Well, after a lot of persistence and headaches,...i finally have samba working with win2k,..it seems I was using the wrong netbios name.. on another note,..i would like to thank all the people who had the patience to help me with this problem. Thanks by the way,..im sure a simple solution, it seems when i ran nmap i noticed it shows my netbios port 139 open tcp netbios-ssn having this open im sure is a security risk,...is there a way to secure this??? ____________________________________________ An optimist believes we live in the best of all possible worlds. A pessimist is sure of it! --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.231 / Virus Database: 112 - Release Date: 2/12/2001