I am having the exact same problem. I am suspecting WXP SP2 because it killed Netscape so I uninstalled it. I am not sure if this problem began immediately after SP2 was installed but I suspect that it did and uninstalling SP2 failed to restore the previous condition. Another IE problem I am having which may be related to the above is that IE launches very slow(>20sec) when opening a html file by clicking it which is stored in a hard drive. Kaz