In a message dated 2/2/04 8:25:38 PM Pacific Standard Time, jkimble@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: when you type "scanfix /fix" in dos exactly what does it do. Juanita Maybe some answers here? http://www.geocities.com/budallen98_98/dennis.html It says it repairs the Registry but I've never had to use it so I don't know if it's effective or not. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~