From: Leslie Viljoen Date: 2005-12-19T05:38:11+09:00 Subject: Re: windows - how to control XP control panels: network setting You will likely need to access the Windows API - these posts may help you: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=114198&SiteID=1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wmisdk/wmi/wmi_tasks__networking.asp The second edition of the Pickaxe book has some info on calling the Win32API on page 755. The same example is on the web here: http://www.rubycentral.com/book/lib_windows.html Les