gosh Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 I don't know if there's a policy against posting unattend files, but i thought it would be a good idea to post my unattend file in case anyone was curious. Over the past year or so i have updated it from time to time. Below is my unattend file (winnt.sif) and below that is explanations.winnt.sif;SetupMgrTag;this is for windows xp corp OEMPreinstall SP1[Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes"[unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemPreinstall=Yes OemSkipEula=Yes OemFilesPath=".\$OEM$" ; Location of $OEM$ folder WaitForReboot=No UnattendSwitch=yes DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore Hibernation=no TargetPath=* ; Generates random windows folder[systemFileProtection]SFCQuota=0;SFCDisable=2[GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=* EncryptedAdminPassword=NO OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=15 OEMSkipWelcome=1[userData] ProductID=xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxx ProductKey=xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxx FullName="Unattended" OrgName="Install" ComputerName=*[TapiLocation] AreaCode=425[FavoritesEx]Title1 = ntfs.urlURL1 = http://ntfs.orgTitle2 = <<spam>>.urlURL2 = http://www.<<spam>>.net/Title3 = bink.urlURL3 = http://winxp.bink.nu/Title4 = slashdot.urlURL4 = http://www.slashdot.com/Title5 = eweek.urlURL5 = http://www.eweek.com/Title6 = news.urlURL6 = http://www.news.com/Title7 = active.urlURL7 = http://www.activewin.com/Title8 = winbeta.urlURL8 = http://www.winbeta.org/[branding] BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes Home_Page=http://www.google.com Help_Page=http://support.microsoft.com Search_Page=http://www.yahoo.com/search/ie.html[Components] accessopt=off autoupdate=off chat=off deskpaper=off dialer=off freecell=off hearts=off media_clips=off Minesweeper=off msnexplr=off pinball=off solitaire=off spider=off WMAccess=off zonegames=off[Proxy] Proxy_Enable=0 Use_Same_Proxy=1[identification] JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP[Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes[TerminalServices] AllowConnections=1 ; Enables Remote DesktopNotes:1 - I designed my unattend file to only prompt you for one thing - where you want to install XP. Once you chose the destination partition, everything is automated. It will never auto format or repartition.2 - TargetPath=*, will cause setup to use the windows folder by default. But if a windows folder already exists, it'll make a random folder name. It will NOT delete an existing windows folder.3 - SFCQuota=0, will cause xp to not make a dllcache. The folder will exist and have the xp catalog files, but that's it. This speeds up install time, and decreases the footprint of the install.4 - ProductID and Productkey, if youre installing xp you only need to put the serial in Productid. However in server 2003 it uses the new value productkey. To make this unattend file usable for xp and server2003 i put both, which is harmless. Longhorn will only see the productkey field.5 - Allowconnections, enables remote desktop by default. This is potentially a security risk, but i personally love remote desktop and want it enabled by default.6 - OemFilesPath, as some of you know, in win2k and above there's a bug that causes the $OEM$ folder to not be copied. Because of this the $OEM$ folder might need to be under the i386 folder, or parallel to the i386 folder. Using this command makes the bug mute, since you're telling setup where the $OEM$ folder is.7 - As you can see, i used ; in the middle of the file. Any inf files (which is what an unattend file is), can use ; after the command.8 - As always, some settings in this unattend file might cause problems or decrease security. I am posting this for informational purposes, test the unattend file first before using it live.9 - A default XP install takes 1.5 gigs. If you use my unattend file the windows folder will only be 750 megs, the whole partition will be about 900 megs with pagefile. A typical xp install takes around 22 mins on my computer, with this unattend file it only takes 17-18 mins to install xp.-gosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveXP Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 look a bit like mine, my xp takes about the same time to install as yours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmcx9 Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 Golly gosh!great collection of postings over the last few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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