Yes that happens with Ensonig mixer, and I think task scheduler. I'll try the registry.Michael Norman At 1/16/2003 04:21 PM -0600, you wrote:I don't know where it's programmed, but sometimes a program will replace itself back in the startup configuration - for example, a message that would pop up every two weeks to tell me to register my printer. If I would disable it, I would find it back in msconfig later. Maddening. Mimi Gauthier LeBien