Hot Topic: Multi-bootable N-in-1 Cd Howto

[I_R_lectrishun]

Sweet!
Question; will either of these versions require a 25 digit key?
Can you make it so it doesn't require one?
I remember a while back when slipstreaming SP2 into 2000Pro, there was a file somewhere that if you changed the last 3 digit's of this long number string, it would bypass that whole "enter your 25 digit key" thing.

[g-string]

Terrific thread, khauyeung. Many thanks for sharing your knowledge with us in this complex area.

Merry Christmas to you, and keep up the great working you've been doing in recent months.

g-string.

[nnuxx]

@Klaasman -this one was posted back in d days of old BetaNet:
[quote:65d45b737f] On the Windows XP Professional CD, extract the contents of the Deploy.cab file into a directory on your computer. Then run setupmgr.exe and create a CD based unattend.txt file, and do a minimal answer file. During that file, enter the VLK of the XP Professional you are using, and once you are finished, it will create a unattend.txt file on your hard drive. At that point, rename the file to WINNT.SIF and then open WinISO (or comparable program) and add the WINNT.SIF file you just created to the I386 directory on your Volume Edition of XP. Then save the ISO, and burn a new CD. After that, it will no longer prompt you for the CD-Key during installation.

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the file 'winnt.sif' should look like:
-------------- Start ---------------------

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

[Unattended]
OemSkipEula=Yes
UnattendMode=ProvideDefault
OemPreinstall=No

[GuiUnattended]
EncryptedAdminPassword=NO

[UserData]
ProductID=FCxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx
FullName=""
OrgName=""

[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes


-------------- End ----------------------

change the serial from x to ...

but it works only if you install from CD,
not if you install from HD !!! [/quote:65d45b737f]
hope it helps some

@khauyeung... man... i could give one Big CHUAC!!.. right now
d kind of my old granma would give me every xmas , lol.

a million thank you's for this great tutorial will keep me busy for a wile

[BigHead50]

Thank You Sooooo Much khauyeung, for such an Informative and just Plain FUN Class of CD Learning....

My first Dish has turned out just Great!

I will definitely Share this valuable info...

I wish You and Yours a Very Merry Christmas and Holiday Season..

Peace and Goodwill to all...

SeeYa

WOW! This is the most informative thread I have ever read!! Well done khauyeung for your efforts.

I have just finished 'cooking' an Office XP SP1 2-in-1 with Word, Excel, FrontPage, Publisher etc on one disk. Here's a screen shot of the autorun menu...

If anybody would like the exe file just PM me.

morrison

[craftyc]

Great stuff khauyeung, I am just about to complete the CD.

However, I ahve found that it is unnecessary to change the BOOT.BIN file (and all the others) for the primary OS! It all works perfectly without changing it!

Thanks again for the informative posts

[I_R_lectrishun]

NNUX: That is different from what I am refering to. In that operation you described above, you still need to provide a key. The hack I'm talking about, you don't need to enter a key ever. I'll see if I can locate the direction's.

[khauyeung]

Klaasman, I know you are talking about changing pid to xxxxx270 in setupp.ini for the windows 2000 professional so as to turn it to corporate version which does not ask for a Product Key. The same thing will NOT be happening in XP or .NET products!



Last edited by khauyeung at Aug 18 2002, 08:39 PM

[Woogieman]

An excellent presentation on making an n in 1 CD, khauyeung. You've just given the rest of us a diligent (but enjoyable) challenge to bring our knowledge level forward into the new "XP world"!!

Thanks again..

[craftyc]

khauyeung, could you tell me the program you used to create the autorun menu that is in your 6-in-1? I have tried editing the one for the final stage but the results aren't what I wanted.