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Software / Slipstream directx 9.0b

« on: July 26, 2003, 07:26:12 PM »

http://www.msfn.org/unattended/xp/directx.htm  http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'\' />

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Software / the $oem$ folder

« on: July 21, 2003, 01:41:07 PM »

Create a new folder called $1 in $oem$

Everything in the $1 folder will be copied to the root of the C:\ drive

e.g. \$oem$\$1\apps will become c:\apps

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Software / Install DirectX 9 Unattended

« on: July 18, 2003, 01:04:10 PM »

hmm... I've extracted the Dx9.0a redist from MS (not the hack redist from olcays site), and opened it in Ultraedit 10 (its got a hex editor). "0x33e2" doesn't seem to exist on dxsetup.exe  http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'\' />

EDIT: Never mind, sorted it! Had to use Goto Line instead to reach the hex offset  http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'\' />

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Software / [Unattend]How change the install Partition

« on: June 02, 2003, 05:14:32 PM »

Under [Data] include:

AutoPartition=0

And under [Unattended] include:

Repartition=No

To ensure full control of selecting hard drives/partitions and formatting options, you must delete the existing file system (should be the following keypresses: D, Enter, then L), and then you can create a new one. Your other partitions and hard drives (if any) shouldn't be affected.

If you don't then Setup will continue to install Windows, on whatever filesystem it currently was.

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Software / Directx 9a

« on: June 02, 2003, 01:49:46 PM »

Yeah I had the same problem too on Win2k SP3, the DirectX 9.0a silent install balls'ed up with the hacked setup.exe that allows /opk.

Worked OK in XP however.  http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'\' />

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Software / Tip: Nero Unattended

« on: May 16, 2003, 09:39:44 AM »

[quote name=\'gosh\' date=\'May 15 2003, 06:50 PM\']No that's wrong.  Ive made a cd that auto installs latest version of nero using guirunonce, even registeries it, with no problems at all.

To install it, rename the install file as nero.exe and run this command:

nero /silent /noreboot

You need the latest version of nero to do this.  Versions up to about 6 months ago didn't work this way.

-gosh[/quote]
I might have done something wrong. What I did was extract the nero551028.exe with winrar to a directory, copied this to my oem folder on cd and used setup.exe with the switches you mentioned. Is the switch meant to be run with nero551028.exe instead?

part of my applications batch file:

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ECHO Installing Nero Burning ROM v5.5.10.28
ECHO Please wait...
start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\Nero\nero551028\Setup.exe /silent /noreboot
ECHO.
ECHO Registering Nero Burning ROM...
REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\Applications\Nero\nero551028\register.reg
ECHO.
Before that is executed, Diskeeper, Flashget and Kerio is installed. When the nero installation is executed, the setup screen appears, installing files, errors out on one file 'unreg' AFAIK (couldn't find this file in the nero setup directory though), then the rest of the batch gets skipped (where its supposed to install Symantec AV Corp next).

I don't think any of the Nero setup files are corrupted, because I copied them again from the CD when WinXP was fully loaded (shell, and background applications) and installed without a glitch http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':blink:\' />

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Software / Tip: Nero Unattended

« on: May 15, 2003, 03:01:24 PM »

For you guys who plan to have a silent install of Nero during GuiRunOnce, don't bother.

It errors out halfway through the silent install of Nero (I've tested this on 2 PCs so far) and the rest of the batch you created gets skipped, causing the whole unattended process to bollock up.

It seems the silent install of Nero runs without a glitch when the OS is fully loaded (taskbar loaded etc)

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Software / Anyway of slipstreaming DirectX 9.0a into XP?!

« on: May 14, 2003, 10:33:03 AM »

Go to http://unattended.netfirms.com for info on this. I've used the dxsetup.exe from that page with the new 9.0a redist that came out a few days ago and it works great on WinXP.

