On 4/18/06 at -0500 RJay Hansen said this >do shell script "nvram boot-args=\"romndrv=1\"" user name "rjay" >password "" with administrator privileges > >Now when I check syntax, it complains about "user name" following the >closing quote of the command (a property can't go after this ""). Can >anyone help? That compiles just fine OMM in 10.4.6. This form may work better for you though. set scpt to "nvram boot-args=\"romndrv=1\"" do shell script scpt user name "rjay" password "" with administrator privileges JBS -- Isn't making a smoking section in a restaurant like making a peeing section in the swimming pool? - George Carlin