Unattended install not working problem

[deed02392]

Below is the winnt.sif file in my I386 folder. In virtual machine (microsoft), the setup does not use this unattended configuration at all. That is, right from the text portion of the setup, it isn't using it - it doesn't skip the EULA as specified. I tried running through the whole nLite process again with the same options and it STILL doesn't unattend install. I can't deploy this until I know it works in vm, and after doing searches on here I found a couple of users who had the same problem but said it was solved by doing nLite again. However, this was not the case for me. Is there some sort of conflict I should know about, or does anyone spot a problem below? Thanks a lot in advance, this is really frustrating!

; Generated by nLite 1.4.5

[Data]
AutomaticUpdates="Yes"
Autopartition=0
MsDosInitiated=0
UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[Unattended]
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
UnattendSwitch="No"
OemPreinstall="No"
OemSkipEula="Yes"
FileSystem=*
WaitForReboot="No"
NoWaitAfterTextMode=1
NoWaitAfterGUIMode=1
DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
NonDriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword="XXXXX"
TimeZone=085
OEMSkipRegional=1
OemSkipWelcome=1

[Shell]
DefaultThemesOff="Yes"

[Components]

[UserData]
ProductKey="XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX"
ComputerName=IANSCOMP
FullName="Desktop Computer"
OrgName="Home"

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

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents="No"

[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]

[WindowsFirewall]
Profiles=WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall

[WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall]
Mode=0

[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup="MSHOME"

*Includes white space.

[jellyfish1]

Than there has to be a problem in the Unattended Section..

[deed02392]

I guess there must have been. I rewrote a new unattended file using the information on winnt.sif syntax on msfn.org, and it's working great now. There must be a problem with the unattended maker in nLite, because I've had this problem before. Some conflict it isn't picking up? Who knows. Either way I'm happy now!

[BikinDutchman]

Microsoft provided a new Deploy.cab for for Windows XP SP3. This might imply that there are some changes in the WinNT.sif structure.

I looked at your file and found a couple of things I could not find in the most recent ref.chm:

[unattended]

FileSystem=*

NoWaitAfterTextMode=1

NoWaitAfterGUIMode=1

NonDriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

I have seen the No* before, but I am more surprised about the Filesystem=*

The Networking and related sections are largely different from the setupmgr settings. A lot of params sections missing.

Indeed if setup finds something wrong it tends to ignore the rest of the WinNT.sif

[twig123]

* is used as a variable

When used in the FileSystem field, it will use whatever file system is already on the drive.

[BikinDutchman]

* is used as a variable

When used in the FileSystem field, it will use whatever file system is already on the drive.

I thought that too but for that purpose ref.chm gives the option:

FileSystem = ConvertNTFS LeaveAlone

I saw barely any problems with the file, so just guessing

[deed02392]

OEMSkipEula is the first thing I notice it ignoring. So it should do that then find some error at least, because previous to that the commands are definitely right. Either way, I just thought I'd include what is working great for me now:

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

[Unattended]
	UnattendMode=FullUnattended
	OemSkipEula=Yes
	OemPreinstall=No
	TargetPath=\WINDOWS
	KeyboardLayout="United Kingdom"
	WaitForReboot="No"

[GuiUnattended]
	AdminPassword=6e4df1a508b70ec6414e2e8adef09efdb448e1ad47638e5f846faee33353f17c
	EncryptedAdminPassword=Yes
	AutoLogon=Yes
	AutoLogonCount=1
	OEMSkipRegional=1
	TimeZone=85
	OemSkipWelcome=1

[Display]
	AutoConfirm=1

[UserData]
	ProductKey=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX
	FullName="George Hafiz"
	OrgName="Home"
	ComputerName=ianscomp

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

[Identification]
	JoinWorkgroup=MSHOME

[Networking]
	InstallDefaultComponents=No

[Components]
	msmsgs=off
	msnexplr=off

[Shell]
	CustomDefaultThemeFile = "%WinDir%\Resources\Themes\Windows Classic.theme"

Made with MS deployment tools for another install. I modified it by hand for this nLite one I wanted.