RIPREP Issue with Dimension 2400's HELP!!!!!!

This is my second attempt at posting this; the first was to no avail, and recieved no responses.

I created an RIPREP Image for my environment with a batch of dell dimension 2400's we have, and rebooted my machine.  When attempting to test the RIPREP image, I recieved the following error.

"The operating system image you selected does not contain the necessary drivers for your network adapter.  Try selecting a different operating system image. If the problem persists, contact your system administrator.  Setup cannot continue. Press any key to continue "   

I installed a base load of windows xp via RIS with the correct broadcom 4401 drivers installed. Everything installed correctly, so I made sure all the drivers were set correctly and installed groupwise, then attempted to try an RIPREP image and as RIPREP is a secondary overlay of the original RIS image, I'm curious why I'm having this problem. I did what MS said would fix this issue in their KB articles

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q247983 

and

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q246184

and made sure the bios is up to date set up a sysprep.ini file in the c:\sysprep folder and pointed it to the location of the nic drivers.  I then ran another RIPREP, hoping it would work, but it did not.

The dell tech who emailed me suggested these 2 kb articles

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308299&Product=winxp

Neither of which addressed my problem effectively.

At this point, I'm at a loss, and I'm hoping that someone will read this article and hopefully have a better solution.

HELP!!!???

Thank you!

-Larry