I've made such a fine unattended XP like the most of you too, followed the steps nicely, but at the first boot up i still get the screen that asks for username, would you like to register with microsoft now etc. I import the registry tweaks in the T13/12 stage yet I don't know how to bypass this screen. I'm hoping for your help. Thanks in advance!

Yours,

General Ix

Sorry for posting in the wrong section

Edited May 17, 200620 yr by GeneralIx

Have you put in the AutoActivate=Yes

I don't exactly remember which of the ones below solve your problem, but if you don't have any of the ones listed below, add them in and try...

[unattended]

Unattendmode = FullUnattended

OemPreinstall = Yes

UnattendSwitch = Yes

**EDIT: Confirmed that it is the UnattendSwitch = Yes

UnattendSwitch

Specifies whether Setup skips Windows Welcome or Mini-Setup when preinstalling Windows XP Home Edition or Windows XP Professional using the CD boot method.

Syntax UnattendSwitch = Yes | No

Values Yes

Instructs Setup to skip Windows Welcome.

No

Instructs Setup not to skip Windows Welcome.

Default Value No

Example UnattendSwitch = Yes

Edited May 18, 200620 yr by JuMz

I'm going to try the UnattendSwitch = Yes tomorrow, I'm about 105 kilometers from home at the moment But it sounds like the solution I was looking for. Thanks a lot!

No it's not the autoactivate= Yes, I've made mine preactivated. It asks for registering not activating You don't need a royalty OEM release to preactivate.

Just copy your own:

%SystemRoot%\system32\OEMBIOS.BIN

%SystemRoot%\system32\CatRoot\{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE}\OEMBIOS.CAT

%SystemRoot%\system32\OEMBIOS.DAT

%SystemRoot%\system32\OEMBIOS.SIG

Makecab them and put the makecabbed (is this a verb?) versions in your I386 folder, worked fine for me. Not sure if you can do this if you have a cracked windows though...

Edited May 20, 200620 yr by GeneralIx

Thanks for your suggestion of the UnattendSwitch = Yes, it worked! Thanks !

Thanks for your suggestion of the UnattendSwitch = Yes, it worked! Thanks !

No problem! My pleasure!