TimeZone setting to GMT.

[Denney]

But I want it to prompt me for regional information... I just want it to prompt me for the Time Zone as well (like it should)...

Edit: Just to clarify...

It's prompting me for Regional Information (I want it to) but not for Time Zone information. All I need to get my problem fixed is have it prompt me for Time Zone information.

[[BM]Crusher]

if you set UnattendMode=DefaultHide I think it will do what you want and it won't have an error that all the info hasnt been provided

[Denney]

@[bM]Crusher: Unfortunately that didn't work.

Here is my current winnt.sif file (note: it still doesn't prompt for the TimeZone):

; MSA WINNT.SIF Setup File.[Data]AutoPartition="0"MsDosInitiated="0"UnattendedInstall="Yes"
[unattended]UnattendMode=DefaultHideOemSkipEula=YesOemPreinstall=YesTargetPath=\WINDOWSRepartition=NoUnattendSwitch="yes"WaitForReboot="No"OemPnPDriversPath="MSA\Drivers\004\nvidia"DriverSigningPolicy=IgnoreNoWaitAfterTextMode=1NoWaitAfterGuiMode=1Hibernation=0DisableDynamicUpdates=Yes
[GuiUnattended]OemSkipWelcome=1
[RegionalSettings]LanguageGroup=1Language=00000c09
[Display]BitsPerPel=32Vrefresh=60Xresolution=1280Yresolution=1024
[userData]ProductKey=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxxOrgName="Mantra Software Australia"
[identification]JoinWorkgroup=MANTRASOFTWARE
[shell]CustomDefaultThemeFile="%windir%\Resources\Themes\Slate XP.theme"

[Yokozuna]

Another approach.

Most of these settings come from the ntuser.dat default profile. What you could do is use a program called reg.exe to load and pump in your own reg settings within the default profile during the running of your cmdlines.txt file.

[Denney]

Hmm... interesting... never thought of that...

BTW the registry key for the TimeZone Information isn't user specific...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation

I'm trying it now... Will update.

[[BM]Crusher]

so, you cannot get your time zone information to automatically apply? is this true?

i cannot see how this can be... i have never had a problem having my time zone set to GMT+9:30 ever since my very first unattended XP cd...

i just used the instructions in the ref.chm and got my time zone code from there too

or is the problem that the only question you want the user to answer is the time zone? (that would be pretty strange i imagine)

i have never used defaulthide though..

a sample of my winnt.sif

[Data]    AutoPartition=0    MsDosInitiated="0"    UnattendedInstall="Yes"
[unattended]    UnattendMode=FullUnattended    OemSkipEula=Yes    OemPreinstall=Yes    TargetPath=\WINDOWS    Repartition=No    UnattendSwitch="yes"    WaitForReboot="No"    OemPnPDriversPath="insert path to drivers here"    DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
[GuiUnattended]    AdminPassword=insert_admin_password    EncryptedAdminPassword=NO    OEMSkipRegional=1    TimeZone=245    OemSkipWelcome=1
[userData]    ProductKey=MY-VALID-CD-KEY-THAT-IM-NOT-GOING-TO-TELL-YOU     FullName="enter your name"    OrgName="enter your business"    ComputerName=*
[TapiLocation]    CountryCode=61    Dialing=Tone    AreaCode=08
[RegionalSettings]    LanguageGroup=1    Language=00000c09

[Denney]

As Aaron pointed out at the start, using FullUnattended will apply the TimeZone information whereas DefaultHide or anything other than FullUnattended for that matter, won't.

That's where the problem comes in.. I can't use FullUnattended for several reasons.

[Denney]

Using the registry idea, it sets the timezone properly... here is my timezone.reg file that I import using cmdlines.txt:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation]"Bias"=dword:fffffda8"StandardName"="E. Australia Standard Time""StandardBias"=dword:00000000"StandardStart"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00"DaylightName"="E. Australia Standard Time""DaylightBias"=dword:00000000"DaylightStart"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00"ActiveTimeBias"=dword:fffffda8

I guess this will have to do for now.

[[BM]Crusher]

ok