I'm trying to follow the instructions in the Microsoft publication titled "Getting Started with the Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows WAIK)".
o I've downloaded the WAIK/created a DVD/installed it.
o Have tried to religiously follow the example on how to create a file to drive an unattended install. I specifically have made no attempt to customize anything. (The Autounattend that I produced running SIM is appended below.)
o I've booted from the Vista installation CD, with this answer file present on either floppy and USB drive.
What happens every time is that
o the system boots into the installation process - I assume something running in WinPE.
o pops up the first installation screen (Installation Language/Time/Keyboard layout) and waits for input.
Just for the fun of it I accept the defaults in this screen, press Next. The result is an error screen saying
"An error occurred while Setup was validating the system for installation."
Finally: If I attempt this same process without the answer file on a drive, then the Vista install proceeds as normal (with manual input). I conclude that the problem is in my answer file and/or the "unattended" implementation.
One other point: The only variations of the answer file that I have tried are the Windows key with/without the dashes. No effect.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend"> <settings pass="windowsPE"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <DiskConfiguration> <Disk> <CreatePartitions> <CreatePartition wcm:action="add"> <Order>1</Order> <Size>20000</Size> <Type>Primary</Type> </CreatePartition> </CreatePartitions> <ModifyPartitions> <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add"> <Active>true</Active> <Extend>false</Extend> <Format>NTFS</Format> <Label>OS_Install</Label> <Letter>C</Letter> <Order>1</Order> <PartitionID>1</PartitionID> </ModifyPartition> </ModifyPartitions> <DiskID>0</DiskID> <WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk> </Disk> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> </DiskConfiguration> <ImageInstall> <OSImage> <InstallTo> <DiskID>0</DiskID> <PartitionID>1</PartitionID> </InstallTo> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> </OSImage> </ImageInstall> <UserData> <ProductKey> <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI> <Key>AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA</Key> </ProductKey> <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula> </UserData> </component> </settings> <settings pass="oobeSystem"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <OOBE> <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage> <ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC> <SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE> <SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE> </OOBE> </component> </settings> <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:d:/vista%20imaging/wim/install.wim#Windows Vista Business" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" /> </unattend>
Need Help - Trouble using Autounattend.xml to install Vista
Found this one by RTFM: Cookbook is incomplete. the WAIK manual says that language entries are required in the answer file.
"Bill S." wrote:
I'm trying to follow the instructions in the Microsoft publication titled "Getting Started with the Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows WAIK)".
o I've downloaded the WAIK/created a DVD/installed it.
o Have tried to religiously follow the example on how to create a file to drive an unattended install. I specifically have made no attempt to customize anything. (The Autounattend that I produced running SIM is appended below.)
o I've booted from the Vista installation CD, with this answer file present on either floppy and USB drive.
What happens every time is that
o the system boots into the installation process - I assume something running in WinPE.
o pops up the first installation screen (Installation Language/Time/Keyboard layout) and waits for input.
Just for the fun of it I accept the defaults in this screen, press Next. The result is an error screen saying
"An error occurred while Setup was validating the system for installation."
Finally: If I attempt this same process without the answer file on a drive, then the Vista install proceeds as normal (with manual input). I conclude that the problem is in my answer file and/or the "unattended" implementation.
One other point: The only variations of the answer file that I have tried are the Windows key with/without the dashes. No effect.
?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"? unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend" settings pass="windowsPE" component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" DiskConfiguration Disk CreatePartitions CreatePartition wcm:action="add" Order>1</Order Size>20000</Size Type>Primary</Type /CreatePartition /CreatePartitions ModifyPartitions ModifyPartition wcm:action="add" Active>true</Active Extend>false</Extend Format>NTFS</Format Label>OS_Install</Label Letter>C</Letter Order>1</Order PartitionID>1</PartitionID /ModifyPartition /ModifyPartitions DiskID>0</DiskID WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk /Disk WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI /DiskConfiguration ImageInstall OSImage InstallTo DiskID>0</DiskID PartitionID>1</PartitionID /InstallTo WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI /OSImage /ImageInstall UserData ProductKey WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI Key>AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA</Key /ProductKey AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula /UserData /component /settings settings pass="oobeSystem" component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" OOBE HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE /OOBE /component /settings cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:d:/vista%20imaging/wim/install.wim#Windows Vista Business" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" / /unattend
Hi Bill.... I'm having trouble getting started with the WAIK myself... only i can't even find it to try to start using it. Where did you download it from? All I keep finding are text documents on how to use it, but no installer for it. Is it on the vista DVD? I haven't been able to find it. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
"Bill S." wrote:
I'm trying to follow the instructions in the Microsoft publication titled "Getting Started with the Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows WAIK)".
o I've downloaded the WAIK/created a DVD/installed it.
o Have tried to religiously follow the example on how to create a file to drive an unattended install. I specifically have made no attempt to customize anything. (The Autounattend that I produced running SIM is appended below.)
o I've booted from the Vista installation CD, with this answer file present on either floppy and USB drive.
What happens every time is that
o the system boots into the installation process - I assume something running in WinPE.
o pops up the first installation screen (Installation Language/Time/Keyboard layout) and waits for input.
Just for the fun of it I accept the defaults in this screen, press Next. The result is an error screen saying
"An error occurred while Setup was validating the system for installation."
Finally: If I attempt this same process without the answer file on a drive, then the Vista install proceeds as normal (with manual input). I conclude that the problem is in my answer file and/or the "unattended" implementation.
One other point: The only variations of the answer file that I have tried are the Windows key with/without the dashes. No effect.
