Hi all, I wrote in once about this, and have only slowly paid attention to it due to busy schedules, kids, etc. I have build # 2576, and the darned thing pesters me for registration ;-) and still cannot connect for DL'ing PDB's from the data bank. I have no proxy server, and this issue did not exist in earlier versions (I'm uncertain how long ago, to be honest... within a year, I believe). The usual error notice shows up on attempted registration, and fetch attempts give a socket error about a service being unknown: Error reading 1d66: Error during PDB fetch: [Errno socket error] (-2, 'Name or service not known') All other Internet apps I have work well. What else can I try to clear this up? Kenward -- In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be _teachers_ and the rest of us would have to settle for something less, because passing civilization along from one generation to the next ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility anyone could have. - Lee Iacocca