Getting rid of the Windows Welome screen

[stroeks]

Hi, im setting up a ris server for my company to install customer pc's.

Everything is working fine so far, only have to complete the batch scripts to install the apps.

There is one thing though that i cant seem to solve... the windows welcome screen

When i installed windows on a pc by using ris it still displays the welcome screen even after lots of failed attemps to remove it.

After studying the ref.chm i changed 'OEMSkipWelcome' to '1' and 'OEMPreinstall' to 'Yes'.

This however did not work as it should according microsoft. So i started to search on google and came across this forum. I searched for posts describing the same problem and found 2 solutions that worked for others... but ofcourse not for me

First was 'UnattendSwitch'. So i tried it but i almost pulled my hair out when i saw, after re-installing, the screen again.

Not intending to give up so easily i searched the forum again and found a reg key that time:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]"LogonType"=dword:00000000

Convinced i found the right solution this time i put it in a batch script that was run by the cmdlines.txt.

And once again the screen returned

Now, im not sure if it actually added the reg key before the welcome screen... is it even possible? and if so, how can i check if it did :/

Edited May 12, 2006 by stroeks

[oioldman]

you need to add oemskipwelcome=1 to your .sif file in the guiunattended section if i recall.

have a look here http://unattended.msfn.org or just read your ref.chm file from within the supporttools cab

[stroeks]

yeah sorry, it was set to 1... always was set to 1

just got the numbers mixed up when i was typing my post

[oioldman]

can you upload your .sif file your doing your ris from, so we can see what it looks like and if anythhng stands out as being a potential issue.

Remeber to REMOVE your cd-key

[stroeks]

kinda late reply but i didnt have internet for some days

here it is:

[data]
floppyless = "1"
msdosinitiated = "1"
OriSrc = "\\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%"
OriTyp = "4"
LocalSourceOnCD = 1

[SetupData]
OsLoadOptions = "/noguiboot /fastdetect"
SetupSourceDevice = "\Device\LanmanRedirector\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%"

[Unattended]
OEMPreinstall = Yes
FileSystem = LeaveAlone
ExtendOEMPartition = 0
TargetPath = \WINDOWS
OemSkipEula = yes
InstallFilesPath = "\\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%"
LegacyNIC = 1

[UserData]
FullName = "gebruiker"
OrgName = ""
ComputerName = %MACHINENAME%
ProductKey=%PRODUCT_ID%

[GuiUnattended]
OEMSkipWelcome = 1
OemSkipRegional = 1
TimeZone = 110
AdminPassword = "*"

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents= yes
ProcessPageSelections = yes

[NetServices]
MS_Server=params.MS_PSched

[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup=ris

[RemoteInstall]
Repartition = Yes
UseWholeDisk = Yes



[OSChooser]
Description="win xp test"
Help="Automatically installs Microsoft Windows XP Professional without prompting the user for input."
LaunchFile="%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%\templates\startrom.com"
ImageType=Flat
Version="5.1 (0)"