TerraFrost Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 i'm trying to to make a winnt.sif file that results only in removing the prompt asking for the cd key, during installation. it, unfortunately, doesn't seem to be working . here's the winnt.sif file i have, thus far:;SetupMgrTag[Data] AutoPartition=1 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes"[Unattended] UnattendMode=ProvideDefault OemPreinstall=No TargetPath=\WINDOWS[GuiUnattended] EncryptedAdminPassword=NO OEMSkipRegional=1[UserData] ProductKey=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX FullName="" OrgName=""[Identification] JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP[Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yesany help would be appreciated - thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richvz Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 The problem is with the unattened = provide default line you need to change it from provide default. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visaversa Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 [Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes"[unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended UnattendSwitch="Yes" OEMSkipEula=Yes OEMPreinstall=Yes TargetPath="Windows" Repartition=No FileSystem="LeaveAlone" WaitForReboot="No" DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore NonDriverSigningPolicy=Ignore Hibernation = YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanoll Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 DefaultHide is what you want, if you only want the ProductKey gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartwayz Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 I use a WinXP CORP image (w/ SP2) and my install doesnt prompt for CD key - this could differ on OEM or RETAIL versions[Data]AutoPartition=0MsDosInitiated="0"UnattendedInstall="Yes"AutomaticUpdates = 1[Unattended]Repartition=NOUnattendMode=ProvideDefaultOemSkipEula=YesOemPreinstall=NoTargetPath=\WINDOWSUnattendSwitch="yes"DUDisable = NoDUStopOnError = YesForceHALDetection = YesHibernation = No[GuiUnattended]AdminPassword=*EncryptedAdminPassword=NOOEMSkipRegional=1TimeZone=255OemSkipWelcome=1[UserData]ProductID=XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXFullName="Registered User"OrgName="Registered Org"ComputerName=WINXPPROProductID removed for obvious reasons. PeteUse the 'DefaultHide' option for UnattendMode= if you want certain settings to be applied during setup - any options not specified in the WINNT.SIF file will be prompted by the user during install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerraFrost Posted August 12, 2004 Author Share Posted August 12, 2004 Changing "UnattendMode=ProvideDefault" to "UnattendMode=FullUnattended" results in an error because I haven't provided all the info in winnt.sif. I also don't want to provide all the info in it. I intend to use the CD on multiple computers, and like being reminded to set certain things. I just don't feel the CD key reminder is necessary, heh.I tried changing "UnattendMode=ProvideDefault" to "UnattendMode=DefaultHide", and it didn't work, either (although I didn't get an error).Of course, now I seem unable to use any sort of UnattendMode, without getting the following error:Line xx of the INF file \i386\winnt.sif is invalidLine xx is always an empty line after "InstallDefaultComponents=Yes". If I delete all empty lines, it is the InstallDefaultComponents line.any ideas as to what might be causing this?finally, i've been creating ISO's using Nero, but having to create a new ISO image every time i want to update the UnattendMode line of winnt.sif seems a bit overkill. is there some ISO utility that will allow me to edit ind. files, and place them back into the image? I tried WinRAR, to find out it doesn't write to ISO files, and WinImage, to find out that it can't insert because the image is full (whatever that means)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrzycrim Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 Try ProductKey instead of ProductID.nevermind, was looking at the wrong winnt.sif... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 Just a possible solution....Try using nLite to make your winnt.sif (you'll have to read the already existing info there in that section).Or use setupmgr.exe in your CD's "SUPPORT\TOOLS\Deploy.cab" to make it. Its probable that you might have had errors creep in while making it by hand - we all do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerraFrost Posted August 12, 2004 Author Share Posted August 12, 2004 as an update - i got it working and it did work, this time around, with DefaultHide.thanks for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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