jtopjian

Windows will create a profile folder such as Administrator.XXX when it creates a new profile and notices the folder it wants to create already exists. I'm curious if the Administrator profile exists or not in the System Properties of your master computer (the one you are creating the image from) and on an imaged computer (log in as someone else besides Administrator and see if it exists).

You're correct -- WMI and ADSI are basically libraries and apis. WMI can retrieve (and sometimes set) information on individual computers. For example, you could use WMI to retrieve Event entries or get the BIOS serial number. ADSI works with Active Directory. WMI and ADSI are not restricted to one language. You can interface with both using VBScript and PowerShell. WSH is a "scripting environment" that all the MS-based scripting languages run on: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcen...w.mspx?mfr=true