Rtharp, When all's said and done, I suppose I can only blame myself for my current situation. When I purchased the Compaq several months ago, I was trading out of an office and was not looking for anything immediate to trade remotely. Still, at the time I thought that trading from home was a possibility but incorrectly assumed that my PC and OS would be more "malleable". Also thanks for your offer for the PCI cards - it depends on where I end up getting my hardware.