> Reinstallation repairs reinit the registry which borks all the > applications installed, so it is always better to just reinstall. Not since XP. I've done half a dozen or so "Repair" installs of XP over the last couple of years and to date I don't think I've lost an app's config due to the re-install itself. The losses of apps were usually due to any corruption of the filesystem, missing files or the app's registry entries. That said, it's always preferable in XP to start fresh if it's that bad. Sometimes you can't though. -- Drew "Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood." --Marie Curie