that's ok, all advice gladly accepted, but I did follow the instructions....just like I did again. I reread them. He said to do a scan, that's what I did. What changed, I have no clue, my pc's been off since the day before he sent that message. So, If I did something wrong, it was not because I tried to do anything differently. As a matter of fact when I saw the difference I wrote back instead of finishing what it said to do until I got further instructions. So now i'm waiting! I can use a pc pretty good, know my way around kinda good...but when it gets into the details of how these things work i'm a lost soul.....*sigh*