intergrating system restore into Win 2K3 CD?

[YeuEmMaiMai]

OK guys here is what I would like to do.

I would like to intergrate the installation of the system restore ustility into my Windows 2003 Server CD

1. I have copied all of the files to the x:\i386 folder

I want to know how do I get winnt.sif to run the sr.sif file during the installation of Win 2K3

I am thinking that you just paste the contents of the sr.sif file into the Winnt.sif file before your batch files

[Aaron]

Do you mean sr.inf?

%SystemRoot%\System32\rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132 path/to/sr.inf

replace path/to/sr.inf with necessary path

You should execute this from a batch file, save it as sr.cmd and place the path to sr.cmd from winnt.sif's GuiRunOnce

[YeuEmMaiMai]

oops yeah I meant sr.inf

Ok so when I place it into my batch file it should run without prompting for the CD\I386 since the files have been placed into the \I386 folder on the CD right?

so my path would be like this X = CD Rom drive letter

x:\I386 <- where I placed the system restore files

x:\$oem$\$1\install\SystemRestore\sr.inf

I will run

x:\$oem$\$1\install\SystemRestore.cmd

-------contents of systemrestore.cmd---------

Echo Please wait while Windows System Restore is installed...

Echo.

Echo Installing System Restore registry entries

REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\SystemRestore\SystemRestore.reg

Echo.

Echo Please wait while Windows runs the System Retore setup routine.

Echo.

%SystemRoot%\System32\rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132 %systemdrive%\install\SystemRestore\sr.inf

Exit

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Now since this is all good one last question How do I prevent it from prompting for a reboot?

[Aaron]

in theory yes

[DaveXP]

as long as it is in the I386 dir it will run fine.