[darksith88]

I searched and couldnt find which options to enable/disable so I can manually add users during the setup. (basically i dont want it to skip that users setup screen.)

[MHz]

UnattendSwitch
Specifies whether Setup skips Windows Welcome or Mini-Setup when preinstalling Windows XP Home Edition or Windows XP Professional using the CD boot method.

Syntax UnattendSwitch = Yes | No 
Values Yes 
Instructs Setup to skip Windows Welcome.

No 
Instructs Setup not to skip Windows Welcome.
 
Default Value No 
Example UnattendSwitch = Yes
 
Comments Use UnattendSwitch only when you perform an unattended Setup with Winnt.exe, Winnt.sif, and the CD boot method. This entry is not necessary if you use Winnt32.exe to run Setup. 
 Note

UnattendSwitch is not the same as the UnattendedInstall entry in the [Data] section of the answer file. UnattendSwitch controls Windows Welcome; UnattendedInstall does not.

Ref Manager from Deployment,cab

[darksith88]

I have no idea why, but I have this set to "no" and the setup never comes up during install...

On a side note, if i slipstreamed SP2 into this, do i need to install the NET framework or is it included?

[darksith88]

Do I want to change my
Unattend mode to something other than Fullunattend ?

[Unattended]
    UnattendMode=FullUnattended
    OemSkipEula=Yes
    OemPreinstall=YES
    UnattendSwitch="No"
    TargetPath=\WINDOWS
    FileSystem=*
    DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
    Win9xUpgrade=No
    NtUpgrade=No

[MHz]

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Do I want to change my
Unattend mode to something other than Fullunattend ?

Full Unattended should be stopping at the users setup screen. Cannot see any clues of yet, of what is causing this.

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if i slipstreamed SP2 into this, do i need to install the NET framework or is it included?

Dotnet framework is a separate item. Some programs, such as Visual Studio 2002 for example, do not want to install, if a higher version of Dotnet is found on the system. The choice is for the end-user.

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UnattendSwitch="No"
Win9xUpgrade=No
NtUpgrade=No

Also, these are default values, and can be removed.

[bmn]

yes iam also looking for same thing
this is my winnt.sif

;
; Generated by nLite 0.99.1 beta 2
;

[Data]
MsDosInitiated = 0
UnattendedInstall = Yes

[Unattended]
UnattendSwitch = No
OemPreinstall = Yes
OemSkipEula = Yes
FileSystem = *
WaitForReboot = No
TargetPath = "\Windows"
DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore
NonDriverSigningPolicy = Ignore
Hibernation = No

[GuiUnattended]
AutoLogon = Yes
AdminPassword = *
TimeZone = 190
OEMSkipRegional = 1
OemSkipWelcome = 1

[UserData]
ProductKey = "xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
ComputerName = "xxxxxxxx"
FullName = "xxxxxx"
OrgName = "Universal"

[RegionalSettings]
Language = 0409

[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup = maker

;[Shell]
;CustomDefaultThemeFile="%Systemroot%\Resources\Themes\crystal.theme"

[GuiRunOnce]
%systemdrive%\install\wpi\install.cmd

but after intallation setup is not asking for users to add

what to do?

[darksith88]

Just ran it again and no luck

[MHz]

Found it.

OemSkipWelcome = 0

[darksith88]

Already had that set:

[Unattended]
    UnattendMode=FullUnattended
    OemSkipEula=Yes
    OemPreinstall=YES
    UnattendSwitch="No"
    TargetPath=\WINDOWS
    FileSystem=*
    DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
    Win9xUpgrade=No
    NtUpgrade=No

[GuiUnattended]
    AdminPassword=*
    EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
    OEMSkipRegional=1
    TimeZone=15
    OemSkipWelcome=0

[UserData]
    ProductKey=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    FullName="Darksith"
    OrgName="Home"
    ComputerName=DARKSITH

[Display]
    BitsPerPel=32
    Xresolution=1024
    YResolution=768
    Vrefresh=60

[TapiLocation]
    CountryCode=1
    AreaCode=xxxxx
    LongDistanceAccess="xxx"

[RegionalSettings]
    LanguageGroup=1
    Language=00000409

[Identification]
    JoinWorkgroup=MSHOME

[URL]
    Home_Page=http://www.google.com

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[IEPopupBlocker] 
    BlockPopups=No
    FilterLevel=Low
    ShowInformationBar=Yes

[WindowsFirewall]
    Profiles = WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall

[WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall]
    Mode = 0

[GuiRunOnce]
    %systemdrive%\install\start.cmd

[MHz]

Sorry, previous post related to bmn post.

