Sebastien, Wait a minute, what the hell is this: start /B Xwin -query 10.0.32.252 -nowinkill &
Windows NT uses 'start /B' to start a command in the background... UNIX shells use the '&' to run a command in the background. Here you are using both 'start /B' and '&', however, you're running on Windows NT, so you only need 'start /B'. I'm not sure how Windows NT is interpreting the '&', but you'd better remove it just to check if it makes a difference. Harold
