I've also countered this problem by putting nhelper.exe in system32, however... the program is called at every start-up, and I cannot find it *anywhere* in the registry, or any references to it in start-up files, etc. The installation with this error is from a CD made with nLite from an already nLite'd CD - I had to add my SATA drivers to the slipstream install to get it to work on my new laptop. It doesn't really bug me, it's just that I don't use the welcome screen (I don't want the power options appearing) and the console pops up on boot while executing nhelper.exe. Anyone know *why* this program is executed, and what tells it to?