder

1=D:\APPS\Off2k7
2=D:\APPS\Firefox

This is so the Se7en_UA will find the APPS folder on any drive it's on.
You can store everything else within the APPS folder if you want so only 1 place to backup
Make sure you copy an extracted iso or a dvd

I experimented and ran this latest from XP yesterday

This post has been edited by maxXPsoft: 03 January 2010 - 09:58 AM

[Viper999]

I got everything to work except the computer name as well as the apps to load automatically. I am attaching my files. I am placing the apps on the c:\apps directory, but I get an error that they were not found during the win7 installation. Can you check these files to see if you see any goof ups? I removed the key for obvious reasons. Thanks in advance.

Attached File(s)

•  AutoUnattend.xml (9.66K)
  Number of downloads: 25

This post has been edited by Viper999: 03 January 2010 - 06:28 PM

[Viper999]

Here is my appswitch file as well. I am placing all necessary apps in c:\apps\subdirectory for each application. Am I entering the entries incorrectly? Do I need to add the subdirectory for each application as it is in the c:\apps directory? Also do I need a different designation if I want them to install from the DVD ? Again thanks for your assistance.

[Off2k7]
REM http://www.microsoft.com
REG ADD %KEY%\iAdd /VE /D "Office 2007" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\iAdd /V Inum /D "CMD /C Start /Wait %SystemDrive%\APPS\setup.exe" /f

[Firefox]
REM http://www.mozilla.org
REG ADD %KEY%\iAdd /VE /D "Firefox" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\iAdd /V Inum /D "CMD /C Start /Wait %SystemDrive%\APPS\ff.exe" /f

[CIS]
REM http://www.comodo.com
REG ADD %KEY%\iAdd /VE /D "Comodo Firewall" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\iAdd /V Inum /D "CMD /C Start /Wait %SystemDrive%\APPS\fw.exe" /f

[Avira]
REM http://avira.com
REG ADD %KEY%\iAdd /VE /D "Avira Antivirus" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\iAdd /V Inum /D "CMD /C Start /Wait %SystemDrive%\APPS\Avira.exe" /f

[Ashampoo]
REM http://avira.com
REG ADD %KEY%\iAdd /VE /D "Ashampoo Burning Studio" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\iAdd /V Inum /D "CMD /C Start /Wait %SystemDrive%\APPS\Asham.exe" /f

This post has been edited by Viper999: 03 January 2010 - 06:32 PM

[maxXPsoft]

look at post #5
You select the APPS 1 at a time and it will copy it in to uaDVD\APPS folder as sub folders. Setup will run off the Dvd then.

EDIT: If you have the APPS on D: drive when setup runs and it see's that, it will allow you to run it from there since it run's faster from hard drive

This post has been edited by maxXPsoft: 03 January 2010 - 08:04 PM

[urie]

Viper999, on Jan 4 2010, 12:29 AM, said:

Here is my appswitch file as well. I am placing all necessary apps in c:\apps\subdirectory for each application. Am I entering the entries incorrectly? Do I need to add the subdirectory for each application as it is in the c:\apps directory? Also do I need a different designation if I want them to install from the DVD ? Again thanks for your assistance.

[Off2k7]
REM http://www.microsoft.com
REG ADD %KEY%\iAdd /VE /D "Office 2007" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\iAdd /V Inum /D "CMD /C Start /Wait %SystemDrive%\APPS\setup.exe" /f

[Firefox]
REM http://www.mozilla.org
REG ADD %KEY%\iAdd /VE /D "Firefox" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\iAdd /V Inum /D "CMD /C Start /Wait %SystemDrive%\APPS\ff.exe" /f

[CIS]
REM http://www.comodo.com
REG ADD %KEY%\iAdd /VE /D "Comodo Firewall" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\iAdd /V Inum /D "CMD /C Start /Wait %SystemDrive%\APPS\fw.exe" /f

[Avira]
REM http://avira.com
REG ADD %KEY%\iAdd /VE /D "Avira Antivirus" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\iAdd /V Inum /D "CMD /C Start /Wait %SystemDrive%\APPS\Avira.exe" /f

[Ashampoo]
REM http://avira.com
REG ADD %KEY%\iAdd /VE /D "Ashampoo Burning Studio" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\iAdd /V Inum /D "CMD /C Start /Wait %SystemDrive%\APPS\Asham.exe" /f

You need to add full path to your apps i,e the sub folders also examples below.

