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#201 Sgt. D. Pilla

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Posted 10 September 2008 - 12:33 AM

I've only found 1 answer file so far, and that one didn't work once I added my things into it.
I've used vLite to change what I want, but I want to create my own Answer File because vLites only unattends like 2 dialogs.

I want to achive the following...
Boot from CD>Enter partitions>Change DVD 3 times>PC Boots to desktop>Script runs at first logon
PC ready to use.

I can get the changing DVDs down pat, and booting from the CD.
Other then that, unattended just doesn't want to work, comparing my answerfile to others, there is nothing wrong with it, it just doesn't answer anything.

Is there a certain order things need to go in, within the answer file.
Is there a program, other then WAIK (Maybe one that works?) that can generate a Vista SP1 answer file
Is there more to unattended then just the answer file?

I've searched for guides, but they all use WAIK, and WAIK hates me and won't load the wim file

#202 MAVERICKS CHOICE

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Posted 10 September 2008 - 01:51 AM

Man ya couldn't have searched very far? plenty on this board...The waik help files are great this UA is very time consuming & no one really masters this & its never finished.

#203 Sgt. D. Pilla

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Posted 10 September 2008 - 03:18 AM

I used search for "Answer File"
I found 1 guide, the one I used, the others were "This won't work" type threads
There is a difference between time consuming, and just straight out not working when its a copy/paste with a few numbers changed

#204 MAVERICKS CHOICE

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Posted 10 September 2008 - 04:03 AM

Try searching "autounattend.xml" in this section, plenty of hits.
Understand it's not for us members to do it all for you. This UA stuff can take years of study. I can assure you all the info you need to create a Vista UA install is here & can certainly be done.

#205 The Felon

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Posted 01 October 2008 - 01:45 AM

I recommend to any one whose goal is to successfully
automate the install of third party applications and
drivers to use the framework provided by microsoft which
is the creation of first a distribution share and then
from this a "configuration set" to simplify the process.
The $OEM$ folders you used for xp work with vista.
All of this is done with WAIK-SIM.

Hint: Not mentioned in any documentation or manual
including the one that comes with WAIK is
the "use configuration set" option value = "true".
This is pass 1 windowsPE X86
OR X64_MICROSOFT-WINDOWS-SETUP-NUETRAL\userData

This basic example installs vista and my additional programs
from one DVD after I select a partition
and then just before first logon copies a folder named
"Install" located in $oem$\$1 which I added to the root of the vista
DVD to the root of the destination partition and executes
a batch script by synchronous command pass 7 oobe which
installs several applications - very simple: Nero, Adobe etc.
and with this example we do need the sysprep tool.

 
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> 
- <unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
- <settings pass="windowsPE">
- <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="NonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
- <UserData>
- <ProductKey>
  <Key>sssss-nnnnn-aaaaa-ccccc-kkkkk</Key> 
  <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> 
  </ProductKey>
  <Organization>National Snack Food Association</Organization> 
  <FullName>ANONYMOUS</FullName> 
  <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula> 
  </UserData>
- <ImageInstall>
- <OSImage>
- <InstallFrom>
- <MetaData wcm:action="add">
  <Key>/IMAGE/NAME</Key> 
  <Value>Windows Vista ULTIMATE</Value> 
  </MetaData>
  </InstallFrom>
  <InstallToAvailablePartition>false</InstallToAvailablePartition> 
  <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> 
  </OSImage>
  </ImageInstall>
  <UseConfigurationSet>true</UseConfigurationSet> 
  </component>
  </settings>
- <settings pass="oobeSystem">
- <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="NonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
- <AutoLogon>
  <Enabled>true</Enabled> 
  <LogonCount>1</LogonCount> 
  <Username>Administrator</Username> 
  </AutoLogon>
- <OOBE>
  <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage> 
  <SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE> 
  <SkipUserOOBE>false</SkipUserOOBE> 
  </OOBE>
- <FirstLogonCommands>
- <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
  <CommandLine>%systemdrive%\install\install.cmd</CommandLine> 
  <Order>1</Order> 
  </SynchronousCommand>
  </FirstLogonCommands>
  </component>
  </settings>
- <settings pass="specialize">
- <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="NonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <ComputerName>COMPUTER</ComputerName> 
  <DisableAutoDaylightTimeSet>false</DisableAutoDaylightTimeSet> 
  </component>
- <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-Licensing-SLC-UX" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="NonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <SkipAutoActivation>true</SkipAutoActivation> 
  </component>
  </settings>
  <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:c:/documents%20and%20settings/david/desktop/vista%20unatt%20vlite/sources/install.wim#Windows Vista ULTIMATE" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" /> 
  </unattend>

Over and out.......

