Hi Philip, I used the TTS (Text to Speech) from Fonix a few years ago. It works well. http://www.fonixspeech.com/pages/dectalk\_5.php Voice recognition is difficult in non-automotive background, however. Gary

philip andrew wrote: Now - as I know the user is currently logged into the domain, why can't that users credientials be sent to the server in order to identify who that user is without the user ever having to enter their user name and password. Because that machine does not belongs to the domain. That would be a huge security breach. If MS allowed what you're saying, as you navigate to any Web Site you could have your username/password stolen. My latest articles: Desktop Bob - Instant CP notifications XOR tricks for RAID data protection

http://www.dynamicdrive.com[^] has a nice collection of JavaScript goodies. /ravi Let's put "civil" back into "civilization" http://www.ravib.com ravib@ravib.com

Lint may be of some use, but I'd surprised if it would pinpoint your crash. Have you tried running a Debug Build under the VC Debugger and inspecting where the crash occures when it happens? Also have a look at the various BugSlayer articles by John Robbins on the MS MSDN Web site http://msdn.microsoft.com/default.asp and "Improved Error Reporting with DBGHELP 5.1 APIs" http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/03/Hood/Hood0203.asp Neville Franks, Author of ED for Windows. www.getsoft.com

Use _taccess with mode = 2

Look up tokens. You have to get a security token to do things like shutdown, reboot, and other things in NT and Win2K.

Watch it buddy, us Vegemite devotees will get you blasphemers. ;P Michael Martin Pegasystems Pty Ltd Australia martm@pegasystems.com +61 413-004-018 "Don't belong. Never join. Think for yourself. Peace" - Victor Stone

Just saw this article on New Scientist (got it from Wired.com) on auto landing of an airliner. Seems as though the technology is advanced enough. Also other information on other remote control technology being developed. take care. regards, Paul Watson Cape Town, South Africa e: paulmwatson@email.com w: vergen.org