Solution to problem of unresolved strings in Windows PE 2005: HIVECLS.INF file has two [strings] sections in it. This causes the second section to be ignored, so most of the string values are missed (including the ones pictured in the first post, above). My solution was to add a PAUSE command in MKIMG.CMD: REM REM Copy over the required registry hive files REM copy %WINPESRCDIR%\hive*.inf 2>nul 1>nul REM - added this reminder to look out for duplicate [strings] section headers. echo Watch out for duplicate [strings] section headers.& findstr /b /i /n \[strings\] "%CD%"\hive*.inf & pause ...and then manually comment out the second [strings] header (using a semicolon) before continuing. Ross Brown Computer Sciences Corporation rbrown68@csc.com