Kalypso, System Restore is very easy,as it has a wizard that walks you through it. It already has restore points for you....just remember that you are going back in time,and settings that you have made after the restore point (you are going back to you) may need to be redone......(why am I thinking Michal J Fox right now?). sandoppe, Actually I don't use IM very much. It's cool when it works,but as stated in another recent thread it sometimes corrupts files (too often for my taste). SWAMP