Well... I see I'm not alone with this problem... that's a comforting feeling, at least. Here's my story. Windows 2000 Server SP2. I first tried with the beta, and experienced the hanging at Saving Settings-problem.. Then it was updated to the latest RC2 so I tried that version, same problem. I spent a full weekend trying to narrow down the cause of the problem, changing a setting at a time, reinstalling (in Virtual PC 2004) again and again and again.. slowly but surely losing my sanity... I never touched the Network DDE service btw. But I created a working cd, then changed one , two or three more settings, created another working cd and so on. All was going well, and then BAM.. hanging at saving settings. So I just recovered the previous cd that I knew was working and decided to label that one "final" and just go with that one... but then what do you know.. hanged at Saving Settings... So I recovered the cd I made before that one.. and it hanged at Saving Settings... even though it worked then I tried it before!! So I recovered a very early cd with very few changes, just a few applications removed (Paint etc) and the bonus folders (VALUEADD, BOOTDISK etc).. and hey, it hanged at Saving Settings. So I just decided it was completely random and gave up. Is there any point in trying the final version of nLite, is any fix in that one? Best regards, a desperate Nebol.