R@dier, that patch you are talking about is for Softice 4.05 for NT, and that is not the version that comes with DS 2.6, and I allready stated that neither Softice 4.05 for NT with the XP Patch, nor DS 2.6 (Softice version 4.2.6 build 922) works for me. Dion, is this the same patch the you are talking about? The only other patches I saw (on the message board you mentioned), was anti Softice detection patches. Although they say they are for DS 2.6, they are not related to the problem I am having. A lot of poeple were having this same issue, has anyone that had this issue (specifically with DS 2.6 and Windows XP, not Win 2000 or 98 or ME, and not SICE 4.05), been able to get it working?