I am the administrator/sole user of the machine. Connie Chisum wrote: >Are you the administrator of the machine? It sounds like it may be an XP >permissions thing. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Linda Pulliam" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 11:54 PM >Subject: [PCSOFT] Cannot add/remove programs > > > > >>I use Win XP Home with SP1 (only) on a Dell desktop, 512 RAM, plenty of >>harddrive space. I recently installed Netscape 7.2 on this computer. >>When I clicked on the appropriate icon to start the application, nothing >>happened. I tried this repeatedly. No response. >> >>Since I had recently installed Netscape 7.1, I thought there might be >>some problem in the installation and decided to remove the program >>completely and start over. Imagine my surprise when I clicked on >>Add/Remove programs and nothing happened there. To repeat, I could not >>start the Add/Remove programs application in Control Panel. >> >>I have no clue why these applications will not open. I rarely am on the >>internet on that computer and have antivirus and firewall protections in >>place. I have had several years of computer experience, but this has >>never happened before. What am I missing? >> >> Do you want to signoff PCSOFT or just change to >> Digest mode - visit our web site: >> http://freepctech.com/pcsoft.shtml >> >> >> > > Do you want to signoff PCSOFT or just change to > Digest mode - visit our web site: > http://freepctech.com/pcsoft.shtml > > > The NOSPIN Group is now accepting donatations to continue providing PCSOFT and our website. Visit http://freepctech.com to donate using Paypal