We have several hundred branches, all over the US, which communicate to servers here in NJ. No branch has its own file server - so, yes, we're communicating with sites more than 10 miles away. ;\) The branches use Frame Relay links for communication, with the smallest branches using 256Kbps channels (128K nominal, 256Kbps burst). The Kix32 loads from the NetLogon share, so the time includes loading Kix, the script, and the config file.

Glenn
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Actually I am a Rocket Scientist! \:D