Using unattended setup to Upgrade to XP PRO

[Michael E. Washburn]

I see that using the /unattend switch allows me to upgrade my present
machine, but it prompts me for a Product key. Is there a way around this?

Michael E. Washburn
Inofin Incorporated
Email: (e-mail address removed)
http://www.inofin.com

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Customizing Unattended Installations
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prbc_cai_khud.asp

Deploying Windows XP Using Windows Product Activation
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/wpadepl.mspx

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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|I see that using the /unattend switch allows me to upgrade my present
| machine, but it prompts me for a Product key. Is there a way around this?
|
| Michael E. Washburn
| Inofin Incorporated
| Email: (e-mail address removed)
| http://www.inofin.com
|
|

 

[Michael E. Washburn]

For further reference, I did find out how to do the upgrade from 2000 to XP
Pro using unattended setup, here is a copy of the unattended.txt file I
used:

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

[Unattended]
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
TargetPath=\WINDOWS
FileSystem =LeaveAlone
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=Yes
NtUpgrade=Yes ; this is the line which allows you to run the upgrade the
values for this option are: Yes | No | Manual | Single



[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword=*
EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone=35
OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
ProductKey="Your Product Key Here"
FullName="Your Name Here"
OrgName="Your Company Name Here"
ComputerName=*

[Components]
; This section contains keys for installing the components of
; Windows XP Professional. A value of On installs the component, and a
; value of Off prevents the component from being installed.
iis_common = On
iis_inetmgr = Off
iis_www = Off
iis_ftp = Off
iis_doc = Off
iis_smtp = On
; The Fp_extensions key installs Front Page Server Extensions.
Fp_extensions = On
; If you set the TSEnabled key to On, Terminal Services is installed on
; a current version of Windows Server.
TSEnabled = On
; If you set the TSClients key to On, the files required to create
; Terminal Services client disks are installed. If you set this key
; to On, you must also set the TSEnabled key to On.
TSClients = On
Indexsrv_system = On
Accessopt = On
Calc = On
Charmap = On
Chat = Off
Clipbook = On
Deskpaper = On
Dialer = On
Freecell = Off
Hypertrm = On
Media_clips = On
Media_utopia = On
Minesweeper = Off
Mousepoint = Off
Mplay = On
Mswordpad = On
Paint = On
Pinball = Off
Rec = On
Solitaire = Off
Templates = On
Vol = On

[Display]
Xresolution=1024
YResolution=768

[TapiLocation]
CountryCode=1
Dialing=Tone
AreaCode=781

[SetupMgr]
DistFolder=X:\
DistShare=XPDEPLOY

[Branding]
BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

[Proxy]
; Proxy_Enable=1
; Use_Same_Proxy=1
; HTTP_Proxy_Server=192.168.1.1:8080
; Proxy_Override=<local>

[Identification]
; JoinDomain=INOFININC

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes


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I hope this saves someone else time in trying to figure this out, and thanks
Carey because your answer got me to searching when it didn't work, I did a
further search and found the answer.

Michael E. Washburn
Inofin Inc.
(e-mail address removed)