I myself personally would start to install it and see if it had an option that noticed you already had an earlier version installed and then gave you the option to hang onto your settings or not, if it didnt I would cancel it then backup my old settings i was worried about loosing then go back and install it all the way and see Darryl ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Scott" > > Darryl, I was thinking along the same lines as you. Lyn To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/