Hi Andrew, Its probably because of your firewall. When you run WinMX for the first time, WinMX will test your connection, Doing this will launch sygate, which will pop up behind the scenes, asking you to permit WinMX to access the internet. You have to alt tab around your programs to locate this Sygate alert and say yes to the permission. Then ask WinMX to try the connection again. Moments later , during the install, I got a second alert from WinMX, telling me to accept the fact that I was behind a firewall and can't do anything about it. This was a radio button that was checked. I assumed this, though maybe not the best way to go, was acceptable to WinMX, so I moved to the next button and hit enter to continue the install. Peter -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.1 - Release Date: 3/9/2005 ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq