SOLUTION ... I found the problem ... Look here ... http://www.MSFN.org/board/index.php?act=ST&f=70&t=7999 I took a NEW copy of XP Corp, Slipstreamed it, and installed the hotfixes ONE AT A TIME, rebooting after each installation, until it happened .... Here is the code I used. CLS @echo off echo. ECHO Over the next few minutes you will see automated installations ECHO of various sofware applications, windows updates, and registry ECHO hacks being implemented. The computer will restart automatically ECHO once the whole process has finished! echo. echo. echo Installing Hotfixes ... COPY "%systemdrive%\install\other\psshutdown.exe" "%systemroot%\" echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;282010 %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/WindowsXP-KB282010-x86-ENU.exe /Z /Q echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;322011 %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/Q322011_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe /Z /Q echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;323255 %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/Q323255_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe /Z /Q echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;327979 %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/Q327979_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe /Z /Q echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;328310 %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/Q328310_WXP_SP2_en.exe /Z /Q echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;329048 %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/Q329048_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe /Z /Q echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;329115 %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/Q329115_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe /Z /Q echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;329170 %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/Q329170_WXP_SP2_EN.exe /Z /Q echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;329262 %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/Q329262_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe /Z /Q echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;329390 %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/Q329390_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe /Z /Q echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;329441 %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/Q329441_WXP_SP2_en.exe /Z /Q echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;329834 %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/Q329834_WXP_SP2_en.exe /Z /Q echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;331953 %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/Q331953_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe /Z /Q echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810272 %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/Q810272_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe /Z /Q echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810565 %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/Q810565_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe /Z /Q echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810577 %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/Q810577_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe /Z /Q echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810833 %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/Q810833_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe /Z /Q echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811493 %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/Q811493_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe /Z /Q echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811630 %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/Q811630_WXP_SP2_EN.exe /Z /Q echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;814033 %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/Q814033_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe /Z /Q echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;814078 %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/js56nen.exe /Q:A /R:N echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;814995 %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/Q814995_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe /Z /Q echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;815021 %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/Q815021_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe /Z /Q echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;815485 %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/Q815485_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe /Z /Q echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;815487 %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/Q815487_WxP_SP2_i386_ENU.exe /Z /Q echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;816093 %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/msjavwu.exe /Q:A /R:N echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;817287 %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/Q817287.EXE /Q:A /R:N echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;817606 %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/Q817606_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe /Z /Q echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;817778 %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/WindowsXP-KB817778-x86-ENU.exe /Z /Q echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;818043 %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/WindowsXP-KB818043-x86-ENU.exe /Z /Q echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;820291 %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/WindowsXP-KB820291-x86-ENU.exe /Z /Q echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;821253 %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/WindowsXP-KB821253-x86-ENU.exe /Z /Q echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;821557 %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/WindowsXP-KB821557-x86-ENU.exe /Z /Q echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;823559 %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/WindowsXP-KB823559-x86-ENU.exe /Z /Q echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;823980 %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/WindowsXP-KB823980-x86-ENU.exe /Z /Q echo Installing ... June 2003, Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer 6 ... %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/q818529.exe /Q:A /R:N echo Installing ... April 2003, Cumulative Patch for Outlook Express 6 ... %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/q330994.exe /Q:A /R:N echo Installing ... Tools echo Installing ... DirectX9b for Windows XP start /wait %systemdrive%\install\other\DirectX9b\dxsetup.exe /opk echo Installing ... Adobe Reader 6 for Windows XP start /wait %systemdrive%\install\other\AdobeReader6\AR6.msi /QB echo Installing ... Windows Messenger 4.7 start /wait %systemdrive%\install\other\WM\MMSSETUP.EXE /Q:A /R:N echo Installing ... MSN Messenger 6 for Windows XP start /wait %systemdrive%\install\other\MSN\MsnMsgs.msi /QB echo Installing ... DivX 5.0.5 start /wait %systemdrive%\install\other\DivX\DivX505Bundle.exe /s echo Installing ... XViD (Unfinished) echo Installing ... Windows Media Player 9 start /wait %systemdrive%\install\other\WMP9\MPSetupXP.exe /Q:A /R:N echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;819639 start /wait %systemdrive%/install/hotfixes/WindowsMedia9-KB819639-x86-ENU.exe /Q:A /R:N echo Installing ... Dot Net Framework 1.1 start /wait %systemdrive%\install\other\NetFramework\netfx.msi /QB echo Installing ... MS Journal Viewer start /wait %systemdrive%\install\other\JournalViewer\MSJV.msi /QB echo Installing ... Movie Maker 2.0 start /wait %systemdrive%\install\other\MovieMaker\mm20.msi /qn echo Installing ... Norton Antivirus 2003 start /wait %systemdrive%\install\other\NAV2003\NAV\NAV.msi /QB echo Installing ... Microsoft JavaVM - Build 3809 start /wait %systemdrive%\install\other\JavaVM\MSJavx86_3809full.exe /Q:A /R:N echo Updating ... Microsoft JavaVM to Build 3810 start /wait %systemdrive%\install\other\JavaVM\msjavwu_3810update.exe /Q:A /R:N ECHO Installing ... Windows XP Pro Specific Hotfixes echo Installing ... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;327405 start /wait %systemdrive%\install\hotfixes\hu1002_pro.exe /Q:A /R:N ECHO Editing ... the Registry REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\other\RegTweaks.reg ECHO Restarting the PC in 1 minute ... psshutdown.exe -r -t 15 -f -m "Windows XP will restart in 15 seconds" ECHO Cleaning up the System before REBOOT ... RD /S /Q %systemdrive%\install Hope that this helps some of us XP Corp Users !!!