scottew

After some more troubleshooting, I realized that it was creating the $OEM$ folder, the problem is that it was executing the command to install the programs. Here is a part of my install.cmd file... ECHO. ECHO Installing Adobe Reader 6.0 ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\applications\Adobe Reader\AdbeRdr60_enu_full.exe -p"-s /v\"/qn\"" ECHO. ECHO Installing Client Access ECHO Please wait... start /wait %systemdrive%\install\applications\Client Access\setup.exe -s If I change Adobe Reader to AdobeReader and Client Access to ClientAccess, it works fine. Is there a reason you can not have the folder names with a space? Thanks again for all the help!

Yes, I do have that in there. Here is a copy of the WINNT.SIF file ;SetupMgrTag [Data] AutoPartition=1 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" AutomaticUpdates=yes [Unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes TargetPath=\WINDOWS Repartition=Yes UnattendSwitch="yes" OemPreinstall=Yes WaitForReboot="No" [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword="" EncryptedAdminPassword=NO OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=35 OemSkipWelcome=1 [UserData] ProductKey=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx FullName="user" OrgName="my company" ComputerName=* [Display] BitsPerPel=16 Xresolution=1024 YResolution=768 Vrefresh=85 [Identification] JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes [Components] freecell=off hearts=off minesweeper=off pinball=off solitaire=off spider=off zonegames=off [WindowsFirewall] Profiles = WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall [WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall] Mode = 0 [GuiRunOnce] %systemdrive%\install\start.cmd

I finished creating the XP unattended CD and everything is working fine. Now I am moving on to adding the applications. The problem I am having is that it does not create the c:\install directory so my applications do not install. I have the $OEM$\$1\Install on the root of the XPCD. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Scott

Thank you for all the suggestions. My problem was that I forgotten rename the unattended.sif to WINNT.SIF. Now I have everything working great.

I just created a CD to perform an unattended installation of WinXP Pro, however, the unattended part did not work. I had to manually everything. I followed the instructions from here perfectly and even went back to double check everything. The winnt.sif file is located in the I386 folder of the CD as it should be with all the answers that I wanted. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks, Scott Here is a copy of the answer file..... ;SetupMgrTag [Data] AutoPartition=1 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" [unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=No TargetPath=\WINDOWS [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword="xxxxx" EncryptedAdminPassword=NO OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=35 OemSkipWelcome=1 [userData] ProductKey=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx FullName="user" OrgName="company" ComputerName=* [identification] JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes