ok heres the scoop.. a long time ago... when i was stupid i used to try to edit virus's.... i think i may have opened one of them my internet explorer has gone dead meaning that i cant click on the internet explorer icon to open the internet, instead now i have to type the http:// site in a folder and let it go from there... since then i have not been able to open popups such as ones from javascript and so-on this has been a good thing when coming to advertisements but.. if anyone could help me to try to get internet explorer back on track i could use the help thank you... and yes.. i am stupid for editing the virus's...