You can edit your autoexec.bat file and remove the a: in the path line. I don't know what starts this or if something replaces the autoexec file in order for this to start occuring, but I had the same problem and that solved it. It doesn't affect anything else that I've noticed (2 weeks now). TomBilliodeaux Where will you be in 100 years? If you don't know, I can tell you. (and its not the grave). Write me. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Visit our website regularly for FAQs, articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more http://freepctech.com