Thanks for the replies.....I think my initial install of the osdate was not done properly, my fault.. I am retrying it again to see if i can get better results. As for the dolphin by boonex, i have thought about it. I've read their messageboard and eventhough the software looks great, they never seem to answer your questions there. And they advertise it as free, open source, but you have to pay like 50$/month or so to have access to tech help, and to have their banners removed from the site. To me, that seems a bit unfair so I don't think I'll vbe trying it, which is too bad coz i like the GUI.