sysprep and boot timeout

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I had set my boot timeout to 5 seconds before I sysprepped my image. I've
read in the unattend.doc (comes with sysprep) that it resets the timeout
back to 30 after you run sysprep. Is there a setting anywhere that will
automatically kick back the timer to my pre-defined value?

I suppose I could write a vbscript that would set it upon login, but I would
much rather let sysprep handle it.

Anyone?

Thanks in advance,
Rob
 
I don't believe sysprep has anything built into it to do this. We use a
script to change it back. Not ideal, but we already have other
post-restore-image scripts and processes running, so adding this wasn't
a big deal to us.
 
Hmm... thanks - I'll go ahead and write something up I guess. Is this a
direct edit to boot.ini, or is it somehow transcribed from the registry to
boot.ini?

Rob
 
Just modify the file. I haven't tested it myself, but you might be able
to use the XP bootcfg.exe command. Not sure if it works with 2000,
though.
 
Yeah, it looks like bootcfg doesn't work for 2000 - d'oh! Too bad, too - it
looks like a handy exe.

I guess I'll just put together a quickie VBScript to take care of it. It
seems odd that sysprep wouldn't have this feature built-in, especially
considering that it resets it after you run it...

Thanks for your help David!

Rob
 
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