Thanks for the help everyone! And the Winner Is! Glenda Wells! I found the Startup folder under Windows\Start Menu\Programs|Startup, found the Office Shortcut Bar, dragged it to the desktop, kissed it goodbye and deleted it. Thank you so much Glenda. I wouldn't be so anxious to get rid of it but I can't update Office anymore because it's 97 Professional and I couldn't access any of the components without updating. Really appreciate your help. Also it took up 4% of resources. Lola -- Attached file included as plaintext by Ecartis -- -- Desc: "AVG certification" No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.0 - Release Date: 3/8/05 ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************