ironman Posted September 22, 2004 Share Posted September 22, 2004 Hi guys , I looking for the perfect program to edit my unattended installation.What i'm looking is a utility that propmt me to select the desired applications .My questions are how can i edit XPCREATE and add my apps , my second question is how to install it .Thanks ,* i searched in this thread before posting my messege but i did found any direct answers .. , thanks again . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMachine Posted September 22, 2004 Share Posted September 22, 2004 I would say XPCREATE is certainly NOT your answer. XPCREATE is for generating an updated Windows Distribution, not creating the Ultimate Unattended Installation. It could be used as the starting point: create an updated CD, and use that as the basis for your Unattended CD. THe MSFN Unattended Forum is where you will need to go for those answers.And remember ... "editing" XPCREATE.CMD is against the rules (and highly immoral ... ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morkeleb Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 >What i'm looking is a utility that propmt me to select the desired applications .Try out WIHU which you can find here.>My questions are how can i edit XPCREATE and add my apps , my second >question is how to install it .You do not need to edit xpcreate in any way.The most you will have to do is:- Run xpcreate.cmd once to let it create subdirectories- put your original cd in CDSOURCE- edit xpcreate.ini to your liking- run xpcreate.cmd another timeThis will cerate a basic cd as an .iso fileas long as you had DOISO=YES in the .ini file.From there you can customize your cd by putting all your applicationsin FILESCD:In i386 you put your own winnt.sif of which you can create a basis for itby running setupmgr.exe in CDSOURCE\SUPPORT\TOOLS\DEPLOY.CAB.In $OEM$ you create the directories $1 and $$:In $1 you put your drivers and installation files.There is a convention to do that however - browse the forums for details.Be sure you specify the driver directories wich contian .inf filesin the variable OemPnPDriversPath. For e.x:OemPnPDriversPath="drivers\002_Graphic\radeon_catalyst_4.9\2KXP_INF;drivers\002_Graphic\radeon_capture_4.9\WDM_XPin the [unattended] section and see to also have the variables OemPreinstall=Yesand DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore there.(Note that the drivers directory is in the $1 directory.)To use Wihu, save the latest version and its ini file in install under $1 andadd something like[GuiRunOnce] "%systemdrive%\install\wihu.exe /UseCurrent /AutoInstall=900"to your winnt.sifIt's a bit tricky to learn how to configure the ini file for WiHu to install theapplications you want properly, but there are a few topics covering thatin the forum. To help you along the way, here is an example which justinstalls Adobe Acrobat Reader (this is all you need to have in the inifile for just this piece of software):[Applications]command.0 = "%systemdrive%\install\adobe\acrobatreader\Adobe Reader 6.0.1 - Deutsch.msi" /qndescription.0 = Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0.1selected.0 = 1You ofcourse need the proper files as specified in the directories.Hope this helps,Morkeleb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMachine Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 Thanks, Morkeleb. Looks like you've been through this before. I agree, that the process for creating an Unattended Windows CD is not always beautiful, but once you figure out the routine that suits you best, it becomes pretty ... routine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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