Desktop..Query tool reads correctly , even catches Asrock/Dell mismatch: Server reads correctly except certificate: Warning on servers.. Might be why couldn't read certificate?
First off, thank you for testing on real machine. On the one pic with win 7 pro, CR kicked in like it should so that is to be expected...good to know that works. lol The other two pics... Can you please type Y in the query tool window in order to save Results.txt file so I can see if Cert gets dumped so I can compare. This might be a fluke because .net 3 like you said but I want to see if the query tool dumps the cert correctly. It hasn't been tested on servers yet so would be nice to know (this one is one of Alpahwaves old tools, might need to include his new tool for this reason). Is the one on the left the wrong one and the one on the right the correct one (with .net 3 installed)? Just trying to understand. Thanks for all your help in the development of this project and I hope to hear back from you soon.
no..both different machines with 2012..one with 2.2 dell and cert ,one with 2.3 dell and cert..neither with net 3.5 installed
I am booting EFI not BIOS. Don't know if that is considered Legacy or not. off to work ,but let me know if there is anything else you need me to do.
Thanks for sharing that info...its a reg query that is probably different. I am almost done downloading the needed iso's in order to start testing on my end. My ISP speed isn't that great. I should have another version of the query tool by tomorrow that you can try if you don't mind being the beta tester. lol Once I get all the iso's I can then correct these minor issues in the query tool. One step at a time.
Looks like the CertExtract.exe isn't working in 2012. I will add Alphawaves new msdm slic cert key dumper tool to see results. Check back tomorrow for updated query tool for you to test. If you wish you can download his new tool from my signature and post your results using it if you cant wait till I re-write the code with his new tool. Update: I will not be able to include server 2008 for it only comes with .net framework 2.0 natively. Server 2008R2 comes with .net framework 4 so tools will work with server 2008R2 and newer OS servers. I don't want to get into enabling individual desktop features, for example .net framework 3.5. Most servers are used in professional settings so I don't want to get into enabling anything other then desktop experience. Thanks to Alphawaves, he created a .Net 2.0 version of his dumper tool so Server 2008 can now be supported. This would not be possible without his help. Thanks goes out to Alphawaves.
I am going to re-organize the script for the new query tool coming up soon while I have a chance. Its looking sloppy to me. I have to re-write the code anyways for Alphawaves new tools. Dropping rw.exe and certextract.exe replaced with Alphawaves new tools. Should reduce overall size quite a lot.
I am not familiar with Murphy78's iso's personally. Think he includes all indexes in the install.wim if I am not mistaken. As long as you put the $oem$ folder in the sources folder of the iso it should work. I have some running around to do today so will work more on server support this evening when I get home. Have a good day everyone.
as long as it has his DiskPart and Apply script it will recognize the oem folder and ask if you want to use it
Then .net was the issue plus it was outdated obviously. lol I was using a old version he made in the query tool. I am in the process of re-writing the script for the query tool to use his new dumper (v1.6). I will finish it up this evening. Thanks for sharing that info leebo_28.
Ok so i have your file - i extract it to a folder then i just take, just the oem file and put it in the source folder of a windows iso to make it oem activate - or do i have to open the oem file 4x to get to the 3 files "decompile, rared oem, oobe" and extract the oem to the source folder. sorry if this has been detailed already but all the reading i did just never made it that clear to me. also if a windows iso already has a oem folder in it just delete it? iam wanting to do this to the latest win 5in1 x86 from murphy78. Thank you in advance
I have one other thing to correct in the new query tool and that is to change the script to query for the slic version. Then I need to install all OS's in VMware for testing. Time to eat now so break time. Update: Installing server 2012 now to see where the failure of the query for UEFI in servers then that is it for the new query tool.
I cant get dism to work for crap. It always errors. Says it is looking for the source at 66.7% of installing. You guys might not be able to get server support without powershell looks like. This is my code I am using to "try" to install desktop experience on servers... Dism /online /Enable-Feature /FeatureNameesktopExperience /All I don't know what it means by it cant find the source. Trying this now... Dism /online /Enable-Feature /FeatureNameesktopExperience /All /source:%WinDir%\WinSxS tried this also with no luck... Dism /online /Enable-Feature /FeatureNameesktopExperience /All /source:%WinDir%\WinSxS Dism /online /Enable-Feature /FeatureNameesktopExperience /All /source:%WinDir%\WinSxS\ That didn't work either...seems like only powershell does this correctly and if so then some servers will not be supported. Seems I cant access the DVD drive in VMware either. When I run any drive letter it does nothing but return to C:\
It cant find the source is the whole problem and I don't know how to access the dvd drive in VMware with server editions. Seems its locked down. hmmm I am going to go ahead a say this...what a PITA! lol Even powershell fails to install Desktop Experience because it too cant find the source. M$ site is not helpful at all on this subject...they to seem to be shooting idea's in the dark. This is a very common problem and M$ doesn't know why. Sad! Maybe server editions wont be added in this project after all. Maybe I can add branding to gui servers but the others I am at a loss just like M$. Came across something interesting....if you are connected to the net and download updates auto. when implementing desktop experience on serves it breaks the original install thus source files cannot be found. I wonder if those who integrate hotfixes breaks this as well? I don't know but trying now with no internet connection to see if it can find the original source it is looking for. Again, what a PITA! lol This failed as well...cant find source files. I have tried on c:\windows\winsxs which doesn't work and also tried looking for the cdrom/dvdrom and I cant access it...only drive I can "cd" is the C:\ drive only. grrrrrr I am at a loss on this. M$ doesn't know either and that is just plain scary. @Leebo_28, The reason the query tool didn't output the correct Bios Mode (UEFI or Legacy) is because that reg entry isn't in server editions. I am now using msinfo32.exe to query info to txt file then read but this puts up temp. msinfo32 query window then disappears for servers only. There is no way of nulling it out. This only effects server editions. Hope that is ok with everyone.