Some Final Questions about Unattended Installation of XPSP3_EN

I have decided to produce the unattended cd\dvd manually rather than using nLite.

I think this will be easier to maintain/update.

Can you please check/vet the following steps?

1. Integrate SP3 into XPSP2_EN using E:\ WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-ENU.exe /integrate:E:\XPSP2_EN

2. Create a $OEM$ folder structure, say in E:

3. Place all applications to be installed in \$OEM$ \$1\Install (in sub dirs)

4. Place relevant (unpacked) drivers in \$OEM$ \$1\Drivers

5. Copy contents of \$OEM$ \$1\Install to XPSP3_EN \$OEM%\$1\Install

6. Copy contents of \$OEM$ \$1\Drivers to XPSP3_EN \$OEM%\$1\Drivers

7. Create a directories \$OEM$\$Progs\Netmeter, \$OEM$\$Progs\Ccleaner etc containing the ini and application data files such as NetMeter.tlg

8. Create (manually) a Winnt.sif and place in XPSP3_EN\I386

9. In Winnt.sif (among other things) place

[unattended]

DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

OemPnPDriversPath="drivers\01_ChipSet" (dir containing the .inf)

[GuiRunOnce]

%systemdrive%\My_Start.cmd (I had placed the My_Start.cmd under $1)

10. Create the My_Start.cmd file and place in \$OEM$\$1

11. Use CDImageGUI to create the bootable iso

12. Burn the iso with Nero (as image)

Note 1

I intend to treat IE8, WMP11, and Silverlight etc as applications with their own updates.

If I miss an update, I’ll let Microsoft Update handle it.

Note 2

My_Start.cmd with invoke other cmd files for installation, cleanup, post processing (after rebooting).

Thank you.