well it seems that i'm having difficulty getting a few programs to install silently..... i downloaded openoffice2.0 but i can't seem to get it to install on a computer without me accualy starting the installer and going through all the options. i did use the /qn command at the end of the run command, but that appears to make my installer do nothing at all. if anyone has a suggestion as to what i should do to get openoffice to work, that'd be nice. another problem i'm having. i also tryed installing avast antivirus with xp. it seems though that my silent install command of /s doesn't go silent for me. it still comes up asking about installing avast. if anyone knows of a better switch to use, i wouldn't mind hearing from ya