i've come across other articles for vb6 on how to send a shut down command through a local (house) network and i was thinking it'd be nifty to get into writing programs that do similar things. right now i'm more or less targeting shutdown routines now i'm not looking for source code (thought it would be nice) but i was wondering if any of you all know of a good website for articles (like 'how to') on this topic. thanx in advance