Script winnt.sif

[Walchinc]

Well after a week I have managed to silent install Windows MCE.

In the first three days I have been messing around with the Windows XP Pro/Home from my previous disks.

The script but messed up the media centre interface and changed it to XP Pro and never asked for CD2 or insert disk 2 and never asked to re-insert disk 1 again. It also never installed the updates for MCE components from Microsoft Update site

My script asked you where to install it to a drive letter and partition and what user names you want to create

I am giving you my script to install Windows MCE, just make chnages to your Product Key, Name and Oranganisation, Profiles Directory and telephony info.

Rename the file name to winnt.sif

If you want to change the Admin Password use text between "". This also applies to your Name and Organisation

Edited January 14, 2006 by Walchinc

[muiz]

Why special .sif file?

Mine runs fine with a normal winnt.sif , so no need for this.

[Walchinc]

Well I have the systems builder disc from microsoft to fully customise windows installation inc software drivers. All work great on XP Home & Professional but visual interface was altered and detectability of cds while installing MCE crashed on me. Thats why I had to recode the sif file

[raskren]

Well I have the systems builder disc from microsoft to fully customise windows installation inc software drivers. All work great on XP Home & Professional but visual interface was altered and detectability of cds while installing MCE crashed on me. Thats why I had to recode the sif file

It doesn't matter.

This SIF is useless to most people anyway. It uses UK regional settings and a hard coded "F:" that not everyone has.

This was created by the WINNT.SIF wizard that comes with every copy of Windows XP and 2000 as evidenced by the ";setupmgr" tag at the beginning.

[Walchinc]

Depending on which country you live in, the sif file could be changed for your needs. But unattended script decreases the time to install windows. Normally 35 minues but 20 - 25 minues with the unattanted script.

I created the script to allow user to store files in another partition, so allow the user to store files a safe location. This is because of a system crash, the user will not loose thier files and its formats.

Normally basic installation uses C:\Documents and Settings as the main directory to configure user accounts, well if drive C : has to be formatted they will loose everything from favouriates, my documents and its contents, email, address book, desktop items.

Other members who submit their scripts, the users will have to alter the script anyway to cater for their needs.

A friend of mine did a basic installation, the system crashed losing 4000 backed up mp3 music from his Itunes folder and eveything else

Well with me I have a max of three operating systems Windows 2K (C:\), Windows XP Pro (D:\) and Windows MCE (E:\). Windows MCE is the main operating system, XP Pro is a testing system for faults, installation testing and Windows 2k is backup system to backup files for XP Pro and MCE and my Documents drive is (F:\). All partitons have a size limit, because I know what each systems uses in MB and in GB

When looking at a family members new laptop, the drive contents were the same as mine. So companies are adaopting a new method of installing Windows systems.

Over years, I have had a fair share of heartaches with pcs (that have 1 partition on their drive) . Which the drive has to be taken out from the machine and place it in a enclosure and then backup the hard drive that way, before re-organising the hard drive to proper standards

Edited January 20, 2006 by Walchinc