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That entry has created a new problem. Now my workstations no longer automatically join the domain /me sighs Back to the drawing board... Do you think you can post your slf file, Ctrl-X?

I finally figured out what was wrong! If you're using GUIRunOnce, you must also add [unattended] UnattendSwitch="yes" Found this bit of info at http://www.overclockers.com/tips1172/ ... w00h00!

I tried it just now. Didn't work. RIS is getting on my nerves.

When I am using RIS, and I create an $OEM$ folder with subfolders $1 and $$ at the same level as i386, howcome RIS downloads the $OEM$ folder structure to C:\$win_nt$.~ls/$OEM$ and doesn't move the files???... inside $win_nt$.~ls is also an i386 folder. edit: NM! Stupid mistake..didn't have OEMPreinstall set

Hello, I am creating a fully unattended install, and when I start populating GUIRunOnce with commands (batch files to install software), it seems to stop following my .sif file. For example, if I add commands to be executed in GUIRunOnce, then after a successful XP install, it'll ask me if I would like to register with Microsoft, check for internet connectivity, and doesn't join the workstation to my domain. But, GUIRunOnce does execute my batch files. However if I don't use GUIRunOnce, everything works great, meaning it's fully unattended and joins the domain. Here are the contents of my sif file: ;SetupMgrTag [Components] chat=off msnexplr=off zonegames=off [Data] AutoPartition=1 MsDosInitiated=0 UnattendedInstall="Yes" floppyless="1" OriSrc="\\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%" OriTyp="4" LocalSourceOnCD=1 [Display] BitsPerPel=32 Xresolution=1024 YResolution=768 [setupData] OsLoadOptions="/noguiboot /fastdetect" SetupSourceDevice="\Device\LanmanRedirector\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%" [unattended] DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes TargetPath=\WINDOWS FileSystem=LeaveAlone NtUpgrade=No OverwriteOemFilesOnUpgrade=No [GuiUnattended] EncryptedAdminPassword=No AdminPassword="mypassword" AutoLogon=Yes AutoLogonCount=1 OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=%TIMEZONE% OemSkipWelcome=1 [userData] ProductKey=myproductkey FullName="User" OrgName="Organization" ComputerName=%MACHINENAME% [identification] DomainAdmin="account" DomainAdminPassword="password" JoinDomain = "MYDOMAIN" ; DoOldStyleDomainJoin=Yes [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes ProcessPageSections=Yes [RemoteInstall] Repartition=Yes UseWholeDisk=Yes [OSChooser] Description="Microsoft Windows XP Professional w/ SP2 (Unattended)" Help="Automatically installs Microsoft Windows XP Professional w/ SP2 and base applications." LaunchFile="%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%\templates\startrom.com" ImageType=Flat [GUIRunOnce] "net use Y: \\server\reminst\scripts /user:MYDOMAIN\account password /persistent:no" "net use Z: \\server\DFS\Software /user:MYDOMAIN\account password /persistent:no" "Y:\prep.bat" "Y:\windowsxp_software"