Therein lies the problem, McAfee. Uninstall it, use McAfee's debris removal tool to cleanup the crud the uninstaller leaves behind, then do a custom re-install WITHOUT the email scanning modules; merely disabling the email scanner is usually NOT sufficient An email scanner is totally redundant, it does nothing but cause problems, and your system is fully protected WITHOUT it, provided the resident file system scanner is kept up to date. Both McAfee and it's ugly older cousin, Norton, are far more invasive and disruptive than any of the malware they're designed to keep out. http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?id=107083&lc=1033 How to uninstall or reinstall supported McAfee consumer products using the McAfee Consumer Products Removal tool (MCPR.exe) Hal "Goran Ekstrom" <goek!removeantispam!@telia.com> wrote in message news:%23X3s6v81IHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...