Zayne

Oh by the way, you mentioned that the latest version of nLite already has the WMP11 Slipstreamer, so all you have to do is insert the WMP11 installer into the hotfixes section, but during the integration, a message popped up telling me to install "WMP11 Slipstreamer", found here - http://www.boooggy.org/slipstreamer/. Is this the proper way or is nLite supposed to be able to do this by default? P.S - I tried to slipstream Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool, but it's apparently not accepted. I'm assuming there's a specific way to do this as well? Thanks again.

Thanks for the tip, I'll go through the hotfixes and sort by date. I set IE7 first, followed by WMP11 then .Net Framework Addon Pack. Thanks for the info. Cheers!

Oh, sorry for the confusion, when you said "patch", I figured it was something I needed to download and insert into nLite. I was also unaware you could insert the WMP11 installation package into the hotfix section without having to use the integrator as well (reading reports from others made me arrive at this conclusion - perhaps it was with an older version of nLite). I'll also have re-arrange the hotfixes and put IE7, WMP11 and .Net Framework first. I'll give it a shot in VirtualBox and see what happens. Cheers!

I have seen that, but isn't the WinXP theme supposed to be the main theme for XP? It should be default automatically. I do see this window, but do I still need to download that Uxtheme patch or whichever? That picture shows that option as grayed out as well.

I've actually never come across the "Enable Unsigned Themes Support" option, nor have I heard of the Patch. Everytime, before I start nLite, I first make a folder called WinXP on my C:\ drive, and copy all the files on my WinXP Home CD into the folder. Then, I make a copy of that folder before I've made any modifications to it (so that if something goes wrong, I can delete WinXP and rename the unmodified folder to WinXP and so on. I use the WMP11 Integrator to add WMP11, then I only add all the critical security updates and hotfixes since SP2 up until now. I also include IE7 and the .Net Framework addon pack. I've also attached Last Session.ini. Thanks in advance. Last_Session.ini

Ok, short and sweet - No matter what I've tried, everytime I make a slipstreamed disc, everything installs perfectly (including all my updates & hotfixes, tweaks, etc) EXCEPT the WinXP theme is ALWAYS missing. When it boots up the first time after completing the install, it starts up with the ugly Win98 look and in display properties, it does not even appear in the menu, only windows classic 98. Does anyone know what's going on? Even when I hit "Insert All Local Themes", only classic shows up in the Display Options. When I leave it on Default in the unattended section (which should translate to WinXP Blue theme) it's still classic. I know, this doesn't hinder normal OS function, but I just can't stand that look and the fact that I've made 3 coasters so far trying to fix this really stupid problem just aggravates me even more. Anyone that can help would be appreciated. Cheers!