I installed jdk 1.4, apache2, tomcat got the latter 2 talking each other with the old method connector (on win2k local enviroment). Everything seems working as I can access the examples folder both with localhost 8000 and localhost 8080 than I made a folder hello in the webapps folder with a subdirectory WEB-INF and the relative web.xml file. But I keep getting the 404 - page not found error from both (tomcat actually redirects me to the proper error page). Really have no clue, if someone can help me I would greatly appreciate. ***maybe off topic, maybe not*** What is the standalone folder in the work folder meant for? ************************ sorry for these very newbie questions *********************** Best Regards