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Sorry, you got me wrong, I meant the version number of your Office XP.

Uhm btw: is there a chance to edit that administrative point? I need to change the key for each machine (of course). Is the product key locked to the CD or is it for activation only?

@AaronXP What's the exact version of your Office XP Professional? I've got plenty of Office CDs here at work so maybe I can find one to create a installation point I tried some now but I don't wanna waste the time to dig through 50 CD sets... If anyone has another good idea to do a silent Office install pls lemme no Maybe the date you got it/it was sold could help... Thx in advance!

Thx for all your help! Got everything... 1: Domain usergroups can be added using net localgroups administrators DOMAIN\GROUP /add Quite simple, eh? 2: There's a registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon Add/change following values: DefaultUserName DefaultDomainName AutoAdminLogon = 1 If you want to execute a batch as this user try the value UserInit Have fun!

Hi! Thx so far! That "net localgroup administrators Joe /add" was (almost) what I was looking for.... How do I tell Windows to log on automatically with a domain account? We create a user on server and log onto a domain, so ....

Is there no way to do this? Please help!

Thx! If anyone can tell me about that user management thing I'm the happiest guy for today

Hi! Thx for that quick answer But won't I get in trouble with activating and stuff, I mean, isn't the product key locked to the CD? If I try to install several machines from only one CD using different keys, won't it say that the key was wrong? Or is it just a checksum thing? Thx again!

Hi @all! I'm new to this forum, so first a big "Hello!" Browsing through the threads there are still some questions left for my problem: I work for a bigger company and we often have to setup new pcs. That is why I thought an unattended setup might be useful. It seems to me there are some gaps for us. 1. I wanted to make a CD (-Set) for a complete basic setup (like Windows XP, Office XP, Lotus Notes etc.). The problem is that we don't use corporate editions. The question is: is the XP CD locked to it's special key or can I install from one CD to several machines changing only the key? We purchase a lota notebooks so it's stupid to take the corporate edition and buying a new professional licence with each machine (it's hard to get a notebook without a license...). 2. Can I add a domain-user or -group to the local admin group automatically? I think that's it for now, maybe there'll be more probs further on! Sorry if my English isn't that well...