Npredator Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 Hi...I'm testing my firts unattended xp cd in the microsoft virtual pc...But when i'm installing it he ask me my name,my company,my xp key,etc...I put my winnt.sif in c:\xpcd\I386 with all keys,names,etc...Can anyone tell me what i'm doing wrong??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilweirddude Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 we cant help you if you dont post your winnt.sif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Npredator Posted January 4, 2005 Author Share Posted January 4, 2005 ;SetupMgrTag[Data] AutoPartition=1 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes"[unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=yes TargetPath=\WINDOWS UnattendedSwitch="yes" [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=4dc5acb6f0c251fbaad3b435b51404eeab630a5388e4d1851464da5d43c4c188 EncryptedAdminPassword=Yes OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=85 OemSkipWelcome=1[userData] ProductKey=###################### FullName="Reserva" OrgName="Teste" ComputerName=Reserva12[Display] BitsPerPel=32 Xresolution=800 YResolution=600[RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=14,1 SystemLocale=00000816 UserLocale=00000816 InputLocale=0816:00000816[identification] JoinDomain=Valpi[Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes[GuiRunOnce] ECHO. ECHO Installing Lavasoft Ad-Aware 6 Build 181 ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\AdAware\aaw6181.exe /s ECHO. ECHO Installing Adobe Reader 6 ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\AdobeReader6\AdbeRdr60_enu_Full.exe -p"-s /v\"/qn\"" ECHO. ECHO Installing OpenOffice ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\OpenOffice\Setup.exe /net ECHO. ECHO Installing VNC Viewer ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\Applications\Vnc\vnc-3.3.7-x86_win32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLF Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 UnattendedSwitch="yes"Should beUnattendSwitch="yes"Also under [GuiRunOnce]all you should have is an entry giving the PATH to your batch filee.g. %systemdrive%\Install\batch_file.cmdThe entries you have under [GuiRunOnce] should be actually in your batch_file.cmd file which should be placed inside the Install folder.Quite a few very basic mistakes here - suggest you take more time reading and UNDERSTANDING the main site http://unattended.msfn.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilweirddude Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 also, use the code tags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 Have you double-checked your answer-file's extension?Many times we see people have named the file as winnt.sif.TXTThat .txt extension would be the culprit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 And as an addition to previous tips:- make sure the file is in uppercase: WINNT.SIF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incroyable HULK Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 Did changing to winnt.sif Uppercase actually helped some of you to solve your problems?I mean it is not the first time I heard this; maybe it has to do with the file system you are using for your CD because I always used winnt.sif in LowerCase (with CDIMAGE -j1 option) with many distributions without problem... Win2K french, WinXP SP1 french, WinXP SP2 french and english...This matter should be clarified in the Official Guide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 Yes, I've heard this too, sometimes.But I've never had that problem - I've always named it as "winnt.sif" in lower-case.Maybe as IncroyableHulk says, it has to do with the file-system. I took one look at the recommended switches for CDIMAGE.exe in the guide, and decided it looked too unpredictable. I finally ended up using the cdimageGUI tool. And then learnt the correct switches from it (luckily it worked perfectly the first time, and I never bothered to change from the commands that worked).Probably the guide can be updated to say, use the cdimageGUI - its far more newbie-proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 That uppercase helped me.I made the the file exactly like I wanted and it never got executed.Then I searched for threads that had the same problem.That's how I fixed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incroyable HULK Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 @SlimShadyJust for the record, how do you generate your ISO?@prathapmlI'll add this one to my dictionnary! newbie-proof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 @ECHO OFFCHDIR C:\WINXPSET XPSOURCE=C:\WINXP\nLite\Data\NewCDECHO Press a key to start...PAUSE > NULCDIMAGE.EXE -lWINXPSP2 -t12/31/2002,12:00:00 -h -j1 -m -bXPBOOT.IMG %XPSOURCE% H:\WINXPSP2.ISOPAUSE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Npredator Posted January 5, 2005 Author Share Posted January 5, 2005 UnattendedSwitch="yes"Should beUnattendSwitch="yes"Also under [GuiRunOnce]all you should have is an entry giving the PATH to your batch filee.g. %systemdrive%\Install\batch_file.cmdThe entries you have under [GuiRunOnce] should be actually in your batch_file.cmd file which should be placed inside the Install folder.Quite a few very basic mistakes here - suggest you take more time reading and UNDERSTANDING the main site http://unattended.msfn.org/ Hi...I done it...Thanks to everyone...DLF and prathapml thanks for the advice...you were wright... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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