Just thought I'd post a follow up to this thread. My friend finally resolved his issue by using the Sledge Hammer Methodology.
He reinstalled Windows XP and Lightroom. Now it works fine again. :-) Thanks for all of your suggestions and pointers! - Sam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.