Hello,

I've just began creating my very own unattended copy of Windows XP Professional, naturally i've ran into a few problems.

• The 'Help Protect Your PC' screen still shows even though i've included 'AutomaticUpdates=yes' in my answer file.
  
• The "Register your copy of Windows with Microsoft" screen is highly irritating, how can i remove it?
  

Thank you guys!

laze.

Could you post your answer file here?

As requested:

;SetupMgrTag

[Data]AutoPartition=0

MsDosInitiated="0"

UnattendedInstall="Yes"

AutomaticUpdates=yes

[unattended]

UnattendMode=FullUnattended

OemSkipEula=Yes

OemPreinstall=No

TargetPath=just_xp

FileSystem=*

WaitForReboot="No"

DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

ProgramFilesDir="C:\software\"

CommonProgramFilesDir="C:\software\common\"

KeyboardLayout="United Kingdom"

[GuiUnattended]

AdminPassword=*

EncryptedAdminPassword=Yes

OEMSkipRegional=1

TimeZone=85

OemSkipWelcome=1

ProfilesDir="C:\users\"

[userData]

ProductKey=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

FullName="windows_xp_user"

OrgName="na"

ComputerName=*

[Display]

BitsPerPel=32

Xresolution=1024

YResolution=768

AutoConfirm=1

[TapiLocation]

CountryCode=44

Dialing=Tone

[RegionalSettings]

LanguageGroup=1

SystemLocale=00000809

UserLocale=00000809

InputLocale=0809:00000809

Language=00000809

[Components]

msmsgs=off

msnexplr=off

freecell=off

hearts=off

minesweeper=off

pinball=off

spider=off

zonegames=off

[branding]

BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

Home_Page=http://www.theinquirer.net

Search_Page=http://www.google.co.uk

[Proxy]

Proxy_Enable=0

Use_Same_Proxy=1

[identification]

JoinWorkgroup=HOME

[Networking]

InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[WindowsFirewall]

Profiles = WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall

[WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall]

Mode = 0

laze.

Edited November 6, 200619 yr by Incroyable HULK

just laze - please remove your serial key

just had a quick look and can't see anything obvious

just laze - please remove your serial key

Remove the AdminPassword as well... The encryption maybe reversible.

To resolve your issues, try adding "UnattendSwitch=Yes" to the [unattended] section.

just laze - please remove your serial key

just had a quick look and can't see anything obvious

It's OK, I just did a quick google-search of part of the Key, it's all over the internet - so it doesn't appear to be "his serial"!

http://www.google.com/search?num=100&q...K2&filter=1

On the "Help Protect Your PC" screen, the best idea is to disable the "Security Centre" Service. This still allows access to it through the control panel, but disables it from living in the system tray and warning you about these little things.

Hello Plamdi,

Thank you for your reply.

To confirm, disabling the Security Centre service will remove the icon+pop-up that you're presented with if you do not have anti-virus / firewall software installed on your PC?

It will not remove Security Centre itself, or have any adverse effects on security other than the removal of the warnings?

laze.