it was .net that you installed and as far as I know, it is not a critical update. There is a fix for this but even uninstalling .net won't do it. I'll have to dig it up if someone doesn't post it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ilene Sirocca" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 5:14 PM Subject: Re windows question Sorry I goofed; this is what i meant to post: Something similar happened to me after I did a critical update for Windows. I don't have jaws come up automatically so someone had to read to jme that i needed to click on my user name. after that, I discovered that my welcome screen had been turned on, so I unchecked it. even so, i still have to press Enter now to complete my windows startup--but at least i don't have to find anything to click on. Ilene VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. To join or leave the list, send a message to [log in to unmask] In the body of the message, simply type "subscribe vicug-l" or "unsubscribe vicug-l" without the quotations. VICUG-L is archived on the World Wide Web at http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/vicug-l.html VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. To join or leave the list, send a message to [log in to unmask] In the body of the message, simply type "subscribe vicug-l" or "unsubscribe vicug-l" without the quotations. VICUG-L is archived on the World Wide Web at http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/vicug-l.html