Saraband Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 i slipstreamed sp2 into my xp pro cd. made a winnt.sif using the guide @ http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/winnt_sif.htm and placed it into the i386 folder. created an iso using cdimage. burned iso. all AOK so far. however, during installation of xp from the cd the winnt.sif is ignored and i still am prompted to enter all the info like key and name etc. any ideas please as to the main reasons for this trouble ? winnt.sif below;SetupMgrTag[Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes"[unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=No TargetPath=\WINDOWS OemPreinstall=Yes UnattendSwitch="yes" FileSystem=*[GuiUnattended] AdminPassword="password" EncryptedAdminPassword=NO OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=255 OemSkipWelcome=1[userData] ProductKey=?????-?????????-?????-????? FullName="XCVXCVXCV" OrgName="XCVXCVXCV" ComputerName=*[Display] Xresolution=800 YResolution=600[TapiLocation] CountryCode=61 Dialing=Tone AreaCode=02[identification] JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP[Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamehead200 Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 Maybe this is your problem:[Unattended]UnattendMode=FullUnattendedOemSkipEula=YesOemPreinstall=NoTargetPath=\WINDOWSOemPreinstall=YesUnattendSwitch="yes"FileSystem=*You have OemPreinstall TWICE. One with YES, and one with NO. Maybe it is just ignoring it altogether! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrzycrim Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 First thing to check is that you haven't actually named Winnt.sif as Winnt.sif.txt. It's a common problem when saving from notepad or other text editors. To check, you should make sure that 'Hide extensions for known file types' is not checked in folder options and then look at winnt.sif in the i386 directory.[unattended]UnattendMode=FullUnattendedOemSkipEula=YesOemPreinstall=NoTargetPath=\WINDOWSOemPreinstall=YesUnattendSwitch="yes"FileSystem=*Although this shouldn't account for the reason your unnattended installation is asking for your information, you should remove the one you don't want. That determines whether your OEM drivers and programs get copied over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saraband Posted August 11, 2004 Author Share Posted August 11, 2004 ok, thanx for that. the sif file is not a double extension, although i agree this would be an easy error to overlook. i'll try removing the OemPreinstall=No and see what happens. be back in a hour or so:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saraband Posted August 12, 2004 Author Share Posted August 12, 2004 done ! removing OemPreinstall=No did the trick. thanx so much ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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