Ray--

1) You can usually access Network and Sharing on the Start Menu.

[url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/921070/en-us[/url]

2) Type control panel in help and when it comes up just click in the address
bar to the right of control panel and you should be able to access it and
click it.

CH

"Ray " <someone@mydomain.com> wrote in message
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> Ladies and Gentlemen, I have a problem that I am hoping you can help me
> with.
>
> OS is RC2 x86, it's been running very well until today, when trying to
> access the Control Panel, I keep getting the message the "Windows Explorer
> has stopped working", yada, yada, yada.
>
> I can get to all of the "tools" from C:\Windows\System32, or if I go
> toStart-Computer and then hit the down arrow for Control Panel I can get
> to and use all of them *except* for Network and Sharing. If I try and
> bring up that window it will crash. I changed the view to display as a
> menu and when I hover the cursor over the icon for CP (I don't even have
> to click) it crashes.
> The same thing if I put it on the desktop as a shortcut.
>
> It seems to me to be someway linked to Network and Sharing, but for the
> life of me I don't know what or how. I'm open to any and all ideas
>
> Ray[/color]