August 9, 200422 yr Morning everyone.I have a problem with my fresh XP Unattended install... it works fine till the GUI Portion of the install, then it goes berserk and starts asking me for my EULA, Identification, ProductKey, etc.I've already found a few topics here which seem to adress this issue, but none of them actually work for my install.Some details first:XP install is done through floppy boot, starting winnt.exe on a network share with the correct parameters. %1 is the computer name which is given on the command line.X:\os\XPSP1A\I386\WINNT.exe /s:X:\os\XPSP1A\I386 /unattend:X:\unattend\COHO\winnt.sif /udf:%1,X:\unattend\COHO\Winnt.udbthen, here's my answer file.[Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="1" UnattendedInstall="Yes"[Unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=No Repartition=No WaitForReboot="No" TargetPath=\WINDOWS FileSystem = ConvertNTFS DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore UnattendSwitch="Yes" KeyboardLayout = "US-international" NTUpgrade=No Filesystem=ConvertNTFS [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword="VerySecret" EncryptedAdminPassword=NO AutoLogon=Yes AutoLogonCount=1 OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=110 OemSkipWelcome=1[UserData] ProductKey=X FullName="VSL Catena" OrgName="Rijks Universiteit Leiden" ComputerName=*[Display] BitsPerPel=16 Xresolution=1024 YResolution=768 Vrefresh=72[TapiLocation] CountryCode=31 Dialing=Tone AreaCode=071[RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=1 Language=00000413[SetupMgr] ComputerName0=COHO1 ComputerName1=COHO2 ComputerName2=COHO3 ComputerName3=COHO4 ComputerName4=COHO5 ComputerName5=COHO6 ComputerName6=COHO7 ComputerName7=COHO8[Branding] BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes[URL] Home_Page=http://www.vslcatena.nl; Help_Page=http://www.vslcatena.nl/firsttimeuser/ Search_Page=http://www.google.com AutoConfig = 0[Proxy] Proxy_Enable=0 Use_Same_Proxy=1[GuiRunOnce] Command0="format D: /FS:NTFS /X" Command1="msiexec /qn /faums /i \\dataserver\install\software\Packages\Firefox.msi" Command2="msiexec /qn /faums /i \\dataserver\install\software\Packages\Acroread.msi" Command3="msiexec /qn /faums /i \\dataserver\install\software\Packages\IZArc.msi" Command4="msiexec /qn /faums /i \\dataserver\install\software\Packages\macromedia.msi" Command5="msiexec /qn /faums /i \\dataserver\install\software\Packages\trillian.msi" Command6="msiexec /qn /faums /i \\dataserver\install\software\Packages\winamp.msi" Command7="msiexec /qn /faums /i \\dataserver\install\software\Packages\Filezilla.msi" Command8="msiexec /qn /faums /i \\dataserver\install\software\Packages\irfanview.msi" Command9="msiexec /qn /faums /i \\dataserver\install\software\Packages\Java-JRE.msi" Command10="\\dataserver\software\Packages\MPSetupXP.exe /Q" Command11="msiexec /qn /faums /i \\dataserver\install\software\Packages\SSHClient.msi" Command12="msiexec /qn /faums /i \\dataserver\install\software\Packages\UT.msi" Command13="msiexec /qn /faums /i \\dataserver\install\software\Packages\wwp.msi" Command13="msiexec /qn /faums /i \\dataserver\install\software\Packages\wwp.msi" Command14="\\dataserver\install\software\Packages\OfficeXP\setuppls.exe /qn" Command15="\\dataserver\install\software\Packages\LangPackNL\Setup.exe /qn" Command16="regedit /s \\dataserver\install\software\Packages\policy-coho.reg"[Identification] JoinDomain=VSLCATENA DomainAdmin=Administrator DomainAdminPassword=VerySecret[Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes[FavoritesEx] Title1="Catena Webmail.url" URL1="https://webmail.vslcatena.nl" Title2="VSL Catena" URL2="http://www.vslcatena.nl"[Compontents]accessopt=Offcdplayer=Offchat=Offdeskpaper=Offdialer=Offfax=offhypertrm=Offmsnexplr=Offmedia_clips=Offnetoc=OffSpider=Onmousepoint=Offrec=Offmsmsgs=Off [Shell]DefaultThemesOff = YesDefaultStartPanelOff = Yesand finally, the UDB file[UniqueIds] COHO1=UserData COHO2=UserData COHO3=UserData COHO4=UserData COHO5=UserData COHO6=UserData COHO7=UserData COHO8=UserData[COHO1:UserData] ComputerName=COHO1[COHO2:UserData] ComputerName=COHO2[COHO3:UserData] ComputerName=COHO3[COHO4:UserData] ComputerName=COHO4[COHO5:UserData] ComputerName=COHO5[COHO6:UserData] ComputerName=COHO6[COHO7:UserData] ComputerName=COHO7[COHO8:UserData] ComputerName=COHO8I've been pulling out quite some hairs for the last few hours... could anyone help me out with this one?
