sorry @enuffsaid didn't saw your reply until today and didn't want to reply although i'll quote you anyway i'll try to answer, checksums?? guy no need, just replace the strings on first post at the direction on first post with an hex editor (i personally like hex workshop). it's obvious that you just didn't read on the original tcpip creator web site, because what i pasted it's exactly that tutorial but with modified values for 100 connections, if you want to check it just visit www.lvllord.de. as for your affirmation "the TCPIP.SYS is completely language independant" didn't know about that but if you take your time to read "[...]but it MUST WORK on any other language version of XP". hope to solve all your doubts, finally, yeah i could used the one that was patched in the thread a few (more or less) weeks ago but i didn't do it i just simply uncabbed mine that was more at hand nice to see (again) a post of you on 1 of the threads i started as we are such "good friends", in other way it would be "uncomplete"