Wow, Thanks for great tip!!! I will try this and I will let you know how it turns out. The DVD WINXPSP2 with my various apps is working quite well, except of course the little stumbling block that i encountered with MSVPC. I have one question though, I am using the tradittional DOS Batch script to perform the various unattended installs, well anyways - when i type in the scripting for the MSVPC will it be the same as all the silent install scripts or will it be different?(hope that this makes sense.) Well anyways, thank you very much for your assistance. Have a nice day!