Re: [Blind-sysadmins] autounattend.xml

24 Jun 2012


      Cool, thanks for the link, will check it out.

On 2012-06-23, at 8:20 PM, John G. Heim wrote:
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There is a document on the wiki of the International Association of Visually Impaired Technologists about using the Windows Automated Installation Kit. See http://wiki.iavit.org/index.php/Installing_Windows_7
There is a link on that page to the "Step By Step" guide which lists all the keys you must have in your autounattend.xml file for the install to be completely automated. If your install asks for imput, you may be missing one of the required keys. But it can also insist on asking for input if one of the answers in the answer file is unacceptable for some reason. But the first thing you should do is make sure you have entered all the necessary keys in the answer file.
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On Jun 23, 2012, at 8:03 PM, Don Urquhart  wrote:
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Hello friends,
I am trying Win 7 unattended installs, only on a single machine, for practice, and without a key as they will not be activated, just thrown away after experimentation. The first issue has been that the installation stops at the selection screen where it lets you choose Basic, Home Premium, etc. After some research, I added this section to my answer file:
<WindowsDeploymentServices>
              <ImageSelection>
                  <InstallImage>
                      <Filename>install.wim</Filename>
                      <ImageGroup>ImageGroup1</ImageGroup>
                      <ImageName>Windows 7 Home Premium</ImageName>
                  </InstallImage>
              </ImageSelection>
          </WindowsDeploymentServices>
Now the installation gets past the OS selection, but hangs with an error indicating that it cant find required files. I am working with Windows System Image Manager (MS WAIK), and boot with my Windows 7 dvd and the answer file on a flash drive. What else could be going wrong? Much appreciate any assistance, as I'm starting a practicum in a week, and it's at a shop where all are very busy, so would like to have this debugged and not have to query someone to read install screens.  On a related note, have any of you had success, even limited, with getting some useable text via OCR and digital camera, from a computer screen when it is not possible to use a software application screen reader? By useable, I just mean to be able to tell the progress of a process, or where it is stuck, to use a memorized key sequence to get to the right choice to get it going again. I have had some promising results using ZoomReader IPhone app on my Mac screens, and will try this on a screen at the c
ollege Monday. Thanks in advance for all comments.
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