Hi David, I Googled win.exe and there is a lot of info regarding this file. Leave it to Google to dig up stuff. It appears to have something to do with a trojan virus. A little research will probably help you. Good Luck, Roger ----- Original Message ----- From: David Hardingham To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 5:03 AM Subject: strange message Hi folks, I have win xp home, jfw latest and keep getting a message on start up saying this. Win.exe has encountered a problem and a report has been created to send to Microsoft. I have sent this message a number of times and nothing happens. Does anyone know what I am talking about? David