>George,
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>I'll bet Windows is a little hestitant to start a program when it's broadcasting a "hey everyone Windows is terminating" message. *s*

Yo, df! How's it goin'?

Yep, that's it. Actually, what occurred to me was the sounds you can associate with various Windows events, including shutdown. For example, when my computer shuts down, it says, "Great job men! Pack it up, we're going home!" Of course, at the rate I've been bringing Win2K Pro to its knees lately, if that were true I'd be working about an hour and a half a day.< bg >

>>You'll have to run some sort of program. The Task Scheduler could be used to handle the startup, but, unfortunately, doesn't have any option for the shutdown.