Ok, I have answered one question ......

when I use wisdec under win 2K (yes I did unpack it) it starts to de-compile my selected script (setup.ins) however it seems that it dosen't finish the job, it does a "cancel" before indicating the job is complete .... is this normal ??

Apearently NO it is not normal, I just de-compiled the setup.ins for nero 5.0 and it worked fine.... when it completed it said "ready" in the status bar at bottom of window instead of "cancel"

EDIT: the compiler version for nero setupins is 3.00

the setup.ins I'm looking at is from NspPro if you be interested

Thanx much