P.S. before doing anything always confirm the source. Also keep your system upto date!!! Don't be afraid to check microsoft for updates!!! I run xp pro on all my workstations and I have server 2003 on my servers. All these are configured to download updates and alert me when they are ready to install. With the above routine I haven't' really had any problems. Microsoft would never do anything like that. If there was a problem in windows they would attempt to fix it with an update, you would have to download.