setup to skip the registration part of setup?

[jdgordon]

gday

im trying to get this unattended cd going and its working... slowly....

how do i set it up so it doesnt ask about registry and user names after the install finishes?

[Drewdatrip]

gday

im trying to get this unattended cd going and its working... slowly....

how do i set it up so it doesnt ask about registry and user names after the install finishes?

As far as i understand, its not a good idea to skip this step if you intended to install themes or registry hacks. Cause by avoiding the user enty you install these things on the admin account, in which you would not get the custom settings within your personal account.

|Drew|

[webmedic]

well I have a way. I think I have posted most of this in little palces arround here. You dissable that in your winnt.sif like so.

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

[Unattended]
AutoActivate="no"
;CrashDumpSetting="0"
DisableDynamicUpdates=Yes
;FileSystem=LeaveAlone
;Hibernation=0
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=Yes
TargetPath=\WINDOWS
Repartition=No
UnattendSwitch="Yes"
WaitForReboot="No"
NoWaitAfterTextMode=1
NoWaitAfterGUIMode=1
DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\IDE_RAID;Drivers\4in1442v;Drivers\4in1442v\AGP;Drivers\4in1442v\AGP33"

[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword=*
EncryptedAdminPassword=no
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone="004"
OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
ProductID=You-need-to-put-your-prductid-here
FullName="User"
OrgName="My Home"
ComputerName=Computer

that will shut off most everything for you then you need to make sure to load your user settings through cmdlines.txt

[COMMANDS]
".\user.cmd"

cmdlines.text goes under $OEM$

then in user.cmd use this

CLS
@ECHO OFF
ECHO Adding Default User...
net user User /add
net localgroup "administrators" User /add
ECHO.
ECHO Applying Root Registry Tweaks...
REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\Reg_Root_Tweaks.reg
ECHO.
EXIT

ok final part in Reg_root_tweeks.reg use this

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 

;This will allow you to autologin.
;Replace User value with the Username you want to autologin with.
;Replace InsertPassword value with the password corresponding to the Username specified.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"DefaultUserName"="User"
"DefaultPassword"=""
"AutoAdminLogon"="1"

ok thats it now when you install any apps they will insatall as your user who will also have admin right.

[njay]

I have also suffered this problem, thanks for the above answer.

But it also asked to set up my internet connection, I do I stop this screen.

Thanks

[webmedic]

you need to supply your internet settings in the winnt.sif. For that everybody has diffeerent needs. I use a generic setup in mine like this.

[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[njay]

I had both of these options set,

[identification]

JoinWorkgroup=MSHOME

[Networking]

InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

but it still asked the question.

[webmedic]

hm here is my whole winnt.sif and I don't get any of those questions.

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

[Unattended]
AutoActivate="no"
;CrashDumpSetting="0"
DisableDynamicUpdates=Yes
;FileSystem=LeaveAlone
;Hibernation=0
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=Yes
TargetPath=\WINDOWS
Repartition=No
UnattendSwitch="Yes"
WaitForReboot="No"
NoWaitAfterTextMode=1
NoWaitAfterGUIMode=1
DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\radeon-cat3_6\2KXP_INF;Drivers\radeon-cat3_6\TV_Capture\WDM_XP;Drivers\Nvidia;
Drivers\nforce;Drivers\nforce\AudioDRV;Drivers\nforce\AudioUtl;Drivers\nforce\Display;Drivers\nforce\Ethernet;
Drivers\nforce\GART;Drivers\nforce\IDE;Drivers\nforce\MemCtl;Drivers\nforce\SMBus;Drivers\nforce\USB;
Drivers\IDE_RAID;Drivers\4in1442v;Drivers\4in1442v\AGP;Drivers\4in1442v\AGP33;Drivers\4in1442v\AgpME;
Drivers\4in1442v\IDEWinXP;Drivers\4in1442v\Inf;Drivers\4in1442v\IRQ;Drivers\4in1442v\Pfd;Drivers\4in1442v\WinXP;
Drivers\VIA-VT6103;Drivers\wdm;Drivers\wdm\wdm;"

[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword=*
EncryptedAdminPassword=no
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone="004"
OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
ProductID=*******
; ProductID=******
FullName="User"
OrgName="My Home"
ComputerName=Computer

[Display]
BitsPerPel=32
Xresolution=1024
YResolution=768
Vrefresh=85

[TapiLocation]
CountryCode=1

[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Branding]
BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

[URL]
Home_Page=www.webmedic.net
Help_Page=www.webmedic.net
Search_Page=www.google.com

[Components]
msmsgs=off
msnexplr=off
freecell=off
hearts=off
minesweeper=off
pinball=off
solitaire=off
spider=off
zonegames=off
OEAccess=off

[Shell]
; DefaultStartPanelOff = Yes
; DefaultThemesOff = Yes
; defaultthemesoff = yes will override this setting
CustomDefaultThemeFile = "%systemroot%\Resources\Themes\MyTheme.theme"

[GuiRunOnce]
%systemdrive%\install\first_boot.cmd

if you use this change the oempnpdrivrepath. It should be all on one line.

[njay]

I have a few differences, Especially in the Unattended section.

These are the differences missing the following

AutoActivate="no"

DisableDynamicUpdates=Yes

NoWaitAfterTextMode=1

NoWaitAfterGUIMode=1

and I will change the following from No to Yes

UnattendSwitch="Yes"

I will try this tonight and see what happens

Thanks

[webmedic]

good i hope it helps as I have worked quite a while to get it just right.

[njay]

thanks for the info, I added the above settings to my winnt.sif and now it installs with out asking any questions.

[Aaron]

It was the UnattendSwitch="Yes" that stopped the Welcome to Windows XP screen asking if you had an active internet connection (if you wanted to know)

[njay]

Thanks, I wondered if that was the setting as I had it set to no. Is there a list of what all the switches in the winnt.sif mean.

[b0r3d]

Check the references guide on the Unattended website.