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by cul8rm8e

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im looking for a reason if anyone can help me as to what im doing wrong when trying to do an unattend istallation of win2k!
i have put a winnt.sif file on a floppy drive and want a full unattend from booting to the win2k cd, here is my answer filebelow..

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
AutoPartition=1
MsDosInitiated="0"
UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[Unattended]
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=No
TargetPath=\WINNT

[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword=**************
AutoLogon=Yes
AutoLogonCount=1
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone=85
OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
FullName="************************"
OrgName="*******************************"
ComputerName=laptop

[TapiLocation]
CountryCode=44
Dialing=Tone
AreaCode=0141

[RegionalSettings]
LanguageGroup=1
SystemLocale=00000809
UserLocale=00000809
InputLocale=0409:00000409

[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Branding]
BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

[URL]
Home_Page=https://www.techrepublic.com

[Proxy]
Proxy_Enable=0
Use_Same_Proxy=0

PLEASE HELP ME OFFLOAD THESE POINTS THEY ARE KILLING ME!

obviously i have hidden a few details!

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by joseph moore

Another link is here:
http://www.microsoft.com/WINDOWS2000/techinfo/reskit/en/ProRK/prfc_afr_axso.htm
(please remove any spaces)
This is the first of 6 pages on Microsoft's site with sample answer files for unattended installs.

here is the answer file for Win2K:
[Unattended]

UnattendMode = ?FullUnattended?

OemPreinstall = ?NO?

TargetPath = ?WINNT?

FileSystem = ?LeaveAlone?

[UserData]

FullName = ?Your User Name?

OrgName = ?Your Organization Name?

ComputerName = ?COMPUTER_NAME?

[GuiUnattended]

; Sets the Time Zone to the Pacific Northwest

; Sets the Admin Password

; Turn AutoLogon ON and login once

AdminPassword = ?Password?

AutoLogon = ?Yes?

AutoLogonCount = ?1?

TimeZone = ?004?

[Display]

BitsPerPel = ?8?

XResolution = ?800?

YResolution = ?600?

VRefresh = ?75?

[Networking]

[Identification]

JoinWorkgroup = ?Workgroupname?

by dmiles

Did you try using the Setup manager from W2K cd
\support\tools\deploy

Also the parameters have to be specified in W2K,the Target Path WINNT32 [/S[:sourcepath]

The bios has to be set to boot from the A:\drive,but still use the CD for full unattended install

by r. a. caluste

Create a bootable floppy disk with cdrom support. Include your answer file in this bootdisk. From command prompt, go to your cd drive. from :\i386\ folder, execute the ff: winnt /u:"answer file" /s:"source path where the Windows 2000 installation files can be found"

hope this helps.

by stevef68

Under the Userdata section add:
ProductId=(your cd key for windows 2000)

You didn't say where the install was failing, but no CD key will kill an unattended install real quick.

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