hmmm .... moved it out of Program Files (x86). triied again. still not loading NZB paused. I do use the binsearch tab as well as the binsearch web site to "browse newsgroups". Sometimes Vista just makes me crazy, previous computer from which I copied the configuration was XP. New computer, new OS, new problems ... arghh. Tempted to turn UAC off.
I don't know if moving from Program Files (x86) would alleviate any 64-bit Windows issues.
Thanks for the suggestion.