I am looking at a friends pc with XP Pro SP2 installed and all latest patches applied. The Users applet in the control panel and the Search applet in the Start menu are both blank due to a missing entry in the registry for JScript. I've tried regsrv32 on JScript32.dll which didn't work, likewise all restore points are after this event. There is also a problem with WMP not being able to play WM files, which I think might be related to the first issue. The repair console didn't work, msconfig did not help, and I don't want to reinstall because nothing is backed up on a nearly full 320 gb drive. Unless there is no other way ;) Peter Kaulback ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts. -zxdjhu-