Hi Raymond, This is why I don't use antivirus programs anymore. I actually used to use macathy virus scan on my old xp machine. It kept deleting files, it caused problems with certain programs I ran, and caused major problems with games. With almost all of those games, when I'm playing them, every now and then it would freeze and then come back up again. It would also become slugish after extended play. And I found out that it was my virus program that had false detections for those games. So when I switched to windows7, we told him to remove nortan or any other virus scan that came with it so that games could run smoothly. And he did so it wasn't a problem anymore. So tell your friend never to use a virus scan or to always disable it before running games. Or if she wants to use one, she should try avira antivirus, it has no false detections. And the same problem that you were talking about did happen to me once. For me all I had to do is reinstall and it was fine. best regards, jack ==================== To unsubscribe or manage your GameTalk subscription please access the following link: http://www.BscGames.com/bsc_gametalk.asp The list archive can be viewed at: //www.freelists.org/archives/gametalk/ ==================== BSC Games Computer Games For The Blind Or Visually Impaired www.BscGames.com