Hi Can someone please explain to me why when after I copy the entire contents of a v-lite'd Vista image to a bootable external HD/Flash drive and attempt to Install Vista from it, the autounattend.xml is not passed and Vista prompts me as normal? The autounattend.xml is what v-lite generated and is in the ROOT of the bootable USB HD. Nuhi, I remember reading a comment from you some time ago regarding a similar prob, was it ever resolved? thanks for all your help, Adv.