Joel, Thanks for the information. I will try some of your suggestions. I found an interesting page that has a small utility for removing all of the hardware in the registry. I think that it was created to work with Win95 and Win98. I don't know if it will work with WinME. On the page there are two small files. The first file (shc.bat) is for backing up all of the registry hardware settings, and the second one (rhfr.exe)is for removing all traces of all hardware in the registry. The page is at: http://www.bigedtech.com/oldbigedtech/bigedtech.com-new/html/microsoft/windows98/hardwareconfig/hardconfig.htm You made reference to system resource information. Where would that be located in WinME? Thanks, Jim Dodd The NOSPIN Group provides a monthly newsletter with great tips, information and ideas: NOSPIN-L, The NOSPIN Magazine Visit our web site to signup: http://freepctech.com