Answer File

[fbrandt]

My Friends,

First of all, sorry about my English skills...I hope you understand me.

In the Unattended XP Guide, creating an answer file, I use deployment tools in portuguese because it is my native language. After I fill in all the forms, I've notice that two files were created: unattended.txt and unattended.bat. I know what to do with the first, but what about the second one ?

Another question, my winxp is a update home version (not full version, it is intended to "upgrade" old versions of windows like win98, win2000, etc. Is it possible to create an unattended instalation with it ?

Regards,

Fábio Brandt

[mazin]

You rename unattended.txt to winnt.sif and delete unattended.bat!

The second question? don't know!

[big_gie]

The file you want is "unattended.txt"

If you want your CD to be usable on another computer without using the answer file, put BOTH unattended.txt and unattended.bat on a floppy, and while the cd is booting, insert it in A:. XP setup will go on A:\ and search for those files.

If you want your CD only for one computer, you can rename unattended.txt to winnt.sif and place it in <CD ROOT>\I386 (so you'll have <CD ROOT>\I386\winnt.sif)

If you place your answer file in I386 folder, then you won't have the choice to use it.