I was all set to install a new modem in my friends computer when he called saying that he can now connect to web although nothing was changed or done to this computer. The modem is a Rockwell HFC I'm not sure if this is a "soft" modem or how to explain why the computer is working, and not get- ting an "no dial tone" error any longer. Is this some weird software glitch? He must have rebooted 20 times since the modem errors first occured. Thanks for any info. Bob Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml