hello Ivan Not wanting to point something that you might already know, but, are you aware that by doing " where I changed the attribute user="machine" to user="System". "> you are executing your Asp.Net code with "System" priviledges? In another words: "any code that executes in that server has total control over the box and (potentially the network)" I hope you are the only one that is able to create and execute Aspx scripts on that server and that the server is very well protected from your internal network. If not, you could be in for a nasty suprise one of these days. If you where already aware of this, sorry for poiting out the obvious. Best regards