I always start with a fresh source. I use an image I got from college of WinXP Pro SP2, might be corporate edition since it doesn't bug me about activation. I mount the image in daemon tools each time I make a new install cd. I integrate SP3 these days but this problem happened before sp3. LAST_SESSION.ini (6 KB) I've made a bunch of discs and I usually try something a little different each time in the hopes of finding a solution but no go. Almost universally when I mess with the password/autologon option it screws things up and tries to logon as the wrong user or prompts for a password when there is none etc ad infinitum. I'm guessing its either something on the source image was a little bit changed since it was for college kids to download and/or nLites parsing of windows method of managing those options/features isn't replete. If I find a solution I'll share but I was hoping this was a known issue or there'd be a faq about it. =/ LAST_SESSION.INI