okay, the script works fine after adding double %. however, since offline files is enabled by default in xp, we are finding that everyone's value is set to 1. i guess what we were are trying to measure if whether or not it's actually being used. is there a way we can tell that from the reg? maybe we can check for the presence of an offline folder on their system? this most likely is stored in the reg somewhere. thanks in advance. you are saving me all kinds of headache!