Thanks, Sandi Beach Mack tried what you said but on Vista it's not the same as XP. No "run" on Vista, either. What he's doing right now is backing up his Vista & then he's going to do a complete restoral and put everything back in. Thanks to everyone for trying to help! ..Paula Paula, I wonder if he has tried Error Checking. Go to C Drive, Properties, Tools, Error checking and also check the box that says fix errors. Or System File Checker by going to Start, Run, and entering sfc /scannow. It will ask for your original disk. I have not done either of these for a while so hope I have directed you properly. If I have not, I am sure one of the Mods will set us straight! Sandi P.S. Oops, I just noticed that he has WinVista. I am using WinXP Pro. May be different file checking procedures. --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------