Well, no, that would be a true preinstall, which is entirely different process than using either setup routines....The major advantages of oemsetup.exe are: 1 - FDISK/Format during setup 2 - Automatically setup of DOS commands for CD-ROM There is a few minor advantages as far as flexibility, but the username/company info on first boot is using the documented preinstallation process which comes with an OEM 5 pak of CDs and uses the ADMIN directory on the CD..... David Olds >My understanding is, Rick, that the oemsetup.exe allows you to preinstall >the OS without an OEM license number. It will give your customers a screen >that allows them to go on and enter their username and company info on first >boot, where on a normal installation, you would be asked these questions >during the setup process. >>No real need to know, but curiosity drives me to ask- anyone know what the >>file "oemsetup.exe" on the Win95 OSR2.1 cdrom does? >>I have a hunch that I know, and I should have given it a try on the last >>puter I built, but alas! I didn't. PCBUILD maintains many useful files for download on our web site - visit our download page at: http://nospin.com/pc/files.html