[DVDFab_6]
REM	 http://www.dvdfab.com/
REG ADD %KEY%\iAdd /VE /D "DVDFab Platinum v6.1.2.5" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\iAdd /V Inum /D "%SystemDrive%\APPS\DVDFab_6\DVDFab6125.exe /SILENT /SP- /NORESTART" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\iAdd /V Inum /D "CMD /C DEL \"%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\DVDFab 6.lnk\"" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\iAdd /V Inum /D "CMD /C DEL \"%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\DVDFab 6.lnk\"" /f
FLAG1=HKLM\SOFTWARE\DVDFab
FLAG1=HKCU\SOFTWARE\DVDFab\V6

[DVD2one]
REM   http://www.dvd2one.com/download.php
REG ADD %KEY%\iAdd /VE /D "DVD2one 1.5.2" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\iAdd /V Inum /D "%SystemDrive%\APPS\DVD2one\setup_dvd2one152.exe /S" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\iAdd /V Inum /D "REGEDIT /S %SystemDrive%\APPS\dvd2one\dvd2one.reg" /f

[DVDSanta]
REM	 http://www.dvdsanta.com/
REG ADD %KEY%\iAdd /VE /D "DVDSanta" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\iAdd /V Inum /D "%SystemDrive%\APPS\DVDSanta\dvdSanta.exe /SILENT /SP- /NORESTART"/f
REG ADD %KEY%\iAdd /V Inum /D "CMD /C DEL \"%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\dvdSanta.lnk\"" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\iAdd /V Inum /D "CMD /C DEL \"%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\dvdSanta.lnk\"" /f

[maxXPsoft]

With XP we see that many Services are not installed(Blue) since this reads yor reg for the target services, MS has bloated this quite a bit. I counted about 145
If you know which services you want to disable then your ok otherwise use the Safe, Tweaked, Bare Bones for a guideline
 XPservices.png (48.66K)
Number of downloads: 46

[Viper999]

How do you force the install from DVD ? I would like to install the apps from DVD and not the hard drive ? The assumption here is that my drive/partition will be clean when I do the install. Thanks in advance for your help.

[urie]

Viper999, on Jan 5 2010, 01:36 AM, said:

How do you force the install from DVD ? I would like to install the apps from DVD and not the hard drive ? The assumption here is that my drive/partition will be clean when I do the install. Thanks in advance for your help.

The Apps are copied to dvd what maxx is saying is if you were installing to say your own machine and you had the apps on dvd and another partition or drive you can select from where you want to install from.

[bobthenob]

hi thanks for a great program
im trying to get it to do what i want it to do
i added some stuff in DVD\sources\$OEM$\$1\Install
they get copied ok
but i look on the iso and they are not there also i cant find any of the fistlogon.cmd cleanup.cmd
where are they or is it magic
cheers

[maxXPsoft]

bobthenob, on Jan 11 2010, 03:17 PM, said:

i added some stuff in DVD\sources\$OEM$\$1\Install
they get copied ok
but i look on the iso and they are not there also i cant find any of the fistlogon.cmd cleanup.cmd
where are they or is it magic
cheers

not magic I just put them where they need to be inside the wim

Install folder will be on the root \Install where it is placed on root of target drive. fistlogon.cmd cleanup.cmd are inside that folder
The rest I place where they need to go like
$oem$\$$\Setup\Scripts\setupcomplete.cmd will be placed in \Windows\Setup
$oem$\$$\Web\Wallpaper will be placed in \Windows\Web\Wallpaper
Drivers to \Drivers and placed on target OS root or if inject can delete them.

I've just found that doing them this way, MY Stuff works which is what you or I want it to do...

This post has been edited by maxXPsoft: 12 January 2010 - 07:07 AM

[maxXPsoft]

7 Search sucks as usual which slowed me down quite a bit so I went back to my old friend Pdfind
uploaded my fix to my Se7en/Vista Unattended DVD XML link below

why can't MS provide a decent file/ content search after this many years? buy out Ontrack PowerDesk and use their stuff.

This post has been edited by maxXPsoft: 13 January 2010 - 09:23 AM

[maxXPsoft]

'Se7en_UA.exe 6.1.8: January 27, 2010, 8:27:14 AM
'   Fixed tweaks not applying and added more
'   Addition to my 'Powder Puff' replace for x86
'   Fixed an error wouldn't setup image tools in certain case
'   Added Start Menu Pinned Applications shortcuts to Addons
'   Cleaned up starting over.

[MAVERICKS CHOICE]

Max look forward to testing this release.

[maxXPsoft]

MAVERICKS CHOICE, on Jan 29 2010, 01:12 PM, said:

Max look forward to testing this release.

