Well, i thought I had everthing working until i tried to get into the HT chat session last night. Everthing seemed to be going as it should. Chat opened up, had the port 6666 going and read connecting......... . Well thats where it stayed. Prior to this, on my first attempt to get in , the Sun Java screen popped up and did it's magic, or so i thought. But apparently I have overlooked some setting or option in the configuration or elsewhere. Being a novice at this i thought I'd see if anyone has any ideas to correct this anomaly before I start hunting and pecking through the option panels and screwing more things up. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, rr