try http://127.0.0.1/cgi-bin/hello.pl. if that fails rename the script to just hello with no extension. this forces the #!perl line because windows has no idea what to do with it. if this works you then need to look at the ascociation of the .pl files in windows and make sure that all .pl files are ascociated with perl.exe Garry Stanley Cable.net.nz Beta Data Solutions Ltd.