Hi all.

I have followed the guide how to make an Windows XP Unattend Boot CD.

It boot, it does everything, but i can´t get the automatic "product key entering" to work.

I have a XP Volume License XP-productkey.

Paste your winnt.sif file in here, enclosed in [ CODE ] tags. (without spaces)

Well i don´t want to give out the key! But i can still send in the winnt.sif

;SetupMgrTag

[Data]

AutoPartition=1

MsDosInitiated="0"

UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[unattended]

UnattendMode=FullUnattended

OemSkipEula=Yes

OemPreinstall=No

TargetPath=\WINDOWS

DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

OemPnPDriversPath="drivers\graphic\Ati;drivers\graphic\Intel;drivers\graphic\Nvidia;drivers\nic\Intel;drivers\nic\Broadcom"

[GuiUnattended]

AdminPassword=*

EncryptedAdminPassword=NO

OEMSkipRegional=1

TimeZone=110

OemSkipWelcome=1

[userData]

ProductKey=*****-*****-*****-*****-*****

FullName="XP-PRO"

OrgName="NONAME"

ComputerName=*

[TapiLocation]

CountryCode=46

[RegionalSettings]

LanguageGroup=1

Language=0000041d

[identification]

JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]

InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

Yeah, you can replace your key with xxxx-xxxx, no problem

I have but it doesn´t work. ?

Is it because of the "Volume License" ?

right, the only bad thing I can spot is you're using an underscore _ instead of - in the product key line. Does everything else work fine apart from the Product Key?

No no, it´s not underscore, it looks like that when u are typing ***.

This is with underscore ***_***

This is with (score) ***-****-***

So u don´t have any idea what it could be. I mean everything else seems to work.

I have done theese unattend installations before, and they didn´t work either.

Is this named as winnt.sif and placed in the i386 folder? Again, does everything else in winnt.sif (apart from product key) take effect or not?

I saw i was missing theese instructions

[unattended]

OemPreinstall=Yes

UnattendSwitch="no"

Because the drivers didn´t install.

But still the Product key needs to enter manually. But now i need to go home from work, thanks for your help. Il be back!

Are there any error dialogs that pop up?

Is your key entered in correctly?

Sometimes this can be overlooked

No, no error codes or popups. Nothing.

Or is there some logfile that i can look in?

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As I recall, I had to use smaller case letters. When I used caps, it didn't recognize the key as being valid....

That could be something.

I will try that on Monday morning.

Thanks...

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