I created an unattended WinXP install ISO.

I set everything to UK/British/English etc etc.

When I test the ISO with VMware it still says my location is "United States".

Any Ideas please. TIA.

Here is my WINNT.SIF file contents (private details munged with 'X's)

;SetupMgrTag

[Data]

AutoPartition=0

MsDosInitiated="0"

UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[unattended]

UnattendMode=FullUnattended

OemSkipEula=Yes

OemPreinstall=No

TargetPath=\WINDOWS

UnattendSwitch="yes"

WaitForReboot="No"

KeyboardLayout="United Kingdom"

[GuiUnattended]

AdminPassword="XXXXXXXX"

EncryptedAdminPassword=NO

OEMSkipRegional=1

TimeZone=85

OemSkipWelcome=1

[userData]

ProductID=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

FullName="XX"

OrgName="XXXXXXXX"

ComputerName=XXXXXXXX

[RegionalSettings]

LanguageGroup=1

SystemLocale=00000809

UserLocale=00000809

InputLocale=0809:00000809

[identification]

JoinWorkgroup=XXXXXXXX

[Networking]

InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[TapiLocation]

CountryCode=44

Dialing=Tone

[Components]

msmsgs=off

msnexplr=off

zonegames=off

[shell]

DefaultStartPanelOff = Yes

DefaultThemesOff = Yes

Remove:

SystemLocale=00000809

UserLocale=00000809

InputLocale=0809:00000809

and only use:

Language=00000809

Thanks. I will try that right now.

[edit] that worked a treat, thanks AaronXP

I'd also like to thank UltraISO and VMware for making the testing so **** easy

[/edit]

Now I need to do the same for Server 2003 Standard.

Can I use the same .sif file?

No, recreate one using Windows Server 2003's copy of setupmgr.exe from the deploy.cab file on the CD.

Could you tell me the [RegionalSettings] for the UK for a NT4 unattended

installation ?

My settings aren't working.

thanks

Does NT4 offer such abilities at all?

Anyways, attached is a list - you'd find the required settings in it.

TimeLanguageCodes.txt

if i write

[RegionalSettings]

InputLocale=0809:00000809

LanguageGroup=1

SystemLocale=00000809

UserLocale=00000809

there is still us english in nt4.

please help

thanks

also tried it with

[RegionalSettings]

Language=00000809

InputLocale=0809:00000809

LanguageGroup=1

SystemLocale=00000809

UserLocale=00000809

it still doesn't work.

any suggestions?

thanks

...the luigi

Regional settings not always work correctly from winnt.sif. Try importing

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\International

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\International\Geo

and exporting them from a REG file. IIRC, the latter key is the location.

But importing for current_user and applying it during component registering will be the more "certain" way. Since the .DEFAULT key is not at all modified by any user you create!

You need these keys:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\Geo

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International

Thanks for the correction, prathapml. I really meant HKCU, and import at T-13. Don't know why I posted HKEY_USERS :confused:

The question how to set Location appears from time to time in this forum, there are about four topics about it. I dear to repeat Vadikan:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\Geo]

"Nation"="203"

203 means Russia

I know this could be get from registry, but where could be found list of the locations, like one for languages, keyboards layots

If you have US EN XP media, the location is always set to United States, I believe.

Change the location in working Windows, look for a value in registry and then import a .reg file

at T-12 from cmdlines.txt. BTW, United Kingdom = 242

I'm not so blind (Vadikan's posts #10;12). I repeated Vadikan's what should be imported into reg file, syntaxis including. As Vadikan speaks Russian, I wrote his nation - Russia.

My location is Lithuania and my nation number is 141.

Poland=191; Estonia=70 and so on. My question was where could be found list of Locations like for Time Zones, Languages (these also able to export from registry).