unattended installation

[Guest]

hi everyone

my question is very simple. instead of putting winnt.sif file on floppy i
want to put it on a cd.
i burned XP cd with winnt.sif included in CD, but the installation didnt be
automated.

any help ?

how can i put the answer file with windows XP CD ?

thank you

youssef

 

[John John]

Use Unattend.txt instead.

John

 

[Mikhail Zhilin]

" How to Perform an Unattended Installation of Windows from a CD-ROM"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314459

specifically, and in addition --

http://search.microsoft.com/results...SHOME&setlang=en-US&q=unattended+installation

--
Mikhail Zhilin
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
http://www.aha.ru/~mwz
Sorry, no technical support by e-mail.
Please reply to the newsgroups only.
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[Guest]

dear john

thank you for you replay, i changed the file name to unattend.txt and put it
with bootabel burned XP but also the insallation didnt automated this a copy
of my unattend .txt file :

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
AutoPartition=1
MsDosInitiated="0"
UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[Unattended]
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=No
TargetPath=\WINDOWS

[GuiUnattended]

AdminPassword=2fbf1c4d0462e8487a01665eb2eb6c146b9102902275e9a8e3cf540bfe913648
EncryptedAdminPassword=Yes
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone=120
OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
ProductKey=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
FullName="user"
OrgName="Miraco"
ComputerName=*

[RegionalSettings]
LanguageGroup=13,15,1
SystemLocale=00000409
UserLocale=00000409
InputLocale=0409:00000409

[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

 

[John John]

Did you try it named as WINNT.SIF and placed in the cd's \i386 directory?

John

dear john

thank you for you replay, i changed the file name to unattend.txt and put it
with bootabel burned XP but also the insallation didnt automated this a copy
of my unattend .txt file :

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
AutoPartition=1
MsDosInitiated="0"
UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[Unattended]
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=No
TargetPath=\WINDOWS

[GuiUnattended]

AdminPassword=2fbf1c4d0462e8487a01665eb2eb6c146b9102902275e9a8e3cf540bfe913648
EncryptedAdminPassword=Yes
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone=120
OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
ProductKey=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
FullName="user"
OrgName="Miraco"
ComputerName=*

[RegionalSettings]
LanguageGroup=13,15,1
SystemLocale=00000409
UserLocale=00000409
InputLocale=0409:00000409

[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes





:

Use Unattend.txt instead.

John

youssef wrote:

 

[Guest]

dear john

thank you for your. replay, yes i tried name it as winnt.sif but i didnt
placed it in i386 so let my name it as winnt.sif and place it to i386 and i
will inform you


regards

youssef

Did you try it named as WINNT.SIF and placed in the cd's \i386 directory?

John

dear john

thank you for you replay, i changed the file name to unattend.txt and put it
with bootabel burned XP but also the insallation didnt automated this a copy
of my unattend .txt file :

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
AutoPartition=1
MsDosInitiated="0"
UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[Unattended]
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=No
TargetPath=\WINDOWS

[GuiUnattended]

AdminPassword=2fbf1c4d0462e8487a01665eb2eb6c146b9102902275e9a8e3cf540bfe913648
EncryptedAdminPassword=Yes
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone=120
OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
ProductKey=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
FullName="user"
OrgName="Miraco"
ComputerName=*

[RegionalSettings]
LanguageGroup=13,15,1
SystemLocale=00000409
UserLocale=00000409
InputLocale=0409:00000409

[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes





:

Use Unattend.txt instead.

John

youssef wrote:


hi everyone

my question is very simple. instead of putting winnt.sif file on floppy i
want to put it on a cd.
i burned XP cd with winnt.sif included in CD, but the installation didnt be
automated.

any help ?

how can i put the answer file with windows XP CD ?

thank you

youssef

 

[Guest]

thanks john it is working now

dear john

thank you for your. replay, yes i tried name it as winnt.sif but i didnt
placed it in i386 so let my name it as winnt.sif and place it to i386 and i
will inform you


regards

youssef

Did you try it named as WINNT.SIF and placed in the cd's \i386 directory?

John

dear john

thank you for you replay, i changed the file name to unattend.txt and put it
with bootabel burned XP but also the insallation didnt automated this a copy
of my unattend .txt file :

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
AutoPartition=1
MsDosInitiated="0"
UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[Unattended]
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=No
TargetPath=\WINDOWS

[GuiUnattended]

AdminPassword=2fbf1c4d0462e8487a01665eb2eb6c146b9102902275e9a8e3cf540bfe913648
EncryptedAdminPassword=Yes
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone=120
OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
ProductKey=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
FullName="user"
OrgName="Miraco"
ComputerName=*

[RegionalSettings]
LanguageGroup=13,15,1
SystemLocale=00000409
UserLocale=00000409
InputLocale=0409:00000409

[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes





:


Use Unattend.txt instead.

John

youssef wrote:


hi everyone

my question is very simple. instead of putting winnt.sif file on floppy i
want to put it on a cd.
i burned XP cd with winnt.sif included in CD, but the installation didnt be
automated.

any help ?

how can i put the answer file with windows XP CD ?

thank you

youssef

 

[John John]

You're welcome. Thanks for the follow-up.

John

thanks john it is working now

:

dear john

thank you for your. replay, yes i tried name it as winnt.sif but i didnt
placed it in i386 so let my name it as winnt.sif and place it to i386 and i
will inform you


regards

youssef

:

Did you try it named as WINNT.SIF and placed in the cd's \i386 directory?

John



youssef wrote:

dear john

thank you for you replay, i changed the file name to unattend.txt and put it
with bootabel burned XP but also the insallation didnt automated this a copy
of my unattend .txt file :

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
AutoPartition=1
MsDosInitiated="0"
UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[Unattended]
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=No
TargetPath=\WINDOWS

[GuiUnattended]

AdminPassword=2fbf1c4d0462e8487a01665eb2eb6c146b9102902275e9a8e3cf540bfe913648
EncryptedAdminPassword=Yes
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone=120
OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
ProductKey=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
FullName="user"
OrgName="Miraco"
ComputerName=*

[RegionalSettings]
LanguageGroup=13,15,1
SystemLocale=00000409
UserLocale=00000409
InputLocale=0409:00000409

[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes





:



Use Unattend.txt instead.

John

youssef wrote:



hi everyone

my question is very simple. instead of putting winnt.sif file on floppy i
want to put it on a cd.
i burned XP cd with winnt.sif included in CD, but the installation didnt be
automated.

any help ?

how can i put the answer file with windows XP CD ?

thank you

youssef