But you have no [Data] section, in your answer file?

Example

[Data]
    AutoPartition=0
    MsDosInitiated=0
    UnattendedInstall=Yes

Try this.
You may also want to try a test install with OemPreinstall=No. This key maybe disallowing the user setup screen. Although, I cannot find any references to state that it does have that effect.

[bmn]

@MHz

thanks.what abt

[GuiUnattended]
AutoLogon = Yes
AdminPassword = *

is it ok

[MHz]

@bmn
Yes.

AutoLogon = Yes

This for autologon for Administrator account. Take it out of your Winnt.sif, so you will get the user setup screen. And you can give your Administrator account a password, so it will not ask you for it later.

@darksith88
Let us know how it is going with your user setup screen problem.

[bmn]

@MHz

i just tested my iso with settings u mentioned.have a look at me winnt.sif

http://m.domaindlx.c...ver16/WINNT.SIF

but still its not working(add users window).setup is showing welcome screen before installation.imean at 39 min stage and when i click next setup starting.

and one more thing is iam using xp home sp2 slipstreamed.

[darksith88]

oops i copy/pasted wrong, heh. Here's the data section:

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

And with the current setup (this and what i posted on first page) it isn't working. It just installs without stopping to have me input anything. My programs all install fine, this is the only problem I am having(I would be adding users through scripts, but that gave me even MORE problems, and this is more flexible too).

[bmn]

i think we all must have a look at this

http://unattended.ms...p/reference.htm.

in this he said OemPreinstall and OemSkipWelcome r interrelated.

have a look

[MHz]

Agree

UnattendSwitch="yes"
Specifies whether Setup skips Windows Welcome or Mini-Setup when preinstalling Windows XP Home Edition or Windows XP Professional using the CD Boot method. Set this to yes to skip the "Setting Up Internet Connection" and "Create User Accounts" screens.

UnattendSwitch="no" should be the answer.

OemSkipWelcome=0 or 1
This option should be set to 0 if you have OemPreinstall from above on No, If OemPreinstall 
is on Yes then this option should be set to 1, not doing so will halt the OEM process! When set to 0 this tells Setup not to display the welcome screen during the GUI-mode of Windows Setup (Note: This is not the same as "Windows Welcome" where you set a username for your new account when Setup finishes)

OemSkipWelcome=1 for this setting to stop any halt in process.

But is any other related to UnattendSwitch that may cause create user accounts not showing? UnattendSwitch was mentioned earlier in the thread?

OEMPreInstall = yes may force no show of create user accounts?

[bmn]

may be.but it is not at all related to welcome screen.
otherwise we have to consult a registry expert.if it is possible with registry editing.if kept OemPreinstall=no. $oem folder won't work.which is a very imp step in unattended cd

[MHz]

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consult a registry expert

I f you have OEMPreinstall=no. I believe you can still have $oem$ on your cd. Files will not get copied over. But Cmdlines.txt does still get processed, if I remember correctly. With that, files that you would normally insert into $Docs etc. Would go into archives, and extracted from runonceex, guirunonce or whatever else.
Testing will give you your answers and options.

Hope this is helping you in some way.

[bmn]

but iam replacing some stuff like wallpaper,fonts,ntoskrnl.exe with $oem/$$ folders in to my windows and system32 folders.and iam using wpi to run my appz(placed inside $oem/$1/install...)

and one more thing in some winnt.sif's UnattendSwitch,OemPreinstall--yes and no r with " " marks.is it makes any difference

[MHz]

With wpi etc. you may have to sacrifice create user setup?

I have done installations with the inverted comma's " ". Except for strings with spaces. No issues come from not having them.