Fresh Ghost .. Fresh xp update only thing that does install is nero of version 6 1-I Used uninstall nero tool for every attemp i did i rebooted between 2-then i used ccleaner and alternative.. 3-then i went to registry looking for the infamous RenamePending.. something only default 4- made sure to have no trace in commonfiles! 5- spent 10 hours + reading on the web ! am out of clue! IMGBURN work well that about it Always reboot between every action Also cleaned my Temps files ... got 5 gig free on c:\ Try to install 7 8 and 9 always getting msg to reboot to install There NO TRACE of NERO nowhere! nero died on me this week doing NODISC.. strongly suspect damn AutoUpdate.on xp and there is 0 UPDATE in my autoupdate ... might be 2 that failed ..where to find no clue Beside all the trick to CLEAN... is there something else