Hi everybody, while researching this evening I found a very useful winnt.sif
reference. Although many on this list may not need it it occurred to me that
there may be some for whom it will be very helpful, as it was to me. I've
pasted it below.
John.
» [Data]
AutoPartition=0
If you have the selection on 1 then Windows Setup will install the OS on any
free partition that is available. If you remove this line or if you put
AutoPartition=0 then setup will ask you on which partition you wish to
install Windows onto and advises you what to do if your partition already
contains an OS.
MsDosInitiated = "0"
If this setting is on "0" it will inform Setup that you are installing from
CD, put a value of 1
if you use only diskettes to boot.
UnattendedInstall = "Yes"
If "Yes" is input, this will tell Setup you are running an installation of
the Unattended type.
AutomaticUpdates=yes
This entry tells Setup to skip the Help Protect Your PC page that appears
when setup is finished. (New in SP2).
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» [Unattended]
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
Setting this option to FullUnattended will perform a fully unattended
install, which uses the winnt.sif answer file to answer all the Setup
questions, you will have no option to change these answers during setup.
Other values can be found in the Ref.chm file that was mentioned on the
Creating an Answer File page.
OemSkipEula=Yes
Setting this option to Yes will skip the EULA screen which you already read
when you used Setup Manager. Setting this option to No will mean you have to
press F8 on the keyboard to accept the license during text-mode Setup.
OemPreinstall=Yes
This option is default to No but if you are using the $OEM$ Distribution
Folders then it needs to be set to Yes, so that Setup regards this
installation as a distribution and copies these files over to the system
drive. This occurs at the end of Text-mode Setup.
Having OemPreinstall set to Yes will also prevent you from loading RAID/SATA
drivers from a floppy disc during textmode setup. The only workaround for
that problem is to directly integrate the drivers into the CD, as described
here.
TargetPath=\WINDOWS
This option tells Setup the directory path that Windows should install to.
Repartition=No
Specifies whether to delete all partitions on the first drive of the client
computer and to reformat the drive with the NTFS file system automatically.
FileSystem=*
If you prefer to manually choose a partition during text-mode setup with
full control on choice of filesystem, add this entry to your winnt.sif file.
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.
WaitForReboot="No"
Specifies whether the computer waits 15 seconds after GUI-mode Setup
finishes. Choosing No will disable the 15 second wait.
OemPnPDriversPath="Drivers\Catalyst3_6\2KXP_INF;Drivers\asus\sound\"
This is where you can tell Setup to search your updated drivers directories
to find a better match than what's in the existing drivers.cab on the XP CD.
If it finds a better match it will install those instead. More is explained
on the Drivers page.
DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
This will force Setup to install drivers that may not be WHQL certified.
This is used in conjunction with OemPnPDriversPath.
AutoActivate = Yes
This will auto-activate your copy of Windows XP. To automatically activate
Windows XP, you must first establish an Internet connection. Please make
sure your ProductKey is valid under [UserData]
ProgramFilesDir="C:\My Program Files"
You can change the default location of Program Files using this entry.
Replace the drive letter and folder name as appropriate.
CommonProgramFilesDir="C:\My Program Files\My Common Files"
You can change the default location of Common Files in Program Files using
this entry. Replace the drive letter and folder names as appropriate.
KeyboardLayout="United Kingdom"
By setting your Keyboard Layout, this prevents the Language icon appearing
on the taskbar when you've logged on. A full list of values can be found
here.
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» [GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword=YourPassword
This option sets the Administrator password for the Admin account in Windows
XP. Setting this option to * means a blank password will be set.
EncryptedAdminPassword=Yes
This option tells Setup if your password is Encrypted or Not, Yes will tell
setup it is encrypted and No will tell setup it is not. If you have no Admin
password this option should be set to No. Setup Manager will also encrypt
the password for you in your winnt.sif answer file if you chose to.
OEMSkipRegional=0
This option when set to 0 will show the regional screen, if set to 1 then it
will skip the screen.
TimeZone=85
This option is tells Setup what timezone to choose, eg. GMT Meantime is 85.
Each timezone has a different value - a full listing of these timezone
values can be found in ref.chm in the Deployment Tools.
OemSkipWelcome=0
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)
ProfilesDir="C:\Documents and Settings\"
You can change the default location of Documents and Settings using this
entry.
DetachedProgram="%systemdrive%\install\batch.cmd"
Using this entry will launch this SINGLE line at T-39 before Drivers have
begun to install. Many users use this to extract a driver package to save
space on their CD.
Arguments="/s"
This line accompanies DetachedProgram to pass the command in it parameters,
such a a silent switch or similar.
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» [Display]
BitsPerPel=32
This option sets the color quality in bits. Available values are: 32, 24,
16, and 8 (that's 256 colors!)
Xresolution=1024
This options sets the screen resolution that windows will start up in by
default. This setting is the X size.
Yresolution=768
This options sets the screen resolution that windows will start up in by
default. This setting is the Y size.
Vrefresh=85
This options sets the display's refresh rate. Make sure you do not exceed a
number considered unsafe beyond your monitor's specification, doing so may
result in damaging your monitor.
AutoConfirm=1
This will disable the really annoying box the appears upon first logon if
the resolution wasn't properly set. It's the popup that says your current
resolution isn't correct for Windows XP.
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» [UserData]
ProductKey=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx
This option is where you enter your cd-key for Setup to use.
FullName="Insert Name"
This option is where you can specify your own name, this is displayed under
"Registered to:" in Windows XP's System Properties.
OrgName="Insert Organisation Name"
This option is where you can specify your organisation name, this is also
displayed under "Registered to:" in Windows XP's System Properties.
ComputerName=Insert Name
This option is where you can specify a name for your Computer, which is used
system and network-wide. This is displayed in the Computer Name tab in
Windows XP's System Properties.
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» [TapiLocation]
CountryCode=44
This is the option where you can specify your country code. For the UK its
44. Please refer to the ref.chm file in the Deployment Tools to get the
correct values for other countries.
AreaCode=07
This is the option where you can specify your area code. For Queensland, in
Australia, it's 07. This is generally the first two digits of your phone
number (in Australia at least).
Dialing=Tone
This option sets the type of phone line you have. Available values are Tone,
and Pulse
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» [RegionalSettings]
LanguageGroup=1
This option sets the language group of your installation. Please refer to
the ref.chm file in the Deployment Tools for more information.
Language=00000809
This option sets the language of your installation. Please refer to the
ref.chm file in the Deployment Tools for more information. 00000809 is for
the UK
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» [Identification]
JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP
This option is specifies what workgroup you wish to join. If you don't use a
network, then you can leave this part alone.
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» [Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes
This option tells Setup if you want to install the default components for
networking. If you select Yes then the default will be installed, If you
select No then you can specify what protocols, services and clients to
install and what not to. The best way to configure this is via Setup Manager
(setupmgr.exe)
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» [Components]
msmsgs=off
This option tells Setup not to install Windows Messenger 4.6
msnexplr=off
This option tells Setup not to install MSN Explorer 7.
freecell=off
This option tells Setup not to install the FreeCell game.
hearts=off
This option tells Setup not to install the Hearts game.
minesweeper=off
This option tells Setup not to install the Minesweeper game.
pinball=off
This option tells Setup not to install the Pinball game.
solitaire=off
This option tells Setup not to install the Solitaire game.
spider=off
This option tells Setup not to install the Spider Solitaire Game.
zonegames=off
This option tells Setup not to install the MSN Zone Games.
For a full list of components, you can view them here
