Hi everyone when I try to do an unattended install it flickers the screen on/off a few times and then it brings up the regional settings and to fill in and Name, Organization, etc. Why is it doing this? I've followed the guide and still hasn't worked for me yet. Here is the winnt.sif file.

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
    AutoPartition=1
    MsDosInitiated="0"
    UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[Unattended]
    UnattendMode=FullUnattended
    OemSkipEula=Yes
    OemPreinstall=No
    TargetPath=\WINDOWS

[GuiUnattended]
    AdminPassword="123456"
    EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
    OEMSkipRegional=1
    TimeZone=20
    OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
    ProductKey=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX
    FullName="user"
    OrgName="Home User"
    ComputerName=HOME

[Display]
    BitsPerPel=32
    Xresolution=1024
    YResolution=768
    Vrefresh=85


[Components]
    AccessOpt = Off
    msnexplr=off
    msmsgs=off
    freecell=off
    hearts=on
    minesweeper=on
    pinball=on
    solitaire=off
    spider=off
    zonegames=off

[Shell]
    DefaultStartPanelOff=Yes
    DefaultThemeOff=Yes


[RegionalSettings]
    LanguageGroup=1

[Branding]
    BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

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

[Proxy]
    Proxy_Enable=0
    Use_Same_Proxy=1

[Identification]
    JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

Can someone look over this and see what I'm doing wrong if any? Thanks.

might try this

[RegionalSettings]
    LanguageGroup=1
    Language=00000409

[Unattended]
    OemPreinstall = YES

changed the regional settings to fit ur needs

I am testing it right now after I burn this img again. Also, when writing the application cmds. Do I need to have the RunOnceEx and the cmdlines.txt or jus' one or the other? All I'm wanting to do right now is install Adobe 6 Pro, WinRar 3.30 Corp, Winzip 9.0 Corp, XP Plus, Diskeeper 8.0 Server Edition, and WMP 10. And then down the road insert Office 2K3 Pro into it as well. I know it will all fit on a DVD-R.

Well when I burned the img and testing in Virtual PC it still brings up the Windows Format Screen and then the EULA. How can I just make it format the whole drive and and lets Windows manage the format totally?

Here's the new Winnt.sif file:

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
    AutoPartition ="1"
    MsDosInitiated ="0"
    UnattendedInstall ="Yes"

[Unattended]
    UnattendMode = FullUnattended
    OemSkipEula = Yes
    OemPreinstall = Yes
    TargetPath = \WINDOW



[UserData]
    ProductKey= "xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx"
    FullName = "User"
    OrgName = "Home User"
    ComputerName = HOME


[GuiUnattended]
    TimeZone = "001"
    AdminPassword="123456"
    EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
    OEMSkipRegional=1
    TimeZone=20
    OemSkipWelcome=1
    AutoLogon = Yes
    AutoLogonCount = 1


[Display]
    BitsPerPel= 32
    Xresolution = 1024
    YResolution = 768
    Vrefresh = 85

[Components]
    AccessOpt = Off
    msnexplr=off
    msmsgs=off
    freecell=off
    hearts=on
    minesweeper=on
    pinball=on
    solitaire=off
    spider=off
    zonegames=off

[Shell]
    DefaultStartPanelOff=Yes
    DefaultThemeOff=Yes

[RegionalSettings]
    LanguageGroup=1
    Language=00000409

[Branding]
    BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

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

[Proxy]
    Proxy_Enable=0
    Use_Same_Proxy=1

[Identification]
    JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

Also here is the winnt.bat file as well:

@rem SetupMgrTag
@echo off

set AnswerFile=.\winnt.sif
set SetupFiles=E:\i386

E:\i386\winnt32 /s:%SetupFiles% /unattend:%AnswerFile% /copysource:lang

let me show u what i have:

;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 = xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    FullName = "name here"
    OrgName = "Home"
    ComputerName = ViceCity

[Display]
    Xresolution = 1024
    YResolution = 768

[TapiLocation]
    CountryCode = 1
    Dialing = Tone
    
[FavoritesEx]
    Title1 = "Yahoo!.url"
    URL1 = "http://www.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"
     URL11 = "http://simcity.ea.com/"
    Title12 = "Yahoo Briefcase"
     URL12 = "http://briefcase.yahoo.com/diesel_98a/"
    Title13 = "TweakXP"
     URL13 = "http://www.tweakxp.com/"
    Title14 = "SnapFiles"
     URL14 = "http://www.snapfiles.com/"
    Title15 = "ThemeXP"
     URL15 = "http://www.themexp.org/"

[Branding]
    BrandIEUsingUnattended = Yes

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

[Proxy]
    Proxy_Enable = 0
    Use_Same_Proxy = 1

[Identification]
    JoinWorkgroup = WORKGROUP

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents = Yes

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

[SystemRestore]
    CheckpointCalendarFrequency = 2
    CheckpointSessionFrequency = 8
    MaximumDataStorePercentOfDisk = 18
    RestorePointLife = 10

[RegionalSettings]
    LanguageGroup=1
    Language=00000409

maybe u need to remove the admin password, might try adding some of the things i have under the [unattended] section

Well that didn't work. Now it stops at the formatting screen. It looks like yours almost except for all the extra stuff you put in yours.

did it put any of the name or organization in at all?

wonder if it would do any good to try mine and competely remove urs and to try it that way.

do u still have it this way:

[Data]
   AutoPartition = 0

Yes it has my name and org, and yes I changed it back to 1.

i send what is happening here, u can have everything input but it won't auto format or u can auto format but not input everything. does that seem right???

No, it won't input anything. The unattended won't work unless you're right there with it to re-input everything. So it's pointless to do an unattended if it won't allow it to insert everything automatically. If I have to be present during the install it's not an unattended install then. It won't even auto partition, nor input anything I have listed in the script.

it could be a problem w/ vpc, might have to actually try it not in vpc. have u done that at all?

What do u mean by VPC? Do u mean convert it to something else?

mrpitman27,

I think diesel_98a means that you need to try installing this UXPCD on an actual physical HDD (a real computer) rather than through VPC (Virtual PC).

Sincerely,

hp_spec

Well, I haven't tried that yet, but it would pointless to make coasters. I've made three of them already, becasue it's not reading the XPBoot.img. I gives error: CDBOOT: cannot boot from CD - Code 5. I made the cd with CDImage Pro in which places the boot img into the ISO it creates with the ISO Creator for WinXP Pro.