clandestine

well, i found the problem. apparently it was the providedefault mode. i guess there's a step or so that doesn't happen in providedefault which happens in fullunattended. everything worked fine there, even with sp2 streamed before 3. so, i guess, it'll have to be full unattended after all.

as i said in my 2nd post, i tried an integrate of sp3 on a sp0 source and the problems still persists. i also noticed that i can't do the install without the key, which doesn't really matter to me, but it might help diagnosing the problem. i'm doing the slipstream from a computer with xpsp3. does it matter if the source is vlk or retail maybe? or is because of the providedefault option? thanks for the reply though geek

hm, thought i read somewhere that sp2 was needed for sp3...but anyway. tried with just sp3 integrated, but the same problems persist.

guys i'm having trouble with my installation one of the probelms seems to be with the winnt.sif file for some reason the components section won't work at all. so i end up with those useless apps on my installs. setup also has problems with using the correct time zone. it never sets to the eastern time by default (35--i've tried both 035 and 35) . i don't wanna use other apps to achieve this, i just want to know what the probs might be. some details: xp cd base level: sp0 slipstreamed with sp2 and sp3 (using integrate switch) updated support and deploy tools (everything works fine with just sp2 streamed but after sp3 it gets funky) no additional changes so far. Winnt.sif ;SetupMgrTag [Data] MsDosInitiated = 0 UnattendedInstall = Yes AutomaticUpdates = No [Unattended] UnattendMode = ProvideDefault OemPreinstall = No TargetPath = \WINDOWS OemSkipEula = Yes UnattendSwitch = Yes ProgramFilesDir = "\Programs" CommonProgramFilesDir = "\Programs\Common Files" WaitForReboot = No [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword = ********** EncryptedAdminPassword = Yes OEMSkipRegional = 1 OemSkipWelcome = 1 TimeZone = 035 ProfilesDir = "%systemdrive%\Profiles\" [UserData] ProductKey = *************** FullName = ***** OrgName = ComputerName = ***** [Display] AutoConfirm = 1 [TapiLocation] CountryCode = 1 [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup = 13,17,3,2,5,16,4,12,15,7,8,10,11,9,6,14,1 SystemLocale = 00000409 UserLocale = 00000409 InputLocale = 0409:00000409 [Identification] JoinWorkgroup = ******* [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents = Yes [Components] Accessopt = Off AutoUpdate = Off Fax = Off Freecell = Off Hearts = Off Hypertrm = Off Indexsrv_system = Off Media_clips = Off Minesweeper = Off Msmsgs = Off Msnexplr = Off OEAccess = Off Pinball = Off Rec = Off Solitaire = Off Spider = Off Templates = Off Zonegames = Off any help would be great

the problem exists in the 6-10-08 UL file for windows xp x86: http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/6...376-x86-ENU.exe the path should instead be this: http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/6...-v2-x86-ENU.exe basically just the *-v2-*.exe in the file name wasn't quite sure where else to post this so i just put it up here

did you download the latest vista UL file? http://wud.jcarle.com/UpdateLists.aspx