** This email message from m3047@inwa.net (Fred Morris) on Fri, 11 Oct 2002 08:39:48 -0700 Will be delivered via Owl Services Dept **Having seen it with my own eyes, it is true; and I suspect there are many **people out there with IIS installed and activated who don't even know it. **Just wait until one of your friends asks you why his computer keeps dialing **out on the modem and go take a look.. yup, one of hte huge reasons I always installed w2k w/ the ethernet card disconnected , and w/o a modem ... after that it doesnt' realise the ting actally had such items, unless for some silly reason there is a new hardware wizzard run... It's PITA to do them one by one tho, so probably not practicle for any businesses of any size , who may be keeping a legacy copy of Windows running for whatever reasons.. ( hto if they were reasonably hip, they might make a designated windows box , set it up as some sort of samba thing, but still not allow it to have the ability to dial out ... don't use the network setup to "get to the internet" it's only a sales pitch for MNS net anyway <VBG> They haven't made it smart enought to realise it can use the network connection can get it internet access. I'd still disconnect it at night tho, strange stuff happens when I'm not there to watch , and slap hands away. wicked witch of the south that I am ... -- j afterthought Canadian Dos Prompt: Eh?>