Blankhi paul any further ideas on that system restore problem. have checked again and the box that say 'turn off system restore' in system is unchecked. many thanks Paul h ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul J. Traynor (NCBI) To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 9:49 PM Subject: [vicsireland] Re: system restore problem Hi Paul, Is system restore turned on in the control panel/system/system restore tab?. Paul. ******************************************************************** NOTICE: The information contained in this email and any attachments is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient you should not use, disclose, distribute or copy any of the content of it or of any attachment; you are requested to notify the sender immediately of your receipt of the email and then to delete it and any attachments from your system. NCBI endeavours to ensure that emails and any attachments generated by its staff are free from viruses or other contaminants. However, it cannot accept any responsibility for any such which are transmitted. We therefore recommend you scan all attachments. Please note that the statements and views expressed in this email and any attachments are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of NCBI ********************************************************************