ok, I have tested these settings out on a machine that had already been imaged, and I got it working. However, once i changed the registry in the image, and pushed the image out to a machine it did not work. I then compared the settings in the registry on the newly imaged machine to what should have been there, and found that the AutoAdminLogon in the winlogon key was missing. I think this has something to do with the fact that this image is a sysprep image. I think somewhere in mini-setup the AutoAdminLogon is being removed... not 100% sure on that, but i think. I'll keep this thread updated with my progress. T