On 1/4/04 Michael Winter wrote: >If its only copying stuff into the Applications >folder and you're using an admin account, there's no need to >authenticate. If, however, its adding stuff to other parts of the >system it will require a password. Seems reasonable to me and it may be that's what was happening. On a side note does anyone have any recommendations for regular maintenance? At present I use Cocktail on a regular basis but from what Kirk said this is insufficient. cheers, Chris