I have put OemSkipEula=Yes, and the WinXP registration key in the Sysprep.inf before I ran Sysprep for the model machine. However, when I write that Ghost image to another machine, it still comes up with the prompt for users to accept End-user agreement and to enter the registration key. How can I fully automate the proces? Help please! Thanks in advance. John

See if this has any ideas for you: http://www.hytekcomputer.com/Articles/XPInstall/1.shtml

Do you have the Volume License (VL) media. Activation is not required when you use Volume License media (VL versions of Windows XP) in conjunction with the VL product keys. Microsoft Volume Licensing customers can enter their unique VL product keys into the unattend answer file. With Sysprep, you enter this key in your Sysprep.inf file under the "UserData" section by using the "ProductKey=" entry, for example: [UserData] ProductKey= "" This enables Windows XP to install successfully. NOTE: If you use Volume License product keys with VL media, you are only required to enter the VL product key in the "UserData" section by using the ProductKey parameter as shown above. If you use Sysprep you need to edit the unattended answer file (Sysprep.inf). For additional information about Sysprep and answer file usage, the Microsoft Knowledge Base article is: 216937 Windows 2000 System Preparation Tool and Answer File Usage Product Activation with Retail Media is designed to work with drive imaging products that are available from third-party manufacturers. You can use the Sysprep utility that is included with Windows XP to reset activation up to three times. NOTE: The Sysprep.exe utility is located on the Windows XP distribution CD-ROM in the Support\Tools folder in the Deploy.cab file. After Windows XP is imaged and then deployed, Windows Product Activation initiates the activation timer, which resets the installation ID (and enables the full grace period) at first start after the installation of Windows XP is complete on the target computer. Unlike Volume Licensing, unique product keys are required for each of the target computers. However, a telephone call is not necessary as long as the target computers have Internet connectivity and the product keys are valid; in that case, the computer activates online automatically. For additional information about how to use the AutoActivate parameter in an unattended installation, read the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 291997 How to Activate Windows XP Using an Unattend.txt File NOTE: If you have a proxy, use the ActivateProxy entry in conjunction with AutoActivate entry.

Thank you all for your answering of my above question. Here is more information about my situation: 1) I am using Microsoft Volume License 2) My Sysprep file, which is gererated by using Setup Manager, is as follows: ;SetupMgrTag [Unattended] OemSkipEula=Yes [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword="******" EncryptedAdminPassword=NO OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=260 OemSkipWelcome=1 [UserData] ProductID= (with our real VL) FullName="User" OrgName="Our Organisation" ComputerName=* [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=1 Language=00000c09 [SetupMgr] DistFolder=C:\sysprep\i386 DistShare=whistlerdist [GuiRunOnce] Command0="rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n \\lawgp\law-c706" [Identification] JoinDomain=OurDomain DomainAdmin=admin DomainAdminPassword=****** [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes Together with the above mentioned automation problems, the answer file can not make the machine join in the domain either. I am anxiously waiting for more of your answers. Great thanks.