Is it checked even though it is grayed out? Xp likes to use netbios over tcp/ip for networking it is the only reason I wanted you to do it. It is best that everything is set up the same on all the computers. I just don't know anything about networking 9X machines. I would have to look through the network folders in Control panel to find where the bindings and protocols live. All I have are those links. Those folders are really the most important places.