Hello Kenny,
Is this the correct error message in this article?
818171 "An Error Has Been Encountered That Prevents Setup from Continuing"
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=818171

Also look at this article that talks about possible issues with the
[SysprepMassStorage] section.
249690 "An error occurred while trying to update your registry" message
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=249690

Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

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<Same result on that one I'm afraid
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<What permissions should I be looking at? On my C:\sysprep folder
<Administrators, Users, and SYSTEM have full control. I have also verified
<that the read only attribute is off on the folder and all of it's contents.
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<What other security could effect this?
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<To tell you the truth I built this from scratch so it shoul dhave the
<default security, I granted additional permissions in places but I did not
<revoke permissions anywhere. However I'm willing to try anything I'm
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<Thanks, Kenny
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