thanks for all the interest, i have been workin on it all day and its working great so far, i have just fixed the "echo bug" with the help of DJMystic, thanks man, and the on / off functions are working great too, all i need to do now is make an options screen for when you type /xroptions. i have been having troubble getting any registry editing working with VB6 because i usually use .Net and it differs slightly, and the loading of a form from a command i need to get fixed too. if anyone wants to try out a demo of what i have done so far just ask and i will send you a copy of what i have done (with C:\ as your shared folder untill i add the options page)
Thanks again for all your help