I still haven't been able to figure out the problem above, but then I probably shouldn't try running the NAT without hardware i guess.

There is however another problem i've encountered which is kidna not on the same subject but its bascally that my DHCP server which is based on the same machine (after installing AD), now shows the DNS name as <comp>.mshome.net , DNS seems to be working fine appart from that, although the name I use isn't registered on any other DNS severs and the ext. is .net

The root zone wasn't removed in the first place because it didn't appear, not sure if thats gonna cause a big mess at all.

It's a pretty melting hot day, & i'm not wanting to try n think too much so any thoughts or help on this problem would be so greeeatly appreciated.

Yours,
Coffee.