all, If I type bluetooth into spotlight, the word bluetooth shows up in the list and says preference pane. I enter on it and it launches and as long as I keep it open, it shows bluetooth in system preferences. when I close system preferences again and reopen it, the bluetooth word disapears and is replaced by "application icon" which gives me the error. -- Jonnie Appleseed With His Hands-On Technolog(eye)s Touching The Internet Reducing Technology's disabilities One Byte At A Time ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx