For the record - I received a reply and my username/password on the 7th April. The author was apologetic and said something along the lines of " . . . even if there was an excuse for being this late". XPCREATE is not so much an application but a series of DOS scripts . . . very advanced DOS scripts. It's somehow satisfying to sit back and watch the DOS window scroll through the creation process over about 20 minutes (excluding DVD burning). Take a peek inside the file xpcreate.com . . . . very impressive. :-)