I have been searching on this forum for the past two days trying to figure out why my CD's I have made will not start an Unattended Install. I have followed the directions exactly. I renamed the Unattend.txt file that was generated to winnt.sif, placed it in the i386 directory and it still does a normal install. I have to set the partitions, answer the questions, put in the key.... All stuff that I put in the sif file. What am I doing wrong?

Here's my SIF:

;SetupMgrTag

[Data]

AutoPartition=1

MsDosInitiated="0"

UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[unattended]

UnattendMode=FullUnattended

OemSkipEula=Yes

OemPreinstall=No

TargetPath=\WINDOWS

[GuiUnattended]

AdminPassword=*

EncryptedAdminPassword=NO

OEMSkipRegional=1

TimeZone=20

OemSkipWelcome=1

[userData]

ProductKey=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

FullName="ComputerUser"

OrgName=""

ComputerName=Computer1

[TapiLocation]

CountryCode=1

AreaCode=315

[identification]

JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]

InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

Looks fine. Ensure that you name it WINNT.SIF .

Setup loves capitals letters for some reason. It should work, you said generated, which is good. Setting up partitions is normal but entering other data should not be so.

Double check that it's not named winnt.sif.txt

The CAPS thing did the trick, thanks!