Hi Ken, > Has anybody actually had success breaking a freezing episode by walking > backwards? No, but I overcome a sometime "reluctance" to climb stairs by proceeding up backwards. (But maybe that is just me; I always was a backward child.) <g> Jim * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * James F. Slattery, J.P., M.A.C.S. JandA Computing Consultancy E-mail: [log in to unmask] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *