Regulatoric7 Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 I have followed all the steps under Beginner unattneded windows. I setup a virtual machine and started installing and when it got to the product key section is asked me for the key. I have already entered this it the answer file. What did I do wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulIA Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Do you have the WinNT.sif file set up correctly? Here's an example:[Branding] BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes[Data] AutomaticUpdates=Yes AutoPartition=1 MsDosInitiated=0 UnattendedInstall=Yes[Display] BitsPerPel=32 Vrefresh=72 Xresolution=1152 Yresolution=864[GuiRunOnce] %systemdrive%\AutoIt\RunOnce.exe[GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=********** AutoLogon=Yes OEMSkipRegional=1 OEMSkipWelcome=1 TimeZone=20[Identification] JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP[Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes[Shell] DefaultStartPanelOff=Yes DefaultThemesOff=Yes[TapiLocation] CountryCode=1 Dialing=Tone AreaCode=319[Unattended] DisableDynamicUpdates=No DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore Hibernation=1 OEMPreinstall=Yes OEMSkipEula=Yes Repartition=Yes TargetPath=\Windows UnattendMode=FullUnattended UnattendSwitch=Yes WaitForReboot=No[UserData] ProductID=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx FullName="John Doe" OrgName="Acme Corporation" ComputerName=ACME1Hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctrl-X Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Maybe you didn't use the correct key and media combination? Volume license media won't accept OEM keys and vice versa. When you enter the key manually, is it accepted? If it is, post your answer file so we can check it for errors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazin Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 When you enter the key manually, is it accepted?Yes, this is the question.Or, maybe, you used ProductKey= instead of ProductID=! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regulatoric7 Posted September 11, 2006 Author Share Posted September 11, 2006 Here is what I have ;SetupMgrTag[Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" AutomaticUpdates=yes[unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=No TargetPath=\WINDOWS FileSystem=*[GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=* EncryptedAdminPassword=NO OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=35 OemSkipWelcome=1[userData] ProductKey=******************* FullName="*****" OrgName="*****" ComputerName=Office[Display] BitsPerPel=32 Xresolution=1280 YResolution=1024 Vrefresh=85[RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=1[identification] JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP[Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=YesI just noticed that yes is in quotations. Maybe this a problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bledd Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 [userData]ProductKey = "11111-22222-33333-44444-55555"like that mine works.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctrl-X Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 (edited) Or, maybe, you used ProductKey= instead of ProductID=!Hmmm, PaulIA's answer file also has a "ProductID" entry... Nothing about that in the reference I've always been using "ProductKey" without any problems. Could any of you explain where this entry comes from and what the difference is?Edit: 100th post Edited September 11, 2006 by Ctrl-X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazin Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 I use ProductKey=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxxfor WIN-XP without Service Pack and for WIN-XP with SP1.I use ProductID=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxxfor WIN-XP with SP2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctrl-X Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Funny, "ProductKey" works fine with our WinXP SP2 source... Wouldn't be surprised if the two options were interchangeable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulIA Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 That's funny. I never realized that I had ProductID and not ProductKey. I started out using a WinNT.sif file from somebody else and just never realized that it was there. The Ref.chm file says to use ProductKey, but ProductID seems to work fine too.@mazin: Did you change yours to ProductID for a reason? Anywhere we can read up on this?Thanks,Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazin Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 @mazin: Did you change yours to ProductID for a reason? Anywhere we can read up on this?I'm used to reading before I apply/use anything that's new.After Ctrl-X had posted his input, I just looked in my WINNT.SIF of the three copies of Windows I've got on my CDs. (XP, XPSP1A, XPSP2)And, yes, what I said is correct in my case. I don't remember where I read this, however.But I'll see and post back if I find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regulatoric7 Posted September 11, 2006 Author Share Posted September 11, 2006 Ok, I just ran the answer wizard again and when I got to the save as part I went ahead and renamed it winnt.sif there. Ran it on VM and it works (except for I entered a wrong # for the product key so ill have to redo). Ok now that the basics work, what else is handy to add to all of this. I run Firefox so I'd like to add that and maybe Office and this and that lol. This is cool stuff!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctrl-X Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 Well, this is all turning a bit academical, but just for giggles I downloaded the WinXP SP1 Deployment Tools and created a new answer file using the Setup Manager. It had a ProductKey entry; no reference to a ProductID setting in the accompanying Ref.chm. Unfortunately I can't get my hands on the RTM version of the Deployment Tools, so I can't check the entry in that version. I did find a reference though to what seems to be the original version: *click*. All other information I found searching the Internet suggests that the ProductID setting was used in previous Windows versions. They probably left it in for backwards compatibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazin Posted September 11, 2006 Share Posted September 11, 2006 (edited) Well!I've done a research on Unattended Windows forum using ProductID as a keyword.I've got 15 pages, 25 topics each. Most of these topics appeared in the search resultsjust because someone posted their WINNT.SIf in a topic.This shows a fact that many people are using ProductID not ProductKey. B) Oh well, I've got some fun, too. Here, RyanVM says exactly the opposite to what I said. And it works!elduderino, the topic starter, answered: "Thats weird, because the winnt.sif is copied from a working unattended CD (SP2 slipstreamed)."elduderino used ProductID! --------------Here, NickAtNight used the SP2 setupmgr.exe from the DEPLOY directory.He/She created unattend.txt (WINNT.SIF) that has ProductID not ProductKey.Funny! Mine (SP2 setupmgr.exe) does create ProductKey not ProductID. --------------Here, both ProductKey and ProductID fail with jbond_13.His/Her key works if entered manually, though! --------------I still don't remember where I got "ProductID" from!But I recall that MS said that ProductID is used in WINNT.SIF if AutoActivate is set to YES. Edited September 11, 2006 by mazin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankE9999 Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 How can I install Windows 2000 without supplying the CD key?Also add the [userData] ProductKey=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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