on the 'unattended' page, 'Users' tab, of nlite, I check the 'active' box for both the 'administrator' and 'hunter dg' (my preferred username), and check the blank password box for both. This results in a user account of 'owner' being installed. Where does this come from? http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g236/hun...unk/userbox.jpg If i perform a normal install, (not unattended), i can create my 'hunter dg' user on the welcome screen, and no 'owner' account is installed, but there is a 'administrator' account. this is the way i prefer. i have tried renaming the 'owner' account to 'administrator', thinking that it actually is the original admin account that just somehow gets renamed, but when i do, i get a dialog box : 'an account named 'administrator' already exists, type a different name' even though the administrator account is NOT listed in 'user accounts', where it normally is when a regular, attended install is performed.. what gives? http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g236/hun...nameaccount.jpg another strange thing: when i fill out the 'full name' field of the administrator user with 'administrator' or 'hunter dg' (the 'full name' used for the hunter dg account) the box turns red, as if i am not allowed, and if i switch away, and then back again to the administrator account, that field is blanked out.. what does the 'full name' of the account have to do with anything? http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g236/hun...nk/adminred.jpg along the same lines, why, when i select 'fully automated install' am i prompted to enter the administrators full name in order to have a fully automated install? I'm never prompted for that field in an ATTENDED install, nor in a 'hide pages' unattended install. http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g236/hun...insfullname.jpg and one last thing.. a suggestion.. possibly add the 'optional networking components' and 'networking services' options to the 'network' registry tweaks? namely support for UPNP user interface http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g236/hun...ingservices.jpg TIA for any help regarding the users issue.. it baffles me