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Migration for WDS 2003\Legacy to WDS 2008 Native, XP cant join domain or get computer name

Ok here is my senario.
Had a 2003 WDS setup running in legacy mode (RIS).
Images that were installed on Clients, came down, joined domain with a computer name dictated by the "Directory Servies" tab in WDS.

so the computer name woud be username##
it would also put the newly installed computer account into a specific OU (also in the same tab)

took all the old images, converted them to .WIM's and imported them as install images on the 2008 server runing WDS

now the converted images, still do what they are suppose to. The Directory services tab is the same on 2008 as on the old 2003 server.
However on newly created images, using th wdsutil, they do not get the name formating specified, they do not join the domain, and if you manually join the domain, they do not go to the OU specified.

now alot of this can be put (somewhat) in the sysprep.inf, however it is not in the sysprep.inf on the old images.
I have even tryed to replace the whole sysprep.inf of a working install with the failing one with no luck.

So there has to be something else in the old RIS (rpi\reped) images that is not in the WDS images.
OR
There is something in WDS that tells the clients to join the domain, and create the computer account, however i cannot find it.

more information, in the old images, during the new WDS setup after the expansion of files and before the first reboot the computer account is created in AD, but i have not idea what is creating this, is it WDS, is it in the old RIS image?
any one have any ideas?

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in case any one wants an example here is my sysprep
located here
\\server\REMINST\Images\Windows XP\760v2\$OEM$\$1\sysprep


;SetupMgrTag
[Unattended]
OemSkipEula=Yes
 
 
[GuiUnattended]
    AdminPassword="password"
    EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
    OEMSkipRegional=1
    OEMDuplicatorstring=760v2
    TimeZone=20
    OemSkipWelcome=1
 
[UserData]
    ProductKey=12345-12345-12345-13245
    FullName="IT"
    OrgName="my company"
    ComputerName=%MACHINENAME%
 
[TapiLocation]
    CountryCode=1
    AreaCode=636
 
[SetupMgr]
    DistFolder=C:\sysprep\i386
    DistShare=windist
 
[Identification]
DoOldStyleDomainJoin = Yes    
JoinDomain=my.domain.name
MachineObjectOU= "OU=some OU, dc=domain, dc=domain, dc=com"
 
[Networking]
    InstallDefaultComponents=Yes
 
[sysprepcleanup]

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