Subj : A new one to this To : comp.programming From : jjfxcfc@gmail.com Date : Wed Jul 20 2005 02:36 am I'm a new one to this and am learning quickly how to swear easily. Have a 3yr old Compaq 6000,Pent 4 1.7GHz,512 ram, 80GB hddrv, 48x CD drv, 32x rw, 56kIYU mdm, SoundmaxIII, 64MB nVidia, Dskjt 882c, scanner. Am adding remote 200GB hddrv & 2nd CD drv along with a plotter. Here the thing that's happening. Have installed 3 Cadd programs and within 3 to 10 days, it erases any and all programs that are installed. It's been in 6 shops in 5 months. Each time the hddrv is stripped, cleaned, and all programs are re-installed. Again the arch./Cadd's are gone when I open up to use them. I have a feeling that this thing is preprogrammed to countermand any user installed programs. The clue that this happening is that when I send an email, it gets bounced back to the inbox. Sure enough every time I check a program is gone. Can somebody tell me if I'm right? And if so what can I do about it. Right now I have several programs downloaded; the remotes & plotter are not hooked up yet. And I'm leary of installing this stuff. Am also thinking of dropping PeoplePC dialup. Anyone have any suggestions? Please email me at jjfxcfc@gmail.com .