The key factor of Windows Unattended Installation Manager (WUIM) process
is a working file share and an access account (Windows or Linux) to
store the installation source and the WUIM application. In this short
manual I only describe the Windows variant.
SMB Signing
Because Microsoft has changed the SMB signing with Windows XP SP2
and Windows 2003 SP1 we need to use the following registry fix to the
Windows XP SP2 and Windows 2003 SP1 computer where the share is active,
then reboot.
Registry Fix
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters]
"NullSessionPipes"=hex(7):43,00,4f,00,4d,00,4e,00,41,00,50,00,00,00,43,00,4f,\
00,4d,00,4e,00,4f,00,44,00,45,00,00,00,53,00,51,00,4c,00,5c,00,51,00,55,00,\
45,00,52,00,59,00,00,00,53,00,50,00,4f,00,4f,00,4c,00,53,00,53,00,00,00,4c,\
00,4c,00,53,00,52,00,50,00,43,00,00,00,62,00,72,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,65,00,\
72,00,00,00,73,00,72,00,76,00,73,00,76,00,63,00,00,00,00,00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa]
"RestrictAnonymous"=dword:00000000
Please note this will enable so called Null
Sessions, Microsoft
has blocked this in Windows XP SP2 and Windows 2003 SP1 for security
reasons, I don't think this will secure your windows since sessions
with bogus username/password will work as Null Sessions before Windows
XP SP2 and Windows 2003 SP1.
Create User Account
Create a new user account within the Computer Management. You can
open the Computer Management by using the right mouse button on the
"My Computer" icon.
And create the new user with the following properties (off course
with your own password).
Create Folder and Share
After we have created an account we can create a folder/share. We
also define the permissions of this folder/share.
First we create a new folder on a hard disk we you have enough space
to store the Windows sources. I work with a hard disk partition of
30GB which is enough to store five sources of Operation Systems.
Open the share and security properties of this folder.
Set the following Share and Permissions within the sharing
tab. If you end with a $ sign the share is not showing if somebody
is browsing the network.
Set the following Security permissions within the Security
tab.
First add the new created account to the Group or User names.
