Victor, Thanks to your last letter, I have set up the user file on my HP. Everything seems to work Ok. But I have one problem that puzzles me. When I try to access my Hotmail account by typing it in the address of my browser, Firefox (and also IE), www.hotmail.com I get the message: Alert: Connection refused when attempting to contact HotMail. Same message when I try to access my AT&T e-mail on the web. I can use my IncrediMail mail program and access both without a problem ? I assume it's some sort of problem because of the user account because it works fine when I sign as as the administrator. MS notes say something about 'simplified sharing' enabled in XP, making the SECURITY tab not available. Maybe I need to go further in that direction? Thanks for your help, or anyone else that can shed some light (now it's just a dim bulb to me!) Thanks again. Walt Daniels, in New Burlington, a quiet suburb of Cincinnati Our HomePage Square Dancers Page Photos http://community.webshots.com/user/waltdaniels