I ended up solving this, well the problem anyhow... If I move the administrator back under the web root and access it via the actual ip and not the local loopback the monitor works again like a champ. It doesn't explain why it initially worked when I moved the administrator out of the web root.... but one problem at a time.
any ideas on how to jury rig this to work outside the web root? I have the form with the boxes for server, context root, port, u/n and password... but I don't see any clear docs on how to configure those settings appropriately. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:308203 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4