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#1 User is offline   Dustinwmew 

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Posted 24 July 2005 - 09:18 PM

Windows in GUI setup that the admin (me) forgot to give needed info in the winnt.sif, so it needs the users help.
It pops up to put in the computers name, but it is alrealy typed in like i have below and grayed out.


;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
	MsDosInitiated = "No"
    AutoPartition=0
    UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[Unattended]
	OemPnPDriversPath = way to long for bord
	NonDriverSigningPolicy = "Ignore"
	DriverSigningPolicy = "Ignore"
	OemPreinstall = "Yes"
    FileSystem=*
    UnattendMode=FullUnattended
    OemSkipEula=Yes
    UnattendSwitch="yes"
    TargetPath=\WINDOWS
    ProgramFilesDir="E:\Program Files"
    CommonProgramFilesDir="E:\Program Files\Common Files"

[GuiUnattended]
    AdminPassword=this is NOT my password
    EncryptedAdminPassword=Yes
    OEMSkipRegional=1
    TimeZone=35
    OemSkipWelcome=1
    ProfilesDir="F:\Documents and Settings\"
    DetachedProgram="%systemdrive%\Install\DetachedProgram\mt39.exe"

[UserData]
    ProductID=allyo-urbas-esare-belong-tous <- not real key
    FullName="Whatyousay"
    OrgName="Cats"
    ComputerName=Level1-XP-Sys1

[Display]
    BitsPerPel=16
    Xresolution=800
    YResolution=600

[TapiLocation]
    CountryCode=1
    Dialing=Tone
    AreaCode=410

[Identification]
    JoinWorkgroup=Home

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents=No

[NetAdapters]
    Adapter1=params.Adapter1

[params.Adapter1]
    INFID=*

[NetClients]
    MS_MSClient=params.MS_MSClient

[NetProtocols]
    MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP

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

[params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1]
    SpecificTo=Adapter1
    DHCP=Yes
    WINS=No
    NetBIOSOptions=0

[Components]
    msmsgs=off
    msnexplr=off

[Shell]
    DefaultStartPanelOff = no
    DefaultThemesOff = Yes

[GuiRunOnce]
   	 command7 = "%systemdrive%\install\setup.bat"
	command8 = "%SystemDrive%\D\BTS_DPs_finish.cmd"
	command9 = "%systemdrive%\install\pagefile.bat"



I just looked at it ones more. I seen that "Level1-XP-Sys1" is not in quotes.
But why would it still fill in the name?
Plus on the unattended guide homepage it does not use quotes.

This post has been edited by Dustinwmew: 24 July 2005 - 09:53 PM



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Posted 25 July 2005 - 07:28 AM

Maybe the quotes are required because of the caracter -

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Posted 25 July 2005 - 09:54 PM

nope, puting it in quotes does not help.


anyone have any idears what would did this?

This post has been edited by Dustinwmew: 26 July 2005 - 12:21 AM


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Posted 26 July 2005 - 12:57 AM

This is what is says:

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unattended setup is unable to continue because a setup parameter specified by your system administrator or computer manufacturere is missing or invalid. Setup must therefore ask you to provide this information now.

Once you have furnished the required information, unattended Setup oreration will continue.


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Posted 28 July 2005 - 03:36 PM

burp...
anyone have a idea why it would do this?

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Posted 28 July 2005 - 04:43 PM

On the same page as the computer name, you have the admin password. And I believe that may be your problem.

If you specify EncryptedAdminPassword=Yes, then AdminPassword cannot contain a plain text password. To use an encrypted password you must use Setup Manager. If you wish to specify a plain text password, you must specify EncryptedAdminPassword=No.

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Posted 28 July 2005 - 06:46 PM

my password is not "this is NOT my password". I just put that in here like I put in ProductID=allyo-urbas-esare-belong-tous. To cover up my Encrypted password (not that it would be ez for someone to find out the password with it).

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Posted 29 July 2005 - 04:51 AM

Try
   ComputerName=*
to test .. Setup will generate a random name ... or try to reduce the name under 8 chars (and without - or symbols ...) ...

Goodbye.

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Posted 29 July 2005 - 04:49 PM

Tryed ComputerName=*, it did not work.

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Posted 31 July 2005 - 12:19 AM

Try this it works for me?

ComputerName = "Level1-XP-Sys1"


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Posted 31 July 2005 - 03:41 PM

nope that is not working for me.
I also tryed copying my winnt.sif, $OEM$, and SVCPACK.IN_ to a clean SP2 CD. Then ran Bâshrat's driverpack.
It still comes up.

In GUIsetup what does it ask before asking about the computer name?
Maybe something that comes before the Computer name qusten is massing it up.
Do you want me to repost what my winnt.sif looks like now?
If yes, edit it at the top, or just repost?

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Posted 01 August 2005 - 08:40 AM

Not 100% sure but you quoted ......

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also tryed copying my winnt.sif, $OEM$, and SVCPACK.IN_ to a clean SP2 CD. Then ran Bâshrat's driverpack.


When I have made a svcpack I replace the SVCPACK.IN_ in the i386 folder to SVCPACK.INF so it reads my tweaked svcpack

Have you also checked your Unattended.txt file?

may all be obvious but worth a check????? ;)

Hope this helps :whistle:

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