yup....and I'm glad ONE great mind can do the technical details..*grin*...I can poke about and find ways to make it work, without ever knowing exactly what it was that was wrong!

I just 10 minutes ago fixed for the 50th time a problem where 'something' causes a crash, and re-boots in safe mode...*grump*...it requires going to MSconfig and resetting startup parameters, THEN going to control panel and deleting my display adaptor. THen re-booting twice, as Windows re-finds the diaplay adaptor and re-installs it!...takes about 10-12 minutes to go thru all that crap!

I found this trick in a clever search of Usenet, and for the life of me, I cannot repeat it. If I had not learned the trick, I would probably have spent 100s of $$ by now and ended up buying a new PC!

I also found a utility that memorizes my desktop settings, so that it does not take 15 MORE minutes to move my icon back where I want them after Safe Mode destroys the arrangement.

I 'sorta' wish I could set down at Sorcha's machine for a bit and see what I could do. Sometimes being 'the geek' who knows TOO much can be a disadvantage... ;.)) ...it is often just a setting or a tweak that is off....I hope that's all it is for Sorcha...

*enquiring minds WILL want to know, Sorcha...*