afraid your going to need your old pc. dont think theres a SQL for W7 as yetAVG 8.5 doesn't allow it - All that does is shuts down the UI Panel - I've tried disabling each component but to no avail - gonna try a restart but with the services stopped and that should work . On a side note can you run a server on Windows 7 or am i gonna have to dig up my old XP machine from under my bed? If thats the case I can kip the whole AVG problem! Can MySQL be used instead of MSSql?