I've tried running IMA with local admin, domain admin, checked registry rights, repaired the localhost cache, checked the ODBC--nothing will allow the service to start. Other servers in the farm are working fine MF XPa win2k sp3 Event Viewer... The Independent Management Architecture service terminated with service-specific error 2147483649. ----------------------------------------------------- Failed to load initial plugins with error IMA_RESULT_FAILURE --------------------------------------------------- Failed to load plugin ImaRuntimeSS.dll with error IMA_RESULT_FAILURE ------------------------------------------------------- Failed to load plugin ImaPsSs.dll with error IMA_RESULT_FAILURE ----------------------------------------------------- Failed to connect to the database with error. Error - IMA_RESULT_FILE_NOT_FOUND The ACCESS .mdb file is missing any ideas..this is a new server, so reinstalling metaframe is fine by me unless there is a quicker fix? Thank You, John Knightly Manager, Data Center Solutions 480-994-4171 x24 jknightly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx