hey aall my WINNT.sif file works fine unattended until it asks you to prompt for your product key....

herews my code:

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
    AutoPartition=1
    MsDosInitiated="0"
    UnattendedInstall="Yes"
    AutomaticUpdates = Yes

[Unattended]
    UnattendMode=FullUnattended
    OemSkipEula=Yes
    OemPreinstall=YES
    TargetPath=\WINDOWS
    Repartition=YES
    UnattendSwitch="YES"
    DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
    KeyboardLayout="Canadian English (Multilingual)"

[GuiUnattended]
    AdminPassword="admin"
    EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
    OEMSkipRegional=1
    TimeZone=10
    OemSkipWelcome=1
    ProfilesDir="C:\Documents and Settings\"

[UserData]
    ProductKey=xxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx
    FullName="David Lane"
    OrgName="Northern Entertainment"
    ComputerName=NEMOBILE001

[Display]
    BitsPerPel=32
    Xresolution=1024
    YResolution=768
    Vrefresh=60

[TapiLocation]
    CountryCode=107
    Dialing=Tone
    AreaCode=780

[RegionalSettings]
    LanguageGroup=1
    SystemLocale=00001009
    UserLocale=00001009
    InputLocale=1009:00000409

[Identification]
    JoinWorkgroup=NEHOME

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents=No

[NetAdapters]
    Adapter1=params.Adapter1

[params.Adapter1]
    INFID=*

[NetClients]
    MS_MSClient=params.MS_MSClient

[NetServices]
    MS_SERVER=params.MS_SERVER
    MS_PSched=params.MS_PSched

[NetProtocols]
    MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP

[params.MS_TCPIP]
    DNS=Yes
    UseDomainNameDevolution=No
    EnableLMHosts=Yes
    AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1

[params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1]
    SpecificTo=Adapter1
    DHCP=Yes
    WINS=No
    NetBIOSOptions=0


[Components]
    msmsgs=off


[Shell]
    DefaultStartPanelOff = NO

any idea why it would still prompt for the product key????

I use ProductID=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX instead of ProductKey=....

You could try that.

*EDIT*

I wonder if the order you have the entries in makes any difference? In my winnt.sif I have them in the following order under [userData]: FullName, OrgName, ComputerName and then ProductID

I wonder if the order you have the entries in makes any difference? In my winnt.sif I have them in the following order under [userData]: FullName, OrgName, ComputerName and then ProductID

I don't think it really matter... mine is just like buzzman2005 and I am also using ProductKey.

What kind of CD are you using? OEM, VLK, Retail Box. Are you using the proper key for your CD?

ok its a store bought cd and i do know that is has worked unattended b4 cuz i did a disk a few days ago... but i had to redo becuase of errors on my part so i redid the cd... and now it doesnt work.....

Ok so i've tried two WINNT.SIF's heres the one that doesnt work.....

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
    AutoPartition=1
    MsDosInitiated="0"
    UnattendedInstall="Yes"
    AutomaticUpdates = Yes

[Unattended]
    UnattendMode=FullUnattended
    OemSkipEula=Yes
    OemPreinstall=YES
    TargetPath=\WINDOWS
    Repartition=YES
    UnattendSwitch="YES"
    DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
    KeyboardLayout="Canadian English (Multilingual)"

[GuiUnattended]
    AdminPassword="admin"
    EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
    OEMSkipRegional=1
    TimeZone=10
    OemSkipWelcome=1
    ProfilesDir="C:\Documents and Settings\"

[UserData]
    ProductKey=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx
    FullName="David Lane"
    OrgName="Northern Entertainment"
    ComputerName=NEMOBILE001

[Display]
    BitsPerPel=32
    Xresolution=1024
    YResolution=768
    Vrefresh=60

[TapiLocation]
    CountryCode=107
    Dialing=Tone
    AreaCode=780

[RegionalSettings]
    LanguageGroup=1
    SystemLocale=00001009
    UserLocale=00001009
    InputLocale=1009:00000409

[Identification]
    JoinWorkgroup=NEHOME

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents=No

[NetAdapters]
    Adapter1=params.Adapter1

[params.Adapter1]
    INFID=*

[NetClients]
    MS_MSClient=params.MS_MSClient

[NetServices]
    MS_SERVER=params.MS_SERVER
    MS_PSched=params.MS_PSched

[NetProtocols]
    MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP

[params.MS_TCPIP]
    DNS=Yes
    UseDomainNameDevolution=No
    EnableLMHosts=Yes
    AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1

[params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1]
    SpecificTo=Adapter1
    DHCP=Yes
    WINS=No
    NetBIOSOptions=0


[Components]
    msmsgs=off


[Shell]
    DefaultStartPanelOff = NO

and heres the one that does... (minimum no adds jsut made with setupmgr )

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
    AutoPartition=1
    MsDosInitiated="0"
    UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[Unattended]
    UnattendMode=FullUnattended
    OemSkipEula=Yes
    OemPreinstall=No
    TargetPath=\WINDOWS

[GuiUnattended]
    AdminPassword="admin"
    EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
    OEMSkipRegional=1
    TimeZone=10
    OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
    ProductKey=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx
    FullName="David Lane"
    OrgName="Northern Entertainment "
    ComputerName=*

[Display]
    Xresolution=1024
    YResolution=768
    Vrefresh=60

[TapiLocation]
    CountryCode=107
    Dialing=Tone
    AreaCode=780

[RegionalSettings]
    LanguageGroup=1
    SystemLocale=00001009
    UserLocale=00001009
    InputLocale=1009:00000409

[Identification]
    JoinWorkgroup=NEHOME

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents=No

[NetAdapters]
    Adapter1=params.Adapter1

[params.Adapter1]
    INFID=*

[NetClients]
    MS_MSClient=params.MS_MSClient

[NetServices]
    MS_SERVER=params.MS_SERVER
    MS_PSched=params.MS_PSched

[NetProtocols]
    MS_TCPIP=params.MS_TCPIP

[params.MS_TCPIP]
    DNS=Yes
    UseDomainNameDevolution=No
    EnableLMHosts=Yes
    AdapterSections=params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1

[params.MS_TCPIP.Adapter1]
    SpecificTo=Adapter1
    DHCP=Yes
    WINS=No
    NetBIOSOptions=0

any ideas?????

you can start by not posting such a long code. better to put in a text file and zip it and post it here.

thank u for your serial

[userData]

ProductKey=KC4BB-2JHWW-VKCD6-2MXFV-xxxxx

FullName="David Lane"

OrgName="Northern Entertainment "

ComputerName=*

Not a good idea Lol

REMOVE YOUR PRODUCT KEY!