Thanks,
And what a cute brother you are!!
Well, I did the repair, no blue ball. When I uninstall and install, will I get a new registration number??
Is that .exe file you refer to for e-mail installed with the download?
I had thought I have had avast running for several months, then decided it wasn't there afterall.. no ball, nothing... so I downloaded it again today - but it isn't any different. I did run a scan, but I have no ball in my task bar, and I saw no kind of 'wizard'
I will do the unistall/install.
LP