This maybe an odd question, but i was wondering what is the point of having Verify Disk Permissions if you have Repair Permission? I mean, at the end of the day, if you find out that your disk has permission errors you are going to end up fixing it. So why verify, then fix it? Sam -- OS 10.3.3 Tibook G4 867 MHz, 1GB RAM, 32MB Video, 60GB HD, 250GB External HD 30GB iPod iChat: Sambouka http://homepage.mac.com/sambouka