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[celzius]

I just made an unattended cd with the components section containing

msnexplr = Off

msmsgs = Off

zonegames = Off

but after i tried it and installed it, it still installed all these programs, Can somebody help?

[b0r3d]

did it perform everything else correctly in your winnt.sif?

[celzius]

Well actually it wasn't completely unattended, rather it was given defaults and you could replace them if you wanted. It correctly skipped the serial no. after i entered it but it still made me change the time zone and phone numbers even after i put it in my answer file. Here's what my winnt.sif looks like:

;SetupMgrTag

[Data]

AutoPartition=0

MsDosInitiated="0"

UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[unattended]

UnattendMode=ProvideDefault

OemPreinstall=Yes

TargetPath=\WINDOWS

Repartition=No

WaitForReboot=No

OemSkipEula = Yes

[GuiUnattended]

EncryptedAdminPassword=NO

OEMSkipRegional=0

TimeZone=120

[userData]

ProductKey=************************

FullName=""

OrgName=""

[Display]

BitsPerPel=24

Xresolution=1024

YResolution=768

[TapiLocation]

CountryCode=20

Dialing=Tone

AreaCode=02

[RegionalSettings]

LanguageGroup=13,1

[GuiRunOnce]

Command0=%systemdrive%\install\hotfixes.cmd

Command1=%systemdrive%\install\main_batch.cmd

[identification]

JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]

InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Components]

msmsgs = Off

Msnexplr = Off

Zonegames = Off

[b0r3d]

Im not positive about this, but it could be the order you have your information in.

In my winnt.sif that works without fail, it goes in this order.

[Data]

[unattended]

[GUIUnattended]

[userData]

[Display]

[TapiLocation]

[Regional Settings]

[identification]

[Networking]

[Componants]

[GuiRunOnce]

Try ordering your winnt.sif to the way i have done, and give it a go. If it works, be sure to post and let me know

[gajotnt]

i think these

[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Components]
msmsgs = Off
Msnexplr = Off
Zonegames = Off

should be before this

[GuiRunOnce]
Command0=%systemdrive%\install\hotfixes.cmd
Command1=%systemdrive%\install\main_batch.cmd

[Aaron]

UnattendMode=ProvideDefault should be UnattendMode=FullUnattended

[Components] and some other sections never take effect when its on ProvideDefault

[celzius]

UnattendMode=ProvideDefault should be UnattendMode=FullUnattended

[Components] and some other sections never take effect when its on ProvideDefault

Are you sure about that? Why would they not work, it's like an unattended install except it allows you to change things just in case?

[Aaron]

I've honestly no idea. When I started this project back in June, I used to use ProvideDefault and was baffled for days and days on why [Components] and [Display] never took effect. Changing to FullUnattended fixed everything

[webmedic]

UnattendMode=ProvideDefault should be UnattendMode=FullUnattended

[Components] and some other sections never take effect when its on ProvideDefault

Are you sure about that? Why would they not work, it's like an unattended install except it allows you to change things just in case?

I agree I have had issues with provide default as soon as i went to full unatended it worked great.

[Paul 365]

Also Check for extra spaces at the end of your lines of text - i remember reading somewhere that it can cause lines to be ignored.

I don't know if i read that on this forum or the pebuilder one so ......

[celzius]

Will any other settings allow them to run other than fullunattended?

[webmedic]

no

[RyanVM]

no

Not true. I use UnattendMode=DefaultHide on my CD and everything installs (or should I say, doesn't install ) correctly.

[webmedic]

default hide what does that do. and if it does not install correctly then it doesn't work I guess.

[RyanVM]

You misunderstood me - the items do not install like they I tell them not to.

DefaultHide allows users to change things I don't specify in winnt.sif. For example, I want to use this CD with other people, but I don't want to share my CD Key, so I leave that field blank to be filled in during installation. FullUnattended would give you an error message if you tried that