btodd Posted October 10, 2003 Posted October 10, 2003 I would like to make a semi-attended CD. What I mean is, I would like to make a cd that installs the tweaks and programs just like in the unattended, but prompting the user for their name and cd key, because I would like to use the cd on other computers. Is it possible to use the same switch and batch methods for this? I would think all I need to do is change the option with the SP1 deployment tools to "User Controlled".
gosh Posted October 10, 2003 Posted October 10, 2003 The unattend switch would be ProvideDefaults i believe, instead of FullUnattended-gosh
Aaron Posted October 10, 2003 Posted October 10, 2003 Is it possible that removing the Name and cdkey entries in winnt.sif will prompt Setup to ask for those?
gosh Posted October 10, 2003 Posted October 10, 2003 ProvideDefault will prompt you for everything with the default value filled in from your unattend file. the only thing providedefault WON'T prompt you for is the product key. I've used it before, it's nice because if you let a friend borrow your cd he can change the computer name, etc.-gosh
btodd Posted October 10, 2003 Author Posted October 10, 2003 hmm... I would want the CD key promted... because I'm paranoid like that.
un4given1 Posted October 10, 2003 Posted October 10, 2003 Set FullUnattended and remove the info for CDkey and name. It WILL prompt you for anything that is unanswered by the SIF file.
beppemito Posted January 20, 2004 Posted January 20, 2004 ProvideDefault will prompt you for everything with the default value filled in from your unattend file. the only thing providedefault WON'T prompt you for is the product key. I've used it before, it's nice because if you let a friend borrow your cd he can change the computer name, etc.-goshcan i use PROVIDEDEFAULT with my winnt.sif?;SetupMgrTag[Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes"[Unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended Repartition=No OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes UnattendSwitch="yes" TargetPath=\WINDOWS OemPnPDriversPath="driver\000_nvidia_forceware;driver\001_adsltelecom" DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore[GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=* EncryptedAdminPassword=NO AutoLogon = Yes OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=110 OemSkipWelcome=1[UserData] ProductKey=.................censured.................... FullName="utente" OrgName="." ComputerName=*[Display] BitsPerPel=32 Xresolution=800 YResolution=600[TapiLocation] CountryCode=39[RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=10,2,1[Identification] JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP[Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes[URL] Home_Page=www.virgilio.it[Components] msmsgs=off zonegames=off[Shell] DefaultStartPanelOff = Yes CustomDefaultThemeFile="%Systemroot%\Resources\Themes\metallicblue.theme"[GuiRunOnce] %systemdrive%\install\bootlogo.cmd %systemdrive%\install\prepare.cmd %systemdrive%\install\patch\installa.cmd %systemdrive%\install\wpi.cmd %systemdrive%\install\install.cmd %systemdrive%\cleanup.cmd
Aaron Posted January 21, 2004 Posted January 21, 2004 You could, but Components and Timezone might not work (don't ask why :\)Try DefaultHide and remove the parts in winnt.sif that you want to be prompted for.
IcemanND Posted January 21, 2004 Posted January 21, 2004 As un4given1 said:Set FullUnattended and remove the info for CDkey and name. It WILL prompt you for anything that is unanswered by the SIF file.will ask for anything not in the winnt.sif which is required for setup with unattendmode=fullunattended. It will give an error message when it needs the cd-key that values provided where invalid, but when you click OK it continues with istall and asks for cd-key.
beppemito Posted January 21, 2004 Posted January 21, 2004 then, my winnt.sif became:;SetupMgrTag[Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes"[Unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended <----is it good? Repartition=No OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes UnattendSwitch="yes" TargetPath=\WINDOWS OemPnPDriversPath="driver\000_nvidia_forceware;driver\001_adsltelecom" DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore[GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=* <-----here??? EncryptedAdminPassword=NO AutoLogon = Yes OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=110 OemSkipWelcome=1[UserData] ProductKey= .................censured.................... FullName= <------------none OrgName= <------------none ComputerName= <------------none[Display] BitsPerPel=32 Xresolution=800 YResolution=600[TapiLocation] CountryCode=39[RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=10,2,1[Identification] JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP[Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes[URL] Home_Page=www.virgilio.it[Components] msmsgs=off zonegames=off[Shell] DefaultStartPanelOff = Yes CustomDefaultThemeFile="%Systemroot%\Resources\Themes\metallicblue.theme"[GuiRunOnce] %systemdrive%\install\bootlogo.cmd %systemdrive%\install\prepare.cmd %systemdrive%\install\patch\installa.cmd %systemdrive%\install\wpi.cmd %systemdrive%\install\install.cmd %systemdrive%\cleanup.cmd??
Screwz Luse Posted January 21, 2004 Posted January 21, 2004 So, is it possible to have it autologin anyway even if you have the user create his own password? I doubt it but I'm just curious.
IcemanND Posted January 21, 2004 Posted January 21, 2004 @screwz luse - your probably right, I missed that he was doing autologin.
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