Using sysprep to mimic OEM Windows Welcome

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I don't have the OPK version of sysprep; I installed XP from a slipstreamed
SP2 CD. I'm trying to prep some old machines for sale to employees; since
even the old machines were licensed for XP I'm trying to set them up to be
as similar as possible to the way Windows Welcome runs on OEM machines. I'm
pretty close, there are only a few things not behaving as I'd like:

- The music doesn't play during Windows Welcome.
- Windows Welcome prompts for the CD Key even though it's been provided in
sysprep.inf.
- Even though sysprep.inf contains the line ComputerName=*, the pre-sysprep
computername is pre-filled in the form. I'd like it to either generate a
completely random computername or leave it completely blank. I don't want
the pre-sysprep computername to be pre-filled as an option. (Is no
computername being automatically generated because no organization has been
specified?)

Other than those things I'm mostly satisfied with how it's working now. Can
anyone tell me if I can resolve any of those behaviours with the standard
version of XP SP2 Sysprep or if I would need the OPK?

Oh, also, even though I've installed hotfix 887816, the Administrator
profile still seems to copied into the Default User profile; annoying, since
I've spent considerable time customizing the default user profile. I've
successfully used that hotfix to resolve this issue when imaging new
computers for deployment in our domain, the main difference being that
sysprep runs mini-setup instead of Windows Welcome, and that it joins the
computer to the domain. Any ideas on this as well?

Thanks in advance,

BJ


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