I checked out the ZEO CVS today (ZEO2), The ZopeReadme is very clear and focused. However, I am having trouble locating the point of failure on my Windows XP setup. I think the clients and server are running, but I can't access objects through the browser. 0) I have Python 2.2 installed at C:\Program Files\Zope for non-Zope use. It is the default if you just type 'python' at a command prompt. 1) Zope 2.5.1 is installed in C:\Program Files\Zope (as C:\Progra~1\Zope) 1a) Zope's Python 2.1.3 (#35) is at C:\Progra~1\Zope\bin\python.exe 1b) I have Pythonwin for 2.1 installed on Zope's python, use it for the browser, and hopefully soon with ZEO. I also have PyXML, reportlab and PIL in there. 1c) Zope runs as a service, shut down before any of the following steps. 2) ZEO is at C:\Progra~1\Zope\lib\python\ZEO (i.e. start.py is there) 3) C:\Progra~1\Zope\custom_zodb.py contains these lines: from ZEO.ClientStorage import ClientStorage Storage = ClientStorage(('', 8800)) (the one in the ZEO misc directory didn't seem to specify the port, I don't know if it defaults to 8800, so I used this one from the ZopeReadme) 4) I open a command prompt and type: C:\Program Files\Zope>bin\python.exe lib/python/ZEO/start.py -p 8800 (there is no display of status, but I don't get the cursor back. Is it running?) 5) I open another command prompt and type: C:\Program Files\Zope>bin\python.exe lib/python/ZEO/start.py -p 8800 I get a Win32 error/stop dialog with the following error. "This application has failed to start because tk83.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem." (This happens whenever I have run z2 from the command line (non service), and it doesn't seem to have any other adverse affects. I don't know if this is known behavior) (there is no display of status as in normal Z2 debug mode, but I don't get the cursor back. Is it running?) 6) In a browser, the ZMI doesn't respond: http://localhost:8080/manage FWIW, I have also tried step 5 as: C:\Program Files\Zope>bin\python.exe lib/python/ZEO/start.py and "net start zope" but with no result. Can anyone spot the source of my mistake? Thanks, I'm looking forward to ZEO in a big way.