Silent Installation issues

[newprouser]

I've been trying to use Nlite to create silent installation of windows xp sp3, with post

sp3 updates integrated. however i find that in two places (in 2nd stage of installation)

setup expects user input (see attached screenshot). can anybody tell me how to avoid the same.

note: I've used the repair mode option in nlite, but even when i tried with unattended mode i

got the same result.

thanks

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Edited March 1, 2010 by newprouser

[Sp0iLedBrAt]

Go to this website ( http://win-x.co.cc/nliteimages.html ) and look at images #16 and #17. They explain which unattended mode to choose according to your needs. That will skip the first image. Or, in WINNT.sif you can add this line

[Unattended]
 OemSkipEula=Yes

For the second image, look at image #22. You have to choose the Administrator account (on the left) and give it a password (on the right); that way the second screen won't show up.

Cheers

[newprouser]

thanks , got rid of the problems

[newprouser]

Using the following code, skips EULA in both the first as well as second stage of setup. As a consequence,

the repair option is also hidden during the text mode setup.

[Unattended]
OemSkipEula=Yes

Is there any way to have the repair mode enabled and automatically skip the EULA in the 2nd stage (i don't

mind having it in text mode setup) , i.e. GUI mode (shown in screen shot 1)

Edited March 2, 2010 by newprouser

[Sp0iLedBrAt]

I think "Prompt repair" is the closest it can get to getting a repair. However, I have never done a repair, so wait around for someone who has created such a CD to tell you how things go.

[johnhc]

newprouser, if you will go to the Unattended Task-General Tab and click on the Help (? in circle) next to Unattended Mode pull down, it will give some details on the Repair option. Then I suggest you try and see what happens. We would appreciate it if you would report here. Thanks, John.

[newprouser]

@johnhc

as i mentioned in the first post, i have been using the repair option all along, but it was'nt working.

But then i tried the fully automated mode , and i got varied results...

In virtual box emulator, it still doesn't show the repair option

BUT, When i tested it directly on my hardware it worked properly. One thing to note is - I had installed

this by transferring XP setup to USB using "winsetup from USB" tool, so i'm not sure if its the reason why

it worked this time.