Hi, Well, I got my VPN connection to run, and after logging on, JAWS even started up. I noticed three weird things, though. 1. JAWS was very, very slow. In fact, even reading Outlook Email was a problem. JAWS started out very sluggish, and had trouble finishing lines, and otherwise just couldn't read the body of an Email. It responded very slowly to other commands I issued, too. Any advice? I didn't even try the mainframe connection. 2. Although I have a Focus 44 on this machine, I didn't get Braille. 3. I don't know how to get from the Remote Desktop window to windows on my desktop that aren't associated with the VPN connection. Well, I could manage it, but by bringing up Task Manager ... is there a nifty hot key to switch out of the Remote Desktop session? Things to Know I'm running JAWS 9 beta on this machine. At work, I have JAWS 7.1. Would this cause the problem? My computer at work also has a Braille display. Would that cause the slowness? Thanks for any help you can offer. Lora