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the inf files need to exist in the root of $oem$ Winnt.sif [Branding] BrandIEUsingUnattended=No IEBrandingFile=install.ins R

I add HKCU at T12 and all otrher registry tweaks on first login This ensures my default user has all my tweaks.

Did you set this in your winnt.sif? [unattended] OemPreinstall=Yes Also, when you write posts all in caps, you will frequently be ignored as people think you are yelling at them.

I started with BartPE and after 3-4 months, I switched to WinPE and migrated the shell over. There were too many things that didnt work as advertised and I needed real support from MS. Now they will provide help anytime I need it.

Are you issuing a factory -winpe to start your network? You may also have a DHCP problem, check to make sure you have available IP's under the scope.

Have you tried net time

Then you may have a problem with your PnP drive, look for an update from the manufacturer... or remove PnP and reinstall (after sp2 has been installed)

Sometimes you can bypass OOBE with CTRl Shift F3

the other thing i tried was to issue the net use command 2 times in a row. The second one generally worked. Are you sure the interface has completed loading? It takes about that much time and if you have it hidden you wont see it.

What you are seeing is the network stack hasnt initialized yet. What i had to do to get arount this was to add a ping 127.0.0.1 command before I tried to map any drive. R

What i proposed will run once for each user and is included in the NTUSER.dat file. It has nothing to do with the default user HKCU config... It allows commands to be run the first time a user logs into the machine (who dosent have a profile yet)

I have this working for every user but only for first login reg load HKLM\Test c:\docume~1\defaul~1\ntuser.dat reg add HKLM\Test\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce /V 01 /t REG_SZ /D "whatever command" reg unload HKLM\Test I add this during my build and as a user logs in they get however many commands I have defined to run. R

When I burn bootable DVD's i need to specify (for Nero) enable expert mode no boot emulation Load Segment of sectors (hex) set to 0000 Number of load sectors set to 4 R

How many pcs are we talking about? There are solutions we can help you with but only if your talking more than a couple of machines.

what are you trying to do?

your computer is probably using USB 1.0 or 1.1 in the bios, check with your manufacturer for a 2.0 version... R

You need to do a little more home work, there are lots of methods here for helping you build a DVD with the software you note. look for: cmdlines.txt building CD's reg tweaks SVCPACK.INF People will help you as you ask questions, but they will not hand it to you. Also look to the guides http://unattended.msfn.org/ R

Your syntax is wrong, try this Copy "C:\Install\Applications\AdAware\reflist.ref" "C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-aware 6" or Copy C:\Install\Applications\AdAware\reflist.ref "C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-aware 6" R

post some files, your cmdlines.txt, your batch files, your winnt.sif With out these, you will get very little comments from anyone... R

Open up a CMD prompt del /? ren /? rd /? You will see the parameters R

Are there items you can combine into one of the other line items? [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx] "Title"="Applying Microsoft Patches" "Flags"=dword:00000014 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx\Install050] @="Installing MS04-033 Patch" "01"="MSIEXEC /a D:\\MSI\\OFC2K\\data1.msi /p C:\\temp\\Excelff.MSP SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE /QB-" "02"="MSIEXEC /i D:\\MSI\\OFC2K\\data1.msi /QB- REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomu" "03"="MSIEXEC /p C:\\temp\\XPEXCELFF.MSP /QB-" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx\Install051] @="Cleaning Up" "01"="cmd /c DEL c:\\temp\\EXCELff.msp" "02"="cmd /c DEL c:\\temp\\XPEXCELff.msp" notice I have multiple commands for one item. R

Empty the trash using an API call? Clear recently used programs, documents or web sites using an API call? Sort the Start Menu using an API call? Anybody?

There is a lot of discussion on how to install applications in this forum http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showforum=70 Many of us tie it together with an unattended install of XP. This forum is about a scaled down version of XP bootable from a CD R

As I understand it, you can drop an ISO file on the the PXE server device and the client using PXE will load the image and you can work from there... R

Do you have the cmdlines.txt file turned on and you dont have one defined? Do you also have OEMPreInstall=YES in your winnt.sif file? R