Making OEM DVD - small problem!

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  1. stonedagain

    stonedagain MDL Junior Member

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    #1 stonedagain, Dec 31, 2009
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    defier MDL Novice

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    #2 defier, Jan 1, 2010
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    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.
     
  3. urie

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    stonedagain MDL Junior Member

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    #4 stonedagain, Jan 1, 2010
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    defier MDL Novice

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    @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.
     
  6. MaxKts

    MaxKts MDL Novice

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    Shouldn't the [Channel] be OEM? Maybe that will fix your problem.
     
  7. stonedagain

    stonedagain MDL Junior Member

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    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.
     
  8. MaxKts

    MaxKts MDL Novice

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    It's Microsoft - anything can happen :eek:

    I have seen WinXP and Vista installs run differently on the same machines more than once :confused:

    Possibly the ei.cfg file is corrupted and not recognized during install - have you tried deleting it and creating a new one?
     
  9. urie

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    #9 urie, Jan 4, 2010
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    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>
    
     
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    #10 jradomsk, Jan 4, 2010
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    Since he is using the name tag and autounattend.xml should it not only show as ULTIMATE, and EI.CFG need not be present?
     
  11. urie

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    Thats the problem it is not reading the ei.cfg because it is reading the autounattend.xml it can't use both.
     
  12. stonedagain

    stonedagain MDL Junior Member

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    #12 stonedagain, Jan 4, 2010
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    So I need to delete ei.cfg, & edit Autounattend as above?
    Cheers
     
  13. jradomsk

    jradomsk MDL Junior Member

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    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.
     
  14. yngdiego

    yngdiego MDL Member

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    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>