I really must be stupid. I have also tried the guide here: BUT, the guide, sorry to say, is a bit "blurry" I have created a installdisc with critical updates and WMP11 I copied following files to c:\Temp where the sourcefiles for XP is: IE8-WindowsXP-KB971961-x86-NOR IE8-WindowsXP-KB972260-x86-NOR IE8-WindowsXP-KB972636-x86-NOR IE8-WindowsXP-x86-NOR Created file called Dxupacfg.ini with the following parameters: Ran the program RUN_Automatic_AIO_Own_AddOn_Creator_INTL_0.exe and located the files inside c:\TempProgram finished, made a new bootable ISO and fired it up. But still no IE8