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I think he meant "None of it worked" meaning that it didn't work unattended. I am sure the install went fine. But he was prompted for information.

Here is your first problem [Unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=No TargetPath=\WINDOWS KeyboardLayout="US" AutoActivate = No WaitForReboot="No" Set OemPreinstall to Yes

I am not sure by what is meant when you say "None of it worked" Did the CD even boot? Anyways, assuming that it did. Post a copy of your Winnt.sif file for us to look at. We need something to work with. Don't forget to block out your serial number.

I never got that method to work. Maybe I did something wrong. I ended up using, bootcfg /raw /id 1 "/noexecute=AlwaysOff /NOPAE /fastdetect" in my cleanup.cmd file and after a reboot all is well

Who would this apply to?? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It would apply to ALL USERS, every account that gets created now and in the future. This is to answer Adiel's original question.

Here is my winnt.sif, it is fully unattended. I have removed useless things, like MSN Messenger, MSN Explorer and Outlook Express ;SetupMgrTag [Data] AutoPartition=1 MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes" AutomaticUpdates=yes [Unattended] UnattendMode=FullUnattended OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes TargetPath=\WINDOWS Repartition=Yes [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword=*************************** EncryptedAdminPassword=Yes OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=35 OemSkipWelcome=1 [UserData] ProductKey=***************************** FullName="Your Name Here" OrgName="Your Company Here" ComputerName=* [TapiLocation] CountryCode=107 Dialing=Tone AreaCode=555 LongDistanceAccess="*67," [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=1 SystemLocale=00001009 UserLocale=00001009 InputLocale=1009:00000409 [FavoritesEx] Title1=".url" URL1="http://www." Title2=".url" URL2="http://www." [Branding] BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes [URL] Home_Page=http://www. Help_Page=http://www. Search_Page=http://www.google.com [Proxy] Proxy_Enable=0 Use_Same_Proxy=1 [Identification] JoinWorkgroup=Workgroup [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes [Components] msmsgs=off msnexplr=off AccessOpt = Off Deskpaper = Off Fax = On Media_clips = Off OEAccess = Off WMAccess = Off [Shell] DefaultStartPanelOff = Yes [TerminalServices] AllowConnections = 1 [WindowsFirewall] Profiles = WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall [WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall] Mode = 0 [IEPopupBlocker] AllowedSites=www.google.com

I assume your complaint is about registry tweaks not being applied to your user account. The easiest solution is to apply the tweaks to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT as opposed to HKEY_CURRENT_USER

Well that is definitely the reason why it shutsdown. The temperature is way too hot. For those of us that are metric (basically the rest of the world) 183 F = 84 C 130 F = 54 C I am sure the shutdown problem will go away, unless you have blown caps

Ah, thank you for the enlightment.

Check for bad caps on the motherboard itself. IF you find leaky caps or blown caps near the CPU, then that is the culprit. Also check the CPU temperature, if there is poor contact between the CPU and heat sink, then that is usually another cause for the shutdown.

Isn't that what System Restore does?

Well, it sounds like you have something in your Winnt.sif that the notebook doesn't like. Thus causing it to hang before the GUI loads. Sorry, but I would put the blame on your Unattended CD. Especially since a regular CD with SP2 loads without a "Hitch"

Is there a reason why you need so many CoDec Packs?

So it is the Sun Java, RyanVM's version is switchless. Is there a reason why you need it to install at T13 instead of using RunOnceEx?

I never understood this. Doesn't auto logon defeat the purpose of having a password in the first place? A password is intended to keep people out from using your machine or accessing your files. If you auto login, what is the point of the password?

Which version of Java are you trying to install?

Sonic is correct. During the initial boot up. The installer assigns the hard drive c and the CD ROM d: After the partition is created, the installer is still running from d: and it cannot be changed. Unless a reboot is initiated right after the partitions are created and before windows is installed.

I am curious to see why an encrypted password would not work. But here is another solution. Leave the password exposed and use your clean up batch file to change the password. Just compile the batch file so it is an .exe file. Harder to read and resets the password net user administrator {New Password} just bury the above command in your clean up batch file and compile it.

To get Notepad to associate .nfo files, use this Registry Tweak ;Associate .nfo files with Notepad [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.nfo] "Application"="NOTEPAD.EXE" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.nfo\OpenWithList] "a"="Explorer.exe" "MRUList"="ba" "b"="NOTEPAD.EXE" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.nfo\OpenWithProgids] "MSInfo.Document"=hex(0):

Personally, I think your method is brilliant. Reminds me of the ports package from FreeBSD

is exactly what I don't want to have. I want to be able to mark text only using the keyboard. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You don't need to use the mouse at all. In your Command Prompt ALT-Space e k (To mak text) Now use the cursor keys to navigate to the area you want to mark. Once you arrive there, use the shift key and the cursor keys to mark the area. When you are finished marking the area, hit enter then ALT-Space e y (To Copy the area you just marked onto the clipboard)

You can accomplish this with the keyboard without this tweak Mark your desired text using your mouse ALT-Space e Then select y to copy the text to the clipboard, p to paste etc.

What is ARM?

It is not a crack, it is a 3 byte patch. Crack sounds criminal.

I would invest in another 256 Meg RAM. XP runs slow with that amount of RAM.