Create An Accound In Cmdline.txt

[squallgreg]

Hi everyone, and thank you for all the good work. I've almost done my unattend CD with extras.

Actually, I have only one batch file called by GuiRunOnce. I extracted the main lines of my .bat file (which does all the tweaks I need) (in this order) :

- Removing wallpapers, shortcuts and useless screensavers...

- Replacing uxtheme and SFC_OS...

- Applying Registry Tweaks...

- Installing Winrar 3.1b5

- Installing DirectX 9.0b...

- Applying SP2 Hotfixes and patches... (30 hotfixes with switches)

- Removing useless folders... (ex: RMDIR "%systemdrive%\Program Files\chat" /S /Q)

I think I need to create my user account before installing Winrar and the registry tweaks. I browsed the tutorial and the forums but I didnt find anything clear about it.

And I'd like to know if its possible to modify only a couple of files on a CDRW without having to go over all the process : copy all files on the HD, paste the modified versions of the files and burn again the damned boot CD ...

Thanx for any help

(I hope my english is not too bad)

[pmcx9]

in your $OEM$ directory place these two files

cmdlines.txt

[COMMANDS]
".\installs.cmd"

installs.cmd

rem Change this username
set _USER=********put your choice of username here**********
net user %_USER% "" /add >nul
net localgroup administrators "%_USER%" /add>nul
%SystemRoot%\system32\reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /v "DefaultUserName" /d "%_USER%" /f
%SystemRoot%\system32\reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /v "DefaultUserPassword" /d "" /f
%SystemRoot%\system32\reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /v "AutoAdminLogon" /d "1" /f

and make sure your winnt.sif has these lines in it amongst others

;SetupMgrTag
[Unattended]
    UnattendMode=FullUnattended
    UnattendSwitch="Yes"
  
[Data]
    UnattendedInstall="Yes"
    
[GuiUnattended]
    AdminPassword=*
    EncryptedAdminPassword=NO

and this should auto create a user for you.

I leave all my files on the hard disk and alter them there and burn to a 24speed rewritable when needed

[The Saint]

That's in $OEM$\$1\Install?

Or just $OEM$?

Will the changes like the regtweaks and OS apply also for this user?

[Aaron]

just the $OEM$ folder.

As for the Current User regtweaks - yes

[pmcx9]

$OEM$ and yes to regtweaks etc.

DOH! your soooo quick AAron.

May as well delete this post as just cluttering up now!

[The Saint]

I might have to put a thanks in my sig for all the quick asner AaronXP gave me!

[Aaron]

[squallgreg]

Thanks a lot PMCX9. So how do I know that during the first boot, it'll log under this user account ?

[pmcx9]

It will, don't forget to put the name in that you want to create in the installs.cmd

[squallgreg]

Important
If you are wish to silently install the extras, then add these lines to the [Unattended] section in your Winnt.sif now:

[Unattended]
OemPreinstall=Yes
UnattendSwitch="no"

Found in http://www.MSFN.org/unattended/xp/winnt_sif.htm. But you wrote to use the value "Yes" for UnattendSwitch

[pmcx9]

UnattendSwitch

Specifies whether Setup skips Windows Welcome or Mini-Setup when preinstalling Windows XP Home Edition or Windows XP Professional using the CD Boot method

(Mini-Setup is where you input your user names, so it also has no connection)

[squallgreg]

Ok I chose "yes" for unattendswitch.

And also under [GuiUnattended], I must remove autologon and logoncount, right ?