On 16 Jul 2004 at 8:35, carol pearson wrote: > Hi All, > > I had cause the other day to havde to run System File Checker which got me > out of a real hole. Carol, Thanks for mentioning this. With Win 98 I used to run SFC from time to time and occasionally it asked for the CD and put right a damaged file etc. But in my ignorance I thought that it was not available in XP. I must have a "look" in the Help and Support Centre, but, at least with my screen reader, that can be a very frustrating experience. Douglas -- Douglas Harrison ** 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