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If I understand the question, yes you can integrate an SP then add all the after hot fixes.Currently nLite does not support W7. Enjoy, John. EDIT: I did a search here on KB953356, and got several hits. One person said you did not need KB953356 with SP3. I am not sure what that means, but it may be worth a try. Slipstreaming SP3 may prevent the AMD looping problem. John. EDIT, again: I was unable to find an hot fix that applies to my x64 SP1 CD, so I could not run the test I said I would. Perhaps you already know the answer. John. John, I think I need to explain a bit more about KB 953356. This fixes a bug that is specific to AMD Athlon systems. (Mine is 2 x MP 2000+). If you are at Win XP SP2, you must apply this hotfix before running SP3. It not, the system will never complete the boot up sequence. I verified this in two different ways. First I did a slipstream with SP3 (including this hotfix). Second, I installed SP3 without applying this hotfix first. There seems to be no way around the MS instruction to apply the hotfix to an installed version of Win XP SP2. Because this hotfix is specific to 32-bit Athlon processors, it is probably not an issue for 64-bit Win XP. This weekend I will have the time to start clean with that SP 1 version and slipstream and tweak to SP 2, testing with a Vrtual PC of course. Then I'll do a live install and go from there to rebuild my system. x509

John, I agree with your point about the virtual system, though. After doing an nlite process, I do a test install on my laptop system using MS VPC. Good as far as it goes, but of course, you can't test driver add-ins. I think I'm simply going to abandon the XP SP2 MCE install. MCE installs have always been problematic, even using the MS CDs. I don't really use MCE anyway, and I also have an XP SP 1 license with 10 installs. (from a friend who used to be an MS Action Pack Subscriber.) So in 2-3 days, when I have the time, I'm going to repeat this process, but using the XP SP 1 source, and I'll add in SP 2. Also, it occurred to me since I'm going to install SP3 anway, I don't need to bother with Ryan VM's post SP2 hotfix pack. I can't slipstream SP3 in with nlite, because I have to install an MS hotfix that applies only for AMD Athlon (32 bit) processors before you can install SP3. Once I apply that hotfix, I will install SP3. I've already gone through that process, and it is necessary. Slipstreaming in SP3 directly results in a Windows install that never actually loads up. (The things you find out the hard way.) What do you think? Is it possible to slipsteam just a SP with post-SP hotfixes? That would be so cool. I just want to tell you that I really appreciate the help. I think that nlite is a great tool. I found somthing similar called Office Integrator, but nothing similar for Intuit Quicken or Adobe CS 3. At some point later this year, I will build some new 64-bit systems and move to Windows 7, and no way would I do that process without nlite! Thanks for the tip about that Explorer-Launch bug. x509

Johnhc, I appreciate this offer of help. "Gory details" are in the attached Last Session.ini. I'm relatively new to nlite, so I was not trying to be "too ambitiious." No SP integration, (for too complicated to explain here reasons) but integration of a RyanVM collection of hotfixes to SP2. I started out with a clean copy on my hard disk of the Windows XP SP 2 MCE install files. Also, driver integration and some tweaks. One interesting point. MCE requires two CDs to install. When I did the "make CD" option, I deleted some files so the ISO would fit onto one CD. Then I burned the remaining files onto another CD. This matched the two original CDs. But in the install of the customized Windows, the system never asked me to load in the second CD. I'm actually not familiar with Windows Post Install and Addons, and I won't get into those until I get the basic theory done right. x509

I just did a slipstream of Windows XP SP2 with a Ryan's VM of hotfixes for SP 2. Without going into the gory details, I have to apply an MS patch before I can install SP 3. I also did some tweaking, etc. I have been unable to use System Restore to create a restore point. I first discovered this problem AFTER doing a lot of software installs, and searched the web for solutions, none of which worked. So I re-installed the slipstreamed Windows. Without doing any changes, I tried to create a restore point, but still had the same problem. Has anyone else had the same problem? Any suggestions? Thanks in advance x509