successful sp3 integration, but why so GUI?

[pcrx9000@yahoo.com]

i have been using nlite for years now -- with no problems. my recent project slipping sp3 seemed to go without a hitch. only problem now is that i am having to wait for the xp setup screen to load, choose the partition, leave file system intact ... etc. etc.

all of my other installations automatically install to the first available partion without a user prompt. (if one exists)

am i just missing a check box somewhere?

[h4343]

i think you're missing this section in ur Unattend.txt:

[Data]

AutoPartition = 1

[pcrx9000@yahoo.com]

how do i fix that?

[pcrx9000@yahoo.com]

also -- it is stopping the installation to ask me for the administrator password. i thought when i did this before -- it was just one check box, and the installation was completely automated. what am i missing here guys?

[pcrx9000@yahoo.com]

i re-did the image, making sure fully-automated was checked. xp setup still is asking for partition information, even though the partition is already formatted NTFS. my other nlite xp builds, do not user prompt for that. as long as the disk is formatted it immediately begins the installation process.

please help -- only 1 reply so far?

[Ponch]

I don't know where you get that from but nLite has never had the option to pass the partitionning bit. That is unless you modify the winnt.sif manually, which you don't seem to be aware of. So maybe all those years you never used the "unattended" section ?

For the admin password, you have to tick the "blank password" box or fill the passwords.

[pcrx9000@yahoo.com]

i looked at my working xp slip with sp2, and in the winnt.sif i have the following:

;SetupMgrTag

[Data]

AutoPartition=1

MsDosInitiated="0"

UnattendedInstall="Yes"

can i just copy this file into the i386 directory before running nlite -- and have it use those unattended settings?

[pcrx9000@yahoo.com]

nlite is overwriting the sif, and chaging the sif [Data]

AutoPartition = 0, how can i change this ?

[cluberti]

nlite is overwriting the sif, and chaging the sif [Data]

AutoPartition = 0, how can i change this ?

When it's done, change it back

[pcrx9000@yahoo.com]

i guess what i mean is how do i edit the sif using nlite? or how do i recreate a bootable image after copying the files to the harddrive and editing the sif?

[pcrx9000@yahoo.com]

here's what i just tried. did the nlite thing. mounted the image, copied the entire contents to the harddrive. then edited the sif. used ultraiso to rebuild and burn the image. did not work -- but i think i am really close!

[pcrx9000@yahoo.com]

here is my sif:

it boots, but takes me to the windows setup screen, on my other installation it skips this altogether and immediately begins copying the installation files.

; Generated by nLite 1.4.5

[Data]

Autopartition=1

MsDosInitiated=0

UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[unattended]

UnattendMode=FullUnattended

UnattendSwitch="No"

OemPreinstall="Yes"

OemSkipEula="Yes"

FileSystem=*

WaitForReboot="No"

NoWaitAfterTextMode=1

NoWaitAfterGUIMode=1

DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

NonDriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

[systemRestore]

[GuiUnattended]

AdminPassword=*

TimeZone=035

OEMSkipRegional=1

OemSkipWelcome=1

[Components]

[userData]

ProductKey="xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx"

ComputerName=*

FullName="Home User"

OrgName="Home"

[RegionalSettings]

Language= "0409"

[Networking]

InstallDefaultComponents="Yes"

[identification]

JoinWorkgroup="PCRX"

[pcrx9000@yahoo.com]

i think i was missing this: TargetPath=\WINDOWS

[Ponch]

here's what i just tried. did the nlite thing. mounted the image, copied the entire contents to the harddrive. then edited the sif. used ultraiso to rebuild and burn the image. did not work -- but i think i am really close!

Or you can just edit the .sif when nLite stops, before it makes the iso.

[pcrx9000@yahoo.com]

when you say "just edit the .sif when nLite stops", where are those files located prior to the iso burn?