.> I haven't even had to do a > new install for over two years - remarkable given its Win 3.11 but then > again it is far more secure then 98/2000 ;-) > nothing remarkable at all. I ran win 3.11 from 1993 till march 1999 without being forced to re-install. the same cant be said for win 98 , which I've had to re-install several times already. alan howard