Chapter 6. Answer Files

Answer files are scripts that you can use to automate the installation of Microsoft Windows XP Professional. They provide automatic responses to the Windows XP Setup prompts so users don’t have to interact with the process. This chapter describes how to create answer files and includes sample settings you can use in your own.

In this chapter:

Getting Started

Editing Answer Files

Running Setup Fully Unattended

Specializing Answer Files

Templating Answer Files

Scripting Domain Adds

Best Practices

Checklist

  • Have you identified and planned the settings you need for installing Windows XP Professional? If not, see Chapter 3, and the file dist01.doc on this book’s companion CD in the Aids folder.

  • Do you need a fully automated setup process, ...

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