Did you edit php.ini? Sounds like you haven't. You also probably need to check and see if Apache is installed as a service (you didn't mention your OS version...I am assuming W2K), if not, then do that (from a command prompt, change to the apache bin directory and type "apache -k install" ....without the quotes). Also, a side note, check and make sure you didn't have IIS running....2 webservers can't occupy the same port. -- Shadow www.shadowsnetwork.com