First of all, I like to thank all of you for creating such an awesome website. It is extremely helpful. You guys are AWESOME! I created completely unattended XP CD with all the Service Packs and Updates pre-installed. My question is about by passing user creation screen. I do not like to create any accounts when installing XP. Is there any way I can by-pass that?

Thanks,

faisal

A create user screen? If you made an unattend CD using the winnt.sif method you normally shouldn't recieve a create user screen...could you post a screenshot?

Edited July 14, 200521 yr by JuMz

make it lite by using nLITE

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[Data]    AutoPartition=0

    MsDosInitiated="0"

    UnattendedInstall="Yes"

    AutomaticUpdates=yes

[unattended]

    UnattendMode=FullUnattended

    UnattendedSwitch=Yes

    OemSkipEula=Yes

    OemPreinstall=Yes

    TargetPath=\WINDOWS

   

[GuiUnattended]

    AdminPassword=*

    EncryptedAdminPassword=NO

    OEMSkipRegional=1

    TimeZone=193

    OemSkipWelcome=1

Check [unattended] and [GuiUnattended] section in winnt.sif under i386 folder

Edited July 14, 200521 yr by Nepali

Note that if you use the OemSkipWelcome=1 with XP Home, you may find yourself unable to login due to no users being created (with XP Pro you can login as Administrator, with XP Home you cannot). I found this out the hard way after setting up our preinstalls at work with this method. Not good.

Thanks all...for your help. I will make the necessary changes in winnt.sif file. You guyz rock!!

;SetupMgrTag

[Data]

    AutoPartition=0

    MsDosInitiated="0"

    UnattendedInstall="Yes"

    AutomaticUpdates=yes

[unattended]

    UnattendMode=FullUnattended

    UnattendedSwitch=Yes

    OemSkipEula=Yes

    OemPreinstall=Yes

    TargetPath=\WINDOWS

   

[GuiUnattended]

    AdminPassword=*

    EncryptedAdminPassword=NO

    OEMSkipRegional=1

    TimeZone=193

    OemSkipWelcome=1

Check [unattended] and [GuiUnattended] section in winnt.sif under i386 folder

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Yeah, I didn't have access to my preinstall stuff at the time so I goofed the line. It was UnattendSwitch=Yes (not UnattendedSwitch=yes as you have it) that skips the user creation screen, not OemSkipWelcome=1. My bad.

Edited July 14, 200521 yr by Jito463