@EnglishBob - You're welcome, glad it's of use.  Agreed Win2K is the pinnacle of Windoze development (that doesn't say much does it? ;-)  The last OS in which developers had a larger say in its design than marketing.  If only they'd released the multi-processor support in W2K, it was developed on it I'm sure, but said marketeers boycotted its release.   Would love to know if there was ever a pre-release ...