Larry, Varian, Mary..thankyou for the advice....have contacted them..replaced files...etc....files are intact :(..friend copied them and installed on their system to test...they worked :(.... Mary ...will contact you this w/e for sure ps. Varian...senior? hmmm not sure about the age bracket u r referring to.but im over 35..lol...soooooo what does 'mu-fu' mean? I must be blonde today..could have sworn I was a red head this morning..but obviously I'm blonde now ;-)~ Sacred