PoloDude Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 Does anyone has an idea how to ad sysprep to an unattended xp cd?I already made a cd with all specials and stuff but now I want to add sysprep to it.Should I only copy a sysprep folder to the systemdrive, or must I do this after run-once has done installing applications? Thx in advanced!
kenedy Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 You can copy it anytime you want.It will run only after you launch it and restart PC.Copy it, install apps and then launch it.
PoloDude Posted June 15, 2004 Author Posted June 15, 2004 How do you mean, launch it?Doesn't sysprep launch itself after you installed your xp?Cause that's what I mean, so when I burn an unattended cd, I can lend it to someone I know without having to worrie about username and stuff Greetz
kenedy Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/usi...ntroduction.asp
valter Posted June 16, 2004 Posted June 16, 2004 You can place your sysprep folder under $OEM$\$1\Install, and it will be copied over to %SYSTEMDRIVE% ... once there, you can call a XCOPY function through the cmd script and copy it where you want ... Sysprep doesn't run itself ... but note if you do run Sysprep, all applications called from cmdlines.txt and RunOnceEx.cmd will be runned again once you restart computer after sysprep ...
baza23 Posted June 16, 2004 Posted June 16, 2004 but note if you do run Sysprep, all applications called from cmdlines.txt and RunOnceEx.cmd will be runned again once you restart computer after sysprep ...Is there anyway around this?
[BM]Crusher Posted June 17, 2004 Posted June 17, 2004 kenedy that link is deadi thought if you did a mini setup it wouldn't rerun the runonce entries?sysprep -mini -reseal -reboot -nosidgen
valter Posted June 17, 2004 Posted June 17, 2004 For some reason it will ... I've spent 2 days creating unattended Win CD, and couldn't find any way around this problem. Yesterday I've started with XPlode project, and that onw works just fine ... since deletes $winnt$.inf after installation ... then you can run Sysprep ... make sure your Sysprep is located on the root of your %systemdrive% as if placed on other locations your Sysprep.inf (answer file) for Sysprep will not work. Once Sysprep is done, it will remove itself and corresponding folder from the root of %systemdrive% ... You should use Sysprep ONLY if you plan to create an image of that computer, otherwise you don't need it ..
baza23 Posted June 17, 2004 Posted June 17, 2004 For some reason it will ... I've spent 2 days creating unattended Win CD, and couldn't find any way around this problem. Yesterday I've started with XPlode project, and that onw works just fine ... since deletes $winnt$.inf after installation ... then you can run Sysprep ... make sure your Sysprep is located on the root of your %systemdrive% as if placed on other locations your Sysprep.inf (answer file) for Sysprep will not work. Once Sysprep is done, it will remove itself and corresponding folder from the root of %systemdrive% ... You should use Sysprep ONLY if you plan to create an image of that computer, otherwise you don't need it ..Can I edit the $winnt$.inf file and take out this bit to stop it asking for start.cmd?[GuiRunOnce]"%systemdrive%\install\start.cmdOr can I just delete the $winnt$.inf
Radimus Posted June 28, 2004 Posted June 28, 2004 I still don't see the point for dealing with sysprep this way. Sysprep is used for rolling a machine back through hardware detection and naming and licensing.If you are making an unattended windows CD, why deal with sysprep at all.If you are syspreping a system, why are you dealing with unattended windows.The only things I can think of is a) you are a reseller loading software on multiple PCs and don't want to do it by hand, or B) you are in a corporate IT department looking to automate the IT dept production of new/updated images. (I am B)In either case, all you need to do to use sysprep, is to copy the files(sysprep.exe, sysprep.inf, and the other one *cl.exe, whatever it's name is) to c:\sysprep and execute sysprep -mini -reseal -rebootBe sure to have a floppy in the drive to catch it when it reboots. then you ghost or drive image it
Radimus Posted July 1, 2004 Posted July 1, 2004 it will remove itself after it runs... if you don't intend to sysprep it, then go ahead and delete it
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