I gave up on Sunday and then last night I came home and for some reason I had a moment of clarity. I logged on to the Java site and did as someone suggested. I thought that since MS was in such a mess with everyone they probably didn't install any competition's programs in their XP. Just a thought but I downloaded Java 1.4 and bada bing it works like a charm now. I wish I would have thought of it Sunday. Also thanks to all for the suggestions. It was my needing a copy of Java on the computer to get java to work...LOL... It is appreciated that you all took the time to help me out.