Hi Nigel! In message 002c01c30a5e$14c89880$0401a8c0@Nigel">mid:002c01c30a5e$14c89880$0401a8c0@Nigel on Thursday, April 24, 2003, 7:36:05 AM, you wrote: NL> You said earlier that your 20 machines were a mixture of W95, W98, and ME so NL> you obviously don't have more than 5 XP Home machines! It doesn't matter what OS they are; what matters is how many systems are trying to connect to a Home system simultaneously. If a system connects and then disconnects, then the next, no problem. All at once (more than 5), only the first 5 will be able to get on. --Scott. Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://pchelpers.5er.com?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.