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Actually, parthapml, he says the files do for him now. While you're right that the quotes are not needed if the user name parameter is a single string, they don't cause any problems either. Both of the following lines were able to create a user on my test machine: net user cheshire /add and net user "cheshire" /add There was no difference whether or not I included the quotes in the line to add the account to the Administrators group either. My first thought was that maybe there was a conflict because of the specific name "User." For some reason I believed that WinXP had a built-in user account with that name. Since that turned out not to be the case, that quickly put an end to that theory. I don't know what was causing the issue, but my testing reafirmed my belief that the presence (or lack thereof) of quotes when working with a username that is a single string shouldn't make a difference. Just a thought, but I noticed that mpyr never posted his original autologon.reg file. Is it possible that omission of either of these two lines could have been the source of his trouble? "DefaultPassword"="" "AtuoAdminLogon"="1" As I said, just a thought from someone who is admittedly still very new to this. Maybe this will give some of you more experienced players some ideas.

I, too, am a bit unclear. I'm not sure what, exactly, it is you want to do. Adding the following to you winnt.sif file (as mentioned here) will turn off the Windows Firewall. Once the install is complete, you can enable it from the Security Center, the same as always. [WindowsFirewall] Profiles=WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall [WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall] Mode=0 If you are looking to have the Firewall turned off for the duration of the unattended install, and the have it be automatically re-enabled once the install is complete, try adding the following registy tweak to a reg file that will be processed at the end of the automated process: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile] "EnableFirewall"=dword:00000001 WARNING: I freely admit to not having tested this registry key. I believe that it, on its own, will enable the Windows Firewall and do nothing else, but I can not guarantee it. On a side note: Putting "automaticupdates=no" in your winnt.sif will make your unattended install fail. Or rather, it will require user input at first boot to determine your desired settings for Automatic Updates. The line must read either "automaticupdates=yes" or "automaticupdates=1" for the install to bypass the Help Protect Your PC page. I hope this clears things up for you. Good luck.

First off, thanks to SiMoNsAyS. I've only been at this for a couple of days, and one name I have seen over and over again is yours. Your work has made my work so much easier. I have a question about the Daemon Tools associations. If I am understanding this correctly, I should be able to add options to mount and unmount the 3rd and 4th devices by adding the following to the registry: REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\D-Tools\shell\Mount on Third Device\command" /VE /D "%SHORTPF%\D-Tools\daemon.exe -noicon -mount 2, \"%%1\"" /F REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\D-Tools\shell\Unmount Third Device\command" /VE /D "%SHORTPF%\D-Tools\daemon.exe -noicon -unmount 2" /F REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\D-Tools\shell\Mount on Fourth Device\command" /VE /D "%SHORTPF%\D-Tools\daemon.exe -noicon -mount 3, \"%%1\"" /F REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\D-Tools\shell\Unmount Fourth Device\command" /VE /D "%SHORTPF%\D-Tools\daemon.exe -noicon -unmount 3" /F My question is actually a short series of questions. Am I interpreting this correctly? Is there a way to change the shell integration so that the main right-click list shows only "Mount to" and "Unmount" with the individual devices as flyouts? (Think of the "Open With" flyout, once more than one program has been associated with a file type.) Is there a way to configure D-Tools and/or the registry so that the specific device numbers will only appear if they are in fact in operation? (For example: If I have D-Tools set to only one device, options for mounting and unmounting will only appear for Device 0.) I hope I have made this clear enough. If not, please let me know and I will try to elaborate.

The command syntax is: Nero6603.exe /silent /noreboot /no_ui /sn=xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx/write_sn To call it from a batch file in [GUIRunOnce]: ECHO. ECHO Installing Nero Burning ROM v6.6.0.3 ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\Install\Applications\Nero\Nero6603.exe /silent /noreboot /no_ui /sn=xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx/write_sn REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\Install\Applications\Nero\RemoveFilterCheck.reg If you prefer RunOnceEx.cmd: REG ADD %KEY%\xxx /VE /D "Nero 6.6.0.3" /f REG ADD %KEY%\xxx /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Applications\WinRAR\Nero6603.exe /silent /noreboot /no_ui /sn=xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx/write_sn" /f REG ADD %KEY%\xxx /V 2 /D "REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\Install\Applications\Nero\RemoveFilterCheck.reg" Contents of RemoveFilterCheck.reg: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] "NeroFilterCheck"=- For this lines to work as is, both Nero6603.exe and RemoveFilterCheck.reg should be located in \$OEM$\$1\Install\Applications\Nero off the root of your unattended CD.

I just recently started looking into creating an automated CD for installing Windows XP Pro. A friend of mine pointed me to the MSFN Unattended guide, and both it and the forums here have been incredibly helpful. So, to all the users and members whose input has made my unattended life that much easier. "Hi, and thanks!"

I'm not sure what "old methods" you are talking about, but I was able to create my own installer (as MCT suggests) by following instructions written for an older version posted here. To summarize that post: -Run the Thunderbird install program normally. -Copy the temp folder it creates and then cancel the installation -Replace the "setup.exe" file that ships with Thunderbird with the one that comes with the Mozilla package. (You can download it here, or download the Mozilla package and extract it yourself.) -Edit "config.ini," replacing "Run mode=normal" with "Run mode=silent" -Repack the contents of your copied Thunderbird temp folder into a self-extracting archive that will execute "setup.exe -ira" after unpacking. This is how I made my silent install package, and it worked perfectly. I was also able to configure the SFX to extract itself to a temporary directory so that it will clean itself up once the installation is finished. Hope this helps. Thanks to gon freecs for posting the original link to the Mozilla setup.exe that I used earlier today.