[Data]
    AutomaticUpdates=1
    MsDosInitiated=0
    UnattendedInstall=Yes

Everything else in the Winnt.sif works great. AutomaticUpdates prompts on the Windows Welcome section. Anyone get this to work correctly?

AutomaticUpdates=1

should be

AutomaticUpdates="Yes"

Good luck!

It does the same thing.

Jeff, what else do you have in your winnt.sif file, there's possibly something else preventing Windows from skipping the Help Protect your PC Page.

Below is a winnt.sif file that works for skipping that and the Welcome to Windows XP pages:

[Data]
    AutoPartition=0
    MsDosInitiated="0"
    UnattendedInstall="Yes"
    AutomaticUpdates=yes

[Unattended]
    UnattendMode=FullUnattended
    OemSkipEula=Yes
    OemPreinstall=Yes
    TargetPath=\WINDOWS
    Filesystem=*
    UnattendSwitch=Yes
    WaitForReboot=No
    KeyboardLayout="United Kingdom"
    OemPnPDriversPath="drivers\001_INF"
    DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore 

[GuiUnattended]
    AdminPassword=*
    EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
    OEMSkipRegional=1
    TimeZone=85
    OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
    ProductKey=removed
    FullName="Aaron"
    OrgName="Home"
    ComputerName=TEST

[Display]
    BitsPerPel=32
    Xresolution=1280
    YResolution=1024
    Vrefresh=85

[RegionalSettings]
    LanguageGroup=1
    Language=00000809

[Identification]
    JoinWorkgroup=PHOENIX

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Branding]
    BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

[URL]
    Home_Page=http://www.google.co.uk
    Search_Page=http://www.google.co.uk

[Components]
    msmsgs=off
    freecell=off
    hearts=off
    minesweeper=off
    pinball=off
    solitaire=off
    spider=off
    zonegames=off
    msnexplr=off

[Shell]
    DefaultStartPanelOff=Yes
    DefaultThemesOff=Yes

[IEPopupBlocker] 
    BlockPopups=No
    FilterLevel=Low
    ShowInformationBar=Yes

[WindowsFirewall]
    Profiles = WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall

[WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall]
    Mode = 0

It doesn't work here either.

@ Aaron : the only difference i see with my winnt.sif seems to be UnattendSwitch=Yes. On 'Yes', it skips the oobe so the 'Help protect' page won't appear anyway.

Here it is...

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
    AutomaticUpdates=1
    MsDosInitiated=0
    UnattendedInstall=Yes

[Unattended]
    UnattendMode=DefaultHide
    OemSkipEula=Yes
    OemPreinstall=Yes
    TargetPath=\WINDOWS
    WaitForReboot=No
    UnattendSwitch=No

[GuiUnattended]
    EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
    OEMSkipRegional=1
    TimeZone=35
    OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
    ProductKey=removed
    FullName=""
    OrgName=""

[Identification]
    JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents=No

[NetAdapters]
    Adapter1=params.Adapter1

[params.Adapter1]
    INFID=*

[NetClients]
    MS_MSClient=params.MS_MSClient

[NetServices]
    MS_SERVER=params.MS_SERVER

[NetProtocols]
    MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP

[params.MS_TCPIP]
    DNS=Yes
    UseDomainNameDevolution=No
    EnableLMHosts=Yes
    AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1

[params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1]
    SpecificTo=Adapter1
    DHCP=Yes
    WINS=No
    NetBIOSOptions=0

[Branding]
    BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

[Proxy]
    Proxy_Enable=0
    Use_Same_Proxy=0

[PCHealth]
    RA_AllowToGetHelp=0

[GuiRunOnce]
%systemdrive%\install\installer.cmd

AutomaticUpdates=1

should be

AutomaticUpdates="Yes"

Good luck!

I agree. Look under system32 directory. Inspect $oem$.inf file for what setup saw of your winnt.sif. See if AutomaticUpdates= ? in there.

I want the Windows Welcome screens to show up but I want it to skip the "Help protect your PC" section and have automatic updates on. Is this possible?

I just tried it again using AutomaticUpdates="Yes" instead of AutomaticUpdates=1 but it again asks to protect or not still at windows welcome.

I have the same problem :/

tried most of the options i found

expand you oobeinfo.in_ in your i386 to oobeinfo.ini:

expand oobeinfo.in_ oobeinfo.ini

and add SkipAutoUpdate=1 under the [options] part.

[options]
SkipAutoUpdate=1

cab it back to oobeinfo.in_ using makecab:

MAKECAB.EXE /D COMPRESSIONTYPE=LZX  oobeinfo.ini.

and replace the one in your i386 folder.

That should do it, Windows Welcome Screen without automatic updates promt.

For more options about oobeinfo check ref.chm in deploy cab in your support\tools folder on the winxp cd, or get it here.

I did that but it didn't work. Here is my oobeinfo.ini :

[Options]

NoIspPreconfig=1

SkipAutoUpdate=1

[startupOptions]

Offline=1

Registration=1

er im lost in this ...

anyone post this ini completed please

cos that was just rocket science for me

Do you still have AutomaticUpdates=1 in winnt.sif? You must have that as well...

That shoud be enough really, but the oobeinfo tweak is just to tell windows that you really don't want to see that page.

You don't have any regtweaks that disables Automatic Updates?

No autoupdate=off in the [Components] sections of winnt.sif?

I just tried it again using AutomaticUpdates="Yes" instead of AutomaticUpdates=1 but it again asks to protect or not still at windows welcome.

I have the same problem doing a OPK install, neither automaticupdates= methods work.

I have the same problem, as in although I have "AutomaticUpdates = 1" (I have also tried "AutomaticUpdates = Yes"), I still end up with Automatic Updates under Securtity Center not being set. I still have to manually turn on Automatic Updates after install is complete. But unlike some others here I don't get any screens while installing and the entire install process goes thru without any input needed.