Hi Guys Back a few weeks you were talking about index.dat only being able to be removed from within dos. There has to be some tallented guys out there able to give the following a try to confirm my thoughts. By using the program Spinel Clean and Tidy and afterwards placing the Content IE5 folder which contains index.dat (C:\WINDOWS\Tempory Internet Files\Content IE5) in the rubbish bin and then restarting, I am able to get index.dat down to 32kb from thousands kb. This then will be able to be deleted from the rubbish bin only after a restart. The free program ctinst15.exe dissapeared but I found it on; http://www.freewareweb.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi?ID=1158 I call this program "Blond Proof" (unless some dos guru uses .bak or something like that, I fell for that once) really needs centering with the held down mouse curser(free so worth the effort) click on C: > Scan Style > Scan. If PCHealth highlighted & deleted it all goes too Running WinME, Restore and PC health OFF. Kindest regards Keith Rogers Mannum South Australia --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.463 / Virus Database: 262 - Release Date: 17/03/2003 To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk