01-XP Unattended Installation

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XP Unattended Installation by MAZHAR IQBAL BUTT.

Unattended installation of Windows XP is
a hands-free method of installing
Windows XP and convenient for system
administrators, original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs), value-added
resellers (VARs), users who install
Windows XP on many computers or who
frequently install Windows XP on the
same computer.
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It is step by step Setup with all of
the information that the “End User”
is prompted to provide during a
typical Windows setup in a scripted
file called the answer file. The
answer file basically fills in the text
portion of the setup and can even
setup options.
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Answer Files
An unattended answer file is simply a
text formatted file and its role is to
provide the setup process with the data
it needs to complete the installation of
Windows XP Professional without having
a user type in the information.
An answer file is made up of a number of
headings, and under each heading are
pairs of parameters and their assigned
values.
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REQUIREMENTS
1. At least one computer - One that has a
Windows XP Operating System already
in place.
2. Windows XP CD - To retrieve the tools
you are going to need.
3. One formatted floppy disk or other
Storage media - This is where we will
put the finished answer file.
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Put in Windows XP CD.
If autorun is enabled it should

pop up the “Welcome to
Microsoft Windows XP”. In this
window you should see a set of
options. Here you want to select
“Perform additional tasks”.
If autorun is disabled, you can

simply open “My Computer”.
Then you will need to right click
on the drive you have your
Windows XP CD in and in the
drop down menu click on
“Explore”.
This will allow you to view the

contents of the CD.
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In the next set of options
you want select
“Browse this CD”.
You should now see the

contents of the CD.
Now open
the “Support” folder
and then
the “Tools” folder.
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make a new folder on your desktop and
extract the contents of A compressed file
called “DEPLOY.CAB” to that folder.
We want “setupmgr.exe”.
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Welcome to the Windows Setup Manager
This Wizard is going to take us through the options
of creating the answer file.
Just click next here.
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Create or Modify
the Answer File
Since this is first
answer file, select
“Create a new answer
file” and click next.
Once you have
created an answer file
successfully, you can
edit it with the Setup
Manager by selecting
“Modify an existing
answer file” and
providing a path to it.
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Types of answer files
Windows Unattended Installation - It uses setup scripts to
answer installation questions and to automate the Setup process.
This simplifies the installation of the operating system.
Sysprep Install (System Preparation Tool) - Disk imaging,

which is also known as cloning. This is a timesaving way to install
Windows XP on multiple computers that use identical or similar
hardware configurations.
Remote Installation Services (RIS) - Enables you to perform a

clean installation of Windows XP Professional on multiple
computers throughout a network. You can simultaneously deploy
the operating system on multiple clients from one or more remote
locations.
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Choose the “Windows Unattended Installation” option
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Windows Platform
Version of Windows XP are you going to install
(For Example, “Windows XP Professional”).
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User Interaction during Windows Setup:
Fully automated - This option will not prompt you for any
information.
Provide defaults - This option will fill in the info you supply but
you will be able to change it if you choose to.
Hide Pages - This option does pretty much the same thing as the
fully automated with the exception of letting you see the Setup
Wizard.
Read only - This option does pretty much the same thing as the
“Provide defaults” option with the exception that you would not be
able to change any of the settings.
GUI Attended - This option only allows the text portion of the
Setup to be automated.
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“Fully automated” option
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Distribution Folder
Select “No” because we
will be installing from a
CD.
(This has different further
Options).
If you wanted to install
from a network share,
you would choose to
create a distribution
folder.
The distribution folder
option gives you the
flexibility to add other
files as well, such as
drivers not found on the
Windows XP CD.
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License Agreement
We obviously can not
forget about the License
Agreement.
We have to check this
now because we will not
be seeing it during the
install.
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Customize Software
Now it’s time to input your
personal information.
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Display Settings
Everyone is different when choosing display
settings (which most commonly used). Select
Windows Default if not sure.
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Time Zone
In which Time Zone you are living.
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Product Key
Put Product Key here.
Saving it to the answer file will automatically put it in
for you.
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Computer Names
If you plan to use your name as a user on this
computer it can’t be the same as the name here. You
can also have the setup automatically generate the
name by ticking the box at the bottom. If you plan to
use the exact same setup on multiple computers then
you would add their names here as well.
If you’re willing to accept computer names that follow

no pattern, you can allow Setup to create each
computer’s name on the fly by appending seemingly
random letters and numbers to the first few letters of
your organization’s name.
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When you enter multiple names during the setup process, Setup
Manager automatically generates the Uniqueness Database File
(UDF) that is required to add those unique names to each
computer during setup.
If the administrator imports names from a text file, Setup
Manager converts each name to a Uniqueness Database File. The
administrator can also set an option to generate unique computer
names.
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Administrator Password
If you don’t want someone to look at your answer file
to figure out what it is tic the Encrypt password box.
You can also specify the number of times it allows the

computer to auto logon as the Administrator.
I choose “1” because there are certain settings I

