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I have created a sysprep image for Windows XPsp3 that will pull the BIOS asset tag and enter it for the Computer Name and join my domain. This image is dual purpose, for users who get the full blown Office 2007 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) and users who only get certain full components of Office 2007 (Outlook, the other components are just viewers, Excel Viewer, Word Viewer, Power Point Viewer). I have a bat file that works manually but when I place it in the sysprep GUIrunonce section of my sysprep file the bat file launches both entries. Probably a little confusing...ok, alot confusing so I'll elaborate. I have a file on the drive a batch file that needs to be ran so the user can specifiy what they should get regarding the Office suite. This also installed some hard drive encryption software. The batch files goes something like this: REM Simple Menu System CLS :start echo . echo . echo This is the image for such and such users echo Image 3bc echo Choose what type of user you are echo ==================================== echo . echo 1. Full Office User echo 2. Viewer Office User echo . echo Enter option (1 or 2) Reply if errorlevel 50 goto Office if errorlevel 49 goto Viewer rem beep :Office C:\path to install batch file :Viewer C:\path to install batch file end When the machine starts up and goes through sysprep everything is fine and I can login to the domain with my AD credentials. Then the runoncegui launches, this batch file and stars installing Office and doesn't give me an opportunity to hit 1 or 2. If I run this manually it works like it is suppose to. Is the reply causing the issue. Any suggestions on how to fix or an alternative solution? Thanks.

Thanks Tripredacus, so far everything looks good.

So I can use this method if the machine is already joined to the Domain? I don't see where that reads the BIOS Asset Tag to make that field the Computer Name.

I am trying to completely automate a Windows XP installation for re-imaging purposes. I found a tool called mysysprep which says it will read the BIOS and I can extract certain fields from the BIOS and use for my sysprep file. I've tried this several times and it isn't working. I want to take the BIOS asset tag and have it applied to the Computer Name during the sysprep process and then join the AD domain. I can get the AD join stuff to work alright but the Computer Name is my issue. I thought I could use the UIU (Universal Imaging Utility) from Binary Research but even then I can't get the BIOS asset tag to get applied to the Computer Name. Any suggestions from the pros?