thanks guys, but i've tried both of your methods to no avail, here is my full unattend file. the driver installs fine, but the setup don't seem to use any of the "Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE & Microsoft-Windows-Setup" component settings, but saying that, it will set the virtual page size. what am i doing wrong? <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend"> <settings pass="windowsPE"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <SetupUILanguage> <UILanguage>en-uk</UILanguage> <WillShowUI>Never</WillShowUI> </SetupUILanguage> <InputLocale>0809:00000809</InputLocale> <SystemLocale>en-uk</SystemLocale> <UILanguage>en-uk</UILanguage> <UserLocale>en-uk</UserLocale> <UILanguageFallback>en-us</UILanguageFallback> </component> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <ComplianceCheck> <DisplayReport>Never</DisplayReport> </ComplianceCheck> <Diagnostics> <OptIn>false</OptIn> </Diagnostics> <DiskConfiguration> <WillShowUI>Never</WillShowUI> <Disk wcm:action="add"> <DiskID>0</DiskID> <WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk> <ModifyPartitions> <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add"> <Active>true</Active> <Extend>false</Extend> <Format>NTFS</Format> <Label>SYSTEM</Label> <Letter>C</Letter> <PartitionID>1</PartitionID> <Order>1</Order> </ModifyPartition> </ModifyPartitions> <CreatePartitions> <CreatePartition wcm:action="add"> <Extend>true</Extend> <Order>1</Order> <Type>Primary</Type> </CreatePartition> </CreatePartitions> </Disk> </DiskConfiguration> <PageFile> <Path>%windir%\Pagefile.sys</Path> <Size>1024</Size> </PageFile> <UserData> <ProductKey> <WillShowUI>Never</WillShowUI> <Key>12345-12345-12345-12345-12345</Key> </ProductKey> <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula> <FullName>Name</FullName> <Organization>Org</Organization> </UserData> <EnableFirewall>false</EnableFirewall> <EnableNetwork>true</EnableNetwork> <Restart>Restart</Restart> <UseConfigurationSet>true</UseConfigurationSet> </component> </settings> <settings pass="offlineServicing"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsNonWinPE" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <DriverPaths> <PathAndCredentials wcm:action="add" wcm:keyValue="GX280AudioDriver"> <Credentials> <Domain>wan</Domain> <Password>password</Password> <Username>vista</Username> </Credentials> <Path>\\Bw-wds-01\REMINST\Images\Out-of-Box Drivers\GX280Audio\SMAXWDM\W2K_XP</Path> </PathAndCredentials> </DriverPaths> </component> </settings> <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim://bw-wds-01/reminst/images/install.wim#Windows Vista ENTERPRISE" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" /> </unattend>