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Software / win xp auto insert

« on: April 23, 2003, 12:52:40 AM »

both http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'\' /> Is that possible?

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Software / win xp auto insert

« on: April 18, 2003, 03:15:03 PM »

Is there a way to make this work without having to use a floppy disk?

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Software / win xp auto insert

« on: April 16, 2003, 12:24:18 AM »

Didn't work http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'\' /> Here's exactly what I did ==>

1. Extracted the contents of deploy.cab from my Windows XP CD to a folder on my hard drive using WinZip
2. Double-clicked the file \"setupmgr.exe\" from that folder on my hard drive
3. Selected \"Create a new answer file\" and clicked Next
4. Selected \"Windows Unattended Installation\" and clicked Next
5. Selected \"Windows XP Professional\" and clicked Next
6. Selected \"Provide Defaults\" and clicked Next
7. Selected \"No, this answer file will be used to install from a CD\" and clicked Next
8. Kept on clicking Next until it took me to the \"Providing the Product Key\" screen, and I entered my product key and clicked Next
9. Kept on clicking Next until it took me to the last screen, and I clicked Finish and saved the unattend.txt file to my desktop
10. Double-clicked the \"My Computer\" icon on my desktop, clicked on tools>>folder options>>view and made sure the box that said \"hide extensions for known filetypes\" was unchecked
11. Renamed \"unattend.txt\" to \"winnt.sif\"
12. Right-clicked winnt.sif and select \"cut\"
13. Double-clicked on the Windows XP folder on my desktop (where the contents of my Windows XP CD are located) and double-clicked the i386 folder
14. Pasted winnt.sif and selected \"Yes\" when prompted if I wanted to replace the existing file
15. Opened up Nero and burned a new Data CD which contains the files of the Windows XP folder (on my desktop)
16. After the CD was finished burning, I double-clicked setup.exe (on the CD I just made), then clicked \"Install Windows XP\", selected \"Upgrade (Recommended)\" as the installation type and clicked Next, selected \"I accept this agreement\" and clicked Next, and the next screen of the Windows XP installation was the product key screen, and the product key field was left blank!!

Any suggestions are appreciated

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Software / win xp auto insert

« on: April 14, 2003, 04:36:40 PM »

Thanks for the reply Jazkal2.....I tried what you said, but it didn't work.......I'm running Windows XP Professional w/ SP1 and here is *exactly* what I did:

1. Created a folder on my desktop named \"Windows XP\"
2. Copied the contents of my windows xp cd into that folder
3. Opened notepad
4. Pasted the following into notepad:
[UserData]
ProductKey=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx
5. Replaced the x's with my windows xp cd key
6. Saved the file as a text document to my desktop and named it \"unattend\"
7. Double-clicked the \"My Computer\" icon on my desktop, clicked on tools>>folder options>>view and then unchecked the box that said \"hide extensions for known filetypes\"
8. Then I clicked \"apply\" and then I clicked \"OK\"
9. I renamed \"unattend.txt\" to \"winnt.sif\"
10. I right-clicked winnt.sif and select \"cut\"
11. I double-clicked on the Windows XP folder on my desktop and then double-clicked the i386 folder
12. I pasted winnt.sif into that directory
13. I went back to the root of the windows xp folder on my desktop and double-clicked setup.exe
14. I clicked \"Install Windows XP\"
15. I selected \"Upgrade (Recommended)\" as the installation type and then clicked Next
16. I selected \"I accept this agreement\" and clicked Next
17. The next screen of the Windows XP installation was the product key screen, and the boxes where you are supposed to enter the product key were left empty http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'\' />

What did I do wrong?

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Software / win xp auto insert

« on: April 13, 2003, 02:44:47 PM »

anyone??

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Software / win xp auto insert

« on: April 13, 2003, 12:55:34 AM »

Let me just make sure I understand what I need to do:
1. Copy contents of windows xp cd onto my hard drive
2. Open notepad and paste the following into it (replacing the x's for the product key):
[UserData]
ProductKey=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx
3. Save it as \"unattend.txt\"
4. Replace the unattend.txt in the i386 directory with the one that was just created

Is that correct??