yep, that worked. Thanks Ian
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HP Pavilion V9000 Entertainment Laptop
Vista Home Premium/dual core 1.8/160GB/2GB ram/335MB Graphic/17" widescreen
.... and a whole wack of bells and whistles

SWEET!!
"Ian Betts" <ian.betts@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Paul" <p@p.com> wrote in message
> news:ejO0GmO3HHA.5880@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> anyone know why this keeps happening... it's getting annoying!
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>> thanks
>> Paul
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> Because you or someone set it to do so. Go to Start/Control Panel/Speech
> Recognition Options and re-set it.
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> Ian
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> With patience there is always a way.
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