On Mon, 2003-12-15 at 12:48, ARTURO.FERMIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > I have had several programs stop working when I de-install an older > Java version. These programs usually have a startup script pointing to I thought this was a request for help, until I scrolled down several paragraphs, to find the *original message*. Fortunately for *me*, I'm not on dial-up, or else I would have wasted a lot of time reading a message that didn't interest me. FWIW: Kindly see: http://search.netscape.com/ns/boomframe.jsp?query=netiquette&page=1&offset=0&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26amp%3BrequestId%3Db53932ae53192958%26amp%3BclickedItemRank%3D5%26amp%3BuserQuery%3Dnetiquette%26amp%3BclickedItemURN%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.dtcc.edu%252Fcs%252Frfc1855.html%26amp%3BinvocationType%3D-%26amp%3BfromPage%3DNSCPIndex&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dtcc.edu%2Fcs%2Frfc1855.html The best reference for Netiquette Guidelines is here. Pay particular note to Section 3.1.1 (Paragraph 10): "be sure you summarize the original at the top of the message". ... a little consideration goes a loooong way! My motto and standard of behaviour is reflected in line two of my signature below. sincerely, Elton Woo ;-) -- http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/stats/team/team_4504.html "You only live once: let's make life BETTER for each other." LINUX User #193975 [AMD ATHLON CPU] ICQ #149608718.Public