Caycep

Yes it's SP2 I'm working with and I have the SP2 deploy cab and the items in the right directory. I've done a bit more research and everything's turned up XP Home cannot do Mini setup (under Sysprep) like Pro can but I've seen laptops that have it (Dell, LG Fujitsu) so they must somehow have found a way to. Very frustrating.

Here's my question. Is it possible to do an unattended install and then go and Sysprep it so it prompts a user for name, product key, time zone etc. ? I have my unattended install working great but I've now tried to sysprep it with the above things but it never seems to call forth the sysprep.inf file. This is Windows XP Home I'm trying this on so no mini-setup is available. Can this be done? If so, can someone help me start it? I'm not too familiar with Sysprep and switches etc but I've researched here as best I could and haven't seen this question arise before. Thanks, Cayce

I did the test install and it worked. One small problem though. The Language selection for the keyboard etc changes but the "Language Bar help" still appears. Any idea how to delete that too? Thanks again

Yzöwl, THANK YOU! I just checked my code and sure enough the file was named "regtweks.reg" instead of "regtweaks.reg" My keyboard's going and the "A" and "I" have been giving me problems. I just fixed the issue and am testing it as I type. Thanks again P.S. Time for a new keyboard.

I'm at a loss as to what I'm doing wrong and have tried and tried to get my RegTweeks to work. Here's all my codes (the latest try). Help PLEASE, they don't seem to work.: winnt.sif [Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" [Unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes UnattendSwitch="yes" Repartition=YES FileSystem=* TargetPath=\WINDOWS [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=* EncryptedAdminPassword=NO OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=35 OemSkipWelcome=1 [UserData] ProductKey=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX FullName="User" OrgName="" ComputerName=* [TapiLocation] CountryCode=107 AreaCode=905 [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=1 SystemLocale=00001009 UserLocale=00001009 InputLocale=1009:00000409 [Identification] JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes [Data] AutoPartition=0 cmdlines.txt [COMMANDS] "REGEDIT /S regtweaks.reg" "install.cmd" regtweks.reg: (I need to delete the Location from the "United States" to "Canada" and delete the Engliush(United States) Language so only the English (Canada) Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\Geo] "Nation"="39" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout\Preload] "2"=- install.cmd: cmdow @ /HID @echo off SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Applications" /f REG ADD %KEY%\001 /VE /D ".NET Framework 1.1" /f REG ADD %KEY%\001 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\NetFramework\netfxsp1.exe" /f REG ADD %KEY%\002 /VE /D "Windows Media Player 10" /f REG ADD %KEY%\002 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\WMP10\MP10Setup.exe /q:A /c:\"setup_wm.exe /Q /R:N /DisallowSystemRestore\"" /f REG ADD %KEY%\055 /VE /D "Cleaning Up and Rebooting" /f REG ADD %KEY%\055 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\cleanup.cmd" /f EXIT Everything else appears to work and I have the cmdlines.txt and regtweaks.reg in the $OEM$ folder

D'oh, sorry about that: [Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" [Unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemPreinstall=Yes UnattendSwitch="yes" OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=No Repartition=YES FileSystem=* TargetPath=\WINDOWS [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=* EncryptedAdminPassword=NO OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=35 OemSkipWelcome=1 [UserData] ProductKey=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx FullName="User" OrgName="" ComputerName=* [TapiLocation] CountryCode=107 [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=1 SystemLocale=00001009 UserLocale=00001009 InputLocale=1009:00000409 [Identification] JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes [Data] AutoPartition=0

I don't have an unattended.txt file (should I?) but here are the others: cmdlines.txt: [COMMANDS] "RunOnceEx.cmd" And sysprep.inf: (I'm unsure if this is right) ;SetupMgrTag [Unattended] InstallFilesPath=C:\sysprep\i386 [GuiUnattended] EncryptedAdminPassword=NO OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=35 [UserData] FullName="" OrgName="" ComputerName=* [TapiLocation] CountryCode=107 AreaCode=905 [SetupMgr] DistFolder=C:\sysprep\i386 DistShare=windist [Identification] JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

