Hello, Following instructions on the "Getting Started on Windows" page, I installed boost using the BoostPro 1.34.0 Installer on XP Pro. I included the Boost.Regex binaries as directed, too. I'm running VS C++ 2005 Express. SDK is not installed. All directories are linked to as instructed to do so in the properties window. I tried building the 2nd program: e-mail checker one. However I get "LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'user32.lib'" as an error. 'user32.lib' is in the SDK My questions are: 1. Must I have the SDK installed to use boost for general unit testing of code I personally generate? 2. Do I have to have the SDK installed for the above program to run? Thank you. _________________________________________________________________ Dont miss your chance to WIN $10,000 and other great prizes from Microsoft Office Live http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/aub0540003042mrt/direct/01/