Ok so heres the story...

RIS works well to the point where it installs XP and I log in, but nothing in my answerfile is actually done.

I have to type in the Windows serial, nothing in %oem%/$1 is copied across (drivers etc) and so I am left wondering what I could be doing wrong???

Is there anything in Group-policy that may be causing a problem??

RIS must find the files needed so that the NIC can be used during textmode setup, but when the ris completes, I am left with my nic driver not installed, which may have something to do with it

My directories are set up right, pointing to the right place.

this is where my drivers are set to

E:\RemoteInstall\Setup\English\Images\WINDOWS\$oem$\$1\Drivers

Here is my answerfile if anyone here is so nice to have a look please.

[data]

floppyless = "1"

msdosinitiated = "1"

OriSrc = "\\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%"

OriTyp = "4"

LocalSourceOnCD = 1

DisableAdminAccountOnDomainJoin = 1

[setupData]

OsLoadOptions = "/noguiboot /fastdetect"

SetupSourceDevice = "\Device\LanmanRedirector\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%"

[unattended]

OemPreinstall = yes

DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore

OemPnpDriversPath = "Drivers\NIC;Drivers\vga;Drivers\sata;Drivers\interface"

FileSystem = LeaveAlone

ExtendOEMPartition = 0

TargetPath = \WINDOWS

OemSkipEula = yes

InstallFilesPath = "\\%SERVERNAME%\RemInst\%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%"

LegacyNIC = 1

[userData]

FullName = "%USERFIRSTNAME% %USERLASTNAME%"

OrgName = "%ORGNAME%"

ComputerName ="%MACHINENAME%"

ProductKey="xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx"

[GuiUnattended]

OemSkipWelcome = 1

OemSkipRegional = 1

TimeZone = %TIMEZONE%

AdminPassword = "*"

[Display]

BitsPerPel = 16

XResolution = 800

YResolution = 600

VRefresh = 60

[Networking]

[NetServices]

MS_Server=params.MS_PSched

[identification]

JoinDomain = %MACHINEDOMAIN%

DoOldStyleDomainJoin = Yes

[RemoteInstall]

Repartition = Yes

UseWholeDisk = Yes

[OSChooser]

Description = "Windows Professional"

Help = "This will install Windows Professional in a standard configuration."

LaunchFile = "%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%\templates\startrom.com"

ImageType = "Flat"

Ok, well it looks like it aint GP, hmmmm any ideas anybody, man, anything would be great about now??

well well welll.....

It seems I found the answer, but if anyone can offer an explanation please enlighten me...

I went in to i386/templates and configured the .ris file in there....

and now it works

I dont think this sounds right but it worked!!!!

any ideas any one or did i miss something major????

That's correct, I did the same thing.