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Thanks, I missed that.

Did you remove anything with nlite? Do you get any Stop error messages. One thing I'd try is removing any devices I could such as USB prointers etc. I'd somethings have that problem with a Gateway computer but that was with their restore disk not an unattended one.

I not sure what the problem is. But I would try installing it in atended mode ie without the winnt.sif or change the Autopartition=1 to 0 and Repartition=yes to no. Or try chaning one thing at a time. because the problem seems to be with partitioning/formatting your disk. I don't use Nlite so I can't be much help with it. And don't knoew if your problem is with Nlite. You may want to post in the Nlite forum. and make sure your using the latest version.

You can put your apps anywhere you want just make sure the paths in your runonceex.cmd file point to the correct location. Keep in mend if you have oempreinstall=yes in your winnt.sif file and your install dir in $prog the correct path will be %ProgramFiles%\install other wice it will be cdrom:\$OEM%\%Progs\install where cdrom is the drive letter of your cd rom.

in http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloa...1/hfdeploy.mspx it says Using Qchain.exe Windows XP SP1 and all post-SP1 hotfixes have Qchain.exe functionality built in. You can install SP1, and then install any number of post-SP1 hotfixes without having to restart the computer in between. Otherwise, yes it's needed.

I don;t know exactly whqat problem your having. But your adduser.cmd looks ok to me. And I don't see anything wrong with your winnt.sif. But anything in the winnt.sif wouldn't effect the net user add methed. Whats in your autologon.reg file. I don't use autologon.reg. Here is a copy of my adduser.cmd that adds a user and sets qutologon @CMDOW.EXE @ /HID title Addusers NET USER jim /ADD NET LOCALGROUP Administrators jim /ADD NET ACCOUNTS /MAXPWAGE:unlimited REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /v "DefaultUserName" /t REG_SZ /d "jim" /f REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /v "DefaultPassword" /t REG_SZ /d "" /f REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon" /v "AutoAdminLogon" /t REG_SZ /d "1" /f exit

Adding [Unattended] Repartition = Yes to your winnt.sif will delete all partitions pn the first drive and reformat the drive as NTFS.

Rename winnt.sif in the i386 folder and you'll be able to use F6 Or you can use nlite to integrate the drivers. You may want to check in the nlite forum for help.

There's no way that I know of to make shutdown.exe not pop up that window.

You don;t say what error messages your getting, but there's a problem installing .net 2.0 as downloaded from MS at the T13 point. See http://www.msfn.org/board/GUIDE-Integratin...P1-t110788.html Some of the links in the post explain the problem. more importan it will help you create an unattened installer. If this doesn't help please post the errors your getting.

I'll assume you've creatred your source directory. which I refer to as source Download climage.exe , boot.img and place them in windows open a command window in the directory abouve your source directory. and type the following command CDIMAGE.EXE -l"source" -j1 -m -o -b"%SystemRoot%\Boot.img" "%~s1" "source.iso" Or you can download Bootiso.zip by Yzöwl at http://www.msfn.org/board/Click-Create-ISO...847#entry299847 whicj will let you create an iso by right clicking on a diorectory.

Look at the beginners section especially finalizing the CD there 's three downloads 2 versions of cdimage and 1 boot.img It looks like your using a floppy bootimage..

Remove the start /wait in front of cleanup.exe in startxp.bat and it should work. You'll probably have to adjust the shutdown.exe line.

Did you read this http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/ A lot of your questions are answered in it

where would I put my key in the pid.inf? Here's the one from my source integrated with SP3 [Version] signature="$Windows NT$" [SKU] Professional [000] Media01 Media02 Media03 [OEM] Media10 Media11 [Media01] ExtraData = 76487, 76497, 76494, 76413, 76460, 76483, 76481, 76486, 76489, 76435, 76503, 76382, 76428, 76392, 76409, 76440, 76464, 76396, 76456, 76447, 76389, 76431, 76452, 76407, 76422 PID = CBY8F-CHBGQ-C6388-DTB2R-FFPRM [Media02] ExtraData = 76488, 76420, 76495, 76415, 76462, 76484, 76482, 76485, 76490, 76437, 76504, 76388, 76686, 76394, 76411, 76444, 76466, 76403, 76458, 76450, 76391, 76433, 76454, 76405, 76424 PID = KWG9K-T4HVC-78GFT-KM49H-4TC4V [Media03] ExtraData = 76500 PID = K6XGQ-2MHKW-9RHCF-Y3KQJ-3HXJY [Media10] ExtraData = 76487, 76497, 76494, 76413, 76460, 76483, 76481, 76486, 76489, 76435, 76503, 76382, 76428, 76392, 76409, 76440, 76464, 76396, 76456, 76447, 76389, 76431, 76452, 76407, 76422 PID = TK9P4-DPHDB-RDT36-M9M28-VPVHM [Media11] ExtraData = PID =

I suggest uploading the sfx archive so someone can see exactly what you tring to do.

As for your second question I hear [HKEYT_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard] "InitialKeyboardIndicators"="2" works in addition to you setting

I use Regshot found at http://regshot.blog.googlepages.com/ to find registry settings. My computer is set to show file extentions, show system files and to show hidden files. The reg keys for this are HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Hidden: 0x00000001 HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\HideFileExt: 0x00000000 HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\ShowSuperHidden: 0x00000001 HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Settings: 08 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 77 7E 13 73 35 CF 11 AE 69 08 00 2B 2E 12 62 04 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 43 00 00 00 This is the output from regshot (I've removed some ;ines that didn't apply) But notice the streans\settings which is a long reg_binary value, that effects more than just these settings. so you can do what cluberti suggested and/or use regshot to find the reg keys that effect your desired settings. You also have to have barricedfolders set to 0. regshot didn't pick it up because I had changed it earlier Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\WebView\BarricadedFolders] "shell:ControlPanelFolder"=dword:00000000 "shell:SystemDriveRootFolder"=dword:00000000 "shell:ProgramFiles"=dword:00000000 "shell:Windows"=dword:00000000 "shell:System"=dword:00000000

I made a disk for my dell laptop using instructions found else where on this site that would activate automatically. Thats what I've meen using in vmware whicj of course doen't activate in vmware. I'll have to try it with my original OEM disk that I bought from Newegg. That didn't work, I guess I'll just wait til the final SP3 is released.

Didn't take your answer as being rude. Was thinking that myself. But just thought maybe I missed something. Could also be that they removed that feature.

Yes

Thats it.

You don't say what the error is your getting and thats a long post to read It looks like your using nlite, is so maybe you should post in that forum.

I should have included that info. My screen is at 1600/1200 on Dell inspiron 8100 laptop / 512MB Mem