[Saraband]

i slipstreamed sp2 into my xp pro cd. made a winnt.sif using the guide @ http://unattended.ms...p/winnt_sif.htm and placed it into the i386 folder. created an iso using cdimage. burned iso. all AOK so far. however, during installation of xp from the cd the winnt.sif is ignored and i still am prompted to enter all the info like key and name etc. any ideas please as to the main reasons for this trouble ? winnt.sif below


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

[Unattended]
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=No
TargetPath=\WINDOWS
OemPreinstall=Yes
UnattendSwitch="yes"
FileSystem=*


[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword="password"
EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone=255
OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
ProductKey=?????-?????????-?????-?????
FullName="XCVXCVXCV"
OrgName="XCVXCVXCV"
ComputerName=*

[Display]
Xresolution=800
YResolution=600

[TapiLocation]
CountryCode=61
Dialing=Tone
AreaCode=02

[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[gamehead200]

Maybe this is your problem:

[Unattended]
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=No
TargetPath=\WINDOWS
OemPreinstall=Yes
UnattendSwitch="yes"
FileSystem=*

You have OemPreinstall TWICE. One with YES, and one with NO. Maybe it is just ignoring it altogether!

[jrzycrim]

First thing to check is that you haven't actually named Winnt.sif as Winnt.sif.txt. It's a common problem when saving from notepad or other text editors. To check, you should make sure that 'Hide extensions for known file types' is not checked in folder options and then look at winnt.sif in the i386 directory.

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[Unattended]UnattendMode=FullUnattended
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=No
TargetPath=\WINDOWS
OemPreinstall=Yes
UnattendSwitch="yes"
FileSystem=*

Although this shouldn't account for the reason your unnattended installation is asking for your information, you should remove the one you don't want. That determines whether your OEM drivers and programs get copied over.

[Saraband]

ok, thanx for that. the sif file is not a double extension, although i agree this would be an easy error to overlook. i'll try removing the OemPreinstall=No and see what happens. be back in a hour or so:)

[Saraband]

done ! removing OemPreinstall=No did the trick. thanx so much !