<I do know that my PENTIUM HAS THREE TYPES OF COMPUTERS IT CAN BE SET UP <AS 1. DESK TOP, 2.NETWORK SERVER(in my opinion not a good choice) 3. I <can't remember right now as I am on my 486 @ my girlfriends. If Jason is Generally and based on experience with 35 desktop W95 sytems and 3 NT servers as an internal (only) intranet. W95 has minimal security and is difficult to make hard for security. Suitable as webserver in a non hostile environment not requiring security from malicious users. Win NT can be secure, but watch those service packs as some improve it and a few reduce it (bugs!). Generally fairly secure, common enough in use that security holes are well known and publicized. I'm currently looking at linux, it has potential. Another I do know well is VMS as its generally very secure and made very secure. It also has security by obscurity, most PC heads haven't a clue want a VAX(alpha) or VMS is. Allison