2 WINNT.SIF questions

[ldhertert]

Hi,

I have two WINNT.SIF questions:

1) I have my install fully automated except for the very first screen where it asks what partition I'd like to use etc. I would like to use the defualt always, use the full drive always, and always do a NTFS format. Right now, I have the following code pertaining to this matter, which isn't working:

[Data]

AutoPartition=1

MsDosInitiated="0"

UnattendedInstall="Yes"

What else do I need to do to get this automatic?

2) I would like to automatically set the default users homepage to http://www.google.com/. I grabbed this from a sample winnt.sif file, but it isn't working:

Home_Page=http://www.google.com

I'm assuming there probably isn't a good way to do this from the winnt.sif file...if so, does anyone know a registry tweak to do this? Remember this is for the default user, not the current user.

Thanks!

[Bezalel]

Try these lines

[Branding]
BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes
[Data]
AutoPartition=1
MsDosInitiated=0
UnattendedInstall=Yes
[Unattended]
Repartition=Yes
[URL]
Home_Page=http://www.google.com

[ldhertert]

the branding part might help for the homepage - we'll see. But I already had all those other lines in my SIF file, so i don't think that that can fix the problem. Here's my whole SIF file:

[Data]
	AutoPartition=1
	MsDosInitiated="0"
	UnattendedInstall="Yes"

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

[GuiUnattended]
	AdminPassword=*
	EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
	OEMSkipRegional=1
	TimeZone=35
	OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
	ProductKey=*
	FullName=*
	OrgName=*
	ComputerName=BUILDCOMPUTER

[Display]
Xresolution=1024
YResolution=768

[Identification]
	JoinDomain=*
	DomainAdmin=*
	DomainAdminPassword=*

[Networking]
	InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[URL]
	Home_Page=http://www.google.com

[Components]
	msmsgs=off
	msnexplr=off 
	freecell=off
	hearts=off
	minesweeper=off
	pinball=off
	solitaire=off
	spider=off
	zonegames=off

Edited December 23, 2005 by ldhertert

[bobthenob]

If you prefer to manually choose a partition during text-mode setup with full control on choice of file system, then make sure you have these lines set as they are under the [Data] and [unattended] sections in winnt.sif:

[Data]

AutoPartition=0

[unattended]

FileSystem=*

If you want to automate this process with exact specifics on drive letters, partition sizes and file systems, you may want to consider using Bart's PE and diskpart.

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

I think the Filesystem=NTFS

should work

Edited December 23, 2005 by bobthenob

[jbm]

I think Autopartition and Repartition shouldn't be used together.

It will probably work if you installing to a new drive with no windows

installed

from ref.chm

Autopartition

Installs Windows to the first available partition that has adequate space for a Windows installation and does not already contain an installed version of Windows.

Repartition

Specifies whether to delete all partitions on the first drive of the client computer and to reformat the drive with the NTFS file system.

[Takeshi]

1. The entry requires

BrandIEUsingUnattended = Yes

to be there.

2. more on auto~ v. repartition:

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=59315