winnt.sif help

[Andrew87]

I have WindowsXP Pro with integrated SP1 and everytime I format it takes ages to download all the patches from Windows Update and then install them. I have them all downloaded seperately and manually run them after installing Windows, however I wanted to automate that bit but still have WindowsXP let me choose which drive to install it to, what options to fill in etc.

So will this winnt.sif file carry out the [GuiRunOnce] command? I have all the other updates put into a silent install, but this one requires the install to be done like this.

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

[Unattended]
UnattendMode=ProvideDefault
OemPreinstall=Yes
TargetPath=\WINDOWS

[GuiUnattended]
EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
OEMSkipRegional=0
TimeZone=85

[UserData]
FullName=""
OrgName=""

[TapiLocation]
CountryCode=44

[RegionalSettings]
LanguageGroup=1
Language=00000809

[GuiRunOnce]
Command0=%systemdrive%\WUTemp\hotfixes.cmd

[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup=HOME

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes



Thanks for all feedback!

[hulksterjoe]

The believe this is correct file but you could always just download the files as the straight redistributable one instead of using window update and the burn then to a cd.

[Sid]

Why don't you just download all the files then slipstream them into a bootable cd. Here (http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=160) is some good docs on how to do this.

[Andrew87]

Thanks for the advice but I already slipstreamed an SP1 CD months ago :). However, even with having SP1 you still need to download lots of critical updates from Windows Update, the only slipstreamable updates are SP1 and a certain Hotfix, I've already slipstreamed them. All the other files are set to silent install during Windows Setup at the 13minutes remaining mark, however one update must be run using GuiRunOnce, and all instructions are for a fully automated cd, not what I wanted so I made this winnt.sif file.