Hello everyone! Noob here. I may be here a while, or be gone in a flash if it turns out that I'm wasting everyone's time -including my own. Allow me to explain; Objective: To use the most stripped down version of Windows possible -my purposes are to only use certain programs, namely: MS Office (specifically: Word, Excel, Access, Outlook) I don't need anything else!!! I have a Windows XP Home edition, and really just need Windows XP to run these programs, as well as access my company data base which runs in Windows. Problem: I was originally told to use Windows XP or 7 with a PE installation. I was then told, that this would not work, and was guided here. I'm hopeful from what I've read so far. Catch (if there is one) I'm running a MacBookPro, and need nLite to work through a virtual environment like Parallels, which I own. Can this be done? Am I on the right track? Thanks for reading, and thanks for your time!