I just found these as well http://www.labnol.org/software/create-virtual-machine-of-existing-computer/= 1 0510/ and http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/8054/how-to-turn-a-physical-computer-into-a-= v irtual-machine-with-disk2vhd/ which I will be trying out soon. PC to VM convertors will come in extremely useful for old installations that need to keep going - for software you just cannot register as some major companies have long moved on. Apologies for the long URLS, I should be using URL shorteners, but anyway the keywords in the links above is more useful in archives. VisN --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .