Hi all well i think i am nearly there, just got one problem my unattended xp disk logs onto windows as administrator but my user name is different so anything i put in $docs goes to the admin account not the one i am using plz HELP ;SetupMgrTag [Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" [unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes TargetPath=\WINDOWS FileSystem=ntfs UnattendSwitch="yes" WaitForReboot="No" DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore OemPnPDriversPath="drivers\000_chipset;drivers\001_audio;drivers\002_audio;drivers\003_audio" KeyboardLayout="United Kingdom" [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=* EncryptedAdminPassword=NO OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=85 OemSkipWelcome=1 [userData] ProductKey=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx FullName="Rich" OrgName="Home" ComputerName=* [identification] JoinWorkgroup=Mshome [Display] BitsPerPel=32 Xresolution=1024 YResolution=768 Vrefresh=60 [branding] BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes Home_Page=www.msn.com [Proxy] Proxy_Enable=0 Use_Same_Proxy=1 [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes [WindowsFirewall] Profiles = WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall [WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall] Mode = 0 [Components] msmsgs=off msnexplr=off zonegames=off [GuiRunOnce] %systemdrive%\install\main_batch.cmd i have also made this user account info net user Rich /add net localgroup Administrators Rich /add net accounts /maxpwage:unlimited REGEDIT /S autologon.reg EXIT