Would I be asking *IF* I didn't try the compatibility mode or all the other stuff I know...

BTW, for the locking problem, it was the persistent links settings in WinXP... it remembered the "features" from the first connection to the resource... Before I connected again... I set all the samba locking mechanisms it needed...

Blew it away, restarted the machine... all is well on the locking problem.

I just need to be able to capture LPT1-9 now... and I have everything worked out. At least 1-3 that is...