unattended installation hangs if OemPreinstall=Yes

[Xanatos]

Hello all,

my unattended installation hangs if activate OemPreinstall.

Without it my winnt.sif works.

Any hints?

WXP Pro SP2, my folder layout is this

\i386

\$OEM$

\$OEM$\$$

\$OEM$$1

\$OEM$$Docs

\$OEM$$Progs

(all $OEM$-folders are empty)

[PCHealth]

    ER_Display_UI=1
    ER_Enable_Applications=None
    ER_Enable_Kernel_Errors=0 
    ER_Enable_Reporting=0
    ER_Enable_Windows_Components=0
    ER_Include_Shutdown_Errs=0
;disables error notification

[Shell]

    DefaultStartPanelOff=Yes
;This tells Windows XP to use the Classic Start Menu, and displays the 
;My Computer, My Documents icons as well as others on the Windows Desktop. 
;If set to No, then the default Windows XP Start Menu is used.

    DefaultThemesOff=Yes
;This tells Windows XP to use the Classic Theme. Note: This option overrides 
;CustomDefaultThemeFile option when set to Yes.

[Data]

    AutoPartition=0
;If you have the selection on 1 then Windows Setup will install the OS 
;on any free partition that is available. If you remove this line or if 
;you put AutoPartition=0 then setup will ask you on which partition you 
;wish to install Windows onto and advises you what to do if your 
;partition already contains an OS.

    MsDosInitiated=0
;If this setting is on "0" it will inform Setup that you are installing 
;from CD, put a value of 1 if you use only diskettes to boot.

    AutomaticUpdates=yes
;This entry tells Setup to skip the Help Protect Your PC page that appears 
;when setup is finished. (New in SP2).

[Unattended]

    UnattendMode=ProvideDefault
;Specifies default answers in the answer file. In this case, Setup displays
;these default answers to the end user, who can change them if they are not 
;appropriate.

    OemSkipEula=Yes
;Setting this option to Yes will skip the EULA screen which you already read 
;when you used Setup Manager. Setting this option to No will mean you have 
;to press F8 on the keyboard to accept the license during text-mode Setup.

    FileSystem=*
;If you prefer to manually choose a partition during text-mode setup with 
;full control on choice of filesystem, add this entry to your winnt.sif file.

    WaitForReboot=No
;Specifies whether the computer waits 15 seconds after GUI-mode Setup finishes. 
;Choosing No will disable the 15 second wait.

    DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
;This will force Setup to install drivers that may not be WHQL certified. 
;This is used in conjunction with OemPnPDriversPath.

    DUDisable=Yes 
;Yes 
;Instructs Setup not to connect to the Windows Update site.
;No 
;Instructs Setup to connect to the Windows Update site to download any 
;available Windows XP Setup updates. Setup also downloads any necessary 
;drivers that are not on the Windows XP CD-ROM.

    OemPreinstall=Yes
; Determines whether a special subdirectory, \$OEM$, will be copied and 
; certain sections will used during setup.

[Astalavista]

you not using the standard winnt.sif format are you

pls try to use this one

http://unattended.msfn.org/xp/winnt_sif.htm

[keytotime]

Try it without

AutomaticUpdates=yes

Also cleaning up your winnt.sif can help

[Data]
    AutoPartition=1
    MsDosInitiated="0"
    UnattendedInstall="Yes"
    
[Unattended]
    UnattendMode=FullUnattended
    OemSkipEula=Yes
    ExtendOemPartition = 1 
    Repartition = Yes 
    OemPreinstall=Yes
    TargetPath=\WINDOWS
    Hibernation = No
    ForceHALDetection = Yes
    UnattendSwitch="yes"
    DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore

[GuiUnattended]
    AdminPassword=*
    EncryptedAdminPassword=no
    OEMSkipRegional=1
    TimeZone=35
    OemSkipWelcome=1
[UserData]
    ProductKey=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    FullName=""
    OrgName=""
    ComputerName=JustInstalled

[Identification]
    JoinWorkgroup="Just added"

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Shell]
DefaultStartPanelOff = Yes
DefaultThemesOff = Yes
    
[Branding]
BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

[URL]
Home_Page=http://www.google.com\

[Proxy]
FTP_Proxy_Server = 
Gopher_Proxy_Server =
HTTP_Proxy_Server = 
Proxy_Enable = 1
Proxy_Override = <local>
Secure_Proxy_Server = 
Socks_Proxy_Server = 

[IEPopupBlocker] 
BlockPopups=No
FilterLevel=Low
ShowInformationBar=Yes

[WindowsFirewall]
Profiles = WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall

[WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall]
Mode = 0

[Astalavista]

if u hv sp2 u hv to leave autoupdates=yes

he has to much junk in his winnt.sif

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

\i386

\$OEM$

\$OEM$\$$

\$OEM$$1

\$OEM$$Docs

\$OEM$$Progs

should be:

\i386

\$OEM$

\$OEM$\$$

\$OEM$\$1

\$OEM$\$Docs

\$OEM$\$Progs

@Astalavista: he IS using the standard format, only with alot of comments...

[Xanatos]

@bashrat:

my dirs are ok, only error in posting ;-)

@all:

Other ideas?

Are their any vital requisites for OemPreinstall=Yes ?

I thougt that for all things I did not put in the file, the setup uses defaults.

Is this not true?

are their any error logs on harddisk?

[Nanaki]

Yeah, it is and no, there aren't.

But try making your winnt.sif from scratch. Worked for me.