Hi All, I had cause the other day to havde to run System File Checker which got me out of a real hole. Now everything's working fine, with the except of OE which is another problem requiring another solution . . .. I'm just interested to know if, in running this, I now may have difficulties with other programmes I have on my system. I haven't yet had opportunity to try them out but want to make an informed decision as to whether I'd be best to opt for a complete reinstall of XP. I don't want to do this if I can avoid it, having not yet purchased the image software discussed on here recently. <SMILE> -- Carol ** Going on holiday and want to halt messages? Send a message to:- ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** vacation ## d ** where ## is the number of days followed by d for days. ** For other things like digest mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq