Help! My unattended cd is not so unattended!

[saturnX]

hi guys

ok i've gone through everything and it was going well, successfully slipstreamed sp2, hotfixes and wm10 from ryan's site. created the winnt.sif file using the development tools *still like doing it old school* and added on a couple more lines to enable me to set partition and file system on my own, auto accept the eula, turned off zonegames and a few other games, msn and msn explorer. placed it in my i386 folder and created iso file and burnt it. when i tested it on a system *new one* none of it worked. what am i doin wrong or did i place the winnt.sif file to the wrong place. Please help!

[Wundagore]

U did rename the file giving to you by the development tools ?

and i remember that there were settings u had to enable before windows setup would read instructions from winnt.sif

can't remember them though, maybe somebody else can give you those settings

[saturnX]

yeah i renamed it and as far as i know i've done everything by the book... there is no mention of any other special windows setup for it to read from the winnt.sif

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

[Gee]

I am not sure by what is meant when you say "None of it worked"

Did the CD even boot?

Anyways, assuming that it did. Post a copy of your Winnt.sif file for us to look at. We need something to work with.

Don't forget to block out your serial number.

[Marthax]

As Gee said, post your Winnt.sif. Also, If you can, then post a screen of your UAXPCD folder so that everyone can see how you have arranged everything. Maybe, you did something wrong there. The biggest concern right now is your winnt.sif though.

[saturnX]

hi Gee... hi Marthax... thanks for checking in... to answer gee's question yes the cd did boot and it installed windows like normal where it prompted me for the user name, organisation, etc. I've placed my copy of the winnt.sif file in the I386 folder, used ISOBuster to extract the boot image file *even tried the one available on the msfn.org website* created my iso file then burnt from there. Attached is my winnt.sif file that i renamed to a .txt file so can be opened easily. Thanks again for the help.

Edit: If you were to look at the file is the ;SetupMgrTag just above [Data] suppose to be there?

winnt.txt

Edited September 28, 2005 by saturnX

[Gee]

Here is your first problem

[Unattended]
    UnattendMode=FullUnattended
    OemSkipEula=Yes
    OemPreinstall=No
    TargetPath=\WINDOWS
    KeyboardLayout="US"
    AutoActivate = No
    WaitForReboot="No"

Set OemPreinstall to Yes

[Marthax]

when i tested it on a system *new one* none of it worked

If I understand this correctly, then the [components] are not being parsed either or what?

[Gee]

I think he meant "None of it worked" meaning that it didn't work unattended. I am sure the install went fine. But he was prompted for information.

[Marthax]

Well, that was what I ment also. Not being parsed = None of it worked.

@saturnX: So when you first boot up to Windows, you still get Messenger and all other things installed even though you chose to remove them with the [components] method?

[Andeh]

actually, I have this exact same problem. Everything I have listed under [Components] seems to still be installed. The first time I made a UAXPCD it worked and the things listed under [Components] were not installed. With my new version I have made, it doesnt seem to work.

[Marthax]

@Andeh: What changes have you done to your "new" version?

[cyberloner]

[Components] method never work for me...

win98 unatended never have this problem...

in winxp... it will install the default software

[gunsmokingman]

Here is the Component List I use

[Components]    AutoUpdate=On

    Calc=On

    Deskpaper=On

    Dialer=Off

    Dtcnetwork=Off

    Fax=Off

    Fp_extensions=Off

    Fp_vdir_deploy=Off

    Freecell=Off

    Hearts=Off

    Iis_ftp=Off

    Iis_htmla=Off

    Iis_doc=Off

    Iis_inetmgr=Off

    Iis_internetdataconnector=Off

    Iis_nntp=Off

    Iis_pwmgr=Off

    Iis_serversideincludes=Off

    Iis_smtp=Off

    Iis_smtp_docs=Off

    Iis_webadmin=Off

    Iis_webdav=Off

    Iis_www=Off

    Iis_www_vdir_printers=Off

    Iis_www_vdir_scripts=Off

    Iis_www_vdir_terminalservices=Off

    Indexsrv_system=Off

    Inetprint=Off

    Licenseserver=Off

    Media_clips=On

    Media_utopia=On

    Minesweeper=On

    Mousepoint=On

    msmsgs=Off

    Msnexplr=Off

    Mswordpad=On

    Paint=On

    Pinball=Off

    Rec=On

    Rootautoupdate=On

    Rstorage=On

    Solitaire=On

    Spider=On

    Templates=On

    zonegames=Off

[Andeh]

here is my winnt.sif

and yes the [Components] section does work in WinXP because the first UAXPCD I made worked fine.

winnt.sif