Well I solved the problem--sort of: I uninstalled the latest Java (see other posts for details.) So , according to my program list, I have NO Java present. Yet now the Bryce 5 help files are working fine. Here's a quote from the Bryce 5 Readme.txt: "The Bryce online Help system requires that Java be enabled in your Web browser, or Help functionality may be impaired. Computers with newly installed Microsoft Windows 98 operating systems typically have Java disabled in their Web browser. Please consult the appropriate Help documentation included with the operating system to enable this. Your system must also have istalled the latest update for the Microsoft Virtual Machine ( Microsoft VM ) installed. This is easily done from IE using the menu item Help/Product Updates. The Microsoft Virtual Machine ( Microsoft VM ) is what you need to be able to see and interact with Java Applets." I think the latest Sun Java messed up the "Microsoft Virtual Machine." Uninstalling the latest Sun Java fixed things. On a parting note: It would be nice if the new Sun Java could co-exist with the Bryce 5 help files. But, my experience, at least, suggests that they can't. If anyone else has had this problem, and has figured out how to get them to "co-exist", please advise. Neither Sun nor Corel have offered any insight so far. . .