Sue Rodriguez said: >I have been following this discussion and I'm convinced that one should >"repair permissions" before installing, but I have no idea how to do it. >Where can I get information on how to do it? Is it a major undertaking? If >so, I might just stick where I am at. It is quite easy. See: OS X Routine Maintenance and Generic Troubleshooting http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html Item #1 Randy B. Singer Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions) I cried because I had no G5, then I met a person who used Windows.