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Get IP from the connected client. Check if the IP is an accepted IP and if it's an accepted/allowed IP then start sending datta etc. if not, just disconnect the socket. Rickard Andersson Here is my card, contact me later! UIN: 50302279 Sonork: 37318 Interests: C++, ADO, SQL, Winsock, 0s and 1s

Joan Murt wrote: hope this helps. :confused: I never asked a question! :confused: All I had to do was prevent one app from being closed. Task Manager was disabled by system policies, so all I had to do was prevent Alt+F4 and Escape (it was a dialog app). Setting a system-wide keyboard hook would have been massive overkill. Ryan Being little and getting pushed around by big guys all my life I guess I compensate by pushing electrons and holes around. What a bully I am, but I do enjoy making subatomic particles hop at my bidding - Roger Wright (2nd April 2003, The Lounge) Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late - John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

Look up: _makepath, _fullpath, and _splitpath in MSDN :) I've used these before.