Give this a try: (it can also be a drive permission issue but that is another
thing). Also, are you using Ghost, PE or what?
SetupMgrTag
[Unattended]
OemSkipEula=Yes or No (choose one)
KeepPageFile=0
TargetPath=\WINDOWS
[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword=password
EncryptedAdminPassword=no
OEMSkipRegional=1
[UserData]
ProductKey=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX
FullName="user1"
OrgName="my company"
[TapiLocation]
CountryCode=1
Dialing=Tone
AreaCode=770
[GuiRunOnce]
Command0=C:\windows\system32\SetServiceTag.exe
[Identification]
JoinDomain=CWD
[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

"Kenny" wrote:

> I have a brand new Dell Optiplex GX520 (SATA Drives, if that matters) this
> is the first time I'm running sysprep with SP2. Everytime I run it I just
> "unable to update registry when the machine comes back up.
> I have tried Sysprep 1.0 with my standard answer file, and sysprep 2.0 with
> a new answer file I generated (shown below). On someone elses advice I also
> tried running sysprep with no answer file but it ended in the same result.
>
> I have searched the internet and this forum and haven't found anything that
> seems to pertinent to my problem. anyone have any ideas?
>
> Thanks, Kenny
>
> ;SetupMgrTag
> [Unattended]
> InstallFilesPath=C:\sysprep\i386
>
> [GuiUnattended]
> AdminPassword=password
> EncryptedAdminPassword=no
> OEMSkipRegional=1
>
> [UserData]
> ProductKey=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX
> FullName="user1"
> OrgName="my company"
>
> [TapiLocation]
> CountryCode=1
> Dialing=Tone
> AreaCode=770
>
> [SetupMgr]
> DistFolder=C:\sysprep\i386
> DistShare=windist
>
> [GuiRunOnce]
> Command0=C:\windows\system32\SetServiceTag.exe
>
> [Identification]
> JoinDomain=CWD
>
> [Networking]
> InstallDefaultComponents=Yes
>
>
>