In a message dated 5/27/2006 11:08:03 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, JYoung6180@aol.com writes: Sharon of anyone else can correct me if I'm wrong--but I THINK that the dictionary AOL is accessing isn't part of the AOL program but rather already on your computer as part of Windows. ------------------- If you have AOL 9.0 then the dictionary is indeed a part of AOL and NOT a part of Windows. If it has become corrupted, then run AOL check-up and see if it won't repair it. Sharon