EP, as I've been thinking about this I am remembering reasons I got rid of ME on my computer. I think it frequently came up with error meessages and missing files like you describe. Sometimes you can track a version of that particular file down by doing a web search and locating it at some site or other. I have done this on more than one occasion. But I eventually used Partition Magic to split the system up and use a dual platform for a while. I didn't want to completely upgrade to Win2000 at the time (HP wasn't supporting the move with all of the drivers I needed until later, after I'd already set up the second platform).

While you're at it on checking out your software, after the Windows Update, try visiting Office Update (the next link down on the same page) and see if any of that software can be tweaked. It doesn't hurt to update that stuff.

SRS