>Bruce,
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>Thanks for your help. I had installed the open client. I've since discovered the problem is machine related. I tried the same thing on a different machine and had no problems. Someone here thinks that it is something to do with the network cards in the Compaq machines. Weird eh.

That doesn't surprise me. We've had problems with Open Client on some machines here, too. Had to have experts come in, sometimes spend couple of hours to get things working, problems beyond our regular developers' knowledge...good luck!