Captain Obvious

OMFG!!! Thank you soooo much! ****, what a moron I am. Been looking at that script too long to see anything like that!

No, that's not it. I tried the same command after it fully installed and it shutdown. I think it has to do with the fact that it hasn't fully logged in when using guirunonce

Here's my WINNT.SIF: [Data] AutoPartition=1 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" AutomaticUpdates=yes [unattended] Repartition=Yes UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes TargetPath=\WINDOWS WaitForReboot="No" UnattendSwitch="Yes" [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword="XXXX" EncryptedAdminPassword=NO AutoLogon=Yes AutoLogonCount=1 OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=35 OemSkipWelcome=1 [GuiRunOnce] %systemdrive%\install\start.cmd [userData] ProductKey=XXXXX FullName="Information Systems" OrgName="Ohio Wesleyan University" ComputerName=* [TapiLocation] AreaCode=614 [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes And here's the start.cmd: CLS @ECHO OFF TITLE Windows XP SP2 - Unattended Installation ECHO. ECHO Over the next few minutes you will see automated installations ECHO of various sofware applications, windows updates, and registry ECHO tweaks being implemented. The computer will restart automatically ECHO once the whole process has finished! ECHO. ECHO Removing useless shortcuts... DEL "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Windows Update.lnk" DEL "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Set Program Access and Defaults.lnk" ECHO. ECHO Installing Microsoft Office 2003 SP2... START /WAIT %SYSTEMDRIVE%\INSTALL\Applications\Office2003\Office2003.exe ECHO. ECHO Installing Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 SP1... START /WAIT %SYSTEMDRIVE%\INSTALL\Hotfixes\dotnet11sp1.exe ECHO. ECHO Installing Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0... START /WAIT %SYSTEMDRIVE%\INSTALL\Hotfixes\dotnet2.exe ECHO. ECHO Installing Adobe Reader 7... START /WAIT %systemdrive%\INSTALL\Applications\AReader\reader705.exe ECHO. ECHO Installing Mozilla Firefox 1.5... START /WAIT %systemdrive%\INSTALL\Applications\Firefox\OWUFFv2.exe ECHO. ECHO Installing Flash 8... START /WAIT %systemdrive%\INSTALL\Applications\Flash\flash_player.exe ECHO. ECHO Installing Microsoft Anti-Spyware... START /WAIT %systemdrive%\INSTALL\Applications\MSSpy\MSpyware.exe /S /v/qn reboot=suppress ECHO. ECHO Installing Sun Java 5... START /WAIT %SYSTEMDRIVE%\INSTALL\Applications\Java\jre506.exe ECHO. ECHO Installing Lavasoft Ad-Aware SE... START /WAIT %SYSTEMDRIVE%\INSTALL\Applications\AdAware\adaware.exe /s ECHO. ECHO Installing Shockwave Player 10... START /WAIT %SYSTEMDRIVE%\INSTALL\Applications\Shockwave\shockwav.exe /s ECHO. ECHO Installing Spyboy Search & Destroy 1.4... START /WAIT %SYSTEMDRIVE%\INSTALL\Applications\Spybot\spybotsd14.exe /verysilent ECHO. ECHO Installing Quick Time... START /WAIT %SYSTEMDRIVE%\INSTALL\Applications\Quicktime\quicktime652.exe ECHO. ECHO Deleting Temp Installation Files... RD /S /Q %SYSTEMDRIVE%\INSTALL ECHO. ECHO Restarting the PC in 1 minute... shutdown.exe -r -f -t 60 -c "Windows XP will now restart in 1 minute, this will give enough time for the shortcuts to update and for the shell to fully load before its ready to restart!" EXIT Windows goes thru all those commands, even deletes the folder at the end, but it doesn't shutdown. While it's installing, the taskbar isn't at the bottom, but the blue background is there so it must be logged in.

