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Software / Bypassing WinXP serial check
« on: September 28, 2003, 11:28:49 PM »
[quote name=\'WhatBackHand\' date=\'Sep 28 2003, 05:36 AM\']Don't know if this is the right thread to post this is in but...
In WinXPPro I'd also like to know how to bypass the serial number entry whilst doing a fully unnattended install from CD. I'm not trying to bypass the registration or activation, just to automatically install from CD. Then I can activate once installed. This works a treat for Win2k, but there's something different in XP, guess it's related to activation.
I've been fiddling with slipstreaming and modifying the winnt.sif file for days but have not been able to get it fully automatic. Slipstreaming is sorted, adding hardware detection is sorted (I think!), but automatic install isn't.
Without a winnt.sif file I get asked all the usual questions, but not for a serial number until installation is complete and then into the activation routine. I'm just trying to make the same thing happen, but to automate the answers.
Anybody got any ideas or experience of this in XP?[/quote]
If I understand the question correctly this is how to install Windows XP with out entering the serial.
1.)
Go here and download Nero 6 http://www.nero.com/us/nero6-ultraedition.html
2.)
Go here and it will show you how to make a Win XP bootable cd using Nero 6. http://www.betaplace.co.uk/bootcd.asp
3.)
After you move over your files. make a text file named winnt.sif
put the information below in the file and edit it to suit you needs. then put it in the I386 folder in you compalation. burn your cd and you can boot up off the cd. you will be asked a few question that you can just hit enter on and you will never be asked to input your serial # providing you have entered the correct serial in the winnt.sif answer file.
;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
AutoPartition=1
MsDosInitiated="0"
UnattendedInstall="Yes"
FileSystem=ConvertNTFS
Repartition=Yes
[Unattended]
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=No
TargetPath=\WINDOWS
ExtendOemPartition=1
ConfirmHardware=Yes
OemFilesPath=..\$OEM$
[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword=*
EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone=10
OemSkipWelcome=1
AutoLogon=Yes
AutoLogonCount=1
[UserData]
ProductID=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX
FullName="PerUser"
OrgName="MyOrg"
ComputerName=*
[Display]
ConfigureAtLogon=1
BitsPerPel=32
Xresolution=1024
Xresolution=768
Vrefresh=75
AutoConfirm=1
[TapiLocation]
CountryCode=1
Dialing=Tone
AreaCode=303
[RegionalSettings]
LanguageGroup=1
SystemLocale=00000409
UserLocale=00000409
InputLocale=0409:00000409
[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP
[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes
[Branding]
BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes
[Proxy]
Proxy_Enable=0
Use_Same_Proxy=0
[GuiRunOnce]
;Command0=c:\temp\RunOnceSetup.exe
4.)
If you want to start the setup in windows the create a batch file enter in the below command and add it to your XP cd root and click on it to install
\I386\winnt.exe unattend:\I386\winnt.sif
I hope this helps I use it and works great for me.
In WinXPPro I'd also like to know how to bypass the serial number entry whilst doing a fully unnattended install from CD. I'm not trying to bypass the registration or activation, just to automatically install from CD. Then I can activate once installed. This works a treat for Win2k, but there's something different in XP, guess it's related to activation.
I've been fiddling with slipstreaming and modifying the winnt.sif file for days but have not been able to get it fully automatic. Slipstreaming is sorted, adding hardware detection is sorted (I think!), but automatic install isn't.
Without a winnt.sif file I get asked all the usual questions, but not for a serial number until installation is complete and then into the activation routine. I'm just trying to make the same thing happen, but to automate the answers.
Anybody got any ideas or experience of this in XP?[/quote]
If I understand the question correctly this is how to install Windows XP with out entering the serial.
1.)
Go here and download Nero 6 http://www.nero.com/us/nero6-ultraedition.html
2.)
Go here and it will show you how to make a Win XP bootable cd using Nero 6. http://www.betaplace.co.uk/bootcd.asp
3.)
After you move over your files. make a text file named winnt.sif
put the information below in the file and edit it to suit you needs. then put it in the I386 folder in you compalation. burn your cd and you can boot up off the cd. you will be asked a few question that you can just hit enter on and you will never be asked to input your serial # providing you have entered the correct serial in the winnt.sif answer file.
;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
AutoPartition=1
MsDosInitiated="0"
UnattendedInstall="Yes"
FileSystem=ConvertNTFS
Repartition=Yes
[Unattended]
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=No
TargetPath=\WINDOWS
ExtendOemPartition=1
ConfirmHardware=Yes
OemFilesPath=..\$OEM$
[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword=*
EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone=10
OemSkipWelcome=1
AutoLogon=Yes
AutoLogonCount=1
[UserData]
ProductID=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX
FullName="PerUser"
OrgName="MyOrg"
ComputerName=*
[Display]
ConfigureAtLogon=1
BitsPerPel=32
Xresolution=1024
Xresolution=768
Vrefresh=75
AutoConfirm=1
[TapiLocation]
CountryCode=1
Dialing=Tone
AreaCode=303
[RegionalSettings]
LanguageGroup=1
SystemLocale=00000409
UserLocale=00000409
InputLocale=0409:00000409
[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP
[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes
[Branding]
BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes
[Proxy]
Proxy_Enable=0
Use_Same_Proxy=0
[GuiRunOnce]
;Command0=c:\temp\RunOnceSetup.exe
4.)
If you want to start the setup in windows the create a batch file enter in the below command and add it to your XP cd root and click on it to install
\I386\winnt.exe unattend:\I386\winnt.sif
I hope this helps I use it and works great for me.