I am just wondering that when everytime i open my PC, a message "MOM.exe -.NET Framewok INITIALIZATION error, unable to find a version of the runtime to run this application" is always appearing, why? How can i fix it? Pls. help me as i am only beginning to familiarize the TECHNICALITIES of my pc. By the way i am using winxp sp2.Have you TRIED to reinstall .NET?