ok guys, yes u can make your files for unattended install in 3 stages... 1st stage ... make the winrar sfx exe that does the overwriting of the files. 2nd stage ... make the winrar sfx installer exe that delivers the 1st file to your system with shortcut on start menu. 3rd stage ... pack your completed silent installer into an addon. I will explain stages 1&2 which are practically identical, hoping u know how to do stage 3, but if not I will explain that also. ok STAGE1....making exe file 1.make 2 new folders on your desktop...one named "WINDOWS"... the other "system32" ...pay attention to upper and lower cases and no quotes. 2.copy 2 of your vista style bootscreen exe files into the "system32" folder u made ...just "ntkrnlmp" and "ntoskrnl"...and drag that folder inside the "WINDOWS" folder ..so u have that folder on desktop with other folder inside it...and 2 files inside that folder. 3.now right click on the "WINDOWS" folder (that has other inside containing files).. and select "Add to archive"....and on box that pops up tick "Create SFX archive".. and click "OK"....and a winrar file named WINDOWS will appear on desktop. 4.rename that winrar file to something like "VistaBoot"...then right click on it and select "open with winrar"...and click the "SFX" icon and a box will open. 5.select "Do not change SFX module"..and click on "Comment" tab and copy/paste the following into "Archive comment" box:- ;The comment below contains SFX script commands Path=%SystemDrive%\ SavePath Silent=1 Overwrite=1 6.click "OK" and exit winrar. 7.you have now made the winrar sfx exe that if double clicked would silently install your 2 vista style files into your real system32 folder overwriting files that exist. 8.I use resourcehacker to change the winrar icon of that file to something else...u could do same. ****MAKE A COPY OF THE FILE U JUST MADE AND PUT IT SOMEWHERE SAFE**** then drop a copy of it also into your real system32 folder.....and from there right click on it and create shortcut of it to your desktop and rename shorcut to what u want it called STAGE2...making installer exe 1.we will use earlier files to make this....the "WINDOWS" folder you have on desktop with system32 folder inside it and 2 vista style files in that....leave file structure the same....but delete the 2 vista style files and copy the "VistaBoot" winrar exe you made into that folder....so just replacing 2 style files with the VistaBoot u made. 2.when done....the original "VistaBoot" u made that is still on desktop...rename to "VistaInstaller" 3.when renamed...right click on it and "open with winrar".....and in left panel you will see "WINDOWS" folder... right click on that folder entry inside the panel and select "rename"...and call it anything ...leave it open and drag the "WINDOWS" folder u altered into that panel and it will add the files.....then right click the file u renamed and select delete...then close winrar. 4.now we need to add shortcut u made to it....but we need to make the folders for it 1st. 5.make these 6 folders on desktop;- Documents and Settings All Users Start Menu Programs Accessories System Tools and drag the shortcut u made earlier into the last one "System Tools" 6.then put "System Tools" folder inside "Accessories" folder..and do same all way back to the Documents and Settings folder....so u have Documents and Settings as only folder with all others opening in a chain inside it. 7.now right click on the "VistaInstaller" file...and open in winrar....and drag the "Documents and Settings" folder (that contains the others..including shortcut)...into left panel beside the WINDOWS entry that is already there 8.winrar will add those files and then close winrar. 9.done. Your newly finished "VistaInstaller" if double clicked should silently deliver your "VistaBoot" exe to your real system32 folder and also deliver shorcut for it to start menu ..under Accessories...system tools like my earlier picture. u can delete the file u dropped in real system32 and all other desktop files and copies....and test your file...double click... then look in start menu to see that shortcut is there...and look in system 32 to see that "VistaBoot" is there also. STAGE3..... just make an addon of finished file in nloam ....or add to svcpack folder with ini file and cab it