Yes I do have 4GB on C.

I just gave up and reinstalled XP, getting rid of the standard installation that came with the laptop. Now it works like a charm!! I took the easy (but time-consuming) way out I guess.

Thanks for all your help.

R51-Smashedbanana wrote:How much free hard drive space do you have?

Ed

4 GB at least.

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