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Ok, I figured out a work-around for this problem.  I modified todo.pl so that instead of writing to the registry to start itself on a reboot, it copies a batch file to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup.  The batch file simply calls c:\netinst\mapZnrun.bat z:\bin\todo.pl --go.  Putting this batch file there seems to be more reliable than using the registry to autorun things.  Any chance this could get incorporated into Unattended?
 
Mike
 
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I"m using Unattended v4.6 to install Windows 2000 Server SP4 and some
 other things.  
  
 Here"s the problem.  Windows installs without a problem.  Perl installs
 fine.  Base.bat kicks in and starts running Win2ksp4-updates.  The first
 update which requires a reboot comes (I believe it is IE6).   Windows
 reboots, but when it boots up, todo.pl doesn"t keep installing things.
 I checked the c-drive and there are still lots of items in the todo.txt.
 I checked the registry and Windows is set to run "mapznrun.bat todo.pl
 --go" but for some reason it doesn"t run it.  The computer auto logged
 in correctly.  If I reboot the computer or log off and back on, it takes
 off again without any further problems (even rebooting correctly).  I
 thought maybe it had something to do with an update that it was trying
 to install, so I commented out the Win2kSP4-updates in the base.bat.
 The same thing happened - after the first reboot, windows doesn"t run
 the command to kick things off again.  I"ve tried it on a different
 computer and the same thing happens.  Has anyone had this happen?  I
 don"t want to have to tell the users that they have to manually reboot
 after Windows is installed in order to finish installing the software.
  
 Mike

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