Thanks guys, It was the security settings and for some reason they deep changing themselves. I told you this computer has a life of its own. Oh just for GP I run windows xp. Pam ----- Original Message ----- From: cuffy10 To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 2:20 PM Subject: [CTS] Re: sECURITY SETTINGS??? Pam Bundy wrote: . My computer has taken on a life of its own lately. Pam ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Have you checked for nasties ?? A firewall installed ? what O/S ?