Dear khardegree,  My thoughts are with you and this struggle. I did not have to run the tool again this morning, however, I did get a notification that my software was "outdated" and needed to be updated before I could transmit. Frustrating, that, I just completed the update less than 10 hours before. You mention updates running automatically? My updates do not run automatically, since ProSeries decided to do away with scheduling and running updates in last year's version. I pray that you will be able to run this tool this one last time and go forward. As that is the plan for all of us. In the interim, I suppose we are stuck in the endless loop of patches, fixes and at the mercies of the programmers/developers and tech support. I feel your frustration.