Mark Straatman Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Hi, yesterday I dedicated my whole day to the unattended installation of Windows XP Pro. But it didnt seem to work.I´ve tried several things like using nLite to doing it all manually, but neither of those two worked. Every time I got the same old windows where you have to insert the product key, your name etc etc.So I thought, is there some sort of trigger you have to pull when I install windows? in the WINNT.SIF file I have the UnnattendMode set on FullUnattended.actually, I´ll attach the whole file (i´ve deleted a couple things for privacy)It seems fine to me, but everytime I try it in VMWARE workstation I get the same old insert-dialog.can somebody help me?thanks already WINNT.SIF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grake Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 (edited) [unattended]UnattendMode=FullUnattendedUnattendSwitch="Yes"OemPreinstall="Yes"OemSkipEula="Yes"FileSystem=*WaitForReboot="No"NoWaitAfterTextMode=1NoWaitAfterGUIMode=1DriverSigningPolicy=IgnoreNonDriverSigningPolicy=IgnoreHibernation="No"AutoActivate = YesThat's what I have in mine. Works every time Edited October 10, 2009 by Grake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illusions Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Hi Grake,What is the purpose of FileSystem=*THanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grake Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 I think when you choose the partition, it lets you choose how to format, NTFS or FAT. I'm not 100% sure on that, maybe someone else can verify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 (edited) Could this be it? After you create Windows XP Service Pack 3 slipstreamed media, your product key is not acceptedThis issue can occur if you used the /integrate command in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008 to slipstream Windows XP SP3.From a cursory glance at your winnt.sif, I dont see an issue.Here's my winnt.sif for comparison. It works fine. Edited October 11, 2009 by -X- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Straatman Posted October 11, 2009 Author Share Posted October 11, 2009 I already got it. The problem was that I didnt copy the product key correctly. the strange thing is, after creating a few beta´s (unattend install with unattend application install) with every one of them worked fine. of course there were a few errors in the RunOnceEx script, but that is what I´ve been working on.around 4 beta´s worked fine with unattend install and the files from the $OEM$ folder were copied, but now it doesnt copy them even though OemPreinstall is set on "yes" in the winnt.sif file.I had this problem now with two beta´s so does anyone knows how to fix it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-force Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 (edited) That`s the part of mine (working) "winnt.sif":; Generated by nLite 1.4.9.1[Data]AutomaticUpdates="Yes"Autopartition=0MsDosInitiated=0UnattendedInstall="Yes"[Unattended]UnattendMode=FullUnattendedUnattendSwitch="Yes"OemPreinstall="Yes"OemSkipEula="Yes"ProgramFilesDir="\PROGS"CommonProgramFilesDir="\PROGS\Gemeinsame Dateien"FileSystem=*WaitForReboot="No"NoWaitAfterTextMode=1NoWaitAfterGUIMode=1DriverSigningPolicy=IgnoreNonDriverSigningPolicy=IgnoreHibernation="No"Question: Are you sure about "AutoPartition=1"?Another question: Why do you want to copy these files to HDD?It is possible to install from CD without copying. Edited October 12, 2009 by g-force Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Straatman Posted October 12, 2009 Author Share Posted October 12, 2009 at my job I have to install windows several times a day along with a bunch of programs that have to be installed by default.If I can copy the files to the hard disk drive on the computer, I can remove the installation cd and use it for another computer for installing.If I have to wait until the programs are installed it would take at least an hour to install windows and the programs, otherwise I can do 2 or 3 in one hour.AutoPartition=1 was in my older beta´s, now I have it set on 0 I´ve checked your version and mine... they´re the same except for hibernation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Straatman Posted October 12, 2009 Author Share Posted October 12, 2009 God I´m such an id***...this was my end of the RunOnceEx Script:RD C:\install /S /QRD C:\apps /S /Qexpecting it would delete the files after the installation...I forgot that in order to delete them, I need to script them like a normal REG ADD %KEY% or link it to another script.question solved! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Straatman Posted October 12, 2009 Author Share Posted October 12, 2009 (edited) another little problem...I added the hotfixes of office 2003 to the runOnceEx script and 9 of the 10 goes fine... but the last one it goes wrong...it says that it cant find the ohotfix.exe file, but the link in the error (wich he says he cant find) I have no problem finding myself in cmd.screenshot:also, I never see the list of programs that I put in the RunOnceEx script... like this exampledoes that have anything to do with the cmdow @ /hid command at the first line in the RunOnceEx script?anyway, I´ll attach my script here, so you can check it yourself EDIT: it cant find any of the ohotfix.exe setup files in the folders (they are there, I´ve checked 3 times)RunOnceEx.cmd Edited October 12, 2009 by Mark Straatman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caps_buster Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Excuse my lame question, but really all one need to do is to create a winnt.sif file (with abovementioned contents) and have it placed into the i386 directory and Windows install try (depending on the contents, of course) perform Unattended install?I was under the impression that the unattend.txt file is there for these purposes...edit: quick test prove me wrong, using unattend.txt did not mean anything to my WinXP SP 1.0a install, file is hapilly ignored... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caps_buster Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 My first winnt.sif attempt:[Data]AutoPartition=0MsDosInitiated=0UnattendedInstall=YesAutomaticUpdates=No[unattended]UnattendMode=FullUnattendedUnattendSwitch=YesOemPreinstall=YesOemSkipEula=YesFileSystem=*WaitForReboot=NoNoWaitAfterTextMode=1NoWaitAfterGUIMode=1DriverSigningPolicy=IgnoreNonDriverSigningPolicy=IgnoreHibernation=NoAutoActivate=No[GuiUnattended]AdminPassword=*EncryptedAdminPassword=NoOEMSkipRegional=1TimeZone=095AutoLogon=YesOemSkipWelcome=1[userData]ProductKey=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXXFullName=testOrgName=test_homeComputerName=zatr_pc[Display]BitsPerPel=32Xresolution=1024YResolution=768Vrefresh=60[Components]msmsgs=offmsnexplr=offmedia_clips=offAccessopt=offtemplates=offClipbook=offDialer=offChat=offhypertrm=offpinball=offfreecell=offminesweeper=offspider=offhearts=offzonegames=offmousepoint=offDeskpaper=offCharmap=offNetoc=off[GuiRunOnce][identification]JoinWorkgroup=test_home[Networking]InstallDefaultComponents=No...but with the "help" of my modified txtsetup.sif it cause a not working install. After loading and the black screen (just before the partition and formating job) it says that "no drives are found in machine" and install have to end, press F3 ... and reboot.What I did wrong? Where I overoptimized?txtsetup_caps_buster.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caps_buster Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Help?What does the drives detection really need in the txtsetup.sif ...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caps_buster Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Problem found and there it is - the [scsiClass.Load] I have done this way:cdrom = cdrom.sysdisk = disk.sys,,noloadfloppy = sfloppy.sys,,noloadramdisk = ramdisk.sys,,noload...and that is WRONG. The disk = disk.sys must NOT be noload. Weird, in Win2kSP4 that worked w/o loading it, but now there it does not... XP will find my IDE HDD properly after I allowed the "SCSI" disk.sys to be loaded... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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