[Magic1]

Extremely Frustrated.....!

First off I'm an older retired guy but fairly new at some of this stuff. Most of the unattended goes correctly. The problem: For some reason nothing from the $OEM$, $ folder (Drivers,Install) gets copied to the hard drive. So of course nothing from the RunOnceEx.cmd gets installed after the reboot because the Directories/files are not there. The folders are exactly like the MSFN Unattended Guide. And, yes the RunOnceEx does install properly when tested with the folders in the right place.

I have searched and found a few similar problems stated in the forum - but the ones that were answered would not solve my problem. I seem to have the folders in the proper place and order.

All of the other folder and Files like the $$ folder, $Docs and the $Progs do get copied into the proper place. My timezone, Theme and several other things from the winnt.sif are all correct.

I have looked at this until I can hardly stand it - and do not see the problem....!

If I understand this correctly those folders in the $ folder should automatically get copied - at least if my winnt.sif is correct and if the folders are placed, labeled and/or spelled and refered to correctly.

If the problem isn't in the winnt.sif - which I can't seem to see a problem with - then what else am I overlooking. Any help would be appreciated - I've searched for a week now - and don't know where to go from here....!

Magic1 (Tom)

My Unattend files:

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winnt.sif
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;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
    AutoPartition=1
    MsDosInitiated="0"
    UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[Unattended]
    UnattendMode=FullUnattended
    OemSkipEula=Yes
    OemPreinstall=Yes
    UnattendSwitch=yes
    WaitForReboot=No
    DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
    NonDriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
    TargetPath=\WINDOWS
   

[GuiUnattended]
    AdminPassword=*
    EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
    OEMSkipRegional=1
    TimeZone=35
    OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
    ProductKey=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx
    FullName="Owner"
    OrgName="None"
    ComputerName=Computer1

[Display]
    BitsPerPel=32
    Xresolution=1024
    YResolution=768
    Vrefresh=75

[Shell]
    CustomDefaultThemeFile=%WinDir%\Resources\Themes\MyScreen.theme
    DefaultStartPanelOff=Yes

[TapiLocation]
    CountryCode=1
    Dialing=Tone
    AreaCode=555

[Branding]
    BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

[URL]
    Home_Page=http://www.msnf.com

[Proxy]
    Proxy_Enable=0
    Use_Same_Proxy=1

[Identification]
    JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

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cmdlines.txt
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[COMMANDS]

"usersetup.cmd"
"RunOnceEx.cmd"

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usersetup.cmd
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@echo off

cmdow @ /HID
title Setup Accounts

netuser Administrator /name:new_name

exit

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RunOnceEx.cmd
=================================

cmdow @ /HID
@echo off

SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx
REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Applications" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\005 /VE /D "Adobe Reader 7" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Adobe7\acroread7.exe /qn" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\010 /VE /D "DVD Decrypter 3.5.1.0" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\010 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\DVDDecrypter\Setup.exe /S" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\015 /VE /D "DVD Shrink 3.2" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\015 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\DVDShrink\Setup.exe /verysilent" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\020 /VE /D "ISOBuster 1.6" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\020 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\ISOBuster\Setup.exe /VERYSILENT /SP-" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\020 /V 2 /D "taskkill /F /IM isobuster.exe" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\020 /V 3 /D "REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\Install\ISOBuster\register.reg" /f

REG ADD %KEY% 025 /VE /D "Java 501" /f
REG ADD %KEY% 025 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Java_501\jre501.exe" qn" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\030 /VE /D "TweakUI Powertoy" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\030 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Powertoys\TweakUi.msi /qn" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\035 /VE /D "Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal 5.0" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\035 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Kaspersky\setup156.exe /S" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\035 /V 2 /D "copy /Y "%systemdrive%\Install\Kaspersky\2005.KEY" "%systemdrive%\program 

files\Kaspersky Lab\Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal\2005.KEY.YEK"" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\040 /VE /D "K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 1.14" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\040 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\KLite\KLite.exe /silent /loadinf=".\silent.inf"" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\045 /VE /D "Office 2003 Professional and FrontPage" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\045 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Office2003\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb-" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\045 /V 2 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Frontpage\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb-" /f

REM REG ADD %KEY%\050 /VE /D "MSN Messenger 6.2" /f
REM REG ADD %KEY%\050 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\MSN\MsnMsgs.msi /QN" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\055 /VE /D "Nero 6.6.0.1 Ultra" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\055 /V 1 /D "REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\Install\Nero\register.reg" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\055 /V 2 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Nero\nero6601.exe" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\060 /VE /D "Spybot SD 1.3" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\060 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Spybot\setup.exe /VERYSILENT /NOCANCEL /TASKBARHIDE 

/AUTOCLOSE" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\065 /VE /D "Winamp 5.05 Pro" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\065 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Winamp\Winamp.msi /qn 

INI="%systemdrive%\Install\Winamp\winamp.ini"" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\070 /VE /D "WinRAR 3.40 Corporate Edition" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\070 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\WinRAR\wrar340.exe /s /W" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\075 /VE /D "WinZip 9.0" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\075 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Winzip\WinZipSFX.exe" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\075 /V 2 /D "%systemdrive%\Program Files\winzip\winzip32.exe /noqp /notip /autoinstall" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\075 /V 3 /D "REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\Install\Winzip\Winzip.reg" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\080 /VE /D "Importing Registry Tweaks" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\080 /V 1 /D "REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\Install\RegTweaks.reg" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\085 /VE /D "Cleaning Up and Rebooting" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\085 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\cleanup.cmd" /f

EXIT

[bart of borg]

if you can, show us a picture of your folder hieriachy so we can make sure your folders are, in fact, in the right place......and the home pade you have listed in yout winnt.sif file is misspelled....

[Magic1]

bart of borg, on Feb 19 2005, 11:34 PM, said:

if you can, show us a picture of your folder hieriachy so we can make sure your folders are, in fact, in the right place......and the home pade you have listed in yout winnt.sif file is misspelled....
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Hope this picture was done right...! The misspelling was only in the "post" not the winnt.sif. It was supposed to be www.msn.com - I must have hit the "F" key (being so FFFFfrustrated...)!

Magic1

[bart of borg]

Aha! You should have a folder called $1 and not just $....that's your problem!

[Magic1]

bart of borg, on Feb 20 2005, 12:25 AM, said:

Aha! You should have a folder called $1 and not just $....that's your problem!
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CRAP......! Now I know I have looked at this way too long.....!

I can it see now and as often as I stared and looked it just didn't register or sink in.....!


THANK you....!

Magic1