Hi harsh import >desktop settings from winxp box and then can be later >used to setup a linux box. What are iu looking at * mails * desktop icons * programmes * browsers settingg bookmarks * Messabge rules ? if ur looking at mail then ------------------ Kmail has got facility to import dbx and other format of mails for desktop icons and networking icons ---------------------- u can take look at KDE -XP theme [ the latest version] which has got the similart look as XP . My computer , Networkpalces and etc . for this u will be requiring kde 3.2.X About progammes ---------------------- i think u know about them or else search sf.net , http://freshmeat.net/ or linux.tucows.com * browsers settingg bookmarks ------------------------------------- u can copy paste the entire favroitie folder of MS xp and put in use it . * Messegae rules --------------------- i have not seen how to import this one . Still it not in single progamme . may be one of us can write a scrpit/prg for that :-) Regards Sachin Rase ===== +------------------------------------+ |Touch the limits with GNU/Linux | +------------------------------------+ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail