installing windows XP without having to put in Product Key

[meteor4o]

any ideas about that ;)

[Fedr0]

Make a script for the installation that already has the key into it.

[Steven]

its called unattended setup.

why are you winking?

"do you think i'm cute, do you think i'm funny"

[Rivak]

Make something along the lines of this, name it winnt.sif, and put it on a floppy. Keep the floppy in and install from the XP CD.

[Nimec]

Hope you aren't asking this for illegal purposes :p

But yes, a script file is all you need.

[nartac]

Don't know if there was any changes on SP1. Prior to SP1, I was able to make the winnt.sif file and place it in i386 folder then make a bootable CD. With the SP1 slipstreamed, I tried the same thing and for the life of me, i keep getting errors. YES, my Corp key is legit. Has anybody tried this and it worked for them? If I installed a slipstreamed SP1 and manually enter my CD key, then it installed no problem. My conclusion, MS has changed the autoinstall method and i'm waiting for bink.nu to show me how.

[sinatosk]

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Originally posted by xStainDx

its called unattended setup.

why are you winking?

"do you think i'm cute, do you think i'm funny"

???? o.O ????

[sinatosk]

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Originally posted by Rivak

Make something along the lines of this, name it winnt.sif, and put it on a floppy. Keep the floppy in and install from the XP CD.

do u know where u can fine more command lines ????

[Joel]

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Originally posted by zionath

do u know where u can fine more command lines ????

Some here:

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/win2k...tom_install.asp

[sinatosk]

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Originally posted by silly_walk

Some here:

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/win2k...tom_install.asp

thx's :D

[Prasanth]

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Originally posted by zionath

do u know where u can fine more command lines ????

Extract the deploy.cab in SUPPORTTOOLS on your winxp cd and run setupmgr.exe to create a custom unattended.txt file

[Rivak]

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Originally posted by prasanth

run setupmgr.exe to create a custom unattended.txt file

I don't suggest that, it hides some options you can set by configuring it manually. Look at deploy.chm (i think) for a complete list of commands.