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Hey gents, I can confirm this same behavior in my scenario... here's what I've done: on x64 I... took a SP3 RC slipstreamed XP student source and slip'd SP3 final overtop added some apps via hotfix (incl. RyanVM's .NET 1,2,3 BETA) tweaks and options and unattended... yadda, yadda... if anyone *REALLY* wants the .SIF or the .INI I'll post it checked the .SIF and the key was in there fo'sho (I forget, is it supposed to be under [userData] ??) I chose 'hide pages' as my mode but, the product key page is the only one that prompts... weird huh? <sarcasm> Oh, and Nuhi, **** you man, fix this and get a user manual for gods sake... lord knows you're not busy or creating a software technology like this and maintaining updates isn't hard enough!! </sarcasm> @jhmac77 - dude, I know english is not your first language man, but, please, some respect where it is due. That, or pay the man's wages if u want something that bad... what are your rates Nuhi, $400/hr <grin> you know what, here's the SIF file, f' it... y'all is gonna ask anyhow. ; Generated by nLite 1.4.7 [Data] AutomaticUpdates="Yes" Autopartition=0 MsDosInitiated=0 UnattendedInstall="Yes" [Unattended] UnattendMode=DefaultHide UnattendSwitch="Yes" OemPreinstall="Yes" OemSkipEula="Yes" FileSystem=* WaitForReboot="No" NoWaitAfterTextMode=1 NoWaitAfterGUIMode=1 DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore NonDriverSigningPolicy=Ignore [SystemRestore] RestorePointLife=60 [GuiUnattended] EncryptedAdminPassword="No" AutoLogon="Yes" AdminPassword="password" TimeZone=035 OEMSkipRegional=1 OemSkipWelcome=1 [Shell] DefaultThemesOff="Yes" DefaultStartPanelOff="Yes" [Components] [UserData] ProductKey="YADDA-YADDA " ComputerName=WINBLOZE FullName="User" OrgName="Home" [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=1 Language= "0409" [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents="Yes" [WindowsFirewall] Profiles=WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall [WindowsFirewall.TurnOffFirewall] Mode=0 [Identification] JoinWorkgroup="NET" [GuiRunOnce] "%SystemRoot%\System32\nLite.cmd" Oh, and Nuhi, if u do read this... my humble gratitude... your program is the cats balls. I'm a programmer myself and I can appreciate the hard work involved. If ever u need a second pair of eyes, hit me up - I wish I had time to contribute (I don't even know if u have helpers!?!?) but... you know how it is... btw: to Danker and the others, this thread is f'n funny.. hahah... I am in agreement, most computer problems are an interface error between the input device and the stationary human supporting bracket device. That being said, I really hope this is not a stupid user mistake I'm making here, as this thread is a couple of months old.

It sounds to me like the dude just wants to test his websites for in-house dev b4 hitting production. I say upgrade a current server and use the old as testing. Or as bonestonne puts it Intel board, 3.06Ghz Celeron D, 3GB RAM and two 7200 SATA drives in a mirror. Fast enough to host ASP/SQL and get the right board and you'll pop a Core 2 in there and 3 more GB of RAM when that power is needed. Right now it costs him... what, like $900?

Win2k 'SP5' (loosely termed) properly tuned (or nLited) is wicked awesome. I STILL use it for a web server of mine running WAMP and ColdFusion. It runs inside a Virtual Machine b/c the PII box it was on is redundant now that I have a Win2k3 server. Now, regarding Win2k3 - I'm enamoured with it and I have an nLited, BTS driver, sysprep'd image with all my 'advanced user' apps that I put on my laptop, my workstation, etc... it runs my PIII lappie pretty tight... boot times are faster than XP, crashes are less... security is tighter. My vote would be 2k3 following the workstation guide found in the guides. But it is a bit heavy... if your requirements do not include XP features/programs, then I agree with extrabigmehdi that 2000 is wicked sweet. I mean, I've been running my 2000 box 24x7 with port 80, 21, 20 open for 3years - I don't have any virii/trojans.