Hi Tony,

Glad to hear that you are alive, and presumably well..........Happy New Year

We get that sort of stuff all the time over here...........if you get your copy of IE via your ISP or e-mail provider, then you get their "version" of it, along with the home page, and a shower of default settings.

My question back to you would be "what is Microsoft's take on all this?" given that they must be licensing these ISPs to distribute a customised version of their software?

It would not be illegal in this country, as your primary contract is with your ISP, rather than MS.

Cheers,

Johnno