>thanks mike. my major concern with the user's group is that it will be far above my level of knowledge, as you can probably see by some of my posts you've responded to. i would imagine your members do this for a living while i do this to help my company in my "spare" time.

Not in the least. Yes we get into advanced topics, but we all recognize we have to help novices, just like the UT.

You can't fire up a laptop and show the UT your system running.