Need some help with oobe and other stuff

[magamiako]

Okay, I have a locked down RIS image that I've riprep'd back to the server. And everything works fine with the exception of a couple of minor details.

1. I need to know how to disable the oobe and then auto logon as a user we already have on the riprep'd image. I need it to skip the entire OOBE screen if possible.

2. Windows is adding icons on the desktop for IE and WMP, I need to disable that. I'm assuming this is part of the user creation function through OOBE and that it just auto puts these files in All Users when adding a new user. Hopefully disabling the OOBE stuff will get rid of this.

3. Need to preserve OEM pre-activation with the image. I did not activate the original RIS image nor is the riprep'd image pre-activated. But I am using a Dell OEM CD as well as using it on a Dell PC and therefore would like to have it skip activation. What files do I need to add/modify for it to auto activate on the PC?

4. Need generic product key for SP2. MS provided on a site a couple of generic product keys to use for OEM Preactivation rather than putting a "real" key in. However, when entering this key into Windows, Windows complained. Is there any updated list of this, or should I just use one of the product keys that we have sitting around to install on all of the machines?

Both 3 and 4 are not entirely necessary, but would be icing on the cake. I would prefer to have 1 and 2 fixed though if at all possible. I've tried everything, if anyone can help me with these details that would be great! Thanks.