Carol and Hugh.. Thank you both for your replies. Carol are you using Ver. 11 on both XP and Vista? Seems like I read you had to use 11 on Vista. I KNOW 7 works on XP. I ordered the desktop in Jan. so I'd be able to still get XP..now my laptop has died and I'm waiting for a new one and it is going to have VISTA. Darn Microsoft! I am going to get all this set up where I WILL have these weekly backups. And (!) validate them. Thanks. Anne ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts.