I do have vdmdbg.dll, except it's in my Windows folder. I use taskmgr.exe for my shell. I understand that Rainlendar is a calendar app, but is Fireworks the Macromedia application? And the error message; does it just say "Application failed to initialize properly" or does it also have 0x0000000 or similar numbers? If it does, I need to know those numbers. And what shell and version of Mindows are you using (regular or nvidia)? VPN will work, but how difficult to setup depends on if you're using Windows or a third-party application. A third-party application would be easier .