Don't see the benefit...my vote Crazy. Mike "It doesn't matter how big a ranch ya' own, or how many cows ya' brand, the size of your funeral is still gonna depend on the weather." -Harry Truman. Semper Fi http://www.hq4thmarinescomm.com[^] My Site

I've just seen a blog post[^] by the Windows Networking development team talking about how Layered Service Providers behave with a mix of different sockets. This might have some impact on your problem, I'm not sure. If you're still having the problem, you could try posting a comment to that blog entry. Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder