brds16

That doesn't sound right: if so i would think that when I close down ie on the task manager it would take away the window with it and that is not the case. in fact that window stays on my screen after i have closed all apps and nothing is left to close on the task mgr. It does not interfere with opening new aps. it just sits there getting in the way. I have generated the same window since and it is not a problem as long as I don't click on the more information link. As for the more information link, it takes you to some page in help and support somewhere if I remember correctly .

I a running XP sp2 with IE 6.0.2900... I have some conflict which is causing my ie to hang up when I click on some links but this is not the immediate reason for my cry for help. NAV does not report any viruses so I need to better understand that problem before i can deal with it . In order to close up open applications after the above mentioned hangup occurs I need to rely on the task manager and ultimately I get the send/don't send report window. If I send a report, I eventually get an "error reporting" window which invites me to click on a link for more "information which may prevent this problem in the future." clicking this more information link freezes the error reporting window which by then has a (not responding) tag in the title bar and I am unable to close it, even with the task manager (it does not even appear as an application). My only recourse is to reboot. The window sits on my screen. and does not stop me from opening applications or going to the web. the cursor changes to full hourglass when i hover over it. Any ideas of what could be causing this?

I am trying to reverse the consequences of a moment of stupidity in which i installed a rogue "free" adware program. I have since removed the software in add/remove but a search of the disk indicates that there are still three traces of this in c:\Windows\prefetch. all three show .exe extensions one has 43kb and two of them have 10kb. Although they look benign, I'd like to wipe them out. is it safe to do so by deleting them from the prefetch folder in windows? thanks