Thanks again to all for helping me get running again. I have been putting it to good use, and it seems to be running better than before the problem with the update. Of course that's what an update is supposed to do. Just curious though, about the other subjects concerning the kernel update 2.6.16.21-0.21 (the one this subject line was supposed to be listed as). Does anyone know yet if the cause of my trouble was connected in any way with these others? --ED--