laurence panan wrote: >when i boot up (w98-outlook express 5) i'm getting a "fatal error" = >message as first window and when i click on it, it says "problems using = >the UI skins". Once that is clicked away nothing untoward happens, but = >i'd like to know where something is going wrong. >thanks for any solutions. >laurence panon I had this same thing happen to me and I invested too much time into finding the cause. In my case it was caused by an incomplete installation of Shockwave. I just removed the shockwave shortcut from my startup folder and all was copasetic. Larry Larry Scroggs Presa Elementary School 128 Presa Pl El Paso, Texas 79907 [log in to unmask] 915-859-9686 The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. - Alvin Toffler "Hold No Punches.." Rode brings you great shareware/freeware programs with his honest opinions in this weekly column. http://nospin.com/rode