Hello friends, I am trying Win 7 unattended installs, only on a single machine, for practice, and without a key as they will not be activated, just thrown away after experimentation. The first issue has been that the installation stops at the selection screen where it lets you choose Basic, Home Premium, etc. After some research, I added this section to my answer file: <WindowsDeploymentServices> <ImageSelection> <InstallImage> <Filename>install.wim</Filename> <ImageGroup>ImageGroup1</ImageGroup> <ImageName>Windows 7 Home Premium</ImageName> </InstallImage> </ImageSelection> </WindowsDeploymentServices> Now the installation gets past the OS selection, but hangs with an error indicating that it cant find required files. I am working with Windows System Image Manager (MS WAIK), and boot with my Windows 7 dvd and the answer file on a flash drive. What else could be going wrong? Much appreciate any assistance, as I'm starting a practicum in a week, and it's at a shop where all are very busy, so would like to have this debugged and not have to query someone to read install screens. On a related note, have any of you had success, even limited, with getting some useable text via OCR and digital camera, from a computer screen when it is not possible to use a software application screen reader? By useable, I just mean to be able to tell the progress of a process, or where it is stuck, to use a memorized key sequence to get to the right choice to get it going again. I have had some promising results using ZoomReader IPhone app on my Mac screens, and will try this on a screen at the college Monday. Thanks in advance for all comments.