Miscellaneous Tweaks - Creating an Automated Install of Windows XP

On the Windows XP CD, in the SUPPORT\TOOLS directory, there is a file called DEPLOY.CAB.

  1. Extract the programs DEPLOY.CHM (help file) and SETUPMGR.EXE (main program).
     
  2. Run SETUPMGR and answer the prompts.
     
  3. This will create both a unattend.bat and unattend.txt file you can use for automated installs.
     
  4. Note: The batch file might need some minor modification for file locations but it is fairly basic.

 


Author:

Lex van der Horst

Date Added:

06-11-2004

Last Reviewed:

06-11-2004