Sorry to hear about all of your problems. WGA can be a pain and it's far from flawless. If your copy is legit, then try the workarounds here. To check, use the MGA validation tool http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=52012 (direct to exe). If it outputs as Genuinie then it is a false positive. Second problem might be a local security problem of some sort. Are you sure its a domain and not a workgroup? Some people get confused but those people aren't usually the people who make unattended Windows disks Third problem seems to be related to the first. You probably made a mistake entering the information, seems to be the most likely cause. The desktop resolution seems a little weird. If you're sure that you entered it correctly and your monitor supports it, then its a bug of some sort. When I made a user it just made "Administrator" with my name in the properties. Weird, huh?... If you used nlite, it might be a mistake b/c what you tell it what you need and it doesn't disable what you need even if you select it. Otherwise a bug. You can reenable common tasks by opening an explorer window, going to Tools->Folder Options: (courtesy here) Try reenabling it by going to "Map Network drives" and redoing it, selecting the option again. (courtesy here) Hope this helps What other desktop mods did you do?