Wellll, actually I want you to read the post with the subject "I''m a newbie and I can''t program HELP!!!" (Something like that) Go down to the two replies by Xai. Read them. Read ''em again if you want. They''re really well written, and it just may be the post that stops all these "Help Help Help I''m a newbie!" posts. (Don''t feel bad. I did it too ALOT) Every once in while, this forum gets a post like that, and not enough people notice it. Download Complete. "YESSSSSS! The DirectX 7 SDK is finally MINE!! After 3 days of waiting, I have finally successfully downloaded this huge file. Now, I'll just fire up Winzip and... Illegal Fault. CURSES, MICROSOFT, CURSES!"