Automated installation xp

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. 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. 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. 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.