HELP! WINNT.SIF file

[i3ulldog]

Hello.... I don't know if this belongs on XPCREATE forum or the MSFN > Unattened forum so I posted on both, correct me plz.

I made a winnt.sif file which looks like the following and put it in the CDSOURCE dir. in the XPCREATE folder since thats the program I used for the ISO creation etc etc...

>>>WINNT.SIF

;SetupMgrTag

[Data]

AutoPartition=0

MsDosInitiated=0

UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[unattended]

UnattendMode=ProvideDefault

OemSkipEula=No

UnattendSwitch=No

OemPreinstall=Yes

OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\000_SI3112;Drivers\001_network"

WaitForReboot=No

KeyboardLayout=US

[GuiUnattended]

OEMSkipRegional=0

TimeZone=20

OemSkipWelcome=0

[userData]

ProductKey=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

FullName="Mike"

ComputerName=Wallace

[identification]

JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]

InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Components]

msmsgs=off

msnexplr=off

zonegames=off

[shell]

DefaultStartPanelOff = Yes

DefaultThemesOff = Yes

[iEPopupBlocker]

BlockPopups=No

ShowInformationBar=No

[WindowsFirewall]

Profiles = WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall

[WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall]

Mode = 0

>>> END

My problem is it doesn't enter the CD KEY in the boxes or the Time Zone settings, It does Put my name in and computer name in the box then I just hit next. I'm just wondering why some of the winnt settings are actually working and its ignoring others. I have it set to UnattendMode=ProvideDefault because I still want the box to pop up and just enter the specified data in the winnt.sif file so I can either change if I want or just hit NEXT. Also how can I stop it from just skipping over that first Blue screen after it loads all the drivers and such in the beginning it says like "Welcome to Windows XP" and says hit Enter to continue blah blah, right now it just skips directly to the partition creation screen. Skips over the License Agreement where you hit F8 to accept and I even have OemSkipEula=No .... I'm clueless, anyones feedback is helpful thank you.

[gcwhite1]

I will humbly refer you to this page for the WINNT.SIF settings.

http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/winnt_sif.htm

AND

http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/reference.htm

It helped me greatly!

But if I may suggest, you should change the

UnattendedInstall="Yes" to "no"

If "Yes" this will tell Setup you are running an installation of the Unattended type.

also look carefully at these settings

OemPreinstall=Yes

OemSkipWelcome=0

OemSkipWelcome=0 or 1

This option should be set to 0 if you have OemPreinstall from above on No, If OemPreinstall is on Yes then this option should be set to 1, not doing so will halt the OEM process! When set to 0 this tells Setup not to display the welcome screen during the GUI-mode of Windows Setup (Note: This is not the same as "Windows Welcome" where you set a username for your new account when Setup finishes)

I really hopes this helps!

I want to earn my keep around here!

[i3ulldog]

Okay I changed what you said, and its still not showing the first blue screen in the text install part that says "Welcome to XP at the top or something and says hit Esc to install a brand new copy or HIt R to repair a current install" and it skips over the License agreement screen when I told it not too just to see and its still not listening right.

Heres my new WINNT.SIF

>>>>>>>

[Data]

MsDosInitiated="0"

UnattendedInstall="No"

[unattended]

UnattendMode=ProvideDefault

OemSkipEula=Yes

UnattendSwitch=No

OemPreinstall=Yes

OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\000_SI3112;Drivers\001_network"

WaitForReboot=No

KeyboardLayout=US

TargetPath=*

[GuiUnattended]

OEMSkipRegional=1

TimeZone=20

OemSkipWelcome=1

EncryptedAdminPassword=NO

[userData]

ProductKey=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

FullName="Mike"

ComputerName=Wallace

OrgName=""

[identification]

JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]

InstallDefaultComponents=No

[Components]

msmsgs = Off

msnexplr = Off

zonegames = Off

OEAccess = Off

pinball = Off

[shell]

DefaultStartPanelOff=Yes

DefaultThemesOff=Yes

[iEPopupBlocker]

BlockPopups=No

ShowInformationBar=No

[WindowsFirewall]

Profiles=WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall

[WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall]

Mode=0

[TapiLocation]

CountryCode=1

[RegionalSettings]

LanguageGroup=1

Language=00000409

[branding]

BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

Home_Page=about:blank

[Proxy]

Proxy_Enable=0

Use_Same_Proxy=0

[NetAdapters]

Adapter1=params.Adapter1

[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

>>>>>>>.END

[sleepnmojo]

couple of things I want to say here.

First off, wrong section. This wouldn't be an XPCREATE problem, more of an unattended problem.

Second, learn to use the CODE tags. Don't use a START>>> >>>END, it makes things easier on us.

Lastly, go back to the links gcwhite1 gave you and read them. Your problem is fixable, but you have to read. If you don't find them helpful, try the ref.chm.

[maxXPsoft]

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=27133

DOUBLE POSTS DON't HELP

[i3ulldog]

Still not work.

[Anderz]

Put your serial in "" like this ProductKey="XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX"

[i3ulldog]

See none of this makes sense, everyone knows everything and tells me to use the TOOL program so I do, that config doesn't work. THis would be easier if someone could post an example WINNT.SIF file they have that works for ProvideDefault.

[DisabledTrucker]

How's this for a default file?

*Edit*

I should mention that some of the features of that file I have yet to test, so if they don't apply to you, you may want to delete them such as the networking features. The rest of it should be fine for you, if modified to fit your situation. Especially the First five sections, (ie. [section1], [section2], etc.) , [Components], [shell], [OEMBootFiles] (HAL works, not sure about the rest,) [PCHealth], [systemRestore], and the rest all work just fine as I have used the before. It will silently install everything, but it will allow for you to do your own formatting/partitioning of your drives. This is for XP with SP-2, though some of it may only be for server 2003, most noteably the networking features. I would recommend using the SetupManager.exe in your SystemTools folder in Program files, where you should have installed it and the deploy tools, to begin with then dissect it from there, to add what you need.

One more thing to note, when doing it with SetupManager, you will have more than one file which needs to go into your i386 folder without these files you will have to either make them yourself or your unattended wont work. Also, if I remember correctly the key part of it wont come up even if you have it provided for the default, which is fine with me, as I don't mind having to put that in, in the middle of the setup.

SetupMgr.txt

Edited September 16, 2004 by DisabledTrucker

[MHz]

If you used SetupMgr program to make your sif file. It would have asked you, if you wanted to install from cd. Then yes would be UnattendedInstall="Yes" on your 2nd sif file.

Correct this mistake, and it may work fine.