THe patch addition was supposed to check locally I.e. on the Lan for duplicated serial numbers... that's it.. when a match was found presumably it'd shut one or both down.. fair enough... I have Poser on one computer.. and 3dMax on another.. and just pass models from one to the other.. no probs.. It dinnae try to dial out.. nor load a transmission pachet... And I can see the point of the other side.... cannot we call this one a case of miscommunication Like Legume said... simply bad timing.... at least it isn't grabbing adverts off the web and plagueing us with cookies ne? In peace, Wizzard