change that can only be done by being logged on as
“Administrator”.
A user with administrative rights is not the same.
*Note - Automatic Logon does not work if the local

administrator password is encrypted in the answer file.
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Networking Components
By default the Setup Manager includes the Microsoft Networks
Client, File and Printer Sharing, and TCP/IP. If you rather set this
up later, leave it at the typical settings.
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TCP/IP Settings
To configure TCP/IP
properties in answer file, you
must create a unique answer
file for each computer you
are setting up on your
network.
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Workgroups and Domains
Add the name of the workgroup or server domain
your computer is going to be on if any.
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Dial-Up Settings
To set up dialing options, do so here.
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Regional Settings
By default this is set to English (United States).
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Language Support
If you need Language support, do so here and click
next.
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Browser and Shell Settings
There are three choices, will use Default Internet
Explorer settings is the only one we can use because the
other two require a distribution folder to be made.
We chose to install from the CD instead.
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Installation Folder
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Install Printers
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Run Once
The Run Once section set up the command to add the printer.
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Additional Commands
This is an advanced feature. It allows you to have
setup install things that you would normally want to
install right after Windows XP.
If you desire to venture into it and what it can do for
you, Creating a Combination Installation is an example
of one way to use this.
This would require you to choose different options in
the setup manager than we did here. For this article
we are going to leave it blank.
Now click Finish.
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Save the Answer File
Now put in your formatted floppy disk into your A drive. Where it
says “Location and file name”, type in A:\winnt.sif.
It should look just like the image below. Since we are using the
CD Boot method, we must name the answer file winnt.sif.
Click OK.
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Setup Manager Complete
You have now created your first answer file. Here it is telling you
that it has created two files for you.
winnt.sif - This is the answer file
winnt.bat - You will also need this batch file on the floppy. It
tells the answer file where to find the files needed for Windows
Setup.
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Execution of Unattended Setup
Now Right click on your winnt.bat file and in the menu
click edit. This is a batch file. A batch file is a file
containing instructions that are executed one after the
other. Notice that in the batch file it tells you that it
may need to be modified. The batch file here says:
1. The answer file is winnt.sif
2. Setup files are located on E:\ (My CD-ROM
Drive) in the I386 folder.
3. Tells Setup to begin using winnt32 with a script
to tell it to use the unattended method.
If you use this answer file on another computer you
may have to change the drive letter to whatever the
CD-ROM is set at.
E:\i386\winnt32 /s:%SetupFiles% /unattend:%AnswerFile%
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FAST
TRACK
SOLUTIONS
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Clean Installation of Windows XP
Professional
Windows XP will work best with at least a

300 MHz Pentium II processor and
128MB of RAM to operate, as well as
1.5GB of available space.
A clean installation of Windows XP

Professional will take between 60 and 90
minutes, depending on the hardware.
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Performing an Upgrade to Windows XP
Professional
The following operating systems are supported
for an upgrade installation:Windows
98,Windows NT 4.0,Windows 2000
Professional, and Windows XP Home
Edition.Windows 3.x,Windows 95,Windows NT
3.1, 3.5, 3.51, and Windows for Workstations
are not supported for an update, so a clean
install will be required for these systems.
Use the Dynamic Update feature during the
setup process for update setup files from
Microsoft’s Web site.
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Network Installation of Windows XP
Professional
The network installation of Windows XP
Professional works just like the CD installation,
and the installation steps will parallel those of
the clean or upgrade installation.
The simplest way to prepare for a network
installation of Windows XP Professional is to
create a network share and copy the i386
folder from the Windows XP Professional CD to
the share.
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Automating the Windows XP Professional
Setup
The Winnt.exe and Winnt32.exe programs are
used to run setup from DOS and Windows
command prompts, respectively.
A network distribution point is required for the
automated setup.The distribution point is a
network share that includes the contents of
the /i386 folder, as well as a number of
optional subfolders that can contain additional
files needed for the setup process.
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An unattended answer file is simply a
formatted text file to provide the setup
process with the data it needs to complete the
installation of Windows XP Professional without
having a user type in the information.
The Sysprep tool prepares a computer disk to
be imaged and copied to another disk. It is
responsible for assigning a new SID to the
target computer once the new image has been
applied. Use a Sysprep answer file, called
Sysprep.inf, to provide answers to the
questions posed by the mini-setup after
deploying a Sysprep image.
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XP Unattended Installation by MAZHAR IQBAL BUTT.

If autorun is enabled it should

If autorun is disabled, you can

This will allow you to view the

“Browse this CD”.

You should now see the

Sysprep Install (System Preparation Tool) - Disk imaging,

Remote Installation Services (RIS) - Enables you to perform a

If you’re willing to accept computer names that follow

You can also specify the number of times it allows the

I choose “1” because there are certain settings I

A user with administrative rights is not the same.

*Note - Automatic Logon does not work if the local

Windows XP will work best with at least a

A clean installation of Windows XP

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