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Thanks, I moved Netbeui to the top of the binding order and that didn't help. I'm not sure what setting a protocol as the "default" protocol actually did in 9x/ME - if I knew that it might help figure out a workaround. I haven't found any info in MS knowledgebase.

Clutch - thanks for the reply. I probably shouldn't have mentioned NetBEUI, as I don't think it's a problem with that protocol specifically. I have NetBEUI installed and it is functional. The problem is that the software in question requires the protocol to be set as the "default" protocol (an option in 9x/ME that is missing in XP) Thanks again for any ideas, Steve Quote: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q301041

I have a client that uses a software package which requires NetBEUI to be the default protocol. Installing NetBEUI was no problem, but in XP there no longer exists an option for setting a network protocol as the default. (He previously used a variety of 9x os's which had this option.) I called the software company's tech support and they know the work-around to make it work, but they won't tell me how to do it until my client forks up $200. Anybody out there have any ideas? (Besides telling the client to change software packages - he won't.) Thanks, Steve