?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"? unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend" settings pass="windowsPE" component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" DiskConfiguration Disk CreatePartitions CreatePartition wcm:action="add" Order>1</Order Size>20000</Size Type>Primary</Type /CreatePartition /CreatePartitions ModifyPartitions ModifyPartition wcm:action="add" Active>true</Active Extend>false</Extend Format>NTFS</Format Label>OS_Install</Label Letter>C</Letter Order>1</Order PartitionID>1</PartitionID /ModifyPartition /ModifyPartitions DiskID>0</DiskID WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk /Disk WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI /DiskConfiguration ImageInstall OSImage InstallTo DiskID>0</DiskID PartitionID>1</PartitionID /InstallTo WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI /OSImage /ImageInstall UserData ProductKey WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI Key>AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA</Key /ProductKey AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula /UserData /component /settings settings pass="oobeSystem" component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" OOBE HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE /OOBE /component /settings cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:d:/vista%20imaging/wim/install.wim#Windows Vista Business" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" / /unattend
Bill, I too am havin gissues with WAIK... except my issue is with finding it! I've searched microsoft and Technet far and wide and keep getting thrown back to the same download for documentationt... nothing for an installer of any kind. Could you tell me where you got it from? Or is it on the DVD and I'm just not recognizing it? Any help that anyone might have for me would be really appreciated!!!
Thanks, Kris Anne
"Bill S." wrote:
Found this one by RTFM: Cookbook is incomplete. the WAIK manual says that language entries are required in the answer file.
"Bill S." wrote:
I'm trying to follow the instructions in the Microsoft publication titled "Getting Started with the Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows WAIK)".
o I've downloaded the WAIK/created a DVD/installed it.
o Have tried to religiously follow the example on how to create a file to drive an unattended install. I specifically have made no attempt to customize anything. (The Autounattend that I produced running SIM is appended below.)
o I've booted from the Vista installation CD, with this answer file present on either floppy and USB drive.
What happens every time is that
o the system boots into the installation process - I assume something running in WinPE.
o pops up the first installation screen (Installation Language/Time/Keyboard layout) and waits for input.
Just for the fun of it I accept the defaults in this screen, press Next. The result is an error screen saying
"An error occurred while Setup was validating the system for installation."
Finally: If I attempt this same process without the answer file on a drive, then the Vista install proceeds as normal (with manual input). I conclude that the problem is in my answer file and/or the "unattended" implementation.
One other point: The only variations of the answer file that I have tried are the Windows key with/without the dashes. No effect.
?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"? unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend" settings pass="windowsPE" component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" DiskConfiguration Disk CreatePartitions CreatePartition wcm:action="add" Order>1</Order Size>20000</Size Type>Primary</Type /CreatePartition /CreatePartitions ModifyPartitions ModifyPartition wcm:action="add" Active>true</Active Extend>false</Extend Format>NTFS</Format Label>OS_Install</Label Letter>C</Letter Order>1</Order PartitionID>1</PartitionID /ModifyPartition /ModifyPartitions DiskID>0</DiskID WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk /Disk WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI /DiskConfiguration ImageInstall OSImage InstallTo DiskID>0</DiskID PartitionID>1</PartitionID /InstallTo WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI /OSImage /ImageInstall UserData ProductKey WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI Key>AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA</Key /ProductKey AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula /UserData /component /settings settings pass="oobeSystem" component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" OOBE HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE /OOBE /component /settings cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:d:/vista%20imaging/wim/install.wim#Windows Vista Business" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" / /unattend
Bill, I too am havin gissues with WAIK... except my issue is with finding it! I've searched microsoft and Technet far and wide and keep getting thrown back to the same download for documentationt... nothing for an installer of any kind. Could you tell me where you got it from? Or is it on the DVD and I'm just not recognizing it? Any help that anyone might have for me would be really appreciated!!!
Thanks, Kris Anne
"Bill S." wrote:
I'm trying to follow the instructions in the Microsoft publication titled "Getting Started with the Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows WAIK)".
o I've downloaded the WAIK/created a DVD/installed it.
o Have tried to religiously follow the example on how to create a file to drive an unattended install. I specifically have made no attempt to customize anything. (The Autounattend that I produced running SIM is appended below.)
o I've booted from the Vista installation CD, with this answer file present on either floppy and USB drive.
What happens every time is that
o the system boots into the installation process - I assume something running in WinPE.
o pops up the first installation screen (Installation Language/Time/Keyboard layout) and waits for input.
Just for the fun of it I accept the defaults in this screen, press Next. The result is an error screen saying
"An error occurred while Setup was validating the system for installation."
Finally: If I attempt this same process without the answer file on a drive, then the Vista install proceeds as normal (with manual input). I conclude that the problem is in my answer file and/or the "unattended" implementation.
One other point: The only variations of the answer file that I have tried are the Windows key with/without the dashes. No effect.
?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"? unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend" settings pass="windowsPE" component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" DiskConfiguration Disk CreatePartitions CreatePartition wcm:action="add" Order>1</Order Size>20000</Size Type>Primary</Type /CreatePartition /CreatePartitions ModifyPartitions ModifyPartition wcm:action="add" Active>true</Active Extend>false</Extend Format>NTFS</Format Label>OS_Install</Label Letter>C</Letter Order>1</Order PartitionID>1</PartitionID /ModifyPartition /ModifyPartitions DiskID>0</DiskID WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk /Disk WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI /DiskConfiguration ImageInstall OSImage InstallTo DiskID>0</DiskID PartitionID>1</PartitionID /InstallTo WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI /OSImage /ImageInstall UserData ProductKey WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI Key>AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA</Key /ProductKey AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula /UserData /component /settings settings pass="oobeSystem" component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" OOBE HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE /OOBE /component /settings cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:d:/vista%20imaging/wim/install.wim#Windows Vista Business" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" / /unattend
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