Marlene. Look in your User/Library/Preferences folder for a file named 'com.apple.finder.plist'. Throw it in the trash. Log out of your account and log back in. It might help. generally, on my machine here, if I try to get the Network window and it flashes open then disappears, I trash that file, as somehow it has become corrupted. It *might* have something to do with your situation too. ----------------------------------------------------------- For information about MUGLO: http://www.freewebs.com/muglo -----------------------------------------------------------