Feel free to use it, with proper attribution, of course. GNU licensing terms apply. (WWWebb:) FDV, 'fess up. You're my kind of guy, Frank. PS- what's up with you and the EMTs? I was one back in the ancient days when people bleeding all over you was only a laundry problem. You've got more files showing up in your graphic showing the contents of your SYSTEM32 directory than I get when I download everything on the list and pick out the extraneous stuff. (WWWebb:) Also, the written instructions still contain some ambiguity (I think, or else it's just me). I'm going to fine-tooth them and send you an email later this week. I was working from the October 10th version - there was a mysterious /MODIFIED directory without reference to how the files in it got moved to someplace where they'd actually get used. It seems you've cleaned the instructions up somewhat. I'll follow up on that later. BTW the creation process using your test files and the 10/31 HFSLIP displayed no errors when I installed it. It didn't give me the opportunity to choose the target partition, though, and it didn't ask for license key information. (I now have four Windows installations of varying vintage on this system. Used to boot Red Hat, too, but took it out for cleaning.) BTW, all - November patch (the_guy has been PM'ed) Thanks for the heads up on the Patch of the Month. WWWebb