Full control over Win XP installation progress process

  
                  I don't know if you are tired of the boring and tedious Windows XP installation process. In fact, as long as you have a little brainstorm, you can not only let the installer automatically fill in the serial number, user name, unit name, computer name, work group name, domain name, etc. You can integrate device drivers into the installation package, and even let the installer help you install some necessary tools, which is not a good idea?

Microsoft's automatic answer file creation tool (installation manager, located in the \\Support\\Tools\\Deploy.cab file) can accomplish the above tasks, but the operation is too cumbersome and extremely error-prone, so the author Recommend this little software called Winnt.sif Creator to your friends.

Software Name: Winnt.sif Creator

Latest Version: 2.0

Software Size: 107KB

Download Address: http://download.zol. Com.cn/detail/11/105594.shtml

Winnt.sif Creator software can help us re-create a Windows XP installation CD that can do the above work, this is a completely green free installation software. WINNTSIF.exe performed directly after decompression to open (FIG. 1) main interface window shown




, can be seen here include Configuration, Regristry Tweaks, Help, Ablout Of the four subsections, the latter two of course do not have to deal with it, the focus should be placed on the first two, especially the Configuration section.

Please copy all the files of the Windows XP installation CD to the hard disk, such as g:\\winxp, because we need to install additional device drivers or third-party applications that are not provided on the Windows XP installation CD, so we You also need to create the \\%oem%\\ subfolder under the winxp folder. Note that the %oem% and i386 folders should be in a side-by-side relationship. Next, create a subdirectory under the folder, all non-Windows. The installation files provided by the XP installation CD should be placed in the \\winxp\\%oem%\\\\ folder so that they can be installed by the installer.

Since our goal is to automatically install device drivers and some third-party applications, create drivers and install subdirectories for saving device drivers and application installation files, of course you Other names can be used, but remember that you cannot use Chinese names.

a, to achieve unattended installation of Windows XP


for unattended installation of Windows XP, to be provided to complete the appropriate [Configuration] section:

1.Data: Data option, the default installation CD will boot the system from the CD, if you choose to boot the system from Floppy (floppy disk), you can reset it here, "Auto Partition" allows the system to automatically choose to install Partition, otherwise the installer will ask the user to make a decision and it is recommended to select it.

2.Unattended: Unattended installation settings, if you want the installer to automatically install third-party software, such as applications, patches, drivers, etc., you must select the "Install Extra Programs" option; Repartition can automatically delete the current partition and re-create it as NTFS format, otherwise it will start installation and use the original file system directly; "Show Create User Screen" can display the account creation screen; "Auto Activate" option will automatically activate Windows XP. Of course, the premise is that an Internet connection has been established and the installation serial number must be valid.

The "Driver Path" text box here allows the user to fill in the path information of the device driver, which will be described in detail later; the "Target Path" text box defines the installation folder of Windows XP, the default setting is " \\WINDOWS", generally do not need to change.

3.GUIUnattended: Set the graphical user interface for unattended installation, here you can set the system administrator password, "Skip Regional Screen" option allows to skip the area selection step during the installation process, "Timezone Index" For the time zone code, click on the “View Time Zone Index Values” link to view the details. Here we should enter “210” (Chinese standard time zone); as for the “Profiles Path” below, it is the save path for setting the user profile. The setting is \\%systemdrive%\\Documents and Settings\\.

4.Display: The default display settings, including color digits and screen resolution, refresh frequency, the default settings are 32Bit, 1024 × 768, 70Hz, generally do not need to change.

5.UserData: user data set (FIG. 2), where you can input information 25 of the installation serial number, user name, unit name, computer name, and the like.

6.TapiLocation: country code setting, for example, the country code of the United States is 44, click the "View Country Codes" link to view the detailed information, domestic users should enter "86".


7.RegionalSettings: area code settings, click the "View Group Values" link to view the details, Simplified Chinese users should enter "10" in the "Language Group" box, as for the following The "Language" does not need to be changed.

