Automated install xp

Have it for installing System drivers from a batch file as. Use the silent mode Install as. From a batch file, Use the Silent mode install as. Download Microsoft Silverlight v5. Organize the above gathered installation files in folders as we wish for burning to the installation DVD along with XP Setup files. Then create a few batch files such that each calling two or more of the gathered installation files as you wish.

First batch file can be called at first boot after XP Install with a series of commands initiated with a command in cmdlines. At the end of this batch file, give shutdown command with restart option. At the start of this batch file, make a registry "RunOnce" entry to call the 2nd batch file after system restart. Similarly run every batch file after restart fresh. Note: The "RunOnce" registry entry to call batch files automatically at system start up will be deleted automatically.

Sometimes if it doesn't happen automatically, you may take care to delete it using a regedit command in every batch file.

Just delete the instance of "RunOnce" entry in every batch file as a first command that called the batch file. The XDrive directory should be put inside i folder. So burn the DVD, use it and enjoy Abudch02 Thank You for your solution.

The idea is good and interesting. One of the links for a help file doesn't open. Just repost it. There are full instructions on the web site, and links to driver packs.

To install applications, you will need to create post-install silent installation scripts, which can also be incoporated into the nLite installation. The commands put inside this text file will be executed during Registering components part of GUI portion of XP setup. The commands inside [commands] section of this file are:.

This command adds a registry info "RunOnce" entry that enables a call to a batch file after XP setup at the end of first boot from desktop. The "AutoInstall. This command executes a batch file that xcopy a directory named "XDrive" from "i" folder of DVD to "i" folder of system root directory.

The folder XDrive will have a batch file named XDrive2. Then create a few batch files such that each installing various system applications as per your need.

The first batch file must be called after XP installation at the end of first boot from desktop and subsequent batch files shall be called from desktop after regular restarts by making "RunOnce" registry entry. The first batch file is the bridge between the normal XP setup and the installation of your user applications and drivers.

Make the system to restart after a set of Application installations with each batch file. Suppose if there are four hard disk drives that shall be named with drive letters from C through F, then leave a drive letter G and fix H as the DVD drive.

I assume one optical drive in the system if there are 2 optical drives, two times shifting of drive letters must be done. So for the drive letter to change, put commands in [GuiRunOnce] section of Winnt. Refer the above Winnt. The command inside XDrive2. This diskpart command will change the drive letter of your DVD drive to H as you fixed. So for the batch file XDrive2. Update the system drivers to the latest available online. Have it for installing System drivers from a batch file as. Use the silent mode Install as.

From a batch file, Use the Silent mode install as. The target PC reboots, and again connects to the source server and looks for the flag. If this file is found, then the PC's hard drive has been formatted and the batch program jumps down to start the Windows XP Pro install using unattend. The yn. It uses an errorlevel to check which was pressed.

See the YN. The unattend. The following line checks to see if the PC was rebooted :: by checking for the flag. If the flag. You will be asked to enter a unique computer name at the beginning of the XP install, and the computer will be added to the network. A file, shutdown. About 20 mins. After the PC reboots, the local Administrator user will automatically login, and the final phase of the unattended install will start.

Run the ofcxp. You put cmdlines. The only drawback to using cmdlines is you can't see what is happening as the commands are run. If there is a problem, it is more difficult to ascertain the source of the problem. Also, I had problems modifying the registry and installing Office using cmdlines. It might be different for you, so it is worth testing if you would rather use it.

The ofcxp. Modify some registry settings on the target PC. This is done by the xpnew. This file copies the files then checks for success. This is done by calling makedisk. The makedisk. Diskpart can create partitions from within Windows. It is essentially an automated Disk Manager. The file disk. A new partition - E: will be created and the remaining drive space will be used for the E: drive. This is done with a standard Office install command using a MST file to configure the Office installation.

The reason for this step is to create a default user environment for each user that logs on to the PC. If you set up a reference PC to test your unattended install on, you can create a local account called Testuser, login as Testuser, configure the Desktop, Internet Explorer settings, Windows Explorer settings, Display settings and so on.

These settings, which are saved in the Testuser's profile, can be copied to other users by copying the Testuser profile to the Default User profile. Then, each time a new user logs in for the first time, they will get those settings from the Default User profile. For this install, once I configured my Testuser's settings and copied the Testuser profile to the Default User profile, I used a zip utility, Winzip, and zipped up the Default User profile directory.

I then copied that. During the unattended install of XP, that. In the ofcxp. Then, using an unzip program, unzip. Do a silent install of Recovery Console.