1 Reply by DrRodneyMcKay

(525 replies, posted in Windows 7 tools)

Well, I just wanted to confirm that changing the "call" command to "start" did the trick. I also removed all instances of KTD since I don't need it and added a shutdown -f -r command at the end to automatically restart and finish all the driver installations.

So far, I have a full Windows Vista installation with all the latest drivers and updates down to about 1.5 hrs.

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2 Reply by DrRodneyMcKay

(525 replies, posted in Windows 7 tools)

To be honest, I've never tried to have SAD2 spawned during setupcomplete.cmd.  I'm not sure it would work because the "admin test" tries to write a nul file to the user-space which hasn't been created yet at that point.

You could try changing
IF EXIST %CDROM%\SAD2\DP_Install_Tool.cmd call %CDROM%\SAD2\DP_Install_Tool.cmd
to
IF EXIST %CDROM%\SAD2\DP_Install_Tool.cmd start %CDROM%\SAD2\DP_Install_Tool.cmd

Thanks, I will try that.


"To make it unattended, delete this line (162):
set /p option=[Y,N]?"

I actually removed that and the KTD options and it seem to work for normal use. The reason why I am trying to make this unattended as possible is because I run a shop and Vista happens to be the one OS that I most commonly install and unfortunately, its the worst and most time consuming one as well. I have managed to Sysprep all the latest updates, which saves several hours by itself, but I want to be able to at least connect to the network so that I can immediately start my Ninite, Anti-virus and optional updates without having to manually install the drivers first. Makes a big difference when you are doing 5-10 installs at once.

Thanks

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3 Reply by DrRodneyMcKay

(525 replies, posted in Windows 7 tools)

@mr_smartepants

I tried your SetupComplete.cmd code you provided in your last SAD2 thread on my Vista Install USB


@echo off
for %%i in (C 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:\sources\install.wim set CDROM=%%i:
echo Found CD-Rom as drive %CDROM%
::Begin SAD2 install

echo Stand Alone Driver Installer
IF EXIST %CDROM%\SAD2\DP_Install_Tool.cmd call %CDROM%\SAD2\DP_Install_Tool.cmd
exit


and I cannot seem to get it to work properly, in fact, all it does is sit there at a blank screen with a cursor in the middle. Its not frozen, the cursor does move, but nothing happens. No command prompt, no windows, nothing. I have my SAD2 folder at the root of my USB drive, just as you would have it set up on your CD or DVD.

I was also wondering if there was a way to easily unattend the installation, so that when it does finally come up, I do not have to type y or n for KTD or anything else. Should I just use your 110505 version to accomplish this?

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4 Topic by DrRodneyMcKay

(0 replies, posted in Other)

Alright, I know the most people have moved on from Vista, but unfortunately, I install Vista on a regular in my shop. I have managed to make an unattended install disk with all the lastest updates, but I have not been able to figure out how to get unsigned drivers to install without prompting me every time during Vista installation. I have read in several places that there is in fact a way to for the Vista installation to ignore the Driver Signature Enforcement, but I have not found the solution. The only information that I have found is that the process is complicated . . . . well, obviously that was not helpful. Anyways, does anyone know how to make an unattended Vista installation that will ignore the Driver Signature Enforcement on unsigned drivers?

If not, I suppose that the only other option is to run SAD2 at FirstLogon, but I am not exactly sure how to properly do that. I can sit here for a few more hours and try and figure this out, but I honestly cannot dedicate too much more time to this project before it becomes unpractical.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Ultimately I just want most of the drivers to automatically install with little to know input from the user --in the very least, I would like to have the chipset and network drivers to automatically install . . . .

Thanks

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