another item for the why not ms page: http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/17/1050172679775.html yet another MS vulnerability patched, but there's a spin on this one. people are saying _not_ to apply the patch to production machines... pete -- Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D