August 10, 200422 yr Maybe this is too stupid to even check, but make sure your winnt.sif file is not actually winnt.sif.txt, because if you haven't unchecked the Hide Exntensions box, you can name it incorrectly. This happened to me on my first Unattanded disk a little bit ago.
August 10, 200422 yr Author Maybe this is too stupid to even check, but make sure your winnt.sif file is not actually winnt.sif.txt, because if you haven't unchecked the Hide Exntensions box, you can name it incorrectly. This happened to me on my first Unattanded disk a little bit ago.heh No... i checked it.. the answer file also works allright, up and until when the GUI part of the installer checks the EULA.
August 10, 200422 yr Author * Tiny Kick *I tried copying the winnt.sif to a local partition, both the one used to install windows on and a clean one, neither worked. Also tried using UNC patchs instead of drive letters, to no avail..Anyone who can help me out before i have to enter the key on each and every computer?
August 10, 200422 yr Does sound odd...1) Does your Key actually match the media? this may cause it to prompt (?)2) My unattended has:ProductID=11111-11111-11111-11111-11111not ProductKey... if that really makes any difference (?)
August 10, 200422 yr Author Does sound odd...1) Does your Key actually match the media? this may cause it to prompt (?)2) My unattended has:ProductID=11111-11111-11111-11111-11111not ProductKey... if that really makes any difference (?)yeah.. productKey/productID are slightly confusing. according to MS's ref.chm both are correct, and i tried both.. same error. The Key is a Volume License Key, and it works when doing a normal install, so that should be no problem..
August 10, 200422 yr Try:MsDosInitiated = 0Per MS...Comments: The value must always be set to 0. If an unattended Setup is running directly from the product CD and you do not set the value to 0, then Setup fails at the beginning of GUI-mode Setup. ...If UnattendedInstall is Yes, set MsDosInitiated to 0....Anyway, I never had a problem either way (network or CD). Maybe check your winnt.sif file and make sure there aren't any extra characters or tabs in them (I've had ldif files act up this way)...Good luck.
August 11, 200422 yr Author Try:MsDosInitiated = 0Per MS...Comments: The value must always be set to 0. If an unattended Setup is running directly from the product CD and you do not set the value to 0, then Setup fails at the beginning of GUI-mode Setup. ...If UnattendedInstall is Yes, set MsDosInitiated to 0....Anyway, I never had a problem either way (network or CD). Maybe check your winnt.sif file and make sure there aren't any extra characters or tabs in them (I've had ldif files act up this way)...Good luck.Cool, thanks, i'll try that out when i have the time (in 1 hour or so)@Peachy: OemPreinstall only decides if you install from distribution folders or directly from CD. Anyway, i tried both. Still thanks for the help
August 11, 200422 yr Author sadly enough, it doesn't work..and ofcourse the /debug parameter is only valid for winnt32.exe ... bloody idiots.I've just rewritten my entire winnt.sif, and going to try again.. i'll report back to you
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