ChristianS,
I had geared up to prepare about 20 different versions of Windows XP Home install ISO's, each with various and differing levels of service packs, programs, and tweaks having been slipstreamed into them to do a step by step test to find what was causing the shortcut bug and had actually done 3 of those tests already when I thought to myself, "I'll check the forum again to see if there has been any updates." To my much relieved pleasure, you have done it! You've fixed the shortcut bug, and in doing so, saved me a mountain of time. Originally I wasn't going to mention this, simp