I have followed the instructions on the MSFN site. I have slipstreamed xp, sp2, patches, office 2003. I noticed that the winnt.sif file has the password in the GUIUNATTENDED section. Maybe this file needs to be edit in a different way? A copy of my file fllows: ;SetupMgrTag [Data] AutoPartition=0 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" [unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes TargetPath=\WINDOWS Repartition=No UnattendSwitch="yes" WaitForReboot="No" [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword="ABCD" EncryptedAdminPassword=NO OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=110 OemSkipWelcome=1 [userData] ProductKey=JC4Y8-J2V9R-4JGY6-Y69W4-TYCMQ FullName="guess who" OrgName="gw" ComputerName=VMTEST [Display] BitsPerPel=16 Xresolution=800 YResolution=600 [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=1 [identification] JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes [GuiRunOnce] %systemdrive%\install\office.cmd