Unattended Windows XP Installation

Unattended Windows XP Installation

 In this post i am here to discussed about the installation of Win XP unattended. That means you dont have to click or make changes while installig XP, it will be taken care automatically. It will save your precious time.Now Copy all the Contents of Win Xp CD to some folder let me name it as "XPCD" and let the location of that folder be C:\XPCD

Now we will create a windows file which is located under i386 folder of windows XP CD.  

First Step:Please create a  WINNT.txt file on your desktop and then copy paste the code mentioned below.

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[Data]
    AutoPartition=1
    UnattendedInstall="Yes"
    AutomaticUpdates=yes
    MsDosInitiated=No

[Unattended]
    UnattendMode=DefaultHide
    OemSkipEula=Yes
    TargetPath=\WINDOWS
    Repartition=Yes
    UnattendSwitch="yes"
    WaitForReboot="No"
    KeyboardLayout="United Kingdom"
    Hibernation=No
    OemPreinstall=Yes
    DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
    NonDriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
 
[GuiUnattended]
    AdminPassword=*
    EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
    OEMSkipRegional=1
    OEMSkipWelcome=1
    TimeZone=85

[TapiLocation]
    CountryCode=44
    Dialing=Tone
    AreaCode=0000

[UserData]
    ProductKey=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX
    FullName="Authorised User"
    OrgName="N/A"
    ComputerName=MYPC

[RegionalSettings]
    LanguageGroup=1
    SystemLocale=00000809
    UserLocale=00000809
    InputLocale=0809:00000809

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents=No

[Identification]
    JoinWorkgroup = XPBUILD

[Components]
    hypertrm=off
    iis_asp=off
    iis_internetdataconnector=off
    iis_serversideincludes=off
    iis_webadmin=off
    iis_webdav=off
    licenseserver=off
    msmsgs=off
    msnexplr=off
    oeaccess=off
    templates=off
    zonegames=off

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Now copy this text file in windows i386 folder that is located in C:\XPCD, rename the file to WINNT.sif. If incase you are not able to see the extention of the file then goto explorer and navigate towards tools > folder options and then make sure the option ""Hide extensions for known file types" is uncheck. After this create a windows XP CD and you will be able to run for Win XP  Automatically.

The changes which i have made in the above file are as per the location UK. Please do change as per your location.

10/28/2009 // Labels: Installation, PC, Windows XP // 0 comments //

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