I am bumping into a rather strange problem that I haven't been able to figure out yet. I've put together an automated build for our company's workstations using the WINNT.SIF file on a bootable, fully updated Windows XP CD in conjunction with a custom VBScript that gets launched at the first logon of the administrator account. Everything works perfectly with either the Dell OEM or Retail versions of Windows XP, but when I try to use the same WINNT.SIF (ProductID altered accordingly) file and create the \i386\$OEM$\$$\system32 folder structure on a VLK CD, the contents never get copied to the target machine. Here's the WINNT.SIF file I am using (minus incriminating evidence). I have tried using both the RTM and an SP2 integrated ISO of the VLK CD in VMWare and get the same results everytime: The OS installation goes off perfectly but the VBScript to install the standard applications package is missing from %WINDIR%\system32. It seems that the VLK media is completely ignoring the OemPreinstall=Yes value or it's looking in some other place instead of within the i386 folder for the $OEM$ folder. Thank you. [Components] accessopt=on autoupdate=on calc=on charmap=off chat=off clipbook=off deskpaper=off dialer=off freecell=off hearts=off hypertrm=on mediaclips=off media_utopia=off minesweeper=off mousepoint=off mplay=off msmsgs=off msnexplr=off mswordpad=on objectpkg=off OEAccess=off paint=on pinball=off rec=off rootautoupdate=on solitaire=off spider=off templates=off vol=on zonegames=off [Data] AutoPartition=1 AutomaticUpdates=Yes MsDosInitiated=0 UnattendedInstall=Yes [Display] AutoConfirm=1 [GuiRunOnce] "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\cscript.exe %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\Installer.vbs" [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword= EncryptedAdminPassword=NO OEMSkipRegional=1 OemSkipWelcome=1 TimeZone=20 AutoLogon=Yes AutoLogonCount=2 [identification] JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes [PCHealth] ER_Enable_Reporting=0 RA_AllowToGetHelp=0 ER_Display_UI=0 [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=1 SystemLocale=00000409 UserLocale=00000409 InputLocale=0409:00000409 [shell] DefaultStartPanelOff=Yes DefaultThemesOff=Yes [TapiLocation] CountryCode=1 Dialing=Tone AreaCode=507 [TerminalServices] AllowConnections=1 [unattended] CrashDumpSetting=2 FileSystem=* Hibernation=No OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes TargetPath=\WINDOWS Repartition=Yes UnattendMode=FullUnattended UnattendSwitch=Yes WaitForReboot=No [userData] ComputerName=* FullName="DEG" OrgName="DEG" ProductID="" [WindowsFirewall] Profiles=WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall [WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall] Mode=0
