I did some more searching through my registry and the Microsoft knowledge base. Here is what I found: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q255/6/29.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=g n&FR=0&qry=WMI%20ADAP&rnk=1&src=DHCS_MSPSS_gn_SRCH&SPR=WIN2000 This article implies that the problem is due to an upgrade from the Win2k beta to the release version, but on my system, I never had a beta copy! Peter Shkabara ____________________________ [log in to unmask] http://gocolumbia.org/shkabarap PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://nospin.com/pc/files.html