To get around these errors I created the corresponding folders in the registry and granted my username ownership, then permission to each key. nLite then ran without error Here's what is eventually created, I imagine you could create it yourself before running nlite: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\NliteTempReg\ControlSet001\Services\iastor] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\NliteTempReg\ControlSet001\Services\iastor\Parameters] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\NliteTempReg\ControlSet001\Services\iastor\Parameters\PnPInterface] "5"=dword:00000001 if you have any questions, I'm at Rocky Mountain Tech Team