Remote OS Installation

Creating and Modifying Setup Answer Files

Windows 2000 includes a tool called Setup Manager to create unattended setup answer files for use with standard Windows 2000 setup and with Remote OS Installation. You can use the Setup Manager Wizard or create your own answer files manually by using a text editor such as Notepad. You can also combine using Setup Manager to generate the basic answer file and then use a text editor to further customize the answer file to meet your needs.

For more information about general Windows 2000 setup operations and how setup uses answer files, see "Automating Client Installation and Upgrade" in the Deployment Planning Guide.

For more information about manually working with answer files and sample answer files, see "Sample Answer Files for Unattended Setup" in the Deployment Planning Guide.

For the Setup Manager tool, information about how to use it, and a complete list of answer file parameters and their syntax, see the deploy.cab file in the \Support\Tools folder on the Windows 2000 Professional operating system CD.