That is great you found where was the problem. I really though there was a security problem, recently I had a problem like yours and that was because some additional security settings and restriction configured on that PC with Win2K.

>Thanks a lot for your help, the problem is solved now, it turned out to be the component itself had a bug in it, i was using the datadynamics Active Bar 1.0.6.3, the 1.0.6.5 release fixed the problem.
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>It took me a week to figure that one out, man i hate using third party controls i have enought with my bugs to worry about.
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>Thanks again.
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>Stephane