"Idiots"? Rochr - you are soooo polite. FTP the joker site via dos using the run command "ftp ftp.serviceprovidersname.com" you will then be prompted for your user name then your password. It will tell you if the site and you're stuff is still there. If this works you can then by typing dir and cd(ing) to the subdirectories you can see what your permissions are - don't try to change them - just look. you should see something like drwxrwxrwx. The first rwx is all you're worried about in non-unix ISP. it should be at least rw_r__r_ for your uploaded stuff. If not someone(the site owner) has changed the permissions. KEY: (d directory r read w write x exec). - TJ