Thank you for responding so quickly Popowich. Windows 7 home premium. I also ended up with another problem. I could not get my live mail to go on line, it remained off line no matter what I did. After contacting MS (no use as they do not support Live Mail except by accessing the web for tech help such as this) I eventually found a site which suggested I reset Internet Explorer ..............which I dont use at all. This worked and I am now back with email again. Am considering uninstalling IE as it seems to be the source of at least this problem. What do you think??
Peter