Sorry George, but I should have said that I am using XP Pro - simply because it came pre-installed on a Toshiba laptop - and of course I have no XP Cd, which is a worry if disaster strikes - but that's another problem. As far as I can tell from the User Accounts in the Control Panel there is nothing set up other than Administrator. Douglas On 27 Jul 2004 at 13:42, George Bell wrote: > Hi Douglas, > In all honesty, I can't remember if XP Home > actually insists on an administrator account as it > does with XP Professional. I may be able to > confirm later this week when I set up a new system > for someone. > > I'll try to remember to get back on this one > later. > > George. > -- 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