Paul, Well, the solution is simple. Login as MANAGER.SYS and type :SYSGEN sysgen> misc misc>show and you'll see something like: LOGON PROMPT logonprompt MPE/iX: type: misc> sy logonprompt="This is a very long line for testing & > the logon prompt of mpe/ix. Can be up to 255 chars:" misc>hold misc>exit sysgen>keep yes sysgen>exit =SHUTDOWN Hope this helps, Danny Yanai ___________________________________________________________________________ | ______ _______ |ADDRESS: Danny Yanai | | / /\ /\ / / | HP-CMS | | / / \/ \ /______ | 11 Hashlosha st. | | / / \ / | Tel-Aviv 67070 | | /______ / \ /_____/ | Israel | | |PHONE: ++972-3-5380-534 | | |FAX: ++972-3-5380-515 | | Computation & Measurement |HPDESK: Danny Yanai/CMS/10 | | Systems Ltd. |E-Mail: [log in to unmask] | | |or(for binary files): [log in to unmask] | |_________HEWLETT-PACKARD__________|________________________________________|