My brain hurts

[cullend11]

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!)

[diesel_98a]

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.

[cullend11]

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

[cullend11]

pls help

[crck3rz]

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

[nuhi]

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)

[cullend11]

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

[cullend11]

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

[cullend11]

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

[cullend11]

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

[cullend11]

currently my winnt says

(download, very large...)

[cullend11]

here

here.txt

[nuhi]

@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

[cullend11]

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\

?????

[cullend11]

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