Well heres the deal i was able to do everything in the beginner users tab and i was able to install a fresh copy of XP pro heres what my WINNT.SIF file looks like:

;SetupMgrTag

[Data]

AutoPartition=0

MsDosInitiated="0"

UnattendedInstall="Yes"

AutomaticUpdates=yes

[unattended]

UnattendMode=FullUnattended

OemSkipEula=Yes

OemPreinstall=No

TargetPath=\WINDOWS

UnattendSwitch="yes"

WaitForReboot="No"

KeyboardLayout="US"

[GuiUnattended]

AdminPassword=49a8f40f1a8444ab95b909e7668e47e680b5ae70d1bc191b77f247ed1e24a2e9

EncryptedAdminPassword=Yes

OEMSkipRegional=1

TimeZone=4

OemSkipWelcome=1

[userData]

ProductKey=XX

FullName="JOshe"

OrgName=""

ComputerName=Toaster

[identification]

JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]

InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Components]

msmsgs=off

msnexplr=off

freecell=off

zonegames=off

as you can see i didnt do anything special very simple stuff. But heres where the problem come in to play. I wanted to take the next step and try putting all of my drivers in the cd also. i read and followed everything there was in the section 'Drivers via CD' and im pretty sure i did everything correctly. if i had to guess where i messed up it would probably be in this part:

[Making Changes to presetup.cmd

* Open presetup.cmd in Notepad

* Scroll down to the lines containing SetDevicePath.exe and correct the path. Change \Drivers to where you saved the files on in your source and the parameter ( %CDROM%\Drivers ) to where you saved all your driver files. Also correct the path in the line directly below it as well.]

this is wat i did

before:

%CDDRIVE%\Drivers\SetDevicePath.exe %CDDRIVE%\Drivers

start %CDDRIVE%\Drivers\WatchDriverSigningPolicy.exe

after:

C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\drivers\SetDevicePath.exe C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\drivers

start C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\drivers\WatchDriverSigningPolicy.exe

did i do this right???

so i tested the disk and everything was going great untill a error popped up in the middle of coping files

setuporb.exe not found (i think thats wat it was called)

and also setep.exe

so i wasnt able to complete the install..so if anyone of you guys have an idea plz reply..thanks you guys...

EDIT: sorry im a noobie i didnt see the driver section in the forum this post should be in there...sorry you guys

Edited October 2, 200520 yr by oojosheoo

Try OemPnPDriversPath, its way easier and you can delete \$1\drivers\ folder with a smple command on first windows boot http://unattended.msfn.org/intermediate/drivers/drivers.htm

oldmx

I would remove your Product key from your first post, unless you want everyone to see it........

As far as drivers, I used the Bashrats method - worked like a charm

ok i got it to work using the autoit method..finally and thanks for the product key warning..im kinda tired from all this..lol...you can a lot by just reading..i shall take this as a future notice..thanks everyone