shutdown by winnt.sif

[N30M0D]

hi, i know i can reboot or shutdown the pc typing a command in a batch file (see "shutdown /?" in dos) at the final stage of an unattended installation. Can I use that command in winnt.sif too or exists an equivalent?

Thanks

[BrandonS_Mil]

Why would you want to???

The winnt.sif file is an asnwer file for what you want xp to install (i.e. options)...

you can put a shutdown command after the desktop apears... mine will shutdown after 2 min just as the desktop is first time appearing... it helped activeate my Symantec cop edition server link...

[Incroyable HULK]

You could call shutdown from the [GuiRunOnce] entry in your winnt.sif

[tguy]

I call shutdown.exe from my cleanup.cmd file that executes at the end of my RunOnceEx installations. Works like a champ.

[N30M0D]

thanks for the answers but i need to shutdown under winnt.sif because i have a multiboot cd and i don't want to copy many files (programs, tweaks..) on hd (included a .cmd) just to turn off the pc after i' ve choosen a simple unattended installation.

@BrandonS_Mil

Yes, i could shutdown just after the first logon. I want to shutdown just when all operations are done.

@Incroyable HULK

i can type "shutdown [parameters]" directly under [GuiRunOnce] ? Is it tested or not?

Bye

[BrandonS_Mil]

If i am understanding you correctly----

Unattended Install (XP) -> programs -> desktop ----- current

XP load -> programs -> Power OFF (Shutdown) -> destop (never loads??)

Why????

Maybe it would be easier to adjust you unattended install rather than ballance killing windows just to stop certain programs/teaks/others from loading.

[N30M0D]

I'm going to be clearer...

On my cd there are two type of unattended xp installation. One install also programs, regtweaks, customizations, etc..., instead the other is a simple one. I mean it installs just a "clean" xp ( no programs or other, just xp). Now, in the first case, when all jobs are done i can turn off the pc by a .cmd (which is copied over the HD togheter with programs). To do this i have write OemPreinstall = Yes in winnt.sif to copy $OEM$ (which contain programs, tweaks and the .cmd file) on the Hd.

Now when i want to do the second kind of unattended (without appz) i have to write OemPreinstall = No to avoid to copy $OEM$ over the hd. So on the hd i haven't the .cmd which allow me to turn off the pc. Therefore i have to find a way to do this without copy tons of programs but just a .cmd or insert a command directly in winnt.sif.

I hope i've been clear.

[N30M0D]

up!