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and if i don't want the files copied to the c:\ then I would use %systemdrive%?

one last thing... start /wait $OEM$\$1\install\Applications\sav\savceclt.exe /qn or start /wait %systemdrive%\$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\sav\savceclt.exe /qn look correct?

one last thing... start /wait $OEM$\$1\install\Applications\sav\savceclt.exe /qn look correct?

That puts things into perspective. Thanks for the 'noob' explanation.

So, this is what mine looks like... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\Office11\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb- C:\XPSP1a_ENG_PRO\$OEM$\$1\Install\Office11 based upon your advice above then this is correct? Hows does the command know that the install is in the \$oem$\$1\install folder? Should it be moved to just oem>install?

does this path look correct for all the files? C:\XPSP1a_ENG_PRO\$OEM$\$1\Install in conjunction with: start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\OfficeXP\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb- etc. I ran it Friday with my path wrong for the files and I've made the adjustments that I think should work. Am I wrong in assuming this?

wow that is extremely helpful. TY

Very nice. Imaging isn't something that we have looked into here. I use images my house for the three workstations and server that I have setup. I like them...

That's a negative. However I do now. Do you see anything else that would cause a problem? I still get the regional setting steps in the setup of xp. I have the keyboard layout set ot "US".

any tips on the registry entries? this is all new to me as far as unattended installs go. I'm trying to save the firm some money, and free myself up for other things.

s***e. TY very much.

I setup the unattended and created the necessary files. When the cmd runs it can't locate the files to install. The registry tweaks don't want to cooperate with me either. Thanks in advance! Here is what everything looks like... winxp cd XPSP1a_ENG_PRO\I386\$OEM$\$1\Install batch_file.cmd CLS @echo off TITLE Windows XP Installation - REDW Technologies - Unattended Installation ECHO. ECHO Over the next few minutes you will see automated installations ECHO of various sofware applications and updates. The computer will restart automatically ECHO once the whole process has finished! ECHO. ECHO Installing Office 2003 ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\OfficeXP\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb- ECHO. ECHO Installing Symantec Antivirus Corporate ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\sav\savceclt.exe /qn ECHO. ECHO Installing Lavasoft Ad-Aware SE Build 1.4 ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\AdAware\aawsepersonal1_4.exe /s ECHO. ECHO Installing Adobe Reader 6 ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\Acrobat\AdbeRdr60_enu_full.exe /s /v"/qn" ECHO. ECHO Installing WinZip ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\Winzip\wrar320.exe \s ECHO. ECHO Installing Google Toolbar ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\Google\GoogleToolbarInstaller.exe /q /d ECHO. ECHO Restarting the PC in 90 seconds... shutdown.exe -r -f -t 90 -c "Windows XP will now restart in 90 seconds, this will give enough time for the shortcuts to update and for the shell to fully load before its ready to restart!" RegTweaks.reg ;REDW Start Menu [Hkey_LocalMachine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders] "Common Start Menu"="\\titus\ntapps\REDW Start Menu" ;REDW Start Menu [Hkey_LocalMachine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders] "Common Start Menu"="\\titus\ntapps\REDW Start Menu" ;Disables Windows Tour bubble popup [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour] "RunCount"=dword:00000000 ;Disable the Desktop Cleanup Wizard [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\CleanupWiz] "NoRun"=dword:00000001 winnt.sif ;SetupMgrTag [Data] AutoPartition=1 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" [unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes TargetPath=\WINDOWS WaitForReboot ="No" KeyboardLayout="US" AutoActivate=Yes [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword="xxxxx" EncryptedAdminPassword=NO TimeZone=010 OemSkipWelcome=1 [userData] Repartition=Yes ProductKey=xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx FullName="Technology" OrgName="REDW LLC" ComputerName="Tech_Dev" [Display] BitsPerPel=16 Xresolution=800 YResolution=600 Home_Page=xxxx [TapiLocation] CountryCode=1 Dialing=Tone AreaCode=505 LongDistanceAccess="9" [identification] JoinDomain=xxxxx DomainAdmin=Administrator DomainAdminPassword=xxxxx [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes [Components] msmsgs=off [GuiRunOnce] %systemdrive%\install\batch_file.cmd %systemdrive%\install\RegTweaks.reg [NetAdapters] Adapter1=params.Adapter1 [params.Adapter1] INFID=* [NetClients] MS_MSClient=params.MS_MSClient [NetServices] MS_SERVER=params.MS_SERVER [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 [branding] BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes [Proxy] Proxy_Enable=0 Use_Same_Proxy=0 batch_file.cmd

I'll have to check it out.

I've read in a few places that you can span you installation onto multiple machines. Some of the machines here at the office don't have a dvd drive, so I will need to create a spanned installtion of the os and other apps. Could someone point me in the right direction?

So, something like this? This installation of acrobat doesn't require a rebootsky. start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\Acrobat\AdbeRdr60_enu_full.exe /s /v"/qn"

TY

oh and btw...does this look right? ECHO. ECHO Installing Adobe Reader 6 ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\AdobeReader6\AdbeRdr60_enu_full -p"-s /v\"/qn\"" the two " at the end look wrong?

Thank you very much. I'm just clueless as to what comes after the exe section. ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\Googletoolbar\GoogleToolbarInstaller.exe /q /d the slash whatever. Is there a page that explains this?

Is there any special switches or any other settings I would need to add an unattended installation of the Google Toolbar? Thanks in advance.

So, create a batch file and insert this: ECHO. ECHO Installing Office XP Professional with Frontpage ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\OfficeXP\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb- ...and it should work?

I'm a little lost for the unattended setup of Office 2003. "This command will perform a silent installation of Office XP using the Unattended.MST file you created in the Custom Installation Wizard to set your customized options. But we don't want to use the exact command shown above as this wouldn't exist when installing from a CD, so change: TRANSFORMS=C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\OfficeXP\Unattended.MST /qb- to... TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb-" Where is this implemented?

Thank you for the speedy response. Most of the computers here have the same name as the person using them. It makes it easier to find the computer that has a viurs or has something else going on with it. I'll try the suggested route.

I am trying to create an 'unattended' installation of XP/Office2003 and some other components and something dawned on me. I'm an IT at a pretty good size firm and I was wonder about computer names. We have over 100 workstations (laptop and desktop) as well as 11 servers. My question is when I make an 'unattended' installation cd, how do I make it for multiple computer names. What I mean is that the need for each workstation varies and they will never be setup at the same time. The only time they are rebuilt is when someone kills it or a hd fails. I can't leave a computer name out because I'm designing the 'unattended' installation to join our domain automatically. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.