windows autmated install,
email me, and I think i got directions for it at home

to start off

visit Creating an unattended installation of Windows 2000/XP/.NET (Part 1

and Creating a bootable Windows XP SP1 CD (Nero)

Kyro

hey... i have been trying to do that, and no luck.. i have checked/done everything from the tacktech guide and other guides, followed step by step and its not working for me...
this is one of the sif files for the full unattended install, its kind of basically but keep in mind that its for testing purpouse only.... till i get it to work ill add the drives for my hardware, couple of apps and DX9...

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

[unattended]
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=No
TargetPath=WINDOWS

[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword=*
EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone=50
OemSkipWelcome=1

[userData]
ProductID=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX
FullName="xxxxxx"
OrgName="xxxxxx"
ComputerName=xxxxxxx

[Display]
BitsPerPel=32
Xresolution=1024
YResolution=768

[TapiLocation]
CountryCode=1

[RegionalSettings]
LanguageGroup=1

[identification]
JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes
--------------------------------ENDS HERE----------------------------------------

couple Q's...
* where do i put the sif and bat files? (which folder? %cdroot% or i386)
* the deploy tool ceates a plain txt file... should i keep it that way or rename it the file extention to sif or something else?

im slipstreaming XP pro + sp1...

Hidr0

actually this is a nice guide( slipstream one @ tactek) .. i havent tried it ..i suggest u also put ur query at the GUIDE'S authors.

couple Q's...
* where do i put the sif and bat files? (which folder? %cdroot% or i386)
* the deploy tool ceates a plain txt file... should i keep it that way or rename it the file extention to sif or something else?

im slipstreaming XP pro + sp1...

Hidr0

If you read the 'tacktech guide' page 2 carefully than:

After you finished the wizard:

Next you will choose where to save the file and the name. To make things easy call it winnt.sif. This will create a winnt.bat and winnt.sif.

At 'Final Steps':

Copy the two files winnt.bat and winnt.sif to the cdi386 directory

Also, have you read the note?

Added Note:
You need you edit your winnt.bat file to reflect these changes. This will allow it to work in a CD-ROM drive you put it in.

Hope this helps!

Vegeta .... very nice :wink:

Thanx Kyro! :wink:

Howdo you add applications to an unattended install?

What kind of applications?

As far as I know (and little do I know! ) applications that require userinput (like e.g. a name or a key) can't be installed unattended unless they also use answerfiles or something similar (like e.g. Standalone Internet Explorer setup can do).

Someone correct me if I'm wrong!

Applications that don't require any userinput can be installed in an unattended Windows installation. You can specify them in 2 places in the Windows Setup Manager. You can specify them in the Run Once section if the application setup requires that a user is logged on (most applications do require this). Or you can specify them in the Additional Commands section if the application setup does not require a user to be logged on.
Ofcourse you will have to specify the path where the application setupfile is located and optionally you can specify any command parameter required by the setupfile.

Never tried this myself though! So try it at your own risk.

If you read the 'tacktech guide' page 2 carefully than:

After you finished the wizard:



At 'Final Steps':


Also, have you read the note?





Hope this helps!

thanx for the info Vegueta, i saw those updates after i posted here... since i had an older version of the same guide which didnt had those final steps....

I hope this helps you finish your unattended install!