Unattended install or mission impossible :(

ciscoboy

We have all heard the expression, 'paper MCSE' and I am just trying to be not one. I spent hours to do an unattended install of XP using answer file, it just doesn't happen. I followed Microsoft and Sybex instructions. I have a creative 52x cd rom. I copied the winnt.sif and winnt.bat to a floppy, but XP just goes its own way and doesn't care if there is an answer file. Please help!!!!. Here is a piece of advice: practice, practice, practice:)

Here is the answer file i created using the setup manager:

;SetupMgrTag
[Data]
AutoPartition=1
MsDosInitiated="0"
UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[Unattended]
UnattendMode=FullUnattended
OemSkipEula=Yes
OemPreinstall=No
TargetPath=winpro

[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword=a29645dc79c2c249aad3b435b51404eef33f0dab34ccc3de114f0fbe0df662d5
EncryptedAdminPassword=Yes
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone=35
OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
ProductID=XJM6Q-BQ8HW-T6DFB-Y934T-YD4YT
FullName="From Answer File"
OrgName="From Answer File"
ComputerName=unattend

[Display]
Xresolution=1024
YResolution=768

[RegionalSettings]
LanguageGroup=13

[FavoritesEx]
Title1="Welcome to Yahoo.url"
URL1="www.google.com"

[Branding]
BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

[URL]
Home_Page=www.yahoo.com

[Proxy]
Proxy_Enable=1
Use_Same_Proxy=1
HTTP_Proxy_Server=proxy:8080

[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup=later

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Data]
UnattendedInstall=Yes
MSDosInitiated=No
AutoPartition=1

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here is the bat file

@rem SetupMgrTag

@echo off
set AnswerFile=.\winnt.sif
set SetupFiles=E:\i386
E:\i386\winnt32 /s:E:\i386\ /unattend:winnt.sif[/url]