Word of warning for people using the new Virtual PC. I just discovered that WinXP Pro SP2 likes to download updates and reboot itself automatically, despite whatever you might already have running. Now to find the setting that controls that... Ah... Control Panel -> Windows Security Center -> Automatic Updates Turning off "Automatic (recommended)" should do the trick. Zane -- -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh at aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |