i had been trying to unistall a few things through the add/remove software bit in controll panel, but the install sheild wizard kept hanging before i could unistall anything, and i had to end task it. it must have just hung around. is there any reason that my install sheild wizard would do this? i have tried to uninstall various applications, and install them (i was trying to update my graphics cards software when it first ahppened, so then tried to uninstall what was already there first, and it happened again). my comp is pretty messed up at the mo. cheers btw!