I did some searching and I know how to change the attribute (in cmd) of file/folder. ie: ATTRIB -R %systemdrive%\ /S /D but, I dont want all the files to be Read Only, for example boot.ini is Read Only by default. And, I think I got more like a priviledge problem or something, maybe I dont have permissions to change the attributes in the first place. Maybe whilst setup is writing files to the HD it dont have priviledges or something? That's my best guess atm. (Of course, I wonder how I came up with the Read Only problem in the first place, using nLited XPProSp2, added RyansFullHotfix with nLite, and then BTS Driver back.) Just thought of asking here since im getting tired/ running out of time of searching cuz teh board-search goes titsup if I use more than one word (not much to play with). Im pretty sure its something simple I've overlooked, it always is. Any tips on this, out of hat, just like that?