Well, now that we got that figured out, I'd like to thank everyone for their help, especially Bill and NTDOC. Although I've learned that I have a lot more to learn, it's good to see that I was doing everything correctly and the problem had more to do with a limitation with MS W9x.

I'll probably post again sometime soon if I can't figure out why my Kixtart script won't even run at all on my W2K client (oddly, it'll run fine if I log onto the W2K server Kixtart resides on--but minimized--but won't run at all from a W2K Pro on the network). I think that has something to do with W2K Group Policies, so I'll check that first.

BILL--I see you reside in the Chicagoland area. Would you happen to know anyone who'd be willing to hire an inexperienced but willing to learn jr. level NT Admin? I think I mentioned before that I was passed over for a job opening I wanted where I work for someone less qualified (and did I mentioned it was I who trained this person??). Just thought I'd ask...
-OMEGA