well, speaking from the throne of Operator Error-dom....I had my motherboard fry and that in and of itself will cause all kinds of problems to surface. I usually take the opportunity to upgrade the hard drive that my root directory is on so this will increase issues. At any rate the error message seems to indicate that you need to log in and have your computer remember your passwords. I had Win2000 do some strange things and I have lost all my personal settings ...favorites etc. on win 98 > 2000...it must be the software...Windows that is it could not be something I did...except maybe ...hmmm....I am not criticising or making light of your problems AND I am not about to share my title or power to bring blue screen death even in XP...!....never underestimate the power of impatience and persistent belief that the computer is just frozen...sometimes it is just having a problem getting things done.... anyway sorry you are having problems....but so far there are few reports of errors turning up in the registration process at CL....