AutoActivate=No ... AutoActivate=Yes?

**hoodwinkedhybrid** · February 19, 2006

AutoActivate = No ... AutoActivate = Yes?

ok so ive searched the forums for hours and spent endless hours making this unattended installation cd

this last part i just cannot figure out

ive tried placing AutoActivate=No as well as AutoActivate=Yes in the [unattended] section of my winnt.sif file.

but i consistently get the windows product activation "Do you want to activate windows now?" stopping my installation.

i got the command straight from http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/19/ (the winnt reference section) and it doesnt work

hopefully one of u smart people can help me complete my cd by fixing this! thanks!

heres my winnt for reference

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

[Unattended]
AutoActivate=No
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=Yes
TargetPath=\WINDOWS
FileSystem=*
UnattendSwitch="Yes"
WaitForReboot="No"
DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
NonDriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\01-chipset;Drivers\02-pcisoftmodem;Drivers\03-ethernet;Drivers\04-video;Drivers\05-video"
NoWaitAfterTextMode=1
NoWaitAfterGUIMode=1

[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword=*
EncryptedAdminPassword=No
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone=4
OemSkipWelcome=1
AutoLogon = Yes

[UserData]
ProductKey=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx
FullName="Trevor"
OrgName="Home"
ComputerName=COMPUTER1

[Display]
ConfigureAtLogon=0
BitsPerPel=16
XResolution=800
YResolution=600
VRefresh=60
AutoConfirm=1

[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup=MSHOME

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Branding]
BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

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

[IEPopupBlocker] 
BlockPopups=No
FilterLevel=Low
ShowInformationBar=Yes

[Components]
msmsgs=off
msnexplr=off
zonegames=off

[GuiRunOnce]
%systemdrive%\Drivers\Drivers.cmd

**spazmire11** · February 19, 2006

well you could try another method here:

http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/29/

i use the copying over via $oem$ way

however this could also be failing if you do not have a internet conection at the time of first boot.

i belive in nlite there is a option to skip the oobe on first logon too.

**hoodwinkedhybrid** · February 19, 2006

i actually have the WPA.DBL file in $OEM$\$$\system32... and when i want to activate it does it fine.

but basically, all i want is that thing not to pop up.

i actually dont care if it activates or not.

i just want my computer to stop asking me if i want to activate windows during my "silent" installation! after 18 times it should know i dont careat this point! >.<

**spazmire11** · February 19, 2006

just use nlite to stop the oobe interface from showing up, its that easy.

**hoodwinkedhybrid** · February 19, 2006

allright

ill try that.. maybe with a lil help? ^^

theres just so many different ways to do this, im trying to minimize the level of confusion by using as little methods as possible

so nlite... hopefully ill be able to figure out how to do this

yea.... actually i need some help on that.. how do i find the commands to just stop the oobe interface from showing up?

Edited February 19, 2006 by hoodwinkedhybrid

**spazmire11** · February 19, 2006

in the unattended section there is a administrator tab, select auto logon from that.

i would highly recomend you use nlite to do all the customazation of your cd, if you have problems just ask somebody, after searching first.

**hoodwinkedhybrid** · February 19, 2006

haha ive been doing everything manually

this looks a lot easier.. but im pretty much done already

haha thanks for your help

EDIT:

but i still kinda want to figure out how to finish it manually

i mean.. it cant be that complicated right?

hopefully someone will know...

i actually dont want to start eth whole process over..

Edited February 19, 2006 by hoodwinkedhybrid

**gunsmokingman** · February 19, 2006

Here is what my winnt.sif looks like I never get the activate dialog.

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

[Unattended] 
	UnattendMode=FullUnattended 
	OemSkipEula=Yes 
	OemPreinstall=Yes 
	UnattendSwitch="Yes" 
	Repartition=No 
	Hibernation=No 
	OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\002_graphics;Drivers\004_sound;Drivers\" 
	DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore 
	AutoActivate=Yes 
	TargetPath=\WINDOWS

**MAVERICKS CHOICE** · February 19, 2006

I have the following & have never been asked either?

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

[Unattended]
	UnattendMode=FullUnattended
	OemSkipEula=Yes
	OemPreinstall=Yes
	TargetPath=\WINDOWS
	Repartition=Yes
	Unattendswitch="Yes"
	WaitForReboot="No"
	AutoActivate=No
	Hibernation = No
	DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
	NonDriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

Cheers

MC.

**hoodwinkedhybrid** · February 19, 2006

allright ill try copying those and see if it happens to fix itself somehow thanks ^^

EDIT:

still not working... i really dont get it at all =/

Edited February 20, 2006 by hoodwinkedhybrid

**brainstane** · February 20, 2006

Are you using an OEM key during the install? If so, you will be prompted for activation on any box to which this key is not tied (for example, if you try to use a dell OEM key to build an HP box, you will be prompted for activation regardless of the autoactivate switch)

**hoodwinkedhybrid** · February 21, 2006

yes, i am using the cd key from the back of the computer.

i dont get why its not working.. so strange.

i am using a dell computer to make the cd, but the OS i used to create it is just a standard microsoft XP cd.

Edited February 21, 2006 by hoodwinkedhybrid

**Hollenthon** · February 21, 2006

From wich version are you trying to create your Unattended CD?

XP home Full retail?

XP home OEM?

XP pro full retail?

XP pro OEM?

try removing "AutoActivate = Yes" from your Winnt.Sif

Don't put "AutoActivate = NO" in your Winnt.sif instead.

NO:

[unattended]

AutoActivate = Yes

UnattendMode = FullUnattended

OemSkipEula = Yes

OemPreinstall = Yes

TargetPath = \WINDOWS

Repartition=No

FileSystem = *

WaitForReboot = No

UnattendSwitch = No

NoWaitAfterTextMode = 1

NoWaitAfterGUIMode = 1

KeyboardLayout="US"

YES:

[unattended]

UnattendMode = FullUnattended

OemSkipEula = Yes

OemPreinstall = Yes

TargetPath = \WINDOWS

Repartition=No

FileSystem = *

WaitForReboot = No

UnattendSwitch = No

NoWaitAfterTextMode = 1

NoWaitAfterGUIMode = 1

KeyboardLayout="US"

It might not help but it might be worth a try.

I don't have AutoActivate in my Winnt.sif and it works fine for me.

**Sonic** · February 21, 2006

If you use the key of your sticker, you MUST activate windows by phone or by internet. The AutoActivate = Yes allow to silently activate by the net, it works for the first time, if you reinstall more than three times it doesn't work, you must phone Microsoft. The WPA.dbl method doesn't work since SP1 !

The easy way is to create your custom from your original dell disk, with the generic key, windows is automatically activated if material is from Dell. Search on the forum, there is a topic about the process.

**hoodwinkedhybrid** · February 22, 2006

i used an XP home full retail disk.

ill attempt to not put anything... but i thought the popup was the reason i tried putting in the autoactive command in the first place... we'll see

and this is for a backup emachines computer, not dell. But i do use the dell computer to create the winnt because the emachines computer has been formatted a lot recently.

altho i will check out that forum for my dell computer which i plan to format next.

thanks again!

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