billnight

This might sound like an old and simple topic, but I do need your help: I was using a volume license XP with SP2 CD created a network share with Setupmgr. With the same CD, I created a BartPE. Boot a machine with the PE disc and mapped (drive letter H) to the share, then run "winnt32.exe /S:H:\i386 /unattend:H:\unattend.txt". Until this point, it is all textbook steps. I got following error after I hit enter: "the setup script does not contain a valid product ID contact your system administrator for a valid product ID" Googled the error and checked my answer file, it appears: * I don't have "," in my answer file; * "UnattendedMode" is set to FullUnattended; * I toggled between "ProductID" and "ProductKey"; * I even use Ethereal to moniter the traffic between client and server and it appears client did get the whole answer file from server. Here is my answer file and appreciate if you give me som advice. ;SetupMgrTag ;[Data] ; AutoPartition=1 ; MsDosInitiated="0" ; UnattendedInstall="Yes" [unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes TargetPath=\WINDOWS [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword="password" EncryptedAdminPassword=NO AutoLogon=Yes AutoLogonCount=1 OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=4 OemSkipWelcome=1 [userData] ProductKey=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx FullName="ABC" OrgName="XYZ" ComputerName=* [Display] BitsPerPel=16 Xresolution=1024 YResolution=768 Vrefresh=60 [setupMgr] DistFolder=C:\windist DistShare=windist [GuiRunOnce] Command0=%systemdrive%\APPS\appsinst.bat [identification] JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

Tried that and still no luck

Hello, I tried to run unattended installation of XP from a network share using WinPE. However, I got a message after running unattended.bat from command prompt say "the setup script does not contain a valid Product ID Contact your system administrator for a valid Product ID". If I manually enter the product ID (same as the one in the unattend.txt), it seems the installation will go on. I have created an ISO file using the same network share and installed the XP sucessfully on a VM (by mounting the iso file to the cdrom and rename the unattend.txt to winnt.sif, and save it to a floppy) using the same product ID. Here is my unattend.txt: ;SetupMgrTag [Data] AutoPartition=1 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" [unattended] Repartition=Yes UseWholeDisk=Yes UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemPreinstall=Yes OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes OemSkipWelcome=0 TargetPath=\WINDOWS UnattendSwitch=Yes [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword="password" EncryptedAdminPassword=NO AutoLogon=Yes AutoLogonCount=1 OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=20 OemSkipWelcome=1 [userData] ProductID=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx FullName="test" OrgName="test" ComputerName=* [Display] BitsPerPel=16 Xresolution=1024 YResolution=768 Vrefresh=60 [TapiLocation] CountryCode=1 Dialing=Tone AreaCode=111 LongDistanceAccess="9" [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=1 Language=00000409 [branding] BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes [GuiRunOnce] Command0=a:\copyi386.bat Command1=%systemdrive%\install\appinst.bat [identification] JoinDomain=xxx.xxx.org DomainAdmin=xxxxxx DomainAdminPassword=xxxxxx [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes