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Please advise for my winnt.sif

coucou
in Unattended Windows 2000/XP/2003

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Hello,

Finaly I got (part of) success installing WinXP unattended whan winnt.sif in a floppy. The problem was the unattend.txt file in \i386 folder. I removed it.

During the install i was asked to type my product number whereas in the winnt.sif file. Moreover I was surprised that many parameters was NOT taken in account. Do it due to with or without quotation "parameters"?

1) Thanks to take look and advise what wrong

2) When the parameters should be inside "quotation" and/or NOT

Here my winnt.sif file (in red all not taken in account)

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

[Unattended]
    UnattendMode=FullUnattended
    OemSkipEula=Yes
    OemPreinstall=Yes
    Repartition=No
    UnattendSwitch="Yes"
    WaitForReboot="No"
    [COLOR=red]OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\ATI\Catlys34\2KXP_INF;\Drivers\PhipsLCD;\Drivers\SBL_Valu"[/COLOR]    DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
    KeyboardLayout="French"
    TargetPath=\WINDOWS

[GuiUnattended]
    [COLOR=red]AdminPassword=xxx[/COLOR]
    EncryptedAdminPassword=No
    OEMSkipRegional=1   
    OEMSkipRegional=1 
    TimeZone=105
    OemSkipWelcome=1 

[Display]
    BitsPerPel=32
    [COLOR=red]Xresolution=1024
    YResolution=768[/COLOR] (I got 640x480)
    Vrefresh=60

[UserData]
    [COLOR=red]ProductID="XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX"
    FullName="XXXXX"
    OrgName="*"
    ComputerName=XXXXX[/COLOR]

[TapiLocation]CountryCode = 030
    CountryCode=33
    AreaCode=1
    Dialing=Tone

[RegionalSettings]
   [COLOR=red] InputLocale=040c:0000040c,040d:0000040d
    InputLocale_DefaultUser=040c:0000040c
    Language=040c
    LanguageGroup=12
    SystemLocale=040c
    UserLocale=040c
    UserLocale_DefaultUser=040c[/COLOR]

[Identification]
    [COLOR=red]JoinWorkgroup=XXXX[/COLOR]

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

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

[GuiRunOnce]
"%systemdrive%\CUST_INSTL.cmd"

Regards

coucou


  • Author

Hello,

Sorry to post it again, "CODE" and "COLOR" problem.

Finaly I got (part of) success installing WinXP unattended whan winnt.sif in a floppy. The problem was the unattend.txt file in \i386 folder. I removed it.

During the install i was asked to type my Product ID whereas in the winnt.sif file. Moreover I was surprised that many parameters was NOT taken in account. Do it due to with or without quotation "parameters"?

1) Thanks to take look and advise what wrong

2) When the parameters should be inside "quotation" and/or NOT

Here my winnt.sif file (in red all not taken in account)

SetupMgrTag

[Data]

AutoPartition=0

MsDosInitiated="0"

UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[unattended]

UnattendMode=FullUnattended

OemSkipEula=Yes

OemPreinstall=Yes

Repartition=No

UnattendSwitch="Yes"

WaitForReboot="No"

OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\ATI\Catlys34\2KXP_INF;\Drivers\PhipsLCD;\Drivers\SBL_Valu"

DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

KeyboardLayout="French"

TargetPath=\WINDOWS

[GuiUnattended]

AdminPassword=xxx

EncryptedAdminPassword=No

OEMSkipRegional=1

OEMSkipRegional=1

TimeZone=105

OemSkipWelcome=1

[Display]

BitsPerPel=32

Xresolution=1024

YResolution=768 (I got 640x480)

Vrefresh=60

[userData]

ProductID="XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX"

FullName="XXXXX"

OrgName="*"

ComputerName=XXXXX

[TapiLocation]

CountryCode = 030

CountryCode=33

AreaCode=1

Dialing=Tone

[RegionalSettings]

InputLocale=040c:0000040c,040d:0000040d

InputLocale_DefaultUser=040c:0000040c

Language=040c

LanguageGroup=12

SystemLocale=040c

UserLocale=040c

UserLocale_DefaultUser=040c

[identification]

JoinWorkgroup=XXXX

[Networking]

InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Components]

msmsgs=off

msnexplr=off

freecell=off

hearts=off

minesweeper=off

pinball=off

solitaire=off

spider=off

zonegames=off

[GuiRunOnce]

"%systemdrive%\CUST_INSTL.cmd"

