Hallo, appended log seems fishy to me: trace:win32:_LeaveSysLevel (0x4010f7d4, level 1): thread 0x96d41a0 (fs 02d7, pid 15615) count after 2 (0) trace:win32:_EnterSysLevel (0x4010f7d4, level 1): thread 0x96d34a0 (fs 01cf, pid 15616) count before 0 (1) ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ trace:win32:_EnterSysLevel (0x4010f7d4, level 1): thread 0x96d41a0 (fs 02d7, pid 15615) count before 2 trace:win32:_EnterSysLevel (0x4010f7d4, level 1): thread 0x96d41a0 (fs 02d7, pid 15615) count after 3 trace:win32:_LeaveSysLevel (0x4010f7d4, level 1): thread 0x96d41a0 (fs 02d7, pid 15615) count before 3 trace:win32:_LeaveSysLevel (0x4010f7d4, level 1): thread 0x96d41a0 (fs 02d7, pid 15615) count after 2 trace:win32:_EnterSysLevel (0x4010f7d4, level 1): thread 0x96d5280 (fs 07bf, pid 15623) count before 0 (2) ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ trace:win32:_EnterSysLevel (0x4010f7d4, level 1): thread 0x96d41a0 (fs 02d7, pid 15615) count before 2 trace:win32:_EnterSysLevel (0x4010f7d4, level 1): thread 0x96d41a0 (fs 02d7, pid 15615) count after 3 trace:win32:_LeaveSysLevel (0x4010f7d4, level 1): thread 0x96d41a0 (fs 02d7, pid 15615) count before 3 trace:win32:_LeaveSysLevel (0x4010f7d4, level 1): thread 0x96d41a0 (fs 02d7, pid 15615) count after 2 trace:win32:_EnterSysLevel (0x4010f7d4, level 1): thread 0x96d41a0 (fs 02d7, pid 15615) count before 2 trace:win32:_EnterSysLevel (0x4010f7d4, level 1): thread 0x96d41a0 (fs 02d7, pid 15615) count after 3 trace:win32:_LeaveSysLevel (0x4010f7d4, level 1): thread 0x96d41a0 (fs 02d7, pid 15615) count before 3 trace:win32:_LeaveSysLevel (0x4010f7d4, level 1): thread 0x96d41a0 (fs 02d7, pid 15615) count after 2 trace:win32:_EnterSysLevel (0x4010f7d4, level 1): thread 0x96d41a0 (fs 02d7, pid 15615) count before 2 trace:win32:_EnterSysLevel (0x4010f7d4, level 1): thread 0x96d41a0 (fs 02d7, pid 15615) count after 3 trace:win32:_LeaveSysLevel (0x4010f7d4, level 1): thread 0x96d41a0 (fs 02d7, pid 15615) count before 3 trace:win32:_LeaveSysLevel (0x4010f7d4, level 1): thread 0x96d41a0 (fs 02d7, pid 15615) count after 2 trace:win32:_LeaveSysLevel (0x4010f7d4, level 1): thread 0x96d41a0 (fs 02d7, pid 15615) count before 2 trace:win32:_LeaveSysLevel (0x4010f7d4, level 1): thread 0x96d41a0 (fs 02d7, pid 15615) count after 1 trace:win32:_LeaveSysLevel (0x4010f7d4, level 1): thread 0x96d41a0 (fs 02d7, pid 15615) count before 1 trace:win32:_LeaveSysLevel (0x4010f7d4, level 1): thread 0x96d41a0 (fs 02d7, pid 15615) count after 0 (3) err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 0x4010f7d4 "syslevel.c: Win16Mutex" wait timed out, retrying (60 sec) fs=07bf err:ntdll:RtlpWaitForCriticalSection section 0x4010f7d4 "syslevel.c: Win16Mutex" wait timed out, retrying (5 min) fs=07bf At (0) 0x96d41a0 holds the Mutex. At (1) 0x96d34a0 tries to get it, but as 0x96d41a0 has the Mutex, it waits. At (2) 0x96d5280 also tries to get the lock and must also wait. At (3) 0x96d41a0 releases the lock, but neither 0x96d34a0 nor 0x96d5280 start to aquire the lock. Why doesn't one of them continue? This happens with the installer from the recent RS Components CD-ROM running SETUP.EXE with --winver nt40. Bye -- Uwe Bonnes bon(a)elektron.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de Institut fuer Kernphysik Schlossgartenstrasse 9 64289 Darmstadt --------- Tel. 06151 162516 -------- Fax. 06151 164321 ----------