Hello everyone,

Before I get to my question, I must say that this site is awesome. The information that is found here is just amazing. It is a little intimidating though. I been building, upgrading, fixing computers enough to think I was advanced. However, once I saw the Intermediate and Advanced sections for the Unattended CD it really humbled me. So far, I could only make the Beginner version. I am sure with your help I can get the rest down.

Anyways, here is my question for the time being. I made a basic unattended CD, which works well. However, I still get prompted to enter a bit of information and am hoping you can tell me what I need to change.

After the install, I receive the following prompts:

Welcome to Microsoft XP

Help Protect Your Computer Automatic Updates

Checking for Internet Connection

Register Windows XP

Windows XP Tour

How do I fix this? Is it on the winnt.sif or the OOBEINFO.ini?

Here are both of them.

winnt.sif

OOBEINFO.INI

"If OemPreinstall in the [unattended] section of Unattend.txt is set to Yes, unattended Setup automatically stops on the Welcome page. To avoid this pause in your factory or testing environment, set OEMSkipWelcome = 1. Do not ship any computer with OEMSkipWelcome = 1. Instead, change OEMSkipWelcome in the [GuiUnattended] section of Sysprep.inf to 0 before delivering the computer to the customer." - from Windows Corporate Deployment Tools

From what I have read, UnattendMode=FullUnattended does not automate MiniSetup if OemPreinstall=Yes. Try using a sysprep.inf.

-JASpurrier3

Edited December 7, 200520 yr by JASpurrier3

Welcome to MSFN!

Ahh, sounds like the OOBE. Pretty sure you can disable it through nLite or a few fixes, but I use this method by xenogen: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=10799

It takes everything out of the OOBE except the user account creation. And when I'm done with that its setup to auto login with the top user. Then finally a registry tweak to disable the auto login, for me.

Thanks for the reply. I am confused though. I did have that value set already on the winnt.sif file.

Yes, RayOK is correct, my mistake. I added "UnattendSwitch = Yes" to the [unattended] section in your Winnt.sif below.

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
	AutoPartition=1
	MsDosInitiated="0"
	UnattendedInstall="Yes"
	AutomaticUpdates=yes

[Unattended]
	UnattendMode=FullUnattended
	OemSkipEula=Yes
	OemPreinstall=Yes
	TargetPath=\WINDOWS
	Repartition=Yes
	WaitForReboot="No"
	UnattendSwitch = Yes

[GuiUnattended]
	AdminPassword=*
	EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
	OEMSkipRegional=1
	TimeZone=4
	OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
	ProductKey=1234-1234-3XK2M-45674-VYPKT
	FullName="User"
	OrgName="None"
	ComputerName=The-Matrix

[TapiLocation]
	CountryCode=1

[Identification]
	JoinWorkgroup=ZION

[Networking]
	InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Display]
	BitsPerPel= 16
	Vrefresh= 75
	Xresolution= 1024
	Yresolution= 768

[Shell] 
	DefaultStartPanelOff=Yes
	DefaultThemesOff=Yes

-JASpurrier3

Edited December 7, 200520 yr by JASpurrier3

Yeah, RayOK is correct - those are OOBE questions, and wouldn't be asked by default unless you included the oobe inf (which you've done). I suggest a)scripting OOBE entirely, b)using another method (rather than OOBE) to script user creation, or c)use a tool such as nLite to remove as much of the OOBE as you are able.

Thanks you for your help guys. As I waited for a response I looked at the ref.cfm file and found the change for the oobinfo.ini.

I put this:

[userInfo]

Identity000="NewUser-Admin"

[Options]

IntroOnly=1

Everything worked perfectly on the VM

Edited December 7, 200520 yr by harryhoudini66

What does the Unattended Switch do?

What does the Unattended Switch do?

UnattendSwitch

Specifies whether Setup skips Windows Welcome or Mini-Setup when preinstalling Windows XP Home Edition or Windows XP Professional using the CD boot method.

(from Ref.chm)