SP3 may be your problem. It puts a lot of the Vista Microsoft Spyware/Controlware onto XP and I understand it has a lot of problems. I would love to have the old simple cardfile back. Any idea where I could get it? AnnaSummers ----- Original Message ----- From: Ray Parrish To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 11:23 PM Subject: [PCSOFT] Read only problem Hello, I have kept Windows cardfile on my computer since the days of Windows 3.1 and I keep phone numbers and addresses in a cardfile. The last couple of times I have opened my cardfile I have been warned that it is Read Only and I can't save any changes to it. I checked the Properties sheet for the file and Read Only is not check marked. Anybody got any ideas how I can get this file working right again? I'm on Win XP SP3 on an e-Machine T3410. Later, Ray Parrish "Hold No Punches.." Rode brings you great shareware/freeware programs with his honest opinions in this weekly column. http://freepctech.com/rode