Hmzaniac Posted August 9, 2004 Share Posted August 9, 2004 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmill99 Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 you might wanna remove your cd key Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hmzaniac Posted August 10, 2004 Author Share Posted August 10, 2004 you might wanna remove your cd keywhoopsie... thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ank Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hmzaniac Posted August 10, 2004 Author Share Posted August 10, 2004 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hmzaniac Posted August 10, 2004 Author Share Posted August 10, 2004 * 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bek Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 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 (?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hmzaniac Posted August 10, 2004 Author Share Posted August 10, 2004 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.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bek Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachy Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 Maybe change OemPreinstall=No to OemPreinstall=Yes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hmzaniac Posted August 11, 2004 Author Share Posted August 11, 2004 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hmzaniac Posted August 11, 2004 Author Share Posted August 11, 2004 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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