Hi, I would like to warn everyone that a few people will wish others Happy Holidays with a virus for their PC. You may want to take some of the following steps. 1. Copy all important files to disk. Make one copy for home and another to keep at work or friends house. Please do this today. Contact me if you would like to know the importance of this step. 2. If you have a virus checker (Norton Utilities, etc.) PLEASE update the virus list today. 3. If you do not have a virus checker PLEASE give yourself a present and purchase one today or tomorrow. DO NOT wait. You may want to update your current virus software. A $40 investment may save you $100's in PC damage or lost files. 4. Run your virus checker against ALL files on your PC. Do this once a month. Also check each disk you put in your A or B drive. 5. DO NOT download or open any attachments from anyone you do not know. Erase immediately. If you know the person, run file through virus checked before opening. 6. DO NOT download or open any attachments from this mail list. No one should be sending attachments on this list. If you have information you want to share, first send information to the list and wait for someone to respond. I have never had any problems with anyone on the list. We all want to receive and share information. Please let us know what information you have and what information you are looking for. I realize some of you are still learning how to operate your PC. Do not be embarrassed to ask: how to copy files to disk, run your virus checker, etc. We all were new at one time. Myself or someone on the list will be able to walk you through the steps. There are no dumb questions. There will be little glitches caused by computers. You may get a bill that has a year of 1900 or like my mother-in-law, one with year of 900. The gas and electric company where I worked just sent 250,000 customers bills stating their next meter reading date is December 1, 2000. This problem had nothing to do with Y2K. It was caused by the new billing software not knowing what to do when a gas meter was read twice in one month (meters were read twice in November). Problem was fixed in 2 hours. Of course, the media came running looking for a Y2K story. Major TV stations and newspapers have a room in our office building on New Year's Eve waiting for something to go wrong. The media is looking for stories and they all want to be first to report a problem - don't let them scare you. Remember our ancestors went from 1899 to 1900 with no problems. They had no TV's, radios, PC's, video games or running water and they all survived. Our descendants on December 31, 2999, will wonder how we made it. Maybe on January 1, 2000, is a good time to write a story for you 12th great grandson about what you did on New Year's Eve, December 31, 1999. Happy Hunting, Kathie Mirabella Macoupin County, IL Mail List Manager