There is the issue with permissions, but you may use cpau.exe it is like "runas " but more features, then run it as the local system account. It works fine, here is an example like I used it. For the systemaccountpassword enter an empty space.... %windir%\system32\cpau -u localhost\system -p -ex "reg DELETE HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run /v Information Update /f" Kelly