UK Regional settings not applying

[rl1]

Hi,

I'm using a third party product called Altiris Deployment Solution to rollout an unattended version of Windows XP SP2.

The source CD is a Volume Licensed CD from Microsoft, with SP2 slipstreamed.

For the life of me I can't seem to set the Regional settings to UK. - EVERYTHING is still set to US!

I haven't tried an unattended install without using Altiris as yet, but thought I'd post my unattended.txt file before going do the full Microsoft route. - Does this look okay to you guys?

Any help would be appreciated.

My UNATTENDED.TXT file...

[unattended]

UnattendSwitch=Yes

FileSystem=ConvertNTFS

OemPreinstall=No

TargetPath="\Windows"

Win9xUpgrade=No

NtUpgrade=No

OEMSkipEula=Yes

DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

ExtendOemPartition=1

UnattendMode=FullUnattended

KeyboardLayout="United Kingdom"

[GUIUnattended]

AdminPassword=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

EncryptedAdminPassword=Yes

OEMSkipRegional=1

TimeZone=85

OemSkipWelcome=1

[userData]

ProductKey=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx

ComputerName="xxxxx"

OrgName="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

FullName="xxxxxxxxxxxxx"

[TapiLocation]

AreaCode=020

Dialing=Tone

CountryCode=44

[RegionalSettings]

InputLocale=0809:00000809

InputLocale_DefaultUser=0809:00000809

UserLocale=00000809

UserLocal_DefaultUser=00000809

SystemLocale=00000809

Language=00000809

LanguageGroup=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17

[identification]

JoinWorkgroup="Workgroup"

[Networking]

InstallDefaultComponents=YES

[Display]

YResolution=768

XResolution=1024

BitsPerPel=16

VRefresh=75

[Components]

msmsgs=off

msnexplr=off

freecell=off

hearts=off

minesweeper=off

pinball=off

solitaire=off

spider=off

zonegames=off

Deskpaper=off

Mousepoint=off

OEAccess=off

Beacon=off

[NetOptionalComponents]

Beacon=0

[WindowsFirewall]

Profiles=WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall

[WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall]

Mode=0

[GUIRunOnce]

[Guest jas88]

I've been having exactly the same problem with my unattended installation - no Altiris, just RyanVM's update pack (on top of slipstreamed SP2) and Bashrat's driver pack. Soon (probably tomorrow) I'll try a registry tweak to enforce the region settings; hopefully that will clear this up.

It can't be Altiris - are you using RyanVM's update pack as well, or is there a regression in one of the XP hotfixes themselves? (Presumably regression testing won't cover unattended installs to anything like the extent regular usage is...)

[stasys44]

There is no difference what method you use. You cannot define LOCATION through Winnt.sif.

You should export reg file from registry. About it:

http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/82/

Reg file for UK (242):

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International\Geo]

"Nation"="242"

I run it in RunOnceGui.