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Welcome to the MSFN! I will move this to the Unattend forum (which was were that topic you found was in) and you can also check out these links:

A strange introduction indeed! It really sounds like you have a virus. Make a post about it here: http://www.msfn.org/board/forum/114-malware-prevention-and-security/ Or in the software section: http://www.msfn.org/board/forum/19-software-hangout/

Is it possible that you are trying to install IE8 at a point in time when Windows is not activated? It may have something to do with IE8 doing the WGA check prior to install.

What about data discs? What happens if you boot a Live CD like Linux or WinPE?

Have you checked your drive off-line to see if that file is indeed missing?

I shall move this topic to the Customizing forum.

You can find sample XML files here:

Can you attach your XML file (sans product key) to a reply?

How much memory have you allocated to your VM?

How are you going about doing updates? Does it freeze at downloading, installing in Windows or installing during a restart?

Boot into Safe Mode and use MSConfig to disable all start up programs. Or you can create a different account and then try logging in with that instead.

You should probably look at Windows 7 Embedded, which has Thin Client support. There is a trial version available here: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/products/westandard/default.mspx Of course, this isn't a retail product.

I'll move this to Software Hangout to get better exposure.

Minidumps are typically useless for determining the root cause of an BSOD for troubleshooting purposes. This is why we always ask for the full dump. Minidumps are typically used for metrics and usually only have almost the same info you can find in Event Viewer.

This isn't an error. The log file shows that the installation finished successfully but requires a restart to complete. Since your OS is modified with nLite, we may have no idea how to troubleshoot this on your system. My installs of IE8 on XP are done like this: IE8-WindowsXP-x86-ENU.exe /passive /norestart /update-no This does not open the prompt to restart. I do not know if you can specify command line parameters with nLite. Also your binary name might be different.

If you aren't interested in making images for your XP installs, then RIS is the place to start looking. I have no experience in it, but we have a forum for it you can look at: http://www.msfn.org/board/forum/127-unattended-ris-installation/

What I would do is create an unattend file that has everything but computer name or product key filled out. For the WinPE side, you can use the default installation key, but do not put one in the OOBE section. This is only if you are not booting to audit mode. Then what happens is that after the install is done, when Windows Welcome comes up, it will ask you for Computer Name and Product Key only and then go to the desktop.

I have some questions to start (I won't be looking at your dump) 1. Are you able to get into Windows at all? 2. Is there a specific reason why you aren't at Service Pack 2? 3. Is your XP OS installed on an IDE drive?

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I think this is because MalwareBytes is just a really robust anti-spyware program. It is good at cleaning out some rootkits but for some reason I just don't see it as an every day anti-virus program.

That is because NetworkLocation and ProtectYourPC are not the same thing! NetworkLocation: choose firewall setting (if you boot to audit mode, always select Other) ProtectYourPC: choose your Automatic Updates setting http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749278%28WS.10%29.aspx The levels do not specifically match up to the Automatic Updates you see from Windows, but does match up to the OOBE screen which only shows you 3 options. 1 = install updates 2 = download updates 3 = disable updates

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Don't forget you can try another SATA cable as well.

It works fine for me, but I have NoScript installed. I went there and it loaded up fairly quickly, but also noticed that all scripts are blocked. So if one of the 8 scripts I have blocked are causing the problem, I wouldn't know. I do have the 2 facebook scripts enabled, facebook.com and fbcdn.net.