the main reason why he wants to lock up outlook is because that is his 2nd pc. he has one in the office and another one in the engineering conference room. he also wants to have other people use that pc, but since he is a director, he does not want to have sensitive information out in the email where other people can see it. i suggested locking the pc (win2000) did not like the idea. suggested not to have outlook on that pc, did not like the idea. suggested to not have outlook and use our outlook web access, he said it was too slow.... cant realy please this guy. actually if he wants that he should just buy the program that does it.