It was a lot of work trying to find the "where" to add a contact. But I found it (Hotmail / Outlook). Go the following link "after you have already logged into your hotmail account": https://people.live.com/ You can add your new contact here at any time, don't have to wait for an email to come in from your new contact, at the top of the page you just click on "New" and you will get the fields to add your new contact. It seems a dumb way of doing it, I couldn't find any other way. I hope this helps.

Owbist, thanks so much for taking the time to give me those good suggestions. The computer is a Dell Dimension 3000. I'm guessing I bought it three years ago. We opened it up in January to install something, and I assume it was treated to some canned air at that time. I'm using Avast as my anti-virus. It seems to scan fairly often on its own. My spyware program is AdAware, and I run it about once a week or so. It always finds something. My son and son-in-law blame Weather Bug for this. They urge me to get it off my system. I don't know about a firewall. I compacted the contents of Outlook Express after reading your post, but there wasn't much to compact since I had lost everything a week or so earlier. I hadn't done a Disk Cleanup or Defrag in I don't know how long. I did both after reading your post. I tried both BitDefender and Housecall, but neither was able to run the scan. I followed their troubleshooting suggestions and lowered the security settings, but no luck. I haven't experienced a freeze since doing these things, so I suppose I should feel hopeful. However, I just tried to install Photoshop Elements and wasn't able to. No freeze, no crash, but the installation window just quietly disappeared. I then tried to open up the How to Install file on the disk, but was told it couldn't open Word for Windows 6.0 files. I'm pretty sure that's the version of Word that I have. Meanwhile (are you still reading?), I did all of the above with my upstairs computer, which has been running painfully slow and frequently has trouble booting up. I had to let the Disk Cleanup run overnight. I was hoping for a miracle, I guess, but I didn't get it. That computer is a five-year-old Dimention 4550. Using it goes like this. Click Start. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Window appears. Click All Programs. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Window appears. Roll mouse over Accessories. Nothing happens. Click Accessories. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Menu appears. You get the idea. It is wildly frustrating! The machine is low on memory (256), and I bought more. I'm waiting for my son to install it. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. :-) Thanks again, Susan

What JEMDANDY suggests concerning the firewalls is a huge problem these days and unless you check for it occasionally, it sneaks up on you. Here's another possibility: I don't know if your particular anti-virus program uses Sun Belt antivirus technology. If you check your task manager and see something similar to SBAMsvc.exe then, you are using it. That particular antivirus is dynamic where it checks all opened files and incoming email for virus. Unfortunately, it is also a resource hog. I'm not saying other programs don't cause the same problems. I am just particularly familiar with this one since they provide programming for a lot of the antivirus packages out there. If another company is used, the below would still help you see if that is your problem. You probably notice the hangups when you have incoming mail with attachments, especially large ones. All the resources are being used to check the mail and even a ctrl-alt-del doesn't have an impact. It actually will but it has to wait in line for it to get it's allocation of resources to launch. Sometimes you'll see your email request time out. Of course, not having an antivirus checker for email is like walking through a mall in your underware. However, the best way to see if this is your problem is to go into your antivirus software settings and turn off email checking. Once the mail has transferred over, turn it back on. This would be AFTER you have done what JEMDANDY has suggested and still have the problem. If indeed this resolves your problem you have 2 choices....do this every time before calling for your mail or, add more memory. It's unfortunate that we have to "retool" our equipment to use a product that is supposed to be helping us protect and utilize what we have. However, with the sophistication of malware and Virus attacks, the products protecting us from them have become more and more resource dependent, to keep up. You also really need to clean out your temporary internet and cache files as well as cookies. This can do the same thing you describe if they get too large.

grapes, apples, oranges, pineapple, broccoli, carrots, celery, cauliflower, cucumbers, cherries, and kiwi are some of my favorites. Try to put your foods through this little test: Is it raw? Is it hard to chew? Is it naturally low in calories? If yes to all, than your probably dealing with a "catabolic" food, or a food that requires more calories for digestion than what it provides. You can find huge lists of these foods all over if you just tap "catabolic food list" into your favorite search engine. REMEMBER: If you try this diet, dont drink water for 30 minutes before and 30 minutes after you eat, for water makes it easier to digest your foods. 2: Eat as much as you can.I mean go for broke, all day, as much as you possibly can.You should attempt to have a carrot, apple, or celery stick(or whatever you feel like snacking on) in your hand at all times. And dont worry about thirst, because most of the foods are over 60 percent water, anyway.3: Go to a health food store and score yourself some Apple Cider Vinegar. Mke sure it is UNdistilled, WITH the "Mother."It contains a lot of goodies that your insides will thank you for, as well as acetