@Greenmachine, My apologies but that is not the case. I have tried to use your tool in a job I previously did with a large company in Eindhoven, the Netherlands but this company unfortunatly decided to do it in another way. Since januari of this year I have moved to another job and I am no longer working on the client side. I am now working at the server side and in an Exchange 2003/2007 environment. However for my own private purpose I use xpcreate to have a unattended installation of XP that I can use to install within vmware/virtual server/hyper-v when I am studying for new microsoft certification. Once you have an unattended installation you want to keep it that way every month when there are new updates. So i am sorry to put you in the wrond direction. Maybe I should have told earlier what my intensions where. If it is possible I still would like to use your xpcreate tool. If you want more information send me a pm and I will answer your questions. With kind regards, Hans Broeders The Bitfrotter