Shicheng, I had a similar problem or the same problem (I almost went crazy) installing tomcat 3.2.1 a win98 machine. Before going to http://www.webappcabaret.com/javachina/tomcathowto.htm , try typing tomcat start after going to the your tomcat\bin directory. If this works, it will start tomcat in a new window. Whether this works or not, go to the javachina website. You can e-mail me personally @ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Good luck, Calvin --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]