>> I always remove Antiviruses when something is not >> working properly on PCs where it should... Removing the IT department's anti-virus protection on workplace computers is usually rather frowned upon. I think here it is considered something that they can get officially angry about if they want to. ("Willful Violation of the Information Security Policy", etc.) I'd be curious to know why AVG seems to break things, and whether it has configuration that can be modified to stop the breakage. Does it have any logging that you can read through? BillW -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist