As I mentioned above (and failed to just mention) the line in question also mapped to this new 2k member server, the first at our site. When we first brought it up there were issues with the ip it was installed ons' being returned, used ipconfig /registerdns on it but was still in WINS database, name resolution is surely no fault of KiXtart, nor did I wish to imply that my problem was NOT network related. I am sure now (after seeing the error message, that I admittedly should have gleened out of the Starters Guide and or manual but did not. I truly appreciate your willingness to help me ( or prove me an idiot I cant tell which so I will go with the positive) but my current issue with kixtart is solved, and I will surely try to be more descriptive, complete and well read before I post in the future.

I was under pressure to get it figured out and I surely would not have done so without the help I received here.