i dont qwite understand the whole setup thing for my xp cd. i made the xpcd on my hardrive, made the $OEM$ file, the made $1, and $$. i really dont understand step three thanks for the help! (I Love this kool unattended xp cd project!)

step 3 is creating the winnt.sif. u can help create it using the program out the xpsp1 deployment tools. as an example i have provided mine:

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

[Unattended]
    UnattendMode = FullUnattended
    OemSkipEula = Yes
    OemPreinstall = YES
    TargetPath = \WINDOWS
    UnattendSwitch = "Yes"
    WaitForReboot = "No"
    OemPnPDriversPath = "Drivers\000_8230e;Drivers\001_Network;Drivers\002_Modem;Drivers\003_Printer"
    DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore
    Win9xUpgrade = No
    NtUpgrade = No
    DUDisable = No

[GuiUnattended]
    AdminPassword = *
    EncryptedAdminPassword = NO
    OEMSkipRegional = 1
    TimeZone = 20
    OemSkipWelcome = 1

[UserData]
    ProductKey = Product Key goes here!!
    FullName = "Your name can go here!!"
    OrgName = "Home"
    ComputerName = Computer name goes here

[TapiLocation]
    CountryCode = 1
    Dialing = Tone
    
[FavoritesEx]
    Title1 = "My Yahoo!.url"
    URL1 = "http://my.yahoo.com"
    Title2 = "Hotmail.url"
    URL2 = "http://www.hotmail.com"
    Title3 = "Pogo.url"
    URL3 = "http://www.pogo.com"
    Title4 = "Yahoo! Fantasy Sports.url"
    URL4 = "http://fantasysports.yahoo.com"
    Title5 = "Sportline.com.url"
    URL5 = "http://www.sportsline.com/"
    Title6 = "MSFN"
    URL6 = "http://www.msfn.org/"
    Title7 = "Downloads.com.url"
    URL7 = "http://www.downloads.com"
    Title8 = "Winxpnews.com.url"
    URL8 = "http://www.winxpnews.com"
    Title9 = "Spurs"
    URL9 = "http://www.nba.com/spurs/"
    Title10 = "McAfee"
    URL10 = "http://us.mcafee.com/"
    Title11 = "SimCity"
    URL10 = "http://simcity.ea.com/"

[Branding]
    BrandIEUsingUnattended = Yes

[URL]
    Home_Page = http://www.yahoo.com

[Proxy]
    Proxy_Enable = 0
    Use_Same_Proxy = 1

[Identification]
    JoinWorkgroup = WORKGROUP

[Display]
Xresolution = 1024
Yresolution = 768

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents = Yes

[Components]
    msnexplr = off
    minesweeper = off
    zonegames = off
    freecell = off
    hearts = off
    spider = off

[SystemRestore]
    CheckpointCalendarFrequency = 2
    CheckpointSessionFrequency = 8
    MaximumDataStorePercentOfDisk = 18
    RestorePointLife = 8

[RegionalSettings]
    LanguageGroup=1
    Language=00000409

there is a help file in the deployment tools that will give u an idea of what can be added or removed at will.

i still dont understand where to put that and how to make my own

pls help

why not copy the winnt.sif above but change the settings for your own. Make sure you save it in the I386 folder.

It will be effective only if booted from cd... (or you can see what switches to use if you don't boot.... run "i386\winnt32 /?")

Be sure to save it as winnt.sif, not winnt.sif.txt

(i don't mean that you're stupid it's just sometimes people don't see that extension if they have hidden extensions)

what would i edit? and i would just do a boot from cd, i always do...

I just want to install a couple programs, drivers, and updates

i understand! i think. I just type the in the batch code they said in the article about how to install! rite?

so if i just wanted adaware i would put

ECHO.

ECHO Installing Lavasoft Ad-Aware 6 Build 181

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\AdAware\aaw6181.exe /s

and save as winnt.sif

currently my winnt says

(download, very large...)

here

here.txt

@cullend11, it seems that you don't understand the basics...go and read it from the scratch.

The part where you said "$OEM$ file" blew my will to help...sorry but you made too much mistakes, read the guide carefully and come back.

winnt.sif can't be used like that

or, would i just write

ECHO.

ECHO Installing Lavasoft Ad-Aware 6 Build 181

ECHO Please wait...

start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\AdAware\aaw6181.exe /s

and place in :\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\install\Applications\AdAware\

?????

i read it and i dont understand... please help me write one, and tell me where to put it