Don't do it on windows 2000 though, it crapped out halfway through the silent install of dx9.0a :-(

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Software / Unattend.txt syntax info for Twinkie

« on: May 13, 2003, 05:55:27 PM »

yes, you have to use the included setupmgr.exe from the deploy.cab to encrypt your password. You can't randomly make up letters and numbers and hope for your choosen password to work.  http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'\' />

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Software / Directx 9a

« on: May 08, 2003, 09:22:23 AM »

http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/8...x90a_redist.exe

 http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'\' />  That's the DirectX 9.0a Redist

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Software / XP unattended setup

« on: May 05, 2003, 07:56:55 AM »

Rename unattend.txt to winnt.sif

Open Notepad and paste the following:

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@rem SetupMgrTag
@echo off

set AnswerFile=.\winnt.sif
set SetupFiles=.\i386

.\i386\winnt32 /s:%SetupFiles% /unattend:%AnswerFile%save it as winnt.bat (make sure it doesn't save it as winnt.bat.txt - choose \"(*.*) All Files\" in the save as dialog)

Add both files to the /i386 directory in your ISO with WinISO (this process is better than extracting your CD to HDD and burning it back to CD with a boot.bin)

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Software / Windows Xp / Server 2003 Unattended Installation

« on: May 05, 2003, 07:49:30 AM »

I sorted out my problem with timezone, components, and screen res, all because of one line:

UnattendMode=ProvideDefault

Change it to:

UnattendMode=FullUnattended

The difference is you won't get setup boxes asking you questions with default answers provided. I suppose I can live with that.

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And for those having problems with formatting options, make sure you have the following lines included:

[Data]
    AutoPartition=0

[Unattended]
    Repartition=No

If you want the formatting options to be displayed - its IMPORTANT that you first delete one of your partitions/hard drives, so that Setup prompts you for formatting options (FAT32/NTFS, Quick/Normal). If you don't then you won't be shown the formatting options.

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Software / Windows Xp / Server 2003 Unattended Installation

« on: April 22, 2003, 06:20:32 PM »

I need a bit of help with the use of my unattended.txt in both Windows XP and Windows Serve 2003 Standard (which I've renamed to winnt.sif and added to the /i386 directory in either ISO)

Here's what I've used:

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;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
    AutoPartition=0
    MsDosInitiated="0"
    UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[Unattended]
    UnattendMode=ProvideDefault
    OemPreinstall=No
    TargetPath=\WINDOWS
    OemSkipEula = Yes

[GuiUnattended]
    AdminPassword=not shown
    EncryptedAdminPassword=Yes
    OEMSkipRegional=1
    TimeZone=85

[UserData]
    ProductKey=not shown
    FullName="Aaron Stevens"
    OrgName="Home"
    ComputerName=somename

[Display]
    BitsPerPel=32
    Xresolution=1024
    YResolution=768
    Vrefresh=85

[TapiLocation]
    CountryCode=44
    Dialing=Tone
    AreaCode=01323

[RegionalSettings]
    LanguageGroup=1
    Language=00000809

[Branding]
    BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

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

[Proxy]
    Proxy_Enable=0
    Use_Same_Proxy=1

[Identification]
    JoinWorkgroup=PHOENIX

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Components]
    AccessOpt=Off
    Freecell=Off
    Iis_common=On
    Iis_inetmgr=On
    Iis_www=On
    Msnexplr=Off
    Pinball=Off
    Solitaire=Off

[Shell]
    DefaultStartPanelOff = Yes
    DefaultThemesOff = Yes

And for Windows server 2003, same as above but with:

[Components]
    AccessOpt = Off
    Iis_common = On
    Iis_inetmgr = On
    Iis_nntp = On
    sakit_web=On
    Iis_www=On
    IEHardenAdmin=Off
    IEHardenUser=Off

[Shell]
    DefaultStartPanelOff = Yes
This unattended file was created by Setup Manager and is set as \"User Controlled - You provide default options in the answer file and the end user can change any of them\". The components and shell is what I added according to ref.chm in the deploy.cab

The current problems I'm having is:

1. The time zone came up as US Pacific Time during setup (both Win2k3 and XP), even when I've set it as \"85\" which should have made GMT+0 London as default. Tried with and without speech marks, and 085 and 85. No luck.

2. None of the [Components] took effect - For Win2k3: IIS didn't install, and the Accessibility Options wasn't removed. For XP: MSN Explorer and the games wasn't removed. I've tried with spaces and without (e.g. Iis_www = On and Iis_www=On)

3. I've also changed AutoPartition=1 to 0 This only allowed me to select the hard drive/partition to install, but not the formatting options. Is there a way to make it ask me for formatting options (NTFS, FAT32, Quick/Full etc) ?

4. The display didn't set as 1024x768, could this be a limitation from when I tested it in VirtualPC?

I can't understand why nobody else is having problems with the time zone and components, its only me, and the fact that it happens on TWO different operating systems as well. It's been driving me round the bend for the past 2 days. :-(

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Software / WinXP $oem$ Unattended Install

« on: April 22, 2003, 06:12:32 PM »

post removed, made new thread.  http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'B)\' /> silly me.