In a message dated 9/20/2006 12:37:19 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, JRAYMOND651@aol.com writes: If, for whatever reason, you decide to not buy a new computer and continue to use your WIN-ME based system, be sure you do **daily** backups of all your data files. From what you've described, it is only a matter of time before you have a fatal and unrecoverable systems crash. And FWIW, it is my understanding that Microsoft no longer supports WIN 98 or WIN ME. Jon Raymond No money for a new system but I'm going to try and change to Win XP if I can figure out how to upgrade it<G> Sharon