We run Win 2000 on several machines here, and both emplode and upgradetool work fine on them. In fact they are developed on a Win2000 machine.

Have you got Hyperterminal talking to the empeg on the 2K box?

Ethernet is included on the player primarily for developers, but clients with a network often find it more convenient than USB for synchronising the player. Also, in a future release, it will synchronise a lot faster than USB (due to protocol and interrupt load issues).

Rob