Several have requested I post my system info, but I am not exactly sure where to post it... do I use the notepad?? By the way, I uninstalled EMC8 and now everything works fine as before, so I will need to start fresh. How will I know a packet writing program from another... is it an .exe file or something like that in each program? Wish I was smarter about this kinda stuff... Thanks, I appreciate everyones help...