Hi sheik.

Gotta run them all in safe mode these days..........the scumbags are getting a lot smarter.

When that fails you need to look at your startup script files............can't remember what they are on W2K, but look at them all win.ini etc. EVEN the ones not supposed to be normally used by the OS.

Its sort of "reverse social engineering" or "hide in plain view"..........simple, but not where you normally look?

Hope this helps

Cheers