so it looks as if getdiskspace is reporting on total free space on partition rather than the [mapped] homedrive.
not much space left eh ;-)

whether i run the script as part of the login script or by itself [ on the win9x desktop], the number returned for a user's homedrive is the same. How can i force 'getdiskspace' to report only for the mapped homedrive? is it possible? and would that be fast?

thank you for your fast replies.