Cheer's man, Let me know how it goes. just discovered the Start Menu pinned didn't work and have fixed for next version. Needed a reg export and it's instant

[maxXPsoft]

A couple nice Free Apps to add to your Appswitch.dat and both are Inno meaning Silent

[7_Dreamscene]
REM	 http://www.askvg.com/how-to-get-windows-vistas-dreamscene-feature-in-windows-7/
REG ADD %KEY%\iAdd /VE /D "Windows 7 Dreamscene" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\iAdd /V Inum /D "CMD /C Start /Wait %SystemDrive%\APPS\7_Dreamscene\Instalar_DreamScene_para_Win7.exe /SILENT /SP-" /f

[Puran_Defrag]
REM	 http://www.puransoftware.com/Puran-Defrag-Download.html
REG ADD %KEY%\iAdd /VE /D "Puran Defrag Free Edition" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\iAdd /V Inum /D "CMD /C Start /Wait %SystemDrive%\APPS\Puran_Defrag\PuranDefragFreeSetup.exe /SILENT" /f

This post has been edited by maxXPsoft: 31 January 2010 - 04:53 PM

[bushgrazor]

I get these errors on Se7en_UA6.1.8 after mounting is done -

Error copying file or folder
cannot copy Dism:The system cannot find message text for message number 0x%1 in the message file for %2
cannot copy CbsProvider:The system cannot find message text for message number 0x%1 in the message file for %2
cannot copy Wdscore:The system cannot find message text for message number 0x%1 in the message file for %2
cannot copy wimgapi:The system cannot find message text for message number 0x%1 in the message file for %2

and then zMountDir is unmounted

dism log shows it found WAIK ,Successfully loaded the ImageSession at "C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\Servicing

Please suggest where i'm going wrong.

[urie]

bushgrazor, on Feb 3 2010, 07:08 PM, said:

I get these errors on Se7en_UA6.1.8 after mounting is done -

Error copying file or folder
cannot copy Dism:The system cannot find message text for message number 0x%1 in the message file for %2
cannot copy CbsProvider:The system cannot find message text for message number 0x%1 in the message file for %2
cannot copy Wdscore:The system cannot find message text for message number 0x%1 in the message file for %2
cannot copy wimgapi:The system cannot find message text for message number 0x%1 in the message file for %2

and then zMountDir is unmounted

dism log shows it found WAIK ,Successfully loaded the ImageSession at "C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\Servicing

Please suggest where i'm going wrong.

What OS are you running if it is windows 7 you don't need to install waik, what is the name of you windows source folder does it have spaces in folder name if so remove them.

[bushgrazor]

Running on XP Professional SP3 (C:\Se7en_UA) windows 7 waik installed ,source folder is f:\Win7

part of dism.log below ..

2010-02-04 00:48:52, Info DISM DISM.EXE: Succesfully registered commands for the provider: Compatibility Manager.
2010-02-04 00:48:52, Warning DISM DISM.EXE: Failed to load WimManager. Try running from the Deployment Tools Command Prompt. If the issue persists, ensure that wimgapi.dll and wimserv.exe are up to date.
2010-02-04 00:48:52, Warning DISM DISM.EXE: Failed to add any commands.
2010-02-04 00:48:52, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=2928 Getting the collection of providers from a local provider store type. - CDISMProviderStore::GetProviderCollection
2010-02-04 00:48:52, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=2928 Getting the collection of providers from a local provider store type. - CDISMProviderStore::GetProviderCollection
2010-02-04 00:48:52, Error DISM DISM Manager: PID=2928 Failed to create unique image session lock name for DISM located at 'C:\zMountDir\Windows\System32\Dism\dismprov.dll'. - CDISMManager::CheckSessionAndLock(hr:0x8007013d)
2010-02-04 00:48:52, Error DISM DISM Manager: PID=2928 Failed to create the image session lock for location: C:\zMountDir\Windows\System32\Dism - CDISMManager::CreateImageSession(hr:0x8007013d)
2010-02-04 00:48:52, Error DISM DISM.EXE: Could not load the image session. HRESULT=8007013D
2010-02-04 00:48:52, Error DISM DISM.EXE: Unable to start the servicing process for the image at 'C:\zMountDir'. HRESULT=8007013D
2010-02-04 00:48:52, Info DISM DISM.EXE: Image session has been closed. Reboot required=no.
2010-02-04 00:48:52, Info DISM DISM.EXE:
2010-02-04 00:48:52, Info DISM DISM.EXE: <----- Ending Dism.exe session ----->
2010-02-04 00:48:52, Info DISM DISM.EXE:
2010-02-04 00:48:52, Info DISM DISM Image Session: PID=2928 Disconnecting the provider store - CDISMImageSession::Final_OnDisconnect
2010-02-04 00:48:52, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=2928 Disconnecting Provider: FolderManager - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider
2010-02-04 00:48:52, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=2928 Found the OSServices. Waiting to finalize it until all other providers are unloaded. - CDISMProviderStore::Final_OnDisconnect
2010-02-04 00:48:52, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=2928 Disconnecting Provider: Compatibility Manager - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider
2010-02-04 00:48:52, Info DISM DISM Provider Store: PID=2928 Releasing the local reference to DISMLogger. Stop logging. - CDISMProviderStore::Internal_DisconnectProvider

[maxXPsoft]

I run it fine on my 2nd pc XP SP3

delete the Se7en_UA.ini, restart so it creates new one and attach it here so I can see where it's failing