Yea, I've been doing it on a ZVirtual Machine, but just did it on an actual comp this last time. All three times I did it on a clean install. As to the placement of Office, here's my code: CLS @ECHO OFF TITLE Windows XP SP2 - Unattended Installation ECHO. ECHO Over the next few minutes you will see automated installations ECHO of various sofware applications, windows updates, and registry ECHO tweaks being implemented. The computer will restart automatically ECHO once the whole process has finished! ECHO. ECHO Removing useless shortcuts... DEL "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Windows Update.lnk" DEL "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Set Program Access and Defaults.lnk" DEL "%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Windows Catalog.lnk" ECHO. ECHO Installing Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 SP1... START /WAIT %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Install\Hotfixes\dotnet11sp1.exe ECHO. ECHO Installing Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0... START /WAIT %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Install\Hotfixes\dotnet2.exe ECHO. ECHO Installing Adobe Reader 7... START /WAIT %systemdrive%\Install\Applications\AReader\reader705.exe ECHO. ECHO Installing Firefox 1.5.. START /WAIT %systemdrive%\Install\Applications\Firefox\OWUFFv2.exe ECHO. ECHO Installing Flash 8.. START /WAIT %systemdrive%\Install\Applications\Flash\flash_player.exe ECHO. ECHO Installing Microsoft Office 2003 SP2... START /WAIT %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Install\Applications\Office2003\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb- ECHO. ECHO Installing Java 5... START /WAIT %systemdrive%\Install\Applications\Java\jre506.exe ECHO. ECHO Installing Lavasoft Ad-Aware SE START /WAIT %systemdrive%\Install\Applications\AdAware\aawsepersonal.exe /s ECHO. ECHO Installing Microsoft Anti-Spyware... START /WAIT %systemdrive%\Install\Applications\MSSpy\MSpyware.exe /S /v/qn reboot=suppress ECHO. ECHO Installing Windows Media Player 10 START /WAIT %systemdrive%\Install\Applications\WMP10\MP10Setup.exe /Q:A /R:N ECHO. ECHO Deleting Temp Installation Files... RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\Install ECHO. ECHO Restarting the PC in 1 minute... shutdown.exe -r -f -t 60 -c "Windows XP will now restart in 1 minute, this will give enough time for the shortcuts to update and for the shell to fully load before its ready to restart!" EXIT That looks good, right? I know this is my problem. The fact that I've gotten three different errors on three different tries tells me that. What I don't understand is what I'm missing, it's weird. And yes, by PDF i mean the Office Shrink Doc.

Why do I keep getting missing files errors? I have followed the PDF perfectly three times now. First time the installer's progress indicator would rollback for some reason, then DWDC20.DLL was missing, now something else is missing! Help!

