Hi Suzanne.....Yep..it's Office 2000 alright....here's the info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=3Dkb;EN-US;q221438 This works...I've done it. (looks like I'm following you from group to group, suzanne...where we going next? LOL) Linda Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com FREE MS Office eBook Tutorial http://personal-computer-tutor.com/library.htm =20 -----Original Message----- From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of suz=E1nne Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 7:21 PM To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; WinTips-Tricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=3DPCTechTalk=3D- strange temp files for a couple of years now, I have been noticing strange temp files that find their way to either the root directory of c: or c:\windows. these files begin with *ffe* or *fff*, followed by alpha-numeric characters and ending with something that looks to be a class identifier. this seems to only occur on windows 98 machines. today I deleted 956 of these files off of a user's machine. I am suspecting that Office2000 is causing these, but I can't find anything on them. any ideas? 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/