Les,

once again, cheers. the respond time around here is second to none!

would i be able to add an "IF" to all of that as below:

$USERNAMEPREFIX = SUBSTR(@USERID,1,2)

IF $USERNAMEPREFIX = "97"

$INI = 'C:\LastLaunched.ini'
$page = 'http://www.kixtart.org/ubbthreads'
$lastlaunched = ReadProfileString($INI,'Intranet','lastlaunched')If $lastlaunched <> @Date $null = WriteProfileString($INI,'Intranet','lastlaunched',@Date) $ie = ReadValue("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\IEXPLORE.EXE","") Run $ie+" "+$pageEndif

ENDIF

so, if the user "97evanst" logs on, the 'lastlaunch' runs. If "02jonesv" logs on it doesn't.

is that right?