onlygodknows Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 I'm trying to create unattended setup.Using the tutorials and using nlite + Winnt.sif method i created the image. But the setup won't recognize the winnt.sif file( although it was placed in correct folder). I couldn't find switches for setup.exe although winnt32 has. How can I use/start winnt32.exe in a bootable CD???ThanksOnlygodknows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-= Mancubus =- Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 You should make auto-bootable CD, not run the winnt from the promt.Why such difficult methods? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlygodknows Posted June 15, 2005 Author Share Posted June 15, 2005 you are right. thats where the confusion lies. I've a bootable CD with SETUP.EXE in autorun. Everything works fine except it doesnot recognizes the winnt.sif. It even doesnot have any switches.is there any other batch file that I should have or some file that mentions the location of winnt.sif.what i am possible missing??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n7Epsilon Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 Hi, When you boot from the CD and install, WINNT.SIF will be processed but running from SETUP.EXE (which actually launches WINNT32.EXE) and WINNT32.EXE without switches, WINNT.SIF will not be processed....-> This is also the case with WINNT.EXE (DOS install)Use: WINNT32.EXE /S:[sourceofFiles] /U:WINNT.SIF WINNT.EXE /S:[sourceofFiles] /U:WINNT.SIF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlygodknows Posted June 15, 2005 Author Share Posted June 15, 2005 Ok.. Then I'm back to square one. In a bootable CD how do I call winnt/winnt32 with switches.. should I change autorun.ini before burning the CD so that the bootable CD automatically calls WINNT32.EXE /S:[sourceofFiles] /U:WINNT.SIF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n7Epsilon Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 To see full list of WINNT32.EXE switches, see WINNT32.HLP in your I386 folder, to see full list of WINNT.EXE switches, open a command prompt in your I386 folder and type: WINNT.EXE /? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlygodknows Posted June 15, 2005 Author Share Posted June 15, 2005 I dont want to know the full list of switches.. What I need isIn a bootable WINXP CD, if setup.exe does not finds winnt.sif automatically, then what is the other way to go for unattended setup... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbm Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 Your winnt.sif isn't named winnt.sif.txt is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-= Mancubus =- Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 You really don't need to edit anything to get an auto-boot-and-run-setup CD, just follow the guide, find the final part where it tells how to build an ISO, download that ISO-maker (can't remember it's name) and it'll make all the work.It works perfectly for me.The winnt.sif needs only to be put in i386 folder, nothing else.Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlygodknows Posted June 16, 2005 Author Share Posted June 16, 2005 Your winnt.sif isn't named winnt.sif.txt is it?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlygodknows Posted June 16, 2005 Author Share Posted June 16, 2005 You really don't need to edit anything to get an auto-boot-and-run-setup CD, just follow the guide, find the final part where it tells how to build an ISO, download that ISO-maker (can't remember it's name) and it'll make all the work.It works perfectly for me.The winnt.sif needs only to be put in i386 folder, nothing else.Good luck!<{POST_SNAPBACK}>hmmm... let me try again..(by ISO maker do u mean CDIMAGE GUI???) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlygodknows Posted June 16, 2005 Author Share Posted June 16, 2005 gottcha!!! its working.. what went wrong???.. well the cd key was not correct anyways still stuck at few places1. it asked me to press ok to change the default resolution.. here's winnt sanpshot[Display]Xresolution=800YResolution=6002. Next it didnt create the users... I placed OOBEINFO.INI in $OEM$\$$\system32[UserInfo]Identity000="NewUser-User1"Identity001="NewUser-User2"But it waited form me to press "Next" then opened up the user screen (to enter the usernames)Now whats wrong here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbm Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 (edited) Glad you got it working Here's what I use in my winnt.sif for display[Display] BitsPerPel=32 Xresolution=1280 YResolution=1024 Vrefresh=60Can't help you with OOBEINFO but I use a bat fileto create accounts and to set autologoncmdow @ /HID@ECHO OFFnet accounts /MAXPWAGE:UNLIMITEDnet user Jim password /addnet localgroup Administrators Jim /addREG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /v "DefaultUserName" /t REG_SZ /d "Jim" /fREG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /v "DefaultPassword" /t REG_SZ /d "password" /fREG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /v "AutoAdminLogon" /t REG_SZ /d "1" /fEXIT Edited June 16, 2005 by jbm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlygodknows Posted June 17, 2005 Author Share Posted June 17, 2005 Thanks.Cud you please tell me where I should place the bat file and when and how I should call it??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbm Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 place it in your $oem$ directory with cmdlines.txt and call it in your cmdlines.txt like this.[COMMANDS]"useraccounts.cmd" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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