Yesterday when I finally just did a system restore, reloaded ACDSee and found out it was indeed the problem, a thought came to me. Now that's pretty scary as there isn't too much brain matter left. Anyhow am I correct in that if for some reason I had to reformat (please dear God don't let that happen!) I would lose them all right? That's a bummer but I guess it has to be or otherwise people would be sngging them and putting them on different computers. I've managed to pick up a few programs and games from there that I enjoy. Dolores --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe 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/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------