I was made aware this weekend of some tips for running the SETI@home client under MS Windows: (1) The SETI 2.0 command line client for NT works just fine on Win95 and Win98. Scrap your screensaver if you really want to crunch and just run this bad boy in the background. Much faster than the GUI version. (2) Check out SETICache on the 'related links' SETI page < http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/links.html > It is an add-on for Windows that will cache 10 work units. If the client cannot contact SETI@home, it goes on with the next work unit. It also has offline (just process the 10, never try to connect) and batch (process the 10, then upload all at once) modes. Works great for laptops or sometimes just in general when you are having trouble connecting. Batch up as many as you can, cancel the current one, and do the "upload/refill" option to send in the finished ones and get fresh ones. It will pick back up on the one you cancelled. Team HP3000-L is holding at #77 in the "Clubs" category, being remarkably stable almost since breaking into the top 100 over six months ago. To find out more about SETI@home, Team HP3000-L, and how to join the effort, see < http://software-al-dente.com/seti.html > --Glenn