How to perform an unattended installation of SQL Server 2008 Express

A while ago I wrote an article called “How to perform an unattended installation of SQL Server 2005 Express“. With the release of SQL Server 2008 it’s time to write another one about how to do the same but for SQL Server 2008 Express. So, let’s get started …...

Disable Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration (IEESC) on Windows 2008

The default configuration for Windows Server 2008 still has Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration enabled. Considering most administrators probably disable this I wonder why it’s still there … nonetheless here is a script to disable Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration (IEESC) from a script....

Follow Up – Post-build Windows unattended installation script

Back in June 2008 I posted an article about running post-build commands after Windows setup completes. Recently a viewer asked the following question: How would you go about having the unattend.xml automatically call this script? Although the method below doesn’t use unattend.xml directly, here’s a way of running a script after Windows setup completes …...

SQL Server 2005 Express Unattended Install – Further Info

Recently I posted an article about how to perform an unattended installation of SQL Server 2005 Express. A comment was posted asking how to set some specific options during the installation – here’s how....

Windows XP unattended install keeps asking for Plug and Play monitor driver

As far as I know the majority of businesses using the Windows platform are still using Windows XP and haven’t made the move to Windows Vista yet. If this is the case in your environment there’s a good chance you’re using some sort of deployment tool to manage desktop/laptop rollouts. Sometimes, though, you receive a message during the Windows XP unattended install asking for a driver for the...