I tried to be nice in my reply. I really did. First, I did my best to explain the ONLY two questions that you asked me. "Why did I spend so much to have Win 2003 on my server when Windows XP or 2000 is cheaper?" and "Why am I trying to turn my server into a workstation?" I honestly think that cataloging the problems that a person may have when running Vue on Windows 2003 is a benefit to both the Vue community, who may one day be using Windows 2003 when rendering on a network, and to e-on software when they develop their application. Testing Vue was my first step. The next will be Render Cow. The rest of your post seems to be flame bait designed to lure me into an argument about which OS is better suited for a certain purpose. This forum is not the place for that kind of discussion. Perhaps I misread the tone of your post. If I did then I apologize.