I wouldn't disconnect Black Ice (I use it on one of my servers) but configure it to let the XP workstation have the access it requires instead. Unless the server has not outside connectivity? Then it might not hurt to disconnnect it, of course that depends on the users... Are you using the server version of Black Ice or the workstation version?


Tracy

>Thank you for all of your help. The final solution was that I have BLACKICE, a fire wall, installed on the server. It was never a problem with 98 and win 2000 boxes but the XP box did not like it. I disconnected BLACKICE and everything worked. I am left with 1 last problem. When I attempt to run a WSH script, XP puts up a dialog stating that it has detected a malicious script. How do I encourage XP to let it be?
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>Thanx,
>Neil
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>>>Thank you again. I did this and still no good. The XP laptop can't even find the server when searching for computers on the network. It only sees itself..
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>>...and I forgot one easy one - the network is using TCP/IP, and the laptop has the wrong gateway, subnet mask, DNS servers or DHCP server which it gets it's address from...