I'm in the midst of unattending my families new laptops that came with Home Premium. They both need updating. I have used my Ultimate xml as a base & it has worked well except for admin account status & firstlogon.cmd won't play? Is this typical of HP or is there something I may be missing?? Any pointers appreciated guys...

I have nothing to add, except that I doubt the computer manufacturer, or hardware, has anything to do with it. I personally use separate XMLs for the different versions. I didn't make those XMLs so I don't know if there are any differences. Perhaps you check the differences between that and Ultimate? I know some things are not the same, like some GPOs for example or (in some versions) GPOs altogether. I don't get to install Home Premium

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Oh when you said HP, did you mean "Home Premium" or "Hewlett Packard?"

anyways, Home Premium is rare for me, its usually Home Basic or Business for the most part.

Yeah thanks Home Premium.