Microsoft KB Archive/177458

= Unattended Installation of S3 Virge VGA Adapter =

Article ID: 177458

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q177458



SYMPTOMS
When you use the unattended installation method to install the S3 Virge VGA adapter on a Compaq 4000, your adapter is installed as standard VGA adapter.



CAUSE
Compaq now includes the new S3 Virge video drivers in all of its new Deskpro 4000 models. This new driver is not detected during a standard Windows NT Workstation 4.0 installation. The installation, instead, only detects a standard VGA adapter card.



RESOLUTION
Use the following process to include new S3 Virge video drivers in an unattended installation of Windows NT Workstation 4.0:

 Make a subdirectory called TextMode in the $oem$ directory of I386. For example:

%i386%\$oem$\TextMode  Make a file called Txtsetup.oem using any text editor (for example, Notepad or WordPad) and enter the following:

[Disks] D1 = "OEM Video Disk",\oemvideo.tag,\

[Defaults] Display = s3virge

[Display] s3virge = "s3 virge - oem"

[Files.Display.s3virge] driver = d1,s3mini.sys,s3virge dll = d1,s3virge.dll

[Config.s3virge] value=device0,installeddisplaydrivers,REG_MULTI_SZ,s3virge value=device0,vgacompatible,REG_DWORD,0  Place the Txtsetup.oem file in the TextMode directory. Download Wnt20017.zip from the S3 Web site.

 Unzip Wnt20017.zip into the TextMode directory. The following files should be included: Disk1, Ntmodes.exe, Readme.txt, S3.inf, S3mini.sys, S3virge.dll, and Version.txt  The Unattended.txt file must have several lines added, and the following sections should look like this:

[Display Drivers] "s3 virge - oem" = "oem"

[Display] ConfigureAtLogon = 0 BitsPerPel = XResolution = YResolution = <valid y resolution VRefresh = AutoConfirm = 1

[Oembootfiles] s3mini.sys s3virge.dll txtsetup.oem </li></ol>

With these modifications, the unattended installation will install the S3 video drivers as if it had detected the adapter.

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MORE INFORMATION
For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: 166028

TITLE : Installing 3rd-Party Video drivers with Txtsetup.oem Unattended

Additional query words: Video Compaq Deskpro Unattend Virge

Keywords: kbprb kbsetup KB177458

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