mrkyle

i added the below two lines into my old SIF file and it worked FileSystem=* WaitForReboot=No so thanks fellas... cheers

aabout deleting the partition what if i had something i wanted to keep on the other half of the partition... that didnt work for me.... i took it out.. but it no workies

thanks ill give that a try...

hey every1.. i have this problem... at the screen where you select the partition you want to install XP on... the screen after that usually lets me format the selected partition, however.. since i used the unattended CD it doesnt show that screen anymore, it shows the one where it detects another vesion of windows and lets u select to delete the existing version etc... the prob with this is that its not a completely clean install as it leaves other previous folders on the new install, like the C:\temp for example to overcome this prob i have to delete all partitions and create them again.. to be able to format .. this is alrite.. however, what if the 2nd partition contains backup information that i dun want to delete below is the stuff in the winnt.sif which i have in the i386 folder of the cd.. most of it is generated via the setup manager any clues on how to make it prompt u to format your selected partition ;SetupMgrTag [Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="No" UnattendedInstall="Yes" [Unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended Repartition=No UnattendSwitch="Yes" OemPreinstall=Yes OemSkipEula=Yes NoWaitAfterTextMode=1 NoWaitAfterGUIMode=1 TargetPath=\WINDOWS DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore ;OemPnPDriversPath=Drivers\SATA;Drivers\BCM570X;Drivers\ALC650 [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword="password" EncryptedAdminPassword=NO OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=255 OemSkipWelcome=1 AutoLogon=Yes AutoLogonCount=1 [Display] BitsPerPel=16 Xresolution=800 YResolution=600 Vrefresh=70 [UserData] ProductID=XXXX-XXXX FullName="Windows XP Pro" OrgName="Microsoft" ComputerName=Unattended [TapiLocation] CountryCode=61 AreaCode=03 [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=1 SystemLocale=00000c09 UserLocale=00000c09 InputLocale=0c09:00000409 [Identification] JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=No [Components] msmsgs=off msnexplr=off zonegames=off [Branding] BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes [Proxy] Proxy_Enable=0 Use_Same_Proxy=0 [NetAdapters] Adapter1=params.Adapter1 [NetClients] MS_MSClient=params.MS_MSClient [NetServices] MS_SERVER=params.MS_SERVER MS_PSched=params.MS_PSched [NetProtocols] MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP [params.MS_TCPIP] DNS=Yes UseDomainNameDevolution=No EnableLMHosts=Yes AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1 [params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1] SpecificTo=Adapter1 DHCP=Yes WINS=No NetBIOSOptions=0 cheers

hrmm thanks for the input.. i wonder why ppl have posted this before... if every is using the classic logon... and doing it via unattended..they must be using the same reg entries that i use... how come ppl have noticed this... or is it that they like the black screen

hey folks when i use the regs to make winxp use the classic logon ;Disable Welcome Screen and uses Classic Logon [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] "LogonType"=dword:00000000 the logon background goes to black...why? how do i get it back to the default blue........... is there another way of enabling the classic logon ? ta

ahh i c.. so u gotta do at setup... i tried it as logged in user cheers

hi rdalling.... that method doesnt work for me... can anyone else attest to that

hey every1, how do i get my logon background color back to blue... it changed to black for some reaseon.. i dont want a wallpaper on the logon screen.. just want the default blue background... ta

dun worry ppl.. i figured it out myself already... i found a way... but its rather sloppy you need to first add entries into the ini file, you can do it here through batch file like this >> %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\GroupPolicy\Machine\Scripts\scripts.ini ECHO [Shutdown] using same method add following lines, of course use your own file 0CmdLine=C:\Documents and Settings\TestUser\Desktop\2004 April\WINXP\update.bat 0Parameters= ------------------------------------------------- after that you must enter registry settings [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\Scripts\Shutdown] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\Scripts\Shutdown\0] "GPO-ID"="LocalGPO" "SOM-ID"="Local" "FileSysPath"="C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\GroupPolicy\\Machine" "DisplayName"="Local Group Policy" "GPOName"="Local Group Policy" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\Scripts\Shutdown\0\0] "Script"="C:\\Documents and Settings\\TestUser\\Desktop\\2004 April\\WINXP\\update.bat" "Parameters"="" "ExecTime"=hex(b):00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy\State\Machine\Scripts\Shutdown] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy\State\Machine\Scripts\Shutdown\0] "GPO-ID"="LocalGPO" "SOM-ID"="Local" "FileSysPath"="C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\GroupPolicy\\Machine" "DisplayName"="Local Group Policy" "GPOName"="Local Group Policy" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy\State\Machine\Scripts\Shutdown\0\0] "Script"="C:\\Documents and Settings\\TestUser\\Desktop\\2004 April\\WINXP\\update.bat" "Parameters"="" "ExecTime"=hex(b):00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00 well hope it doesnt confuse any1.. but if you guys got something better pls post it... cheers

1000 apologies

how can i set a startup/shutdown script/batch file without using the gpedit console? is there a way to do it through the registry, programatically, etc? so i can assign one with my unattended installation

whats every1 using these days... i have had my disk formated to FAT32 for as long as i can remember and just converted them to NTFS/.... just curious