[solved]

the cd key was rong. DOUBLE CHECK IT

[/solved

I did everyting it said in the tutorilas and even in other faq's and it still wont work.you put the WINNT.SIF in the /I386 dir , that is all, right?

my WINNT.SIF

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

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

[GuiUnattended]
    AdminPassword=0182bd0bd4444bf867cd839bf040d93bc22b315c040ae6e0efee3518d830362b
    EncryptedAdminPassword=Yes
    OEMSkipRegional=1
    TimeZone=20
    OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
    ProductKey=x
    FullName="Anders"
    OrgName="Home"
    ComputerName=*

[Display]
    BitsPerPel=32
    Xresolution=1280
    YResolution=1024
    Vrefresh=75

[TapiLocation]
    AreaCode=847

[RegionalSettings]
    LanguageGroup=16

[SetupMgr]
    ComputerName0=Hundo
    ComputerName1=Dell
    ComputerName2=7Days
    ComputerName3=BxP

[Identification]
    JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

What part is it failing at? You need to be a little more detailed with your description. Thanks.

[GuiUnattended]

& nbsp;

What's this?

remove the & nbsp;

[Data]
   AutoPartition=1
   
   AutoPartition=0

duplicated and conflicting entries

[Unattended]
   
   OemPreinstall=No

should it be Yes?

if i can say it wont "unattend" i partition the hdd and it wont let "unattend". i dont edit any file on the cd, i just add WINNT.SIF?

new WINNT.SIF

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

[Unattended]
    UnattendMode=FullUnattended
    OemSkipEula=Yes
    OemPreinstall=Ues
    TargetPath=\WINDOWS

[GuiUnattended]
    EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
    OEMSkipRegional=1
    TimeZone=20
    OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
    ProductKey=xx-xx
    FullName="Anders"
    OrgName="Home"
    ComputerName=Change

[Display]
    BitsPerPel=32
    Xresolution=1024
    YResolution=768
    Vrefresh=75

[TapiLocation]
    AreaCode=847

[Identification]
    JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

im also using VMware 4.5.2

The three entries that deal with partitioning in the WINNT.SIF are:

[Data]

AutoPartition=0 or 1

[unattended]

Repartition= Yes or No

ExtendOEMPartition=0 or 1

Check out the ref.chm help file in the Support tools.

OEMPreInstall=Yes is meant to help with adding third party drivers to the build that are not included in the base drivers.cab file in Windows.

Hope this helps.

I too use VMware 4.5.2 and it works for me with the above settings depending on how I want to setup my VM.

/unattend        Upgrades your previous version of Windows 98, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0, or Windows 2000 in unattended Setup mode. Setup downloads the Dynamic Update files from Windows Update and includes these files in the installation. All user settings are taken from the previous installation, so no user intervention is required during Setup

do i have to run that command when i for a "fresh install" or does load [WINNT.SIF] automatically? do i need hotfixes installed?

i downloaded nlite and used the iso and it still wont "Unattend" is it the vm?

[solved]

the cd key was rong. DOUBLE CHECK IT

[/solved]

thanks for you time