Bruce,it was 34 F this morning here.

 BC> You need to find what is setting the Read-Only attribute. 

        I wish that I knew how/where/why.

 BC> After removing the Read-Only attribute, there is probably also a way 
 BC> to save that change, that you aren't doing.

        Yes, XP offers a few choices,   to save this modification to the
  whole folder or individual files. I did say (Y)es but .... !


 Sig: This new Thinkpad is waiting for me
  back home. Two weeks to go.
 
 
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