been away from scripting too long to have an answer for a friend who asks how to automate downloading a file named, for instance http://nppes.viva-it.com/NPPES_Deactivated_NPI_Report_071013.zip from the page http://nppes.viva-it.com/NPI_Files.html Zip file name will only change in the month and year. Once downloaded to the desired location, it needs to be unzipped automatically. Any pointers on the simplest way to make this happen automatically would be appreciated. This will all probably happen on a Windows network behind firewalls and such, but almost any technology can be introduced if it ultimately makes this work. joel