jbuszkie i think i have an ideea..... as long as u are using sp2...then the order should be: 1. copy a clean sp2 source to your hdd 2. integrate ryan update pack (saw u use 2.2.2) and ie7 3. integrate KB894871 (the other one is in ryans pack) 4. run my slippy to integrate wmp11 plus hotfixes. 5. nlite..... please try like this and report back with result thx