Unattended install Probs using winnt.sif

[limey_l82]

Hello again,

Sorry for the previous post newbie and all that!!!

My problem is that when I boot a machine up using the CD I created from the ISO that I made it does not use the winnt.sif for the unattended install, now I may have done somthing wrong but I have followed the guide twice over now and it does it the same every time, even if I completely remove the winnt.sif.

I'm just a little confused as to the process of creating the winnt.sif, I created the file as mentioned in my first post. used setupmgr to create the unattend.txt, renamed the file to winnt.sif and moved it into the i386 directory. I did notice it created another file called unattend.bat ?? do i need to do anything with this because if you edit this file it has references to the unattend.txt file, the guide does not mention this file.

If someone could just talk me through the proceses required to get this working it would be much appreciated

Thanks

Limey..

[limey_l82]

here is the contents of my winnt.sif file

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;SetupMgrTag

[Data]

AutoPartition=1

MsDosInitiated="0"

UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[unattended]

OemPreinstall=Yes

UnattendSwitch="yes"

UnattendMode=FullUnattended

OemSkipEula=Yes

OemPreinstall=No

TargetPath=\WINDOWS

[GuiUnattended]

AdminPassword=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

EncryptedAdminPassword=Yes

AutoLogon=Yes

AutoLogonCount=2

OEMSkipRegional=1

TimeZone=85

OemSkipWelcome=1

[userData]

ProductKey=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx

FullName="xxxxxxxxxx"

OrgName="xxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

ComputerName=xxxxxxx

[TapiLocation]

CountryCode=44

Dialing=Tone

AreaCode=

LongDistanceAccess="9"

[RegionalSettings]

LanguageGroup=1

SystemLocale=00000809

UserLocale=00000809

InputLocale=0809:00000809

[branding]

BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

Home_Page=www.google.co.uk

[Proxy]

Proxy_Enable=1

Use_Same_Proxy=1

HTTP_Proxy_Server=xxxxxxxxxxxxx

[identification]

JoinDomain=xxxxxxxxxxx

DomainAdmin=xxxxxxxxxxx

DomainAdminPassword=xxxxxxxxxxx

[Networking]

InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

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Hope this gives you a little moe info

Limey

[argon007]

I did notice it created another file called unattend.bat ?? do i need to do anything with this because if you edit this file it has references to the unattend.txt file, the guide does not mention this file.

Delete it and don't pay attention to it.

It won't influence Unattended CD.

[pthomas]

I'd say make sure that you have the winnt.sif file located under the i386\ dir. Your winnt.sif file looks alright to me.

At what point in the install does it stop and ask you for info? How far does it get?

Paul