Or should it be: [unattended] KeyboardLayout="•Ä?‘" TXTSETUP.SIF: ["Keyboard Layout"] 0000041C = "ƒAƒ‹ƒoƒjƒAŒê" 00000423 = "ƒxƒ‰ƒ‹?[ƒVŒê" 00000813 = "ƒIƒ‰ƒ“ƒ_Œê (ƒxƒ‹ƒM?[)" 0000080C = "ƒtƒ‰ƒ“ƒXŒê (ƒxƒ‹ƒM?[)" 00000416 = "ƒuƒ‹ƒKƒŠƒAŒê (ABNT)" 00000402 = "ƒuƒ‹ƒKƒŠƒAŒê" 00010402 = "ƒuƒ‹ƒKƒŠƒAŒê (ƒ‰ƒeƒ“)" 00001009 = "‰pŒê (ƒJƒiƒ_ ƒ}ƒ‹ƒ`ƒŠƒ“ƒKƒ‹)" 00000C0C = "ƒtƒ‰ƒ“ƒXŒê (ƒJƒiƒ_)" 00010C0C = "ƒtƒ‰ƒ“ƒXŒê (ƒJƒiƒ_ ƒ}ƒ‹ƒ`ƒŠƒ“ƒKƒ‹)" 0000041a = "ƒNƒ?ƒAƒ`ƒAŒê" 00000405 = "ƒ`ƒFƒRŒê" 00010405 = "ƒ`ƒFƒRŒê (QWERTY)" 00000406 = "ƒfƒ“ƒ}?[ƒNŒê" 00000413 = "ƒIƒ‰ƒ“ƒ_Œê" 00000425 = "ƒGƒXƒgƒjƒAŒê" 0000040B = "ƒtƒBƒ“ƒ‰ƒ“ƒhŒê" 0000040C = "ƒtƒ‰ƒ“ƒXŒê" 00000407 = "ƒhƒCƒcŒê" 00010407 = "ƒhƒCƒcŒê (IBM)" 00000408 = "ƒMƒŠƒVƒƒŒê" 00050408 = "ƒMƒŠƒVƒƒŒê (ƒ‰ƒeƒ“)" 00010408 = "ƒMƒŠƒVƒƒŒê (220)" 00030408 = "ƒMƒŠƒVƒƒŒê (220) ƒ‰ƒeƒ“" 00020408 = "ƒMƒŠƒVƒƒŒê (319)" 00040408 = "ƒMƒŠƒVƒƒŒê (319) ƒ‰ƒeƒ“" 0000040E = "ƒnƒ“ƒKƒŠ?[Œê" 0001040E = "ƒnƒ“ƒKƒŠ?[Œê 101 ƒL?[ƒ{?[ƒh" 0000040F = "ƒAƒCƒXƒ‰ƒ“ƒhŒê" 00001809 = "ƒAƒCƒ‹ƒ‰ƒ“ƒhŒê" 00000410 = "ƒCƒ^ƒŠƒAŒê" 00010410 = "ƒCƒ^ƒŠƒAŒê (142)" 0000080A = "ƒ‰ƒeƒ“ ƒAƒ?ƒŠƒJŒ¾Œê" 00000426 = "ƒ‰ƒgƒrƒAŒê" 00010426 = "ƒ‰ƒgƒrƒAŒê (QWERTY)" 00000427 = "ƒŠƒgƒAƒjƒAŒê" 00000414 = "ƒmƒ‹ƒEƒF?[Œê" 00000415 = "ƒ|?[ƒ‰ƒ“ƒhŒê (ƒvƒ?ƒOƒ‰ƒ})" 00010415 = "ƒ|?[ƒ‰ƒ“ƒhŒê (214)" 00000816 = "ƒ|ƒ‹ƒgƒKƒ‹Œê" 00000418 = "ƒ‹?[ƒ}ƒjƒAŒê" 00000419 = "ƒ?ƒVƒAŒê" 00010419 = "ƒ?ƒVƒAŒê (ƒ^ƒCƒvƒ‰ƒCƒ^)" 00000C1A = "ƒZƒ‹ƒrƒAŒê (ƒLƒŠƒ‹)" 00010C1A = "ƒZƒ‹ƒrƒAŒê (ƒ‰ƒeƒ“)" 0000041B = "ƒXƒ?ƒoƒLƒAŒê" 0001041B = "ƒXƒ?ƒoƒLƒAŒê (QWERTY)" 00000424 = "ƒXƒ?ƒxƒjƒAŒê" 0000040A = "ƒXƒyƒCƒ“Œê" 0001040A = "ƒXƒyƒCƒ“Œê (ƒoƒŠƒG?[ƒVƒ‡ƒ“)" 0000041D = "ƒXƒEƒF?[ƒfƒ“Œê" 0000100C = "ƒtƒ‰ƒ“ƒXŒê (ƒXƒCƒX)" 00000807 = "ƒhƒCƒcŒê (ƒXƒCƒX)" 0001041F = "ƒgƒ‹ƒRŒê F" 0000041F = "ƒgƒ‹ƒRŒê Q" 00000422 = "ƒEƒNƒ‰ƒCƒiŒê" 00000809 = "‰pŒê" 00000409 = "•Ä?‘" 00010409 = "•Ä?‘ - Dvorak" 00030409 = "•Ä?‘ - Dvorak ?¶Žè—p" 00040409 = "•Ä?‘ - Dvorak ‰EŽè—p" 00020409 = "•Ä?‘ - ƒCƒ“ƒ^?[ƒiƒVƒ‡ƒiƒ‹"

So mine would look like: [unattended] KeyboardLayout="US" [RegionalSettings] Language=0409 LanguageGroup=1

Hello all, First time poster, long time lurker. Great forum, btw, very informative, and real easy to follow. I believe my problem is a little unique, tho. I'm installing Windows XP SP2 Japanese on many Dell D610 Latitudes. I want the keyboard to be US English tho. How can I enable this is winnt.sif? Here's what I have right now: ;SetupMgrTag [Data] AutoPartition=1 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" AutomaticUpdates=yes [unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=No TargetPath=\WINDOWS UnattendSwitch="yes" WaitForReboot="No" Repartition=Yes Filesystem=NTFS DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore NonDriverSigningPolicy = Ignore Hibernation = No [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword="XXXXXXX" EncryptedAdminPassword=NO OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=35 OemSkipWelcome=1 DetachedProgram = ".\system32\cmd.exe" Arguments="/Q /C FOR /F %I IN (%SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32\$WINNT$.INF) DO (FOR %J IN (%I$OEM$) DO (IF EXIST %J (start /min /D%J Autoit3.exe Drivers.au3)))" [userData] ProductKey=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX FullName="HTM" OrgName="HTM" ComputerName=* [TapiLocation] AreaCode=937 [identification] JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes [Components] msmsgs=off msnexplr=off freecell=off hearts=off minesweeper=off pinball=off solitaire=off spider=off zonegames=off [WindowsFirewall] Profiles = WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall [WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall] Mode = 0