I have been getting the "Access is Denied" error on first boot under Win2K Svr(Win2K3 works fine). After a lot of research I have narrowed it down to what appears to be a permission error in the registry. HKLM,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer","InstallerLocation",0x00000000,"%10%\system32\" Issues: This key is set to NOT inherit perms ADMINISTRATORS perms are defined as READ ONLY on this key ONLY (no downlevel inheritance) SYSTEM perms are defined as FULL CONTROL on this key ONLY (no downlevel inheritance) I looked at an out of the box Win2k Svr install and the perms should be: This key is set to NOT inherit perms ADMINISTRATORS perms are defined as FULL CONTROL on this key and subkeys SYSTEM perms are defined as FULL CONTROL on this key and subkeys EVERYONE perms are defined as READ ONLY on this key and subkeys nuhi! HELP!!