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This post has been edited by The Felon: 12 October 2008 - 02:03 PM

#206 iheartsims

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Posted 10 October 2008 - 02:56 PM

I looked over it and I think its a great site! Now I don't have to use vLite

#207 nokia999i

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Posted 23 October 2008 - 04:04 PM

Do any of you here know how to set the AppsRoot mentioned in guide to Vista DvD itself ? Coz in guide it's set to a removable media ...

10x ...

#208 The Felon

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Posted 23 October 2008 - 04:25 PM

Forget appsroot.txt which don't work and better use configuration set.
See above post.

#209 nokia999i

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Posted 23 October 2008 - 04:37 PM

Thing is I already have an $OEM$ folder in sources dir ... won't this affect things ?

#210 The Felon

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Posted 23 October 2008 - 04:44 PM

Be best to move it to root of DVD.

#211 nokia999i

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Posted 23 October 2008 - 04:52 PM

No mate else it won't work .... I tried .. Am using SetupComplete.cmd .. What I want to do basically is just import my registry tweaks and I want it to apply those tweaks to all future users ...

And in the $OEM$ folder I have a bunch of silent installs ... So if there is any other way to do my Registry tweaks please do tell.

#212 The Felon

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Posted 23 October 2008 - 05:00 PM

Root of DVD should contain $oem$\$1\SetupComplete.cmd + unattended.xml. = unattended regestry tweaks.

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#213 nokia999i

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Posted 23 October 2008 - 05:06 PM

As I told u b4 I cannot move the $OEM$ folder from sources as it contains Silent appz that install upon 1st logon ... as for AutoUnattend.xml it is in dvd root .. I have a practically finished Custom Vista I just need to find a way to apply my registry tweaks to all users including all future users ...

#214 The Felon

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Posted 23 October 2008 - 07:22 PM

Make executables from your reg.files and include them just like applications on the batch.cmd..
By the way, why on earth do you have $oem$ in sources ?

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#215 nokia999i

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Posted 24 October 2008 - 03:19 AM

Quote

By the way, why on earth do you have $oem$ in sources ?

Well it's not me who put it there, It's because I used Vista Update Toolkit to inert Add-ons

#216 The Felon

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Posted 24 October 2008 - 03:50 AM

I don' know if this is what you mean :
if you know how to export a registry entry
you can install silent on command line:

regedit /s somefile.reg

#217 nokia999i

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Posted 24 October 2008 - 03:59 AM

I know how to do that mate, but this would work only for current user not to all users ?

#218 The Felon

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Posted 24 October 2008 - 08:06 PM

AppsRoot.txt dosn't work.

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#219 nokia999i

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Posted 25 October 2008 - 08:18 AM

Am trying to add some registry tweaks to my Autounattend.xml but setup keeps shutting down for some reason @ the end.

