it sounds right what you did. i did this yesterday with the same $OEM$ folder from that link but without using the autounattended file. it didnt ask which version to install.
@urie, i read your other post in the oem sources folder thread. hope vladxed666 has a response to it. anyway, it worked for me (activated x64 ultimate) and i was just telling the op that i didnt have to choose which version to install, probably because he used the xml file and i didnt.
I tried that, & the menu still appeared. It still installed & activated after selecting Ultimate from the menu, I just can't understand why the menu appears.
It's Microsoft - anything can happen I have seen WinXP and Vista installs run differently on the same machines more than once Possibly the ei.cfg file is corrupted and not recognized during install - have you tried deleting it and creating a new one?
The menu is appearing because it is using the Autounattend.xml and version to install is not specified. Code: <ImageInstall> <OSImage> <InstallFrom> <MetaData wcm:action="add"> <Key>/IMAGE/NAME</Key> <Value>Windows 7 ULTIMATE</Value> </MetaData> </InstallFrom> </OSImage> </ImageInstall>
Since he is using the name tag and autounattend.xml should it not only show as ULTIMATE, and EI.CFG need not be present?
Thats the problem it is not reading the ei.cfg because it is reading the autounattend.xml it can't use both.
this goes in the windowspe section.. replace what is there marked by <ImageInstall> </ImageInstall> <ImageInstall> <OSImage> <InstallFrom> <MetaData wcm:action="add"> <Key>/IMAGE/NAME</Key> <Value>Windows 7 ULTIMATE</Value> </MetaData> </InstallFrom> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> </OSImage> </ImageInstall> I am not sure if its <Value>Windows 7 ULTIMATE</Value> or <Value>ULTIMATE</Value> I have seen conflicting info and I dont use this file.. please post which works.. thse cmds tell me thisscript was modifed - <OOBE> <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage> <SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE> <SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE> </OOBE> since they are specifically for testing and not allowed by m$ in a deployed system.
vLite uses the following snippit, and it works like a charm. <InstallFrom> - <MetaData wcm:action="add"> <Key>/IMAGE/NAME</Key> <Value>Windows 7 ULTIMATE</Value> </MetaData> </InstallFrom>