seems as if i got wmp11 and silverlight on okay. i am trying to make rev.3 of my install disc the last one for the time being. the first 2 have been a learning experience, but have not done exactly what i was shooting for. any poiinters on what i can do to make my theme appear and get rid of that annoying error about the user not being able to log on would be great and possibly make my day. i have slipstreamed sp3, ie8, silverlight, wmp11 into the disc. still want to add directX 10.1 also is there any way to change the position of the start bar in the setup, like move it to the top of the screen? as you guys have noticed i am not a programmer, but i can implement code, and follow how-to's very well. i am reasonably intellegent and have taken some programming, so i do know some basics, but do not know code by heart. i can however take code and alter it to acheive my goals if given a basis to go from.