They were all .jpg files. Sorry, thought I said that in my original post. I am strongly thinking it was just some anomaly and absolutely nothing to worry about. Thanks for the reply. Don Do YOU want a gmail account invitation? Include your email address in the body of a private message to dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: Col een To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 5:36 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Strange filenames.... Do you remember what type of files they were, as in, what was the file extension on them? If you know the file extension and can figure out from that what type of file it was and/or what program made it, that might help you figure out where they came from and where they went. Here's a good references site for .file extensions: http://filext.com/ Coleen