Hello,

I have made a DVD with XP+Office 2003 with all the SP, patches, and the rest. Everything works ok. After installing XP Pro the system reboot and the waits for the admin password before starting to install Office 2003. Is there anyway to avoid this so that the install will go all the way through?

Thanks

some more info about how you install things would be helpfull

search for "AutoAdminLogon"

I have followed the instructions on the MSFN site. I have slipstreamed xp, sp2, patches, office 2003. I noticed that the winnt.sif file has the password in the GUIUNATTENDED section. Maybe this file needs to be edit in a different way? A copy of my file fllows:

;SetupMgrTag

[Data]

AutoPartition=0

MsDosInitiated="0"

UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[unattended]

UnattendMode=FullUnattended

OemSkipEula=Yes

OemPreinstall=Yes

TargetPath=\WINDOWS

Repartition=No

UnattendSwitch="yes"

WaitForReboot="No"

[GuiUnattended]

AdminPassword="ABCD"

EncryptedAdminPassword=NO

OEMSkipRegional=1

TimeZone=110

OemSkipWelcome=1

[userData]

ProductKey=JC4Y8-J2V9R-4JGY6-Y69W4-TYCMQ

FullName="guess who"

OrgName="gw"

ComputerName=VMTEST

[Display]

BitsPerPel=16

Xresolution=800

YResolution=600

[RegionalSettings]

LanguageGroup=1

[identification]

JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]

InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[GuiRunOnce]

%systemdrive%\install\office.cmd

You could use a little modified way of adding users on the unattended guide -> Intermediate Users -> Adding User to make the administrator logon automatically. Works fine for me

@nightflyer : Remove your license key ...

In order to enable the PC to logon automatically for the sake of completing setup. You can set an automatic login count in the winnt.sif.

This will add an autologon count to the registry - once the count reaches 0 it will delete itself and the stored password from the registry.

[GuiUnattended]

AdminPassword="password"

EncryptedAdminPassword=NO

AutoLogon=Yes

AutoLogonCount=1

OEMSkipRegional=1

TimeZone=255

OemSkipWelcome=1

If you need the machine to login more than once just change the value of the AutoLogonCount.

Hope this helps you out.

does it matter if the password is encrypted or not? i have an encrypted password and 'autologon' in my winnt.sif file yet it doesn't auto logon? the only thing i don't have in my is the 'autologoncount' but that really shouldn't matter right? everything else from furbie's post matches in mine but my password is encrypted and his isn't.

Edited November 16, 200520 yr by tha_toadman

Sounds to me like you've created another user and are subsequently logging in with it. It's asking for the password because this new user is not an administrator. Just a guess.