Telnet is a protocol that allows you to connect to a remote computer and type commands that will be carried out on the server, such as moving and copying files. Most computers come with windows installed and Telnet comes with that. http://www.elated.com/tutorials/management/unix/basic/ I went to play games at http://iota.materiamagica.com/start/moongate/index.php it went throught the java that I have installed on my computer. I tried to play the game and it wanted me to download a bunch of things when I started to do them they took forever. When I tried to use the connect using telnet it wouldn't let me type my answer to get started. Julie Nim nimj4lcc@xxxxxxxxx __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com