In a message dated 12/6/03 1:37:14 PM Pacific Standard Time, avbsantos@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes: Richard, a 'Google' came up with this very apt article from the horse's mouth (MS) as to how to proceed to repair IE/OE in XP: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318378 Armando, this reg hack changes an entry from IS installed to AIN'T installed and in XP you can't reinstall IE or OE until it says it AIN'T installed. The same entries are in the Win 98 registry and yet you can run the ie6setp.exe and reinstall IE and OE without a problem. Does MS make those changes just to keep me confused? They are doing a damned good job of it....... I woke up this morning confused and that was before I turned on anything. Since then it's been downhill <g>. joe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet. Dave Barry