I believe this error message began after reinstalling Dragon Naturally Preferred so I could get the Word connection after Word had crashed June 10, 1999 6/16/99 “The following system files have been replaced with older versions by a program you recently ran. These files are currently in use and cannot be automatically repaired. Windows may not run correctly until you exit and restart Windows so that these files can be automatically repaired.” C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\COMMCTRL.DLL C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\LZEXPAND.DLL Any ideas about how to deal with this? When I restart W98, I get the same message, although Windows 98 seems to be working well. I would like not to uninstall Dragon since I am afraid I would lose some of the files I spent hours training this program with my voice. George Kaufman Do you want to signoff PCSOFT or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://nospin.com/pc/pcsoft.html