however the SAD does sorta still work, but the issue with the sound was a problem
I had a dell PC with an unknown SM bus driver and none of the DELL drivers would fix it
i threw in the SAD and it eventually fixed it however since it had all the drivers it trashed the sound and a rollback was not available
... (luckily the sound was avaliable from dell)

I wish I had a machine with this (or similar) issue so I could test myself.

the only thing i am sur of is it is certainly related to some difference in process between DPInst.exe and Setup.exe

exactly the same regarding video
the sound installed incorrectly

find this line
Start "MicroSoft Driver Pack Installer Tool Running" /wait /separate /realtime /min CMD /C DPInst.exe /c /s /sh /lm /el /sa

add /f

Start "MicroSoft Driver Pack Installer Tool Running" /wait /separate /realtime /min CMD /C DPInst.exe /c /s /sh /lm /el /sa /f

save and test

Answer to riddle: Pumpkin Pi.

Your feedback is more apprecieated than I can possably tell you!!!

Did you use the same script to call dpinst? (at least the same command line and same DPInst.xml?)
IE did you simply replace DPInst.exe with the new one and run DP_Inst_Tool.cmd?

So the issue still exists with sound and video... did you try adding the /f switch?

My daughter hit me with a cute riddle.
"What do you get when you divide the circumference of a pumpkin by its diameter?"

yes i simply replaced the dpinst.exe and reburned the CD

the issue only exists still with the video (sound went properly)

HOWEVER I DID FORGET TO MENTION
the SAD got hung up on universal pug and play i had to shut it down

add /f switch???
unclear wht u want me to try

Did you use the same script to call dpinst? (at least the same command line and same DPInst.xml?)
IE did you simply replace DPInst.exe with the new one and run DP_Inst_Tool.cmd?

So the issue still exists with sound and video... did you try adding the /f switch?

My daughter hit me with a cute riddle.
"What do you get when you divide the circumference of a pumpkin by its diameter?"

2.
it did install the video and sound

3. when i rebooted the video was all messed up again
stuck at 4 bit.
I had to perform a driver rollback/ then reboot
then the nvidia driver and control panel were accessible

I know much emphasis has been put on the video drivers, but remember the sound doesn't install correctly either from the SAD.

True... And that is how you can help us to help you!

We know that DPInst does not always yield as good of results as Setup.

What we don't know is if we are not using it correctly, or if it simply does not work as well...
I was hoping you could help us find that answer .

If it is our misuse of DPInst then I would like to make the proper adjustments to our usage.
If it is a failure of DPInst then perhaps we can get MS to fix the bug!
There is a newer version of DPInst available. Perhaps it is already fixed...
here is a link to the new version. http://driverpacks.sytes.net/driverpack … dpinst.zip
(we are distributing ver. 2.01 that link is for ver. 2.1 which was released for Win7 compatibility, but may help us with XP too )
Would you like to try it for us to see if it is already fixed?

Only someone who is experiencing a failure can determine what will help / or fix our issues. 

You have done everything the way we recommend!!! There is no known issue with your process at all.
Again two possable issues here
1 - Perhaps we have made a mistake.
2 - perhaps it is a bug with DPInst.
Can you please help us to figure it out?

I was more concerned if i was creating the SAD incorrectly.

for the meantime, i can continue to use:
modded OS > driver extraction > OS > install extracted drivers

its more time consuming but yeilds the results.

But we are not able to test since we don't have a rig that fails... Perhaps this is an opportunity for you to help us?

XML file entrys are here http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms791067.aspx
Command line switches are here http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms790806.aspx

/f command line switch seems like it may be helpful... perhaps not?

I can only recommend that you use the normal DriverPacks install method.

it is after the first reboot that the display goes to 4 bit

After you run SAD, do you reboot the computer, at least once?

@Erik - He indicated above that a normal slipstream of the DriverPacks does work .