Microsoft KB Archive/191602

= INFO: Bypassing Display Adapter Autodetect during Unattended Setup =

Article ID: 191602

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition

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This article was previously published under Q191602



SUMMARY
This article explains how to disable the detection of the display adapter during an unattended setup, to install the default VGA driver.

When a system is installed in unattended mode, the [Display] section of the unattended text file provides the screen resolution. In some cases, you may want to use the default VGA driver (because of monitor limitations, for example) and not the graphics adapter's driver, which is automatically detected by the system.



MORE INFORMATION
To bypass the detection of the display adapter, and to install the default VGA driver, modify your answer file as follows:

  Set the OEM flag:

[Unattend] OemPreinstall = Yes   Modify the display section as follows

[Display] InstallDriver = 1 ConfigureAtLogon = 0 BitsPerPel = 4 XResolution = 640 YResolution = 480 VRefresh = 60 AutoConfirm = 1

[DisplayDrivers] "Standard VGA (640x480, 16 colors)" = "RETAIL" 

The string above identifies the driver to be installed. RETAIL means that the driver is provided by default. OEM means that the driver comes from a third party manufacturer.

WARNING: For localized versions of Windows NT, you can find the identification string for VGA mode in Txtsetup.sif. Search for the following line in Txtsetup.sif:

forcevga = "Standard VGA (640x480, 16 colors)",files.none

Use the identification string above in the [DisplayDrivers] section.

For more information about unattended setup, please refer to the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

155197 Unattended Setup Parameters for Unattend.txt

Additional query words: Unattended Setup

Keywords: kbinfo kbsbk KB191602

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