hellraizer182

I don’t think product Profile Maker is what I'm looking for. I'm trying to update my current unattended setup so it will pretty much install the basics for every user, including setup email accounts. When I've worked this out, I'm going to move onto department specific installations.

Sorry, I should have given more details. We use an Imap server. I have created an office .MST files which sets up things like address books, shortcuts etc. I'm trying to work out if there is a way though a prompt, that I can set up the users email account during installation, as this changes for every pc I install.

I reinstall a lot of PCs everyday for my work, I work for a large company with about 1000 workers. I have successfully managed to create a windows xp unattended DVD which also installs office 2003. What I would like to do is have a prompt during install that asks for a username, full name and a password. Form there I ideally want it to create a user with the username and also set up an office 2003 email account with the same details. Any ideas how to go about this? I'm sure creating the user would not be a problem but not sure about the email. Any help would be grateful.

I think "Professor Frink" may have worked it out. I’m using the cd I used from our old systems and had overlooked updated the chipset driver. I'm almost 100% sure that this is what is causing the problem. I will try it out and see if it works, ill be back if it doest. Thank you all for your help. You have saved me a lot of work

I used nlite to help with service pack intergration, but done the rest myself. Do you think nlite might have caused the problem?

I have tried unplugging them and then plugging them in again, but this also doest work. I'm at a complete loss. On a sideline does anyone know why some new paces come with no PS/2 ports? Its seems stupid if you ask me.

They are Dell pcs, the keyboard and mice are just basic models, no hotkeys etc, with USB connectors and no drivers supplied. I contacted Dell but the person couldn’t understand what I was trying to ask so I gave up in the end. I know that windows install generic drivers during the install process and this is why I can use the keyboard and mice then. But once install is over they don’t work at all. I was thinking it might have something to do with USB drivers, but am unsure Any ideas would be great as I have 20 pcs waiting to be configured and it would save me days worth of work if I could find a solution. Cheers

The bios was the first thing I checked and it is enabled. Keyboard and mouse work fine until you get to the login screen and then nothing. This is also the case if I use an original windows xp disk with service pack 2 installed. Works fine until login screen. The only way I have got the mouse and keyboard working is if I use the pc companies reinstallation disk to install windows, but this installs so much other rubbish and I can’t make it unattended.

I’ve searched for an answer to this but with no luck. I have made an unattended cd for use at work and had no problems until now. All our new pcs have no ps/2 ports so we have to use USB keyboards and mice. As soon as the install gets to the username screen, the mouse and keyboard stop working, making the whole install useless. Anyone have any ideas how to fix this. Cheers