Darn. I thought I remembered that but hoped I wasn't remembering right! I guess I could set up the old computer as my dedicated development computer.... Thanks, -Tony > Check the archives -- think this was covered recently, and > is due to win2k not allowing direct access to the HW ports > as Win95 etc would. > > Cheers, > -Neil. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics