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#41 FireGeier

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Posted 10 April 2007 - 04:13 AM

Hello shampoo!

First of all the InputLocale Value for Dutch should look like this, but this has nothing to do with you Problem:

<InputLocale>0413:00000413</InputLocale>

Your problem is caused by the following section and it's not looking like it supposed to:

<ImageInstall>
   <OSImage>
	   <InstallFrom>
		   <MetaData wcm:action="add">
				 <Value>Windows Vista Ultimate</Value> 
				 <Key>Windows Vista Business</Key> 
		   </MetaData>
		   <Path>D:\VISTADVD\sources\install.wim</Path> 
		   <MetaData wcm:action="add">
				 <Value>Windows Home Premium</Value> 
				 <Key>1</Key> 
		   </MetaData>
	   </InstallFrom>
	   <InstallToAvailablePartition>false</InstallToAvailablePartition> 
	   <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> 
  </OSImage>
</ImageInstall>

1. Problem:
You can't use two MetaData Properties, just ONE per xml at the same time!

2. Problem:
Key and Value setting do not correspond the wright way in your xml!

The ImageInstall section should look like this if you want to install ULTIMATE:

<ImageInstall>
   <OSImage>
	   <InstallFrom>
		   <Path>install.wim</Path> 
		   <MetaData wcm:action="add">
				 <Key>/IMAGE/NAME</Key> 
				 <Value>Windows Vista ULTIMATE</Value> 
		   </MetaData>
	   </InstallFrom>
	   <InstallToAvailablePartition>false</InstallToAvailablePartition> 
	   <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> 
  </OSImage>
</ImageInstall>

OR it should look like this for BUSINESS:

<ImageInstall>
   <OSImage>
	   <InstallFrom>
		   <Path>install.wim</Path> 
		   <MetaData wcm:action="add">
				 <Key>/IMAGE/NAME</Key> 
				 <Value>Windows Vista BUSINESS</Value> 
		   </MetaData>
	   </InstallFrom>
	   <InstallToAvailablePartition>false</InstallToAvailablePartition> 
	   <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> 
  </OSImage>
</ImageInstall>

OR it should look like this for HOMEPREMIUM:

<ImageInstall>
   <OSImage>
	   <InstallFrom>
		   <Path>install.wim</Path> 
		   <MetaData wcm:action="add">
				 <Key>/IMAGE/NAME</Key> 
				 <Value>Windows Vista HOMEPREMIUM</Value> 
		   </MetaData>
	   </InstallFrom>
	   <InstallToAvailablePartition>false</InstallToAvailablePartition> 
	   <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> 
  </OSImage>
</ImageInstall>

After choosing one of these alternates, depending on the Product Key you have, it should work!

Regards,
Martin

#42 shampoo

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Posted 10 April 2007 - 06:59 AM

Martin,

thx for ur help

i looked @ your guide and did it again and now it works but its takes like 20 min or so.
how many minutes should de installation be?

i still have some questions:

sysprep doesnt pop up, do i need change something in xml?
and
i want to add company logo, i need to put a map with logo on the map vista works right?

Many thanx

niels

This post has been edited by shampoo: 10 April 2007 - 07:17 AM

#43 FireGeier

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Posted 10 April 2007 - 06:00 PM

shampoo, on Apr 10 2007, 02:59 PM, said:

...
it works but its takes like 20 min or so.
how many minutes should de installation be?

That is normal. It's taking longer on my test system, but that's an old one.

Quote

...
sysprep doesnt pop up, do i need change something in xml?
...

Sysprep is located in %Windir%\system32\sysprep. If you want to generalize the system for example, use the following command (Insert \ Synchronous Command):

%WINDIR%\system32\sysprep\sysprep.exe /generalize /quiet /oobe /reboot

If you need a company logo during oobe, check out here on Microsoft.

Regards,
Martin

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Posted 10 April 2007 - 06:06 PM

Guide Update:

I've worked over Applications, Regtweaks and Copy Profile section of the guide. Everything is in one xml now.

Applications are installed in auditMode now, cause

- it provides a status window for application install (oobeSystem doesn't)
- it supports reboots between installs

Note:
In audit mode you need to call the installer using cmd /c. Otherwise it will not recognice the %AppsRoot% variable.

Regards,
Martin

This post has been edited by FireGeier: 10 April 2007 - 06:07 PM

#45 Phorze

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Posted 15 April 2007 - 02:14 PM

Like

"cmd /c %AppsRoot%\Switchless\Office\Office.exe" ?

#46 FireGeier

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Posted 15 April 2007 - 02:36 PM

Hello Phorze!

Quote

Like

"cmd /c %AppsRoot%\Switchless\Office\Office.exe" ?

Yes, exactly. Look here for more details.

Regards,
Martin

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Posted 16 April 2007 - 05:28 AM

Thanks Firegeier , great guide

Another question, is it possible to get feedback if something goes wrong? Because somehow my application installs don't get installed at all, and i can't know for sure what went wrong.

#48 FireGeier

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Posted 16 April 2007 - 05:45 AM

Hello Phorze!

