still asks for Product Key...

[benn20uk]

For some reason I'm still asked for the product key when I use my Cd... And yes, I do type my key in properly... Is there any other section that could be the reason behind this?

[userData]    ProductKey=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

    FullName="Ben"

    OrgName="-"

    ComputerName=fresh

[tim]

It would be usefull to see the whole WINNT.SIF file.

[benn20uk]

The whole file...

;SetupMgrTag

[Data]    AutoPartition=0

    MsDosInitiated="0"

    UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[unattended]

    UnattendMode=FullUnattended

    OemSkipEula=Yes

    OemPreinstall=Yes

    TargetPath=\WINDOWS

    UnattendSwitch="yes"

    FileSystem=*

    DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore

[GuiUnattended]

    AdminPassword=860e02b63e654a2faad3b235b51404ee0c4ab59226b7ff42729051c7535e0a2e

    EncryptedAdminPassword=Yes

    OEMSkipRegional=1

    TimeZone=85

    OemSkipWelcome=1

[userData]

    ProductKey=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

    FullName="Ben"

    OrgName="-"

    ComputerName=fresh

[Display]

    BitsPerPel=32

    Xresolution=1024

    YResolution=768

[RegionalSettings]

    LanguageGroup=1

    SystemLocale=00000809

    UserLocale=00000809

    InputLocale=0809:00000809

[FavoritesEx]

    Title1="Weebl and Bob.url"

    URL1="http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk"

    Title2="Webmail.url"

    URL2="http://webmail.aber.ac.uk"

    Title3="GMail.url"

    URL3="http://gmail.google.com"

    Title4="Google News.url"

    URL4="http://news.google.com"

[branding]

    BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

    Home_Page=www.aber.ac.uk

[Proxy]

    Proxy_Enable=0

    Use_Same_Proxy=1

[identification]

    JoinWorkgroup=weebl

[Networking]

    InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Components]

    msmsgs=off

    msnexplr=off

    zonegames=off

[GuiRunOnce]

    %systemdrive%\install\batch_install.cmd

[EDIT]I tried it once with the product key in quotes... that failed too...

[MCT]

try ProductID ?

regards

[Solid as a rock]

For some reason I'm still asked for the product key when I use my Cd... And yes, I do type my key in properly... Is there any other section that could be the reason behind this?

[userData]

    ProductKey=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

    FullName="Ben"

    OrgName="-"

    ComputerName=fresh

i have checked with my winnt.sif it is perfect. it must be a typemismatch in your key in winnt.sif otherwise windows setup ask for more than only the key.....

[killerbee]

hi,

do you use XP pro or home?

for home it's ProductID in winnt.sif and ProductKey for Pro...

cya

Killer Bee

[benn20uk]

It's Pro, the original, not SP1... And I tried using ProductID just in case... I might even go away and try ProductID="XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX" just in case that works. In the meantime I'm running out of ideas... it's definately the right key in the answer file, and the key definately works... And since this is now the only bit that needs me to be there I'd like to know why...

Please, please, please, please, please let someone know have the answer...

[XtremeMaC]

do you use XP pro or home?

for home it's ProductID in winnt.sif and ProductKey for Pro...

thats not right!

I have both the home & pro versions I use productkey for both, it works

never had a problem with productkey

afaik productid goes for win2k...

[Solid as a rock]

unusefull information so i removed it....

[sleepnmojo]

Maybe its because they are all X's

Seriously though, it looks fine from here. I use ProductKey also.

I suggest you erase the line, and rewrite it, usually fixes the problem. Or try using the deployment package to look at your sif file.

[catwalker63]

Use the quotes around your productID or productkey.

[OMERZEN]

@offtopic:

i like the admin password though.

[benn20uk]

Interestingly, after writing a new answer file, it all works again... I may have answered a couple of questions differently, but I dont know what could have affected the product key bit...

Put it down as one of life's little mysteries...

Thanks for the help anyway...

[killerbee]

hi,

i had the similar error in my latest VMWare-session...

and it came from an invalid product key, please make sure your key is valid and try again.

hope this helps a bit

cya

Killer Bee