The_Flying_Scot Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Hello peeps, I would say I am experiamced with PC in general, and as this is my first post here I already nead help. Below is a copy of my winnt.sif file which is in the i386 folder of my XP PRO Corp edition CD with SP2 slipstreamed. I am a soldier in the army (UK) that is and this aint my job but because i know more than the people at my unit it now is My problem is that soon i will have to install 20-30 xp corp on all our pc's so i thaught after seeing this website make 20 copies of unatened and saves be about 75% of the time the problem is, i have followed the guide but it still asks me for the key i have 30 keys to use and ive burned 8 coasters can someone have a look at my file and let me know if there is a drastic error chears in advance .Rab a.k.a. The_Flying_Scot;SetupMgrTag[Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" AutomaticUpdates=yes[unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes TargetPath=\WINDOWS UnattendSwitch="yes" WaitForReboot="No" OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\L\3C\1;Drivers\L\3C\2;Drivers\L\BR\1;Drivers\L\BR\2;Drivers\L\BU\1;Drivers\L\BU\2;Drivers\L\BU\3;Drivers\L\D\1;Drivers\L\D\2;Drivers\L\D\3;Drivers\L\D\4;Drivers\L\D\5;Drivers\L\D\5;Drivers\L\I;Drivers\L\L\1;Drivers\L\L\2;Drivers\L\L\3;Drivers\L\L\4;Drivers\L\L\5;Drivers\L\L\6;Drivers\L\L\7;Drivers\L\L\8;Drivers\L\L\9;Drivers\L\L\0;Drivers\L\LI\1;Drivers\L\LI\2;Drivers\L\LI\3;Drivers\L\LI\4;Drivers\L\LI\5;Drivers\L\LI\6;Drivers\L\LI\7;Drivers\L\M;Drivers\L\N\1;Drivers\L\N\1;Drivers\L\N\2;Drivers\L\N\3;Drivers\L\N\4;Drivers\L\N\5;Drivers\L\N\6;Drivers\L\N\7;Drivers\L\NV;Drivers\L\O\1;Drivers\L\O\2;Drivers\L\O\3;Drivers\L\O\4;Drivers\L\O\5;Drivers\L\O\6;Drivers\L\O\7;Drivers\L\O\8;Drivers\L\O\9;Drivers\L\O\10;Drivers\L\O\11;Drivers\L\R\1;Drivers\L\R\2;Drivers\L\R\3; Drivers\L\S;Drivers\L\V\1;Drivers\L\V\2;Drivers\L\V\3;Drivers\L\V\4;Drivers\L\V\5;Drivers\L\V\6;Drivers\S\A;Drivers\S\C;Drivers\S\Cr;Drivers\S\Cr\L;Drivers\S\N;Drivers\S\R;Drivers\S\S;Drivers\S\T\A;Drivers\S\T\D;Drivers\S\V\E;Drivers\S\V\V;Drivers\r;Drivers\r\3;Drivers\r\3\6000;Drivers\r\3\7k&8k;Drivers\r\a;Drivers\r\a\6280;Drivers\r\a\6290;Drivers\r\a\67160;Drivers\r\a\671x;Drivers\r\a\6880;Drivers\r\a\6890;Drivers\r\a\68x5;Drivers\r\d;Drivers\r\d\aac;Drivers\r\d\aar1210;Drivers\r\d\i2o;Drivers\r\d\u160;Drivers\r\d\u320;Drivers\r\d\u320r;Drivers\r\l;Drivers\r\m;Drivers\r\h;Drivers\r\h\hpt366;Drivers\r\h\hpt371;Drivers\r\h\hpt374;Drivers\r\hh\hpt3xx;Drivers\r\h\rr182x;Drivers\r\n;Drivers\r\n\eide;Drivers\r\n\sataraid;Drivers\r\n\u320r;Drivers\r\e;Drivers\r\s;Drivers\r\s\megaide;Drivers\r\s\mraid35x;Drivers\r\s\mylex;Drivers\r\s\symmpi;Drivers\r\v;Drivers\r\v\eide;Drivers\r\v\raid;Drivers\r\p;Drivers\r\p\fasttrak;Drivers\r\p\fasttx2k;Drivers\r\p\sx4000;Drivers\r\p\sx6000;Drivers\r\p\ulsata;Drivers\r\p\ultra;Drivers\r\q;Drivers\r\q\12160;Drivers\r\g;Drivers\r\g\3112;Drivers\r\g\3112r;Drivers\r\g\3114;Drivers\r\g\3114r;Drivers\r\g\3124;Drivers\r\g\3124r;Drivers\r\g\649r;Drivers\r\g\680;Drivers\r\g\680r;Drivers\r\5;Drivers\r\5\eide;Drivers\r\5\raid;Drivers\r\w;Drivers\r\w\eide;Drivers\r\w\ideraid;Drivers\r\w\miniport;Drivers\r\w\sataraid;" FileSystem=* DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=* EncryptedAdminPassword=NO AutoLogon=Yes AutoLogonCount=1 OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=85 OemSkipWelcome=1[userData] ProductKey=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx FullName="MOD" OrgName="MOD" ComputerName=*[RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=1 SystemLocale=00000809 UserLocale=00000809 InputLocale=0809:00000809[identification] JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP[Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes[Components] msmsgs=off msnexplr=off zonegames=off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToBe Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 I can't see any error about the product key section... Looks the same as mine. In the documentation for winnt.sif in ref.chm, located in the folder support\tools\deploy.cab on the cd they have quotations around the productkey:ProductKey="xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx"But I don't have that, and it works for me..... You say you have a corp version, and 30 keys to use, but you only need one corp key for all installs... Thats what the corp key is all about. Are you sure you're using the right media/keys?Just a thought... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
