Ok up and running, i dont knwo what happened, i run on cable modem and all was fine, yeah IB had its fits today, but point direx usually comes up no problem, today it was different, but win2k was acting funny too, some bad indigestion from soemthing- so i uninstalled java and point direx, loaded it back up again, fresh versions and pd started right up, i just dont knwo what happened with it today, i opened it, it ran fine, then machine started freezing up, which it hardly ever does, and then it craped out on me. but all is running well now. thnx for help Dat.
trading back to norm. although IB kinda ticked me off today.