Using nlite you are easily able to integrate drivers & software while also further customising your intallation media.<\/p>\n
Some useful tips for the unattended CD:<\/p>\n
Under the i386 folder you can edit the answers file WINNT.SIF this is where you make all the customisations for an unattended \/ silent install<\/p>\n
To add software or run commands during the install process you will need to create two folders on the root of the CD<\/p>\n
$oem\/$1\/Install
\n$oem\/$$\/System32<\/p>\n
Anything in the $oem\/$1\/Install directory will get run the first time XP logs on as a particular user.
\nAnything in the $oem\/$$\/System32 directory will get copied the actual WindowsXP System32 directory<\/p>\n
An Example WINNT.SIF<\/p>\n
\r\n[Data]\r\nAutopartition=0\r\nMsDosInitiated=0\r\nUnattendedInstall=\"Yes\"\r\n\r\n[Unattended]\r\nUnattendMode=DefaultHide\r\nUnattendSwitch=\"Yes\"\r\nOemPreinstall=\"Yes\"\r\nOemSkipEula=\"Yes\"\r\nWaitForReboot=\"No\"\r\nTargetPath=WINXP\r\nNoWaitAfterTextMode=1\r\nNoWaitAfterGUIMode=1\r\nDriverSigningPolicy=Ignore\r\nNonDriverSigningPolicy=Ignore\r\n\r\n[GuiUnattended]\r\nAdminPassword=*\r\nEncryptedAdminPassword=\"No\"\r\nAutoLogon=\"Yes\"\r\nTimeZone=085\r\nOEMSkipRegional=1\r\nOemSkipWelcome=1\r\n\r\n[GuiRunOnce]\r\n\"%systemdrive%\/install\/XP.BAT\"\r\n\r\n[UserData]\r\nProductKey=\"xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx\"\r\nComputerName=XP-PC\r\nFullName=\"XP\"\r\nOrgName=\"XP\"\r\n\r\n[RegionalSettings]\r\nLanguageGroup=1\r\nSystemLocale=\"0809\"\r\nUserLocale=\"0809\"\r\nUserLocale_DefaultUser=\"0809\"\r\nInputLocale=\"0809:00000809\"\r\nInputLocale_DefaultUser=\"0809:00000809\"\r\n\r\n[Networking]\r\nInstallDefaultComponents=\"Yes\"\r\n\r\n[Identification]\r\nJoinWorkgroup=\"WORKGROUP\"\r\n<\/pre>\nHere’s an example of the XP.BAT file referenced in the WINNT.SIF file above, it runs the first time a user logs into Windows.
\nAll it does it create a user called XPUser, disables Administrator from being the account that automatically logs on and disables the Security Centre service as it is not really relevant anymore!<\/p>\n\r\nnet user \/add XPUser\r\nnet localgroup administrators XPUser \/Add\r\nreg add \"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Winlogon\" \/f \/v DefaultUserName \/t REG_SZ \/d XPUser\r\nreg add \"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Winlogon\" \/f \/v AutoAdminLogon \/t REG_SZ \/d 0\r\nreg add \"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Winlogon\" \/f \/v AltDefaultUserName \/t REG_SZ \/d XPUser\r\nsc config wscsvc start= disabled\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Using nlite you are easily able to integrate drivers & software while also further customising your intallation media. Some useful tips for the unattended CD: Under the i386 folder you can edit the answers file WINNT.SIF this is where you make all the customisations for an unattended \/ silent install To add software or run […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[390,168],"tags":[324,578,58,62,621,611,620,622,26],"class_list":["post-1774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-software-windows-linux","category-xp-tips-tricks","tag-boot","tag-cd","tag-custom","tag-install","tag-installation","tag-oem","tag-unattended","tag-winnt-sif","tag-xp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scunster.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scunster.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scunster.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scunster.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scunster.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1774"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/scunster.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1779,"href":"https:\/\/scunster.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1774\/revisions\/1779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scunster.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scunster.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scunster.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}