he all, i'm getting a strange accurance, all of a sudden the firewall service is stopping. when i shut down and restart. i usually leave it open for 5 days, then down for the weekend. any ideas on what i did wrong. i have rebuilt it nomourus times and it fixes the service then when it shuts down it ends again. havn't run into this before and kinda confusd. thanks for the help. Nathan Tufte Sys Admin Radix Sa.