Regards

coucou

:offtopic: use QUOTE, it will make those red colors red and will be in same style:

well like this:

;SetupMgrTag

[Data]AutoPartition=0

MsDosInitiated="0"

UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[unattended]

UnattendMode=FullUnattended

OemSkipEula=Yes

OemPreinstall=Yes

Repartition=No

UnattendSwitch="Yes"

WaitForReboot="No"

OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\ATI\Catlys34\2KXP_INF;\Drivers\PhipsLCD;\Drivers\SBL_Valu"    DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

KeyboardLayout="French"

TargetPath=\WINDOWS

[GuiUnattended]

AdminPassword=xxx

EncryptedAdminPassword=No

OEMSkipRegional=1

OEMSkipRegional=1

TimeZone=105

OemSkipWelcome=1

[Display]

BitsPerPel=32

Xresolution=1024

YResolution=768 (I got 640x480)

Vrefresh=60

[userData]

ProductID="XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX"

FullName="XXXXX"

OrgName="*"

ComputerName=XXXXX

[TapiLocation]CountryCode = 030

CountryCode=33

AreaCode=1

Dialing=Tone

[RegionalSettings]

  InputLocale=040c:0000040c,040d:0000040d

InputLocale_DefaultUser=040c:0000040c

Language=040c

LanguageGroup=12

SystemLocale=040c

UserLocale=040c

UserLocale_DefaultUser=040c

[identification]

JoinWorkgroup=XXXX

[Networking]

InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Components]

msmsgs=off

msnexplr=off

freecell=off

hearts=off

minesweeper=off

pinball=off

solitaire=off

spider=off

zonegames=off

[GuiRunOnce]

"%systemdrive%\CUST_INSTL.cmd"

:)

1. and i couldn't find anything wrong with it. though put the winnt.sif in the cd. under i386 folder

2. u've 2 OEMSkipRegional=1 's delete one of them

  • Author

Tnx XtremeMaC for yr observance.

Still I'm asking: WHY during the install i was asked to type my Product ID whereas in the winnt.sif file. Moreover I was surprised that many parameters was NOT taken in account.

Tnx to any of you can help

Regards

coucou

Shouldn't that ProductID be ProductKey instead and the value without the quotes? That might be your problem.

Solution:

[userData]   ProductKey=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

The OEMPnPDriversPath seems to have a fault.

OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\ATI\Catlys34\2KXP_INF;\Drivers\PhipsLCD;\Drivers\SBL_Valu"
Delete that \ in red.

And to be sure that works, add this just before the OemPnPDriversPath:

    OemFilesPath = %SYSTEMDRIVE%\$OEM$

And one more thing! You should also point out the SubDirs, if any, not only the Dirs, in the OemPnPDriversPath.

All the rest looks just fine to me. :)

  • Author

Hi,

Tnx Cronos XP for the info. I didn't know about "ProductKey" and the "OemFilesPath = %SYSTEMDRIVE%\$OEM$" parameters.

To make myself more clever,

1)what difference between ProductID and ProductKey and When do i have to use the one instead the other or together?

2) regarding the drivers,

OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\ATI\Catlys34\2KXP_INF;\Drivers\PhipsLCD;\Drivers\SBL_Valu"

Ok for Deleting ther \ in red, but what about the first one "Drivers\ATI\Catlys34\2KXP_INF;

3) Finally, why the parameters here bellow (in Red) doesn't works when they looks fine to everybody?

[Display]  BitsPerPel=32

  Xresolution=1024

  YResolution=768 I got 640x480 when the default is 800x600)

  Vrefresh=60

[GuiUnattended]

  AdminPassword=xxx

[RegionalSettings]

  InputLocale=040c:0000040c,040d:0000040d

  InputLocale_DefaultUser=040c:0000040c

  Language=040c

  LanguageGroup=12

  SystemLocale=040c

  UserLocale=040c

  UserLocale_DefaultUser=040c

[identification]

  JoinWorkgroup=XXXX

Regards

coucou

ProductID is used for Windows 2000 unattended installs. Information on the command within the winnt.sif can be found in the Support\Tools folder in the deploy.cab package. For WinXP, it will be ref.chm. For Windows 2000, it will be unattended.doc.

On tje [RegionalSettings], it looks like something is missing. Try here for more info.

  • Author
On tje [RegionalSettings], it looks like something is missing.  Try here for more info.

Hi,

I have configured my [RegionalSettings] witrh that url.

As i'm not familiar with, maybe something missing.

What i tried configuring is setting 2 languages: French and Hebrew, when the French is the default language.

May you can help/advise with

Regards

coucou

  • 1 month later...

where can i get a list of commands for the [Components] section of winnt.sif?

I have a custom install CD with drivers, silent software installs, and bypass f6 raid. I want to totally customize which components are installed..

TIA!

I think i found it... Is this a complete list?

[Components]

; This section contains keys for installing the components of

; Windows 2000. A value of On installs the components, and a

; value of Off prevents the component from being installed.

iis_common = On

iis_inetmgr = Off

iis_www = Off

iis_ftp = Off

iis_htmla = Off

iis_doc = Off

iis_pwmgr = Off

iis_smtp = On

iis_smtp_docs = Off

Mts_core = On

; The Fp key installs Front Page Server Extensions.

Fp = On

Msmq = Off

; If you set the TSEnable key to On, Terminal Services is installed on

; Windows 2000 Server.

TSEnable = On

; If you set the TSClients key to On, the files required to create

; Terminal Services client disks are installed. If you set this key

; to On, you must also set the TSEnable key to On.

TSClients = On

; TSPrinterDrivers and TSKeyboardDrivers are optional keys. If enabled,

; they require additional disk space.

TSPrinterDrivers = Off

TSKeyboardDrivers = Off

Netoc = On

Reminst = On

Certsrv = Off

Rstorage = Off

Indexsrv_system = On

Certsrv_client = Off

Certsrv_server = Off

Certsrv_doc = Off

Accessopt = On

Calc = On

Cdplayer = On

Charmap = On

Chat = Off

Clipbook = On

Deskpaper = On

Dialer = On

Freecell = Off

Hypertrm = On

Media_blindnoisy = On

Media_blindquiet = On

Media_clips = On

Media_jungle = On

Media_musica = On

Media_robotz = On

Media_utopia = On

Minesweeper = Off

Mousepoint = Off

Mplay = On

Mswordpad = On

Objectpkg = On

Paint = On

Pinball = Off

Rec = On

Solitaire = Off

Templates = On

Vol = On

Hello all...

I think your OemPnPDriversPath should be like

OemPnPDriversPath=WINDOWS\Drivers;WINDOWS\Drivers\n1;WINDOWS\Drivers\VIA\INF.....

ProductID should look

ProductID=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

and not

ProductID="XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX"

at [Display] try BitsPerPel=16 because Videodriver are not fully loaded

and for ATI Cards you must edit extra files, because Windows would use it's own drivers at first. see www.winhelpline.info

I hope it would help you a little bit...

--

try to see both sides of the story

why would the DriversPath have the drives in the windows directory?

product ID it makes no difference if you enclose it in "" marks... in fact, anything in the winnt.sif can be enclosed in "" marks and it still works

BitsPerPixel=32 will work fine... if the video card doesn't support 32bit it will default to the highest supported bit depth...

that link with the video card driver info, is that for ati or nvidia?

*eek i just tried translating that page with babelfish, seems like it is some sort of unattend help forum but the translation didn't come through properly... I don't understand the stuff they were saying about adding the nvidia information to the INF files because you don't actually have to do that to make them work

why would the DriversPath have the drives in the windows directory?
cos windows copy all Files in \$OEM$\$1\WINDOWS into the windowsfolder...
product ID it makes no difference if you enclose it in "" marks... in fact, anything in the winnt.sif can be enclosed in "" marks and it still works

may so... but my installation failed if product ID is in "" marks...

BitsPerPixel=32 will work fine... if the video card doesn't support 32bit it will default to the highest supported bit depth...
at a testsystem it was not only set the bitrate to 16, is was also set the complete resolution to windows standard (800x600)
that link with the video card driver info, is that for ati or nvidia?

there are both explained...

and if you not change the .inf windows will use it's own drivers and not the actually...

may be other version than the german will use the drivers directly. my not.

  • 3 years later...
[GuiUnattended]

   AdminPassword=xxx

   EncryptedAdminPassword=No

   OEMSkipRegional=1  

   OEMSkipRegional=1

   TimeZone=105

   OemSkipWelcome=1

I've been trying to get an answer to this for weeks.

"TimeZone=105" what?! What is the number 105 referring too? It's not actual timezone, at least not as far as any references I can find.

Is there a table that would show me timezone related to number use in this context?

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