Actually, you'll be happy to know that it isn't frustrating at all - I can still use P5 just fine; I just wanted to know who else may have come across this error. Also, I've worked in IT for eons (I currently teach Comp. Sci. now), so this is nothing new to me. Oh, like nicked shield, I used the full patch, and I also have Win2k installed for my Windoze partition. (it's a dual-boot with Linux) /P