AFAIK for the moment, there is no special log for application installs! But if I have probelms with my unattend I start with setupact.log and setuperr.log located inside %Windir%\Panther\Unattend GC.

In most cases I've got a hint there why something went wrong.

Regards,
Martin

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Posted 16 April 2007 - 02:46 PM

Somehow i just can't get it to work, i have slimmed down Autounattend to find the problem but no avail.

Notes:
the Administrator account is made , but on oobe i get the standard dialog to make an account. If i use administrator as accountname, it gives an error saying the name is allready taken. When i pick user named "test" and log in, there is no other account than test , and test is the administrator account (what happened to "administrator"?

)
None of the applications are installed, no errors during setup.
According to the SET command in cmd, no APPSROOT var is set.
By the looks of it just skipped the whole audit section.
All tests are done in VMware 5.3

Autounattend:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
	<settings pass="specialize">
		<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 FOR %i IN (C D E F G H I J K L N M O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) DO IF EXIST %i:\AppsRoot.txt SETX AppsRoot %i: -m</Path>
				</RunSynchronousCommand>
				<RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
					<Order>2</Order>
					<Path>%WINDIR%\system32\sysprep\sysprep.exe /quiet /audit</Path>
				</RunSynchronousCommand>
			</RunSynchronous>
		</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 %AppsRoot%\Switchless\Office\Office.exe</Path>
				</RunSynchronousCommand>
				<RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
					<Order>2</Order>
					<Path>cmd /c %AppsRoot%\Switchless\Firefox\Firefox Setup 2.0.0.3.exe /S</Path>
				</RunSynchronousCommand>
				<RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
					<Order>4</Order>
					<Path>cmd /c %AppsRoot%\Switchless\MPC\MPC_addon.exe</Path>
				</RunSynchronousCommand>
				<RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
					<Order>3</Order>
					<Path>cmd /c %AppsRoot%\Switchless\VCP\vcpack.exe</Path>
				</RunSynchronousCommand>
				<RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
					<Order>5</Order>
					<Path>cmd /c %AppsRoot%\Switchless\Nero\Nero-7.7.5.1_dutch_lite.exe /VERYSILENT /USER=&quot;Roos&quot; /COMPANY=&quot;None&quot; /SERIAL=&quot;=removed=&quot;</Path>
				</RunSynchronousCommand>
				<RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
					<Order>6</Order>
					<Path>cmd /c %WINDIR%\system32\sysprep\sysprep.exe /quiet /oobe /reboot</Path>
				</RunSynchronousCommand>
			</RunSynchronous>
		</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>encryptedpassword</Value>
					<PlainText>false</PlainText>
				</Password>
				<Enabled>true</Enabled>
				<Username>Administrator</Username>
				<LogonCount>5</LogonCount>
			</AutoLogon>
		</component>
	</settings>
	<cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:f:/vistawork/dvd/sources/install.wim#Windows Vista ULTIMATE" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>

setupact.log:

removed, see attachment (was a bit long) :rolleyes:

setuperr.log was empty.

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This post has been edited by Phorze: 16 April 2007 - 02:56 PM

#50 FireGeier

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Posted 16 April 2007 - 05:24 PM

Hello Phorze!

Problem 1: Applications are not installed
I've just recognized that I haven't add the AutoLogon in auditSystem mode to the guide. So this was my mistake. Sorry for that. I've updated it now. So please check for the change:

You need to add Windows-Shell-Setup \ AutoLogon component to auditSystem pass. Than use Administrator as Name and set LogonCount to 5 or may be more if you need some reboots.

Problem 2: Prompted to create user account
You don't have the following part from basic Autounattend.xml inside your xml:

			<OOBE>
				<HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
				<NetworkLocation>Home</NetworkLocation>
				<ProtectYourPC>2</ProtectYourPC>
				<SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE>
				<SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE>
			</OOBE>

Note:
It's not recommended to use <SkipMachineOOBE> set to true, so please check out the Copy Profile section, if you want to create your own accounts and find out how to by pass welcome screen without using <SkipMachineOOBE>.

Regards,
Martin

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Posted 17 April 2007 - 07:55 AM

Hi,

I have the same problem as Shampoo ( can't install windows on the selected location , Error 0x80300001), I've tried another harddrive, another computer, tried all the suggestions in this post , rebuild the autounattend.xml a few times, but the problem remains!
Here's m XML file:

