I have a working unattended DVD of W2000 with SP4 and hotfixes slipstreamed. It has has several other pieces of software that silently installs, such as Office 2003, Adobe Reader, JRE, Ad-Aware.... Anyways, the problem is that when the install is done and you log in, everything is perfect; except the first time you use IE it launches the "Connect to the Internet Wizard". Then you cancel out of it and everything works fine. I can remove the icon with runonce, but it still pops up. I even tried deleting the whole folder once (C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Connection Wizard), but all that did was make it so networking would not even function. I am going to be installing this on about 20 computers and don't want to have to go around and touch every box just to get by this. It's also become a personal issue to figure this out. Nothing obsessive about me! Anyways, does anyone have any tips or solutions? Much appreciated.

If you find out let me know, I have the same issue with my windows 98 unattended install.

anybody have a clue how to bypass this annoying 'feature' and just assume that the system is connected to a LAN?

anybody......?

Did you tried deleting this key

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{5A8D6EE0-3E18-11D0-821E-444553540000}

Haven't yet tested it, but thanks for the tip

Unfortunatly, deleting this registry entry has no effect on the "connect to the internet" window that pops open when first opening IE

This one seems to work for me.

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Runonce]

"^SetupICWDesktop"=-

Good luck.

... I don't know if it is in the same place in Win2K, but here is what changes when you run throuhg the "Connect to the Internet' option on Win98:

System Changes Report
==========================================
Report Description: 4/7/06 3:26:04 PM vs. 4/7/06 3:27:11 PM

Directories tracked via disk contents:
   C:\

FILES AND DIRECTORIES ADDED: (3)
 < C:\ > (3)
   C:\WINDOWS\APPLOG\IEXPLORE.LGC
   C:\WINDOWS\Cookies\owner@search.msn[1].txt
   C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\UB2L8XS7\migrate[1].htm

FILES AND DIRECTORIES DELETED: (2)
 < C:\ > (2)
   C:\WINDOWS\Desktop\Connect to the Internet.LNK
   C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\Windows Critical Update Notification.job

FILES AND DIRECTORIES CHANGED: (6)
 < C:\ > (6)
   C:\WINDOWS\APPLOG\APPLOG.ind
   C:\WINDOWS\Cookies\index.dat
   C:\WINDOWS\History\History.IE5\index.dat
   C:\WINDOWS\SchedLog.Txt
   C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\~DF91B.TMP
   C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\index.dat

CONFIGURATION FILE: "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.INI"
  SECTIONS ADDED (0)
  SECTIONS DELETED (0)
  KEYS ADDED (0)
  KEYS DELETED (0)
  KEYS CHANGED (0)

CONFIGURATION FILE: "C:\WINDOWS\WIN.INI"
  SECTIONS ADDED (0)
  SECTIONS DELETED (0)
  KEYS ADDED (0)
  KEYS DELETED (0)
  KEYS CHANGED (0)

REGISTRY KEYS ADDED: (7)
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\RemoteAccess
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions\CmdMapping
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\P3P
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\P3P\History
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Welcome\ICW

REGISTRY KEYS DELETED: (0)

REGISTRY VALUES ADDED: (16)
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities
	  Identity Login = "622675"
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Connection Wizard
	  Completed = "01,00,00,00"
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions\CmdMapping
	  {c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003c157a} = "8192"
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions\CmdMapping
	  NextId = "8193"
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
	  First Home Page = "http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?Prd=ie&Pver=5.0&Ar=ie5update&O1=b1"
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
	  LastCheckedHi = "29776505"
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
	  EnableAutodial = "00,00,00,00"
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache
	  @shdoclc.dll,-864 = "Show &Related Links"
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache
	  @shdoclc.dll,-865 = "Shows links related to the current page."
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache
	  @shdoclc.dll,-866 = "Related"
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache
	  LangID = "FF,FF"
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Config\0001\Software\Microsoft\windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
	  EnableAutodial = "00,00,00,00"
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
	  AccessMedium = "02,00,00,00"
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
	  AccessType = "02,00,00,00"
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Welcome\ICW
	  @ = "1"
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\MSTCP
	  HostName = "Owner"

REGISTRY VALUES DELETED: (0)

REGISTRY VALUES CHANGED: (7)
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings
	  NoNetAutodial = "00,00,00,00"; Old Value = "0"
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections
	  DefaultConnectionSettings = "(Binary Data)"; Old Value = "(Binary Data)"
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections
	  SavedLegacySettings = "(Binary Data)"; Old Value = "(Binary Data)"
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Description\Microsoft\Rpc\UuidPersistentData
	  LastTimeAllocated = "00,E6,CA,F7,4A,C6,DA,01"; Old Value = "E0,F7,DE,74,4A,C6,DA,01"
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\SchedulingAgent
	  LastTaskRun = "D6,07,04,00,05,00,07,00,0F,00,1B,00,01,00,00,00"; Old Value = "D6,07,04,00,05,00,07,00,0F,00,14,00,01,00,00,00"
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\VCACHE\Lookup\ServerNameCache
	  Key0000 = "13,00,02,00,16,00,13,00,1D,00,06,00,17,00,43,00"; Old Value = "5C,00,53,00,45,00,52,00,56,00,45,00,52,00"
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\VCACHE\Lookup\ServerNameCache
	  Key0001 = "(Binary Data)"; Old Value = "(Binary Data)"

==========================================

I would assume (i haven't tested yet) that this is the registry key that should make the ICW go away when opening IE:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Connection Wizard
Completed = "01,00,00,00"

~Dave

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{5A8D6EE0-3E18-11D0-821E-444553540000}

Deleting this key prevent ICW to be active when you launch IE for the first time ... and it works for every new user

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Runonce]
"^SetupICWDesktop"

Deleting this key prevent ICW shortcut on desktop ... and it works for every new user

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Connection Wizard
Completed = "01,00,00,00"

Modifying this value prevent ICW to be launched only for the current user

In a normal circumstance, combination of the first and second actions should be enough