> >If it is being started as a service, I think there is a way to determine the > >order of starting, but have never gone digging into this. It may be > >necessary to have a time delay or retry built into the app as others > >suggest, as it sounds like you have a race condition occurring between the > >app and the drivers it relies on. The service manager allows you to mark a service as dependent on another service IIRC. Bob Ammerman RAm Systems -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads