Hey guys.. my first attempt of making an unattended xp and its gone wrong!

My issues are..

1.) the $OEM$\$1 folder with my applications in doesnt get copied over!

2.) the unattended wizard i made doesnt work! it still asks all the **** questions

I think my issue is my winnt.sif file. Am i correct by putting it in the CD root? (i.e G:\)

Below is a copy of my sif:

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
	AutoPartition=1
	MsDosInitiated="0"
	UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[Unattended]
	UnattendMode=FullUnattended
	OemSkipEula=Yes
	OemPreinstall=No
	TargetPath=\WINDOWS
	DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
	OemPnPDriversPath="drivers01_sound;drivers02_webcam;drivers03_tv;drivers04_motherboard"
	KeyboardLayout="United Kingdom"

[GuiUnattended]
	AdminPassword=****
	EncryptedAdminPassword=Yes
	OEMSkipRegional=1
	TimeZone=85
	OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
	ProductKey=****
	FullName="Andy Taylor"
	OrgName=""
	ComputerName=CHERRY-FU

[RegionalSettings]
	LanguageGroup=1
	SystemLocale=00000809
	UserLocale=00000809
	InputLocale=0809:00000809

[Identification]
	JoinWorkgroup=MSHOME

[Networking]
	InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Components]
	msmsgs=off
	msnexplr=off 
	freecell=off
	hearts=off
	minesweeper=off
	pinball=off
	solitaire=off
	spider=off
	zonegames=off

[GuiRunOnce]
	%systemdrive%\install\auto.cmd

Not sure, but one thing you could try instead of what you have in this section of your WinNT.sif file:

[Data]
	AutoPartition=1
	MsDosInitiated=0
	UnattendedInstall=Yes

(Notice no quotes)

Not sure it will have any effect on coping those files but......

Wait, just Saw something that looks more like it.....

[Unattended]
	UnattendMode=FullUnattended
	OemSkipEula=Yes
	OemPreinstall=Yes
	TargetPath=\WINDOWS
	DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
	OemPnPDriversPath="drivers01_sound;drivers02_webcam;drivers03_tv;drivers04_motherboard"
	KeyboardLayout="United Kingdom"

Info I got on OemPreinstall:

Yes = Setup copies the subfolders and files contained in the \platform\$oem$ folder.

No = Setup does not copy these files

Tha't all I can see maybe - anyone else?

the winnt.sif wasnt working because it was in the wrong directory.. as for the OEMpreinstall.. makes sense to me.. ill give it a shot and tell u guys whats the result thanks

$oem$\$1 is only for the OemPnpDriversPath

if you want to copy applications i'd recommend making

$oem$\c\applications

this will copy a folder named applications to your C drive.

or if you want it on d

$oem$\d\applications

And yes the OEMPreinstall=YES has to be defined in Winnt.sif for the $oem$ folder to be copied

Hope this helps

-Henk

Edited August 28, 200718 yr by Henkes

"When the \$OEM$\$1\Install is copied over to the hard drive during Setup, the layout is:

C:\Install\"

thats from the OEM reference .. confused

Hmm strange indeed...

I use the $oem$\c in combination with a unattended installation script from Windows PE and it works for me...

EDIT: This installation is a Win2k3 Server installation...

Maybe it's internal workings is slightly different from the $oem$ with windows XP.

I also noticed that on RIS I also have a $oem$\$1\Software map, which is also copied to C:\software when I use RIS to install a machine with Windows XP

So I guess it's the difference between Win2k3 and WinXP unattended installs

Sorry for confusing you

Try to set OEMPreInstall=YES and see what happens.

-Henk

Edited August 28, 200718 yr by Henkes

thanks for the replies all!

$OEM$\$1 - worked a trick

i set the option to YES and it all worked.. a few bugs with my batch script, but nothing i cant handle .. thanks all!

I'm just don't know a lot about the [unattended] section of WinNT,sif - mainly because I don't use it. Instead I use the Presetup.cmd Patch.