Q142633: How to Run a Program Only Once During an Unattended Setup
Article: Q142633
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 3.51
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbnetwork kbsetup
Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.51
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SUMMARY
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The unattended setup mode of Windows NT 3.51 does not offer a way to run a
program once the setup is complete. Nevertheless, this could be very useful if
you want to set up other components on your system after the completion of the
unattended setup (in order to run a batch file or install some other products,
for example).
This article describes how to run any kind of program during an unattended setup.
MORE INFORMATION
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Running any kind of program during an unattended setup is not normally possible.
The following steps explains how to run a program only once after an unattended
setup.
The system must be installed with AutoLogon enabled so that the first time the
system is booted after setup, a session is automatically opened and a specific
program can be launched.
The following steps explain how to set up Windows NT and to run a program
automatically after the setup:
1. Save the USERDEF hive.
Prepare a standard setup of Windows NT (for example, not unattended) and save
the file %SystemRoot%\System32\Config\UserDef as x:\userdef.def (Drive X is a
network share from which the automated setup of Windows NT will be run).
2. Copy the I386 directory from the Windows NT distribution compact disc to the
network drive X.
3. Copy the resource kit utility Regini.exe to Drive X.
4. Modify Initial.inf to enable AutoLogon:
a. Type the following commands:
Expand -r Initial.in_
Del Initial.in_
b. Change Initial.inf to read as follows:
[Install-Win-Ini-Alter-1]
ReplaceIniKeyValue "Win.ini", Winlogon, DefaultUserName,
administrator
ReplaceIniKeyValue "Win.ini", Winlogon, DefaultPassword, ""
ReplaceIniKeyValue "Win.ini", Winlogon, AutoAdminLogon,"1"
For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q136327
TITLE : How to Enable AutoLogon During an Automated Setup
5. Edit Registry.inf to modify the run registry entry:
a. Type the following commands:
expand -r x:\registry.in_
del x:\ registry.in_
b. Edit Registry.inf and search for the section [MakeStartupEntry]. Just
above the line 'set Status = STATUS_SUCCESSFUL', insert the following
lines:
>
set KeyPath = { +
{SOFTWARE, $(NoTitle), $(MaskAllAccess)}, +
{Microsoft, $(NoTitle), $(MaskAllAccess)}, +
{"Windows NT", $(NoTitle), $(MaskAllAccess)}, +
{CurrentVersion, $(NoTitle), $(MaskAllAccess)}, +
{"Windows", $(NoTitle), $(MaskAllAccess)}, +
}
set KeyValues = { +
{run, $(NoTitle), $(!REG_SZ), "runonce.bat"} +
}
shell "" CreateKey $(!REG_H_CUSER) $(KeyPath) $(KeyValues)
ifint $($ShellCode) != $(!SHELL_CODE_OK)
goto end_MakeStartupEntry
endif
ifstr(i) $($R0) != STATUS_SUCCESSFUL
goto end_MakeStartupEntry
else
CloseRegKey $($R1)
endif
6. Write a regini script by writing the x:\autolog.ini file to read as follows:
\registry\machine
Software
Microsoft
Windows NT
CurrentVersion
Winlogon
AutoAdminLogon = REG_SZ 0
user:Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
run = REG_SZ
This will disable AutoLogon and remove the running of Runonce.bat when the
administrator logs on.
7. Create a Runonce.bat batch file.
Write a batch file and save it as x:\runonce.bat. This batch file can include
any command and will be executed only once after the unattended setup.
The two last lines of the Runonce.bat batch file must be as follows:
"copy %SystemRoot%\System32\Userdef.def SystemRoot%\System32\config\userdef.
regini %SystemRoot%\System32\autolog.ini" (without the quotation marks)
8. Modify Dosnet.inf.
During the first phase of unattended setup, all system files are temporarily
copied to C:\$Win_nt$.~ls and C:\$Win_nt$.~bt. Dosnet.inf lists the files
that have to be copied to the system.
Edit x:\Dosnet.inf and add the following lines to the end of the [Files]
section:
d1,RUNONCE.BAT d1,USERDEF.DEF d1,REGINI.EXE d1,AUTOLOG.INI
9. Modify Txtsetup.sif.
Txtsetup.sif is used during the text-mode phase of the unattended setup. It
tells the setup process which files have to be copied to the hard disk.
Add the following lines to the end of the [Files] section:
runonce.bat = dx,d7,,2,0,0 userdef.def = dx,d7,,2,0,0 regini.exe =
dx,d7,,2,0,0 autolog.ini = dx,d7,,2,0,0
The files above are copied to the System32 directory.
10. Run the following command:
x:\winnt32.exe /u:<path>\unattend.txt /s:x:\
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