IcemanND have you actually checked to make sure that it is installing Office with the Key you think it is? I have used the Custom Installation Wizard to create several MSTs and it has ignored what I have changed the key to and instead installed it under the key entered when the admin point was created. --edit I went back to the Customization Wizard and noticed that the place to input the Key was for a local cache copy and not for the installation...I did find that removing the Registration under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Registration\{90120409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0150048383C9} had the effect of making office ask for a key when launched. An idea of IcemanND's posted here on MSFN about 2.5 years ago.