Hello, I have finally solved this problem! I posted it here some time back and can't find the original message to reply to, but originally My Computer would show no drive, control panel, or anything on the first page when it started up, just a blank white page. I tried unhiding the drives with TweakUI, tried editing the registry for the NoDrives key, nothing was working that was suggested to me. I finally found a link to download Group Policy Editor which isn't included in Windows XP Home, and installed it. Here is the link: http://files.filefront.com/GPEdit+Fileszip/;6235551;/fileinfo.html I had to set the drives as hidden with Group Policy Editor, then set the setting to hide only the A and B drives [which I don't have], then reboot, but finally My Computer shows all the drives and control panel again. Wooohooo! Later, Ray Parrish -- http://www.rayslinks.com/ Web index of human reviewed links. http://www.writingsoftheschizophrenic.com My poetry in web pages PCSOFT maintains many useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml