I couldnt find the answer in the first few posts.

Brad

An unattended XP CD is exactly that. A copy of Windows XP, that installs itself, without any user intervention what so ever.

"Have you ever wanted a Windows XP CD that would install Windows XP by automatically putting in your name, product key, timezone and regional settings? Followed by silently installing all your favourite applications along with DirectX 9.0b, .Net Framework 1.1 and then all the Pre-SP2 hotfixes, updated drivers, registry tweaks, and a readily patched UXTheme.dll without any user interaction whatsoever? Then this guide will show you how you can do just that!"

http://unattended.MSFN.org/xp/

O.K.

Then could I take that cd and run upstairs and put it on my wifes computer.

Sure

Unattended sounds cool, but, I like to be around when setting things up.

Well you could just sit there and watch it install