Services: Stop and manual "IPSec Policy Agent" Device Manager: View menu > Show Hidden Devices. Disable "IPsec driver". (to enable again, enable the driver first, reboot, then set the service to auto and start it, then configure IPsec in network > TCP/IP properties) Modified: 15/04/2003, Mike Coppins. Tested on: Win2k. www.mikeymike.org.uk