I've never been able to understand people who spend their time writing computer viruses - they must be able to program, which should involve a level of intelligence, but instead they choose to squander that talent trying to make other people's lives a misery. It's really pathetic. Another good tip people! - Back up all your important stuff to CDR! There's nothing worse than losing everything AND having to re-install your operating system from scratch! Arghhhhh! grits teeth! Dave :-)