My runonceex.cmd code is as follows: cmdow @ /HID @echo off IF EXIST D:\CD.txt set CDROM=D: IF EXIST E:\CD.txt set CDROM=E: IF EXIST F:\CD.txt set CDROM=F: IF EXIST G:\CD.txt set CDROM=G: IF EXIST H:\CD.txt set CDROM=H: IF EXIST I:\CD.txt set CDROM=I: IF EXIST J:\CD.txt set CDROM=J: SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Applications" /f REG ADD %KEY%\053 /VE /D ".NET Framework 1.1" /f REG ADD %KEY%\053 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\NetFramework\netfxsp1.exe" /f REG ADD %KEY%\030 /VE /D "Windows Media Player 10" /f REG ADD %KEY%\030 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\WMP10\MP10Setup.exe /q:A /c:\"setup_wm.exe /Q /R:N /DisallowSystemRestore\"" /f REG ADD %KEY%\085 /VE /D "Cleaning Up and Rebooting" /f REG ADD %KEY%\085 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\cleanup.cmd" /f EXIT And my cleanup.cmd is: cmdow @ /HID shutdown.exe -r -f -t 60 -c "Windows XP will now restart in 1 minute..." net user aspnet /delete EXIT Thanks

I've given up on trying to run sysprep during the unattended install but I have another small problem. My unattended install works fine, everything's working great BUT when I eventually run sysprep (on it's own after windows update or whenever) I have a loop of the unattended install programs running and installing again. Is there a way to stop this from happening? Is it in the runonce area of the registry? If so, how to I delete that key and add it back? Thanks Cayce

I've just spent 45 minutes looking through the forum and cannot find out 100% how the following can be done: After an unattended install is complete, how can I get sysprep to run with a factory reseal. Here's what I have up this this point: Under Runonce.cmd: @echo off IF EXIST D:\CD.txt set CDROM=D: IF EXIST E:\CD.txt set CDROM=E: IF EXIST F:\CD.txt set CDROM=F: IF EXIST G:\CD.txt set CDROM=G: IF EXIST H:\CD.txt set CDROM=H: IF EXIST I:\CD.txt set CDROM=I: IF EXIST J:\CD.txt set CDROM=J: SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Applications" /f REG ADD %KEY%\053 /VE /D ".NET Framework 1.1" /f REG ADD %KEY%\053 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\NetFramework\netfxsp1.exe" /f REG ADD %KEY%\030 /VE /D "Windows Media Player 10" /f REG ADD %KEY%\030 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\WMP10\MP10Setup.exe /q:A /c:\"setup_wm.exe /Q /R:N /DisallowSystemRestore\"" /f REG ADD %KEY%\125 /VE /D "Sysprep Resealing and Shutdown" /f REG ADD %KEY%\125 /V 1 /D "%CDROM%\Software\sysprep\sysprep.cmd" /f EXIT Then under sysprep.cmd I have: cmdow @ /HID sysprep -reseal -reboot EXIT It's not working. Can anyone tell me exactly how I can run sysprep from the unattended install CD and have it go into reseal so the user DOES have to enter in the product key, name etc. Thanks

I'm sorry I don't fully understand (I'm very new to this) I understand the batch file part but not what the path would be. Would I have to be specific in the path (EG: notepad "C:\Documents and Settings\User\Desktop\filename).txt") ? and also, where would I place the text file within the install CD. Would it be under the install directory ($OEM$-$1-Install) ? Thanks for your help.

How would I go about having a text file pop up on the first boot reminding users of certain things to do. I'm thinking text file because then they can easily delete it later. Thanks Cayce

From the research I've done on these forums I cannot find much information on a Windows 2000 install. The XP (Pro and Home) has helped me immensely but I'm now attempting a Windows 2000 Unattended install from CD and cannot get past one point. After it runs through everything on the setup nearing the end where it says setup is now detecting devices it's hanging there. Below is my winnt.sif file and if anyone can find what may be wrong I'd greatly appreciate the help ..................... ;SetupMgrTag [Data] AutoPartition=1 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" [unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes UnattendSwitch=yes TargetPath=\WINDOWS Repartition=Yes [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=* OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=35 OemSkipWelcome=1 [userData] FullName="Test OEM Install" OrgName="" ComputerName=* ProductID=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx [TapiLocation] CountryCode=107 AreaCode=905 [identification] JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=1 SystemLocale=00001009 UserLocale=00001009 InputLocale=1009:00000409 [GuiRunOnce] %systemdrive%\install\install.cmd