I saw a message someplace (not sure if it was on-line or in a newspaper) that the new updates tend to cause problems if you have changed the default settings on your computer. Supposedly if you go back to the defaults the problems stop. I have yet to get a successful download of the updates so I don't know how they will work (also not sure if Microsoft is still trying to send them or waiting for a fix). I have Windows 2000, not XP. Elaine Oakes >>I recently downloaded a set of 8 Security updates for Windows XP After I downloaded and installed these updates, my desktop computer went completely nuts. Nothing worked right and some things didn't work at all. It messed up PAF5 completely.