I feel it appropriate to report that 'Run-time Error 429' (to do with Active-X routines) has reared its ugly head again. However, due to various backups I keep (including the whole system), I was able to recover all my data, except the most recent half page or so of BMD transcriptions. This time though, I am fairly certain what caused it. My PC runs under VISTA, and I wanted to look at the 'Help' facility. However, although '.hlp' files are not supported under the VISTA OS, Microsoft provide a routine to enable the 'Help' facility to be used. In the process of down-loading this routine, it was indicated that an Active-X routine needed to be down-loaded as well. Bearing in mind the previous troubles I had experienced, I was reluctant to allow this, but decided to go ahead. It was after this that WinBMD showed the familiar message about 'Error 429'. It is quite possible that it was this that caused my original problems, but I don't remember the effect being so immediate - perhaps I didn't invoke WinBMD immediately afterwards. If this possibility has already been aired, I apologise, but I felt it might be of help to others. I should point out that, before this recent episode, I was able to restart transcribing after the first instance of 'Error 429' only when I re-installed VISTA and all my applications. Many thanks, Laurence Clark