Still trying to get to the bottom of why our server locks up :( Around the time of any lockup I find a system log entry for DCOM 10010 : service failed to register within the time provided Chasing thorught the regsitry, the service turns out to be WMIPRVSE Could this be the cause of our server being unresposive?, and if so how do I fix it? advTHANKXance Jim =mjc= ..