errrr Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 I have the same problem, everything else automates fine but it asks for the XP serial number every time. I have tried with and without quotes but makes no difference. Are some keys blocked because of a licemce restriction or something? One thing I would suggest to The_Flying_Scot is that you download a copy of MS Virtual PC - its free for 45 days and you can test your installations without making all those coasters - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&displaylang=en . I would really appreciate any advice on this as it extremely frustrating . Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeDead Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 ;SetupMgrTag[Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" AutomaticUpdates=yes[Unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes TargetPath=\WINDOWS UnattendSwitch="yes" WaitForReboot="No"This probably isn't the answer, but through my many failures before a few successes some simple (simply stupid) changes made the difference.Try removing the backslash from your TargetPath=\WINDOWS line.I've also found that if you're making a bunch of changes because one thing isn't working right, that it's sometimes easier (and in the long run faster) to start with fresh files from scratch. I've had problems that ended up being attributed to bad media as well. Good luck to you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Flying_Scot Posted August 22, 2004 Author Share Posted August 22, 2004 Well Well big thanks out to ToBe, thanks alot m8.You were so very correct about the cd key issue.The key i was using was not for the XP CD's I wasissued, there was an email from M$ that I recievedthis afternoon with the key details. As you said onekey does all I now have a disk that will work for anunatened setup. Thanks for your help much apreciated.RegardsRab a.k.a. The_Flying_Scot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
errrr Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 I think I answered my own question. I have a retail version of XP Pro, not the Corporate version. For test purposes, I googled a corporate version key and tried that. It worked perfectly - so I guess you just have to make sure that you have the correct version and key - makes sense from MS's point of view as unattended installs are presumably intended for commercial deployment rather than home use (I am just very lazy). Such is life I suppose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frustrated1 Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Your having the same exact problem I had yesterday, Make sure your saving that as winnt.sif and not winnt.sif.txt. Go to tools-folder options, Veiw, and make sure the boxes for: Hide Extensions for known file types, And Hide protected operating systemfiles are not checked. Then save your winnt.sif as all files, not txt. jrzycrim pointed this out to me, hover your mouse pointer over your winnt.sif file, If it is showing winnt.sif.txt, theres your probAlso, do yourself a favor and download MS Virtual Machine from MS downloads. It will save you tons of coasters when tweaking, And download the image maker too from MSFN.org, and get the unattended pdf if you don't have it already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToBe Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 unattended installs are presumably intended for commercial deployment rather than home useYou can make your retail version unattended as well, the only difference is that you'll have to activate it within 30 days of your install (that can also be done unattended).With some search of this forum I think you'll find ways to save your activation file for later if you use the same computer everytime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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