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Jim: When I check on renderings in progress from home I don't actually go into 3DS at all, therefore there is no need for an additional hardware lock. I check out the log files and dat files with DOS commands like EDIT and TYPE. Adding projects to the que is possible but I haven't done this remotely. To add a project you would need a hardware lock on the machine doing the add. You can remove a hardware lock from a machine after a render is in progress and not have it effect the rendering at all. From your setup it sounds like you want to have the AWHOST software(part of the pcANYWHERE package) running on your 386 when you leave the office. From home you fire up AWREMOTE (the other part of the pcANYWHERE package)and have it dial the phone number of the 386. The 386 answers and you then can access any drive your 386 can access as if you were sitting at the 386. We run Novell so I have to actually login with a password, perhaps Lantastic requires this as well, but its no big deal just added security. FWIW, my hardware lock never leaves my main 3DS workstation. I think its been mentioned but remote access also allows you to copy a .tga to your home pc for reviewing a frame. GregP and others have described a method for putting a Video Post entry in your net-render which will call your home via pcANYWHERE and leave you information about the process (ie. I'm done, I'm on frame 1000, I just started file #2, etc). This VP process probably requires you to have AWHOST running at home and the VP calls AWREMOTE via a .bat file. Bob