Help with Windows 2000 [Components]

[Historic]

Okay i have this weird problem which after searching through the forum can't find a solution to.

All the entries in my [Components] section of winnt.sif file are not processed when doing a unattended install which includes addional files to install from %systemfrive%\install\application.exe etc...

But if i remove the $OEM$ folder for addional installations like adobe flash etc.. the components section gets processed from the winnt.sif file and the stuff i don't like does not get installed.

I have already double checked the character casing and that is not an issue.

Also in the components section, i only put in stuff which by default is on to turn it off. All the items which are off by default i did not include the entries.

I am using the exact same file winnt.sif for test purposes (it gives me an error when i remove $OEM$ folder).

Using win2k pro with sp4 slipstreamed on ms virtual pc on win 2003 6 month trial edition.

If any body has any ideas please help.

[prathapml]

Some of the threads here had got their winnt.sif problems solved when they changed the position of the relevant section. So maybe a try could be given to that?

This is the order in which I have mine:

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
[Unattended]
[GuiUnattended]
[UserData]
[Display]
[TapiLocation]
[RegionalSettings]
[Branding]
[URL]
[Identification]
[Networking]
[Components]
[SetupParams]
[Shell]
[GuiRunOnce]

It seems that (for example) having the [Components] block before the Identification block would leave [components] unprocessed.

Do tell us on how it works out.

[Historic]

Thanks for your tip. will try it out today.

[Historic]

prathapml i tried placing components section all over my winnt.sif file.

It worked only partially -- all the optional components i specified not to install were done correctly but outlook express is a pain. just keeps showing up. can anybody help me on this??

I suspect it must be microsoft's way to get people use OE.

[prathapml]

I suspect it must be microsoft's way to get people use OE

No, its not.

Do you install any patch/update for OE?

If so, the OEaccess=off becomes useless. Installing any updates/hot-fixes/patches that target IE/OE will re-activate the IE/OE shortcuts.

[Historic]

no patch/updates were used for oe.

will post my sinnt.sif file tomorrow....

[tguy]

Is your OEMPreinstall=Yes or OEMPreinstall=No in the [unattended] section of your WINNT.SIF file? It should be OEMPreinstall=Yes to install [Components] and additional programs together.

tguy