ok all i came across something weird with this... it seems as though when the PC logs in automatically, its loggin in under the name i set it to which is "mike". when the system logs in as mike, it does not install the programs, however when i log off mike and log on as administrator, the programs start to install automatically using the guirunonce any thoughts?? here is my setup in my $oem$ folder i have "autologon.reg" Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] "DefaultUserName"="Mike" "DefaultPassword"="XXXXXX" "AutoAdminLogon"="1" then "cmdlines" [COMMANDS] "useraccounts.cmd" "REGEDIT /S regtweaks.reg" then "useraccounts.cmd" net user Mike xxxxxx /add net localgroup Administrators Mike /add net accounts /maxpwage:unlimited REGEDIT /S autologon.reg EXIT Then my second question is this, why is Mike not log in with admin privileges? Thanks all Mike