> This morning I called AppleCare, and found out I had screwed things up > so > badly the only solution was to download and completely reinstall > 10.2.8 on > the main machine, which also somehow fixed the remote. Geez...what could you possibly have done that was so disastrous that it warranted having to reinstall the system software?! Glad it's working now, though. BRIAN/bpearce at cloud9.net http://www.redjacketpress.com