Jared, Thanks. I agree that OEM is avoidable most times. However it is useful at times for some info and screens. So I am still looking for an solution for this strange behaviour. Thanks Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: On 8/12/06, A Joshi <ajoshi9777@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi, In OEM : after I click on a database, it displays database connect information window with username/password. After entering username password I click on OK but it does not do anything. I can connect from sqlplus. This is XP, oracle 9i, OEM version 9. Can someone help? I installed oracle again but that did not help. Thanks I think you will a lot folks here that eschew the use of OEM, and simply use methods that work. eg. sqlplus -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist --------------------------------- Why keep checking for Mail? The all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta shows you when there are new messages.