 
<?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>nl-NL</UILanguage>
            </SetupUILanguage>
            <InputLocale>0413:00000413</InputLocale>
            <SystemLocale>nl-NL</SystemLocale>
            <UILanguage>nl-NL</UILanguage>
            <UserLocale>nl-NL</UserLocale>
        </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">
            <Display>
                <ColorDepth>32</ColorDepth>
                <HorizontalResolution>1024</HorizontalResolution>
                <VerticalResolution>768</VerticalResolution>
            </Display>
            <UserData>
                <ProductKey>
                    <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
                    <Key>XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX</Key>
                </ProductKey>
                <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
                <FullName>Extrasoft</FullName>
                <Organization>Extrasoft cvba</Organization>
            </UserData>
            <ImageInstall>
                <OSImage>
                    <InstallFrom>
                        <MetaData wcm:action="add">
                            <Key>/IMAGE/NAME</Key>
                            <Value>Windows Vista HOMEPREMIUM</Value>
                        </MetaData>
                        <Path>install.wim</Path>
                    </InstallFrom>
                    <InstallToAvailablePartition>false</InstallToAvailablePartition>
                    <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
                </OSImage>
            </ImageInstall>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="specialize">
        <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>
    <settings pass="oobeSystem">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" 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">
            <InputLocale>0413:00000413</InputLocale>
            <SystemLocale>nl-NL</SystemLocale>
            <UILanguage>nl-NL</UILanguage>
            <UserLocale>nl-NL</UserLocale>
        </component>
        <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">
            <Display>
                <ColorDepth>32</ColorDepth>
                <HorizontalResolution>1024</HorizontalResolution>
                <VerticalResolution>768</VerticalResolution>
            </Display>
            <AutoLogon>
                <Enabled>true</Enabled>
                <LogonCount>2</LogonCount>
                <Username>Administrator</Username>
            </AutoLogon>
            <OOBE>
                <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
                <NetworkLocation>Home</NetworkLocation>
                <ProtectYourPC>1</ProtectYourPC>
                <SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE>
                <SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE>
            </OOBE>
            <TimeZone>Romance Standard Time</TimeZone>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:d:/vistawork/dvd/sources/install.wim#Windows Vista HOMEPREMIUM" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>

Thanks.

BTW, I've tried the "Windows Vista Deployment Step by Step guide" from Microsoft and that worked like it should.

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Posted 17 April 2007 - 09:07 AM

Hello extrasoft!

Please try to remove the following section from your Autounattend.xml:

<Path>install.wim</Path>

Regards,
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Posted 17 April 2007 - 09:25 AM

Quote

If i use administrator as accountname, it gives an error saying the name is allready taken. When i pick user named "test" and log in, there is no other account than test , and test is the administrator account (what happened to "administrator"?

You cannot use Administrator for a User name, its a hidden account that can be enabled using <AutoLogon> as FireGeier suggested or here http://www.msfn.org/...showtopic=84696. The other Admins are just that but not as powerfull as the Hidden Admin account

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Posted 17 April 2007 - 10:06 AM

@ FireGeier,

removing the path section from the xml file works!

(I had tried to leave the value "path" blank from within WSIM, but that didn't work)

 
<ImageInstall>
                <OSImage>
                    <InstallFrom>
                        <MetaData wcm:action="add">
                            <Key>/IMAGE/NAME</Key>
                            <Value>Windows Vista HomePremium</Value>
                        </MetaData>
                        <Path></Path>
                    </InstallFrom>
                    <InstallToAvailablePartition>false</InstallToAvailablePartition>
                    <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>

Strange, but it works perfectly like u suggested, thanks alot!

This post has been edited by extrasoft: 17 April 2007 - 10:11 AM

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Posted 17 April 2007 - 11:38 AM

extrasoft, on Apr 17 2007, 05:06 PM, said:

@ FireGeier,

removing the path section from the xml file works!

(I had tried to leave the value "path" blank from within WSIM, but that didn't work)

 
<ImageInstall>
                <OSImage>
                    <InstallFrom>
                        <MetaData wcm:action="add">
                            <Key>/IMAGE/NAME</Key>
                            <Value>Windows Vista HomePremium</Value>
                        </MetaData>
                        <Path></Path>
                    </InstallFrom>
                    <InstallToAvailablePartition>false</InstallToAvailablePartition>
                    <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>

Strange, but it works perfectly like u suggested, thanks alot!

remove

<Path></Path>

from .xml file vista doesn't like empty entries that may help

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Posted 17 April 2007 - 12:47 PM

extrasoft, on Apr 17 2007, 06:06 PM, said:

@ FireGeier,

removing the path section from the xml file works!
...

Strange, but it works perfectly like u suggested, thanks alot!

Hello extrasoft!

Thanks for the feedback. Like urie said, Setup does not like empty tags inside xml. But what's realy strange is, that for some it's working with the path entry and for others it is not. :blink:

I think I will change the guide than, and remove the path section or add a note.

Thanks,
Martin

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Posted 20 April 2007 - 08:12 PM

GUIDE UPDATE:

Now available:

HowTo: Partitioning

and

Partitioning XML snippets

Regards,
Martin

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Posted 20 April 2007 - 11:08 PM

@Martin

You are very good indeed in explaining this in your tutorials, much easier to understand than MS. I have infact carried out many of what you have explained previously, mostly muddled through it trial & error. You have taken that out of it for most now.

Excellent work.

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Posted 21 April 2007 - 05:46 AM

FireGeier
Kudos man it looks really awesome with the pics you got. Should be easy enough to understand for anyone.
Can anyone say Sticky, this covers it all nearly.