Thank you all for the advice. I had cygwin installed many years ago but that machine has gone the way of all silicon. While not terribly involved it seems overkill for the present need, which is just to run a single x-windowed application on a very occassional basis. I will look into the rest of the proposed solutions this weekend. Regards, Jim -- *** e-mail is not a secure channel *** mailto:byrnejb.<token>@harte-lyne.ca James B. Byrne Harte & Lyne Limited vox: +1 905 561 1241 9 Brockley Drive fax: +1 905 561 0757 Hamilton, Ontario <token> = hal Canada L8E 3C3