Hi, all, Maybe this issue has already been addressed in previous posts, but I didn't see it, so here goes (it's very hard to explain, so please bear with me): I used nLite 1.3 RC2 to create my own customized unattended Windows XP CD. For the source files, I used an original factory Dell OEM Windows XP Home Edition CD with SP2 integrated. During the nLite customization procedure, I created an additional user profile in addition to the default 'New user' one that nLite creates. The first time I booted up Windows after the installation with the custom CD was finished, I received a pop-up dialog right before I reached the Welcome screen with the following error message: "Unable to log you on because of an account restriction.' Clicking OK in the dialog didn't make it go away. In the background, I could see the classic Windows 2000-style logon screen (not the XP Welcome screen one) with everything grayed out. The user name entered was 'Administrator' and the password was all in asterisks, of course. The only way to get out of the error dialog and continue with the Windows logon procedure was to Alt-Tab to another user logon process with the aforementioned classic Windows 2000-style logon screen and click on Cancel. That then took me to the Welcome screen where I could choose between either the default 'New user' user profile or the other one I had created during the nLite customization procedure. A few additional notes that may help in resolving this: 1) Once I was able to log into Windows, I was able to fix this logon problem by using the Microsoft Powertoys TweakUI Control Panel applet. I went to the Autologon section of the applet and unchecked the box that read "Log on automatically at system startup." (The text in the user name field below this checkbox read 'Administrator'. 2) During the nLite customization procedure, I applied the tweak to enable detailed status messages during the Windows logon procedure. When I finally logged on to Windows for the first time, the status message that I saw immediately before getting the aforementioned error dialog read "RPCSS service is starting..." or something like that. My knowledge of the Windows logon procedure is very limited so I'm ashamed to admit that I don't even know what the RPCSS service is, let alone what it has to do with that error message I was receiving. If anyone can help with this, please post your advice. --ACOrange
