The appearance of XP SP#3 has been frought with difficulties, especially for owners of HP Desktops. If you haven't yet updated, or if you have and are having problems, perhaps this article and the ones linked within it will be useful. This is from The Pitt Blog from PC Pitstop. http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2008/05/14/windows-xp-sp3-has-problems/ posting from Emma's Family Farm Windsor Maine; Steve Hoad _________________________________________________________________ Give to a good cause with every e-mail. Join the i’m Initiative from Microsoft. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Join/Default.aspx?souce=EML_WL_ GoodCause VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. Archived on the World Wide Web at http://listserv.icors.org/archives/vicug-l.html Signoff: [log in to unmask] Subscribe: [log in to unmask]