8.Networking: Network settings, check the "Install Default Componants" check box to indicate that the default network components will be installed, and then you can set the workgroup name or domain name.

9.Componants: Windows XP component settings, which allows users to customize the installation components, as shown in Figure 3, including Windows Messenger, MSN Explorer, Outlook Express, Sample Sound Clips and other 22 components, of which Calculator, Character Map, Volume Control, Utopia Sound Scheme, etc. have been automatically checked.



10.Shell: interface settings, "Custom Theme" you can set the default system theme, "Classic Start Menu" allows Windows XP to use the classic Start menu, are generally not selected.

11.GGIRunonce: batch file settings, the default settings have been automatically created three batch files main_batch.cmd, hotfixed.cmd, applications.cmd, you can also add more batch files, These batch files will be executed after Windows XP is installed and logged into the system using an administrator account, as described in more detail later.

After the above settings are completed, click the “Finish” button, as shown in Figure 4, you can see that the SIF file has been automatically generated. Click the “Make my WINNT.SIF” button in the lower right corner to specify the path. Create the winnt.sif file, note that it should be saved in the g:\\winxp\\i386\\ folder.



Second, the registry is automatically adjusted


If you do not want to end and then install Windows XP to adjust the registry, So simply complete it in the "Regristry Tweaks" section.

1.Startup and Shutdown: Select the "Auto-Login" option, then enter the user name, password to automatically achieve automatic login, select the "Disable Welcome Screen" option will not use the welcome screen and use the standard Interface login.

2.Internet Explorer: Internet Explorer adjustment, generally do not choose.

3.System: There are many adjustment items here. For example, “Register Windows” can guide users to register Windows, “Disable Remote Assistance” can disable remote assistance, and “Disable Autorun” can disable auto-run function.

4.Shell: There are also many adjustment items here, such as "Speed ​​up Start Menu Display" can speed up the display speed of the start menu, "Hide Network icon" can hide the network neighbor icon, "Remove Language Bar" The language bar can be removed from the desktop and the "Disable Windows Picture and Fax viewer" can disable the picture and fax viewer.

5.Context Menu: Allow "Copy To" or "Move To" to be added to the right-click menu

After completing the above settings, click the "Finish!" button to display the corresponding registry key. Value content, click the "Construct my tweaks!" button to generate the corresponding registry file in the specified path, note that it should be saved in the g:\\winxp\\%oem%\\\\install\\ folder (the file name can be arbitrary, such as tweak .reg, but remember not to save it as a file like tweak.reg.txt), you must also create a batch file called hotfixes.cmd, as follows:

echo

echo application registry adjust ...

regedit /s% systemdrive% \\% oem% \\\\ install \\ tweak.reg

echo

exit


Third, automatically install device drivers


for example, we are ready to BAFO BF-100C USB connection cable drivers added to the Windows XP installation folder to install the operating The driver can also be installed automatically when the system is used. What should I do?

First, we should create a subfolder named bf-100c in the g:\\winxp\\%oem%\\\\drivers\\ folder, and then copy the BF-100C driver file. Note Please ensure that the BF-100C driver file Usbbc20.inf is in this path.

Next, return to the main screen Winnt.sif Creator, adding a new device driver path and name [the Unattended] measure "OemPnPDriversPath =" next line, there should be separated by semicolons, half-width English Since the installer looks for these drivers in the root directory of the drive where %systemroot% is located, we don't have to enter the drive letter here, the format is as follows:

OemPnPDriversPath=\\drivers\\bf-100c;

If you still need to install drivers for more devices, you can continue to create new subfolders under g:\\winxp\\%oem%\\\\drivers\\ under the [Unattended] section under "OemPnPDriversPath=" One line continues to add content in the above format, so I won't say more here.

Tip: If your device driver is a ZIP archive, unzip directly to; if a device driver; if it is a form of self-extracting EXE file, use WinZIP or WinRAR release If there is no INF information file, but can only be installed through the EXE file, then you can refer to the following method to complete.

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