hello, please need your advice

i just want to create a Windows-XP-CD with the 'winnt.sif' file in the folder i386, so i never have to entered in the future my Corp_Serial ...

is this the right one :

are there some statements missing or too much ...

thanks for your help in advance :rolleyes:

have a nice day
kernel

Hi Kernel, :)

I attached a sample winnt.sif file.

I suggest you to have AutoPartition=0 otherwise it will choose the drive and format without asking you -- possibility to loose your Data.

Have a look at this thread too.
http://www.betaone.net/index.php?showtopic...42&hl=winnt.sif

Also more advanced options:
http://unattended.msfn.org/

Cheers,
McoreD

Thanks ~*McoreD*~ for your quick reply,

so is my example right ( except AutoPartition=0 ) or not ... can i skip over all not needed parameters ?

remember, the only thing what i want is ... to skip entering the serialnumber ...

have a nice day
kernel

just tested it :D

this are the correct statements for skipping entering the serialnumber :

have a nice day
kernel

Yes thats correct though I perfer:

:) :) :)

Interesting Will. :)

Can I also safely add
to my Winnt.sif or do I need further configuration?

Also, what is DefaultStartPanelOff = Yes ?

Thanks,
McoreD

Yes you can safely add that to yours.

DefaultStartPanelOff = Yes means to change to the normal start up menu. You know the normal win98/win2k start up menu instead of the new winxp one.

:)

Thanks Will.

One more thing please. I like to have Primary DNS suffix automatically added as well.



http://img39.exs.cx/img39/3711/dns-suffix.png

For example, in my case: the csse.uwa.edu.au part. The computer name should be automatically generated.

I added the following:

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes
DNSDomain=csse.uwa.edu.au

But it didn't seem to work. Much appreciated for guiding us on this. :)

Cheers,
McoreD

Will get back to you on this but try this:

[params.MS_TCPIP]
DNS=Yes
UseDomainNameDevolution=No
EnableLMHosts=No
AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1

[params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1]
DNSDomain=csse.uwa.edu.au

Of course change the Adapter1 to correct Adapter.

Hi there, I managed to test the XP CD today but unfortunately the following winnt.sif file didn't add the DNS Suffix either. :(

Thanks,
McoreD

Well damn and I have not seen any way to either. :(

Maybe you cant?

Trying posting at neowin if you have not already. ;)

I posted a reply on Neowin yesterday, but the posts get buried quick. Here is my original post.

You need to put the following lines below your [NetAdapters] parameter

[NetAdapters]
Adapter1=params.Adapter1

[params.Adapter1]
INFID=*

Let me know if this works out for you.

Thank you paratrupr. I am currently downloading the final version of SP2. I will report back after trying it in Virtual PC.

I am in dialup. :(

That's very right paratrupr, they indeed get buried very quick. I couldn't find my thread until I tried the 7th page.

Dialup? You poor soul. I guess I'll here back from you in a few weeks, lol. Hope it works out for ya.

I'm trying to figure out the [NetServices] part.

I'm just using normal Local Area Connection and want to disable MS_PSched QoS Packet Scheduler and MS_Server File and Print Services.

So how?

I did some searching on your question, and although no one clearly states "Use this option to NOT install THESE services"...

I interpret the following as an indication to ONLY install THESE services:

[NetServices]
MS_NwSapAgent = params.MS_NwSapAgent
MS_RasSrv = params.MS_RasSrv
MS_WLBS = params.MS_WLBS

[params.MS_NwSapAgent]

[params.MS_RasSrv]

[params.MS_WLBS]

Check out this document for a list of some of the parameters you can use for the listed services.

Hope this helps.

All right thanks a lot. Will try it in a bit. :)

Tried an unattended install today with the following in the winnt.sif file.

Unfortunately the DNS Domain name is still not added to the DNS Suffix. :(

All right, try this:

Thanks Will, I'll try that. Oh and I also wanted to point you out one thing:

In your code, you have:

When EncryptedAdminPassword=Yes, I just found out that AutoLogin becomes disabled. So having AutoLogon=Yes was pointless.

I had to put EncryptedAdminPassword=No. Otherwise, it was waiting for the user to put the password in, before it did the RunOnceEx stuff.

Yeah I know I figured it out awhile ago. :)

Here is my new one. :)

This is of course for DVD. :) At 980 MB (1,028,325,458 bytes) after cleaning up un-need files. :)

I do about 500 registry tweaks and install at least 40 appz so far.

Working on adding office 2003 pro. :)