Here's my Autounattend.xml :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
	<settings pass="windowsPE">
		<component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="NonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
			<SetupUILanguage>
				<UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
			</SetupUILanguage>
			<InputLocale>0409:00000409</InputLocale>
			<UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale>
			<UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
			<SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale>
		</component>
		<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="NonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
			<UserData>
				<ProductKey>
					<Key>XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX</Key>
					<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
				</ProductKey>
				<Organization>NewAge-OS.Net</Organization>
				<FullName>PsyChoses</FullName>
				<AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
			</UserData>
			<ImageInstall>
				<OSImage>
					<InstallFrom>
						<MetaData wcm:action="add">
							<Key>/IMAGE/NAME</Key>
							<Value>Windows Vista (vLite) ULTIMATE</Value>
						</MetaData>
					</InstallFrom>
					<InstallToAvailablePartition>false</InstallToAvailablePartition>
					<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
				</OSImage>
			</ImageInstall>
			<EnableFirewall>false</EnableFirewall>
			<EnableNetwork>true</EnableNetwork>
		</component>
	</settings>
	<settings pass="oobeSystem">
		<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
			<AutoLogon>
				<Password>
					<Value>UABhAHMAcwB3AG8AcgBkAA==</Value>
					<PlainText>false</PlainText>
				</Password>
				<Enabled>true</Enabled>
				<LogonCount>2</LogonCount>
				<Username>Administrator</Username>
			</AutoLogon>
			<OOBE>
				<HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
				<NetworkLocation>Home</NetworkLocation>
				<ProtectYourPC>1</ProtectYourPC>
				<SkipMachineOOBE></SkipMachineOOBE>
				<SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE>
			</OOBE>
			<Display>
				<ColorDepth>32</ColorDepth>
				<HorizontalResolution>1024</HorizontalResolution>
				<VerticalResolution>768</VerticalResolution>
			</Display>
			<UserAccounts>
				<AdministratorPassword>
					<Value>QQBkAG0AaQBuAGkAcwB0AHIAYQB0AG8AcgBQAGEAcwBzAHcAbwByAGQA</Value>
					<PlainText>false</PlainText>
				</AdministratorPassword>
				<LocalAccounts>
					<LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
						<Password>
							<Value>UABhAHMAcwB3AG8AcgBkAA==</Value>
							<PlainText>false</PlainText>
						</Password>
						<DisplayName>Administrator</DisplayName>
						<Group>Administrators</Group>
						<Name>Administrator</Name>
					</LocalAccount>
				</LocalAccounts>
			</UserAccounts>
			<VisualEffects>
				<FontSmoothing>ClearType</FontSmoothing>
			</VisualEffects>
		</component>
	</settings>
	<settings pass="specialize">
		<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="NonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
			<ComputerName>NewAge-OS</ComputerName>
			<Themes>
				<DefaultThemesOff>false</DefaultThemesOff>
				<CustomDefaultThemeFile>C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\SteelFlash Final.theme</CustomDefaultThemeFile>
			</Themes>
			<RegisteredOrganization>NewAge-OS.Net</RegisteredOrganization>
			<RegisteredOwner>PsyChoses</RegisteredOwner>
		</component>
		<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-Licensing-SLC-UX" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="NonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
			<SkipAutoActivation>true</SkipAutoActivation>
		</component>
		<component name="Security-Malware-Windows-Defender" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
			<DisableAntiSpyware>true</DisableAntiSpyware>
		</component>
		<component name="Microsoft-Windows-IE-InternetExplorer" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
			<StartPages>
				<StartPage wcm:action="add">
					<StartPageKey>NewAge-OS Team</StartPageKey>
					<StartPageUrl>http://www.newage-os.net/</StartPageUrl>
				</StartPage>
			</StartPages>
			<SearchScopes>
				<Scope wcm:action="add">
					<ScopeDefault>true</ScopeDefault>
					<ScopeDisplayName>Google Search</ScopeDisplayName>
					<ScopeKey>Google.com</ScopeKey>
					<ScopeUrl>http://www.google.com/</ScopeUrl>
				</Scope>
			</SearchScopes>
		</component>
		<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
			<RunSynchronous>
				<RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
					<Order>1</Order>
					<Path>cmd /c &quot;FOR %i IN (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:\RooT.txt SET CDROM=%i: -m&quot;</Path>
				</RunSynchronousCommand>
				<RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
					<Order>2</Order>
					<Path>%WINDIR%\system32\sysprep\sysprep.exe /quiet /audit</Path>
				</RunSynchronousCommand>
			</RunSynchronous>
		</component>
	</settings>
	<settings pass="auditSystem">
		<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
			<AutoLogon>
				<Password>
					<Value>UABhAHMAcwB3AG8AcgBkAA==</Value>
					<PlainText>false</PlainText>
				</Password>
				<Enabled>true</Enabled>
				<LogonCount>5</LogonCount>
				<Username>Administrator</Username>
			</AutoLogon>
		</component>
	</settings>
	<settings pass="auditUser">
		<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
			<RunSynchronous>
				<RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
					<Order>1</Order>
					<Path>cmd /c REGEDIT /S %CDROM%\Regtweaks.reg</Path>
					<Description>Registry Tweaks</Description>
				</RunSynchronousCommand>
				<RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
					<Order>2</Order>
					<Path>%WINDIR%\system32\sysprep\sysprep.exe /quiet /oobe /reboot</Path>
				</RunSynchronousCommand>
			</RunSynchronous>
		</component>
	</settings>
	<cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:f:/vistafinal/sources/install.wim#Windows Vista (vLite) ULTIMATE" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>