Everytime I want to tell my son something I have to go into the house, or call him. Isn't there a way that you can send a pop-up message between two XP computers on the same network? And will it show up if he playing his games? Pc 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://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.