Check ip address in ediabas.ini. Double check network settings in VMware. Enable VMware 5.xx emulation. Switch off antivrus, firewall, etc. In DIS go to administrator, touch pad calibration. Chose configure process. Make all of them not running and apply configuration. Make all of them running and apply configuration. Removing cards can kill DIS. Thankyou for your reply. Antivirus/Firewall are always disabled when i work with DIS. In DIS as you say, do you mean that i change all the processes to not running and run an API Test and if it does not pass then go back and set them all to run and redo the API test? Is this what you mean? In my ediabas.ini file, IP is: 192.168.68.1 Hmm, i have never used the emulation option in Vmware. I am running Vmware 6.0 and have not seen the emulation you mention. I am going to have to check and see as the instructions i used to install did not specify this and my first installation was completely successful using these same instructions. Everything turned downhill after i had to reformat my hard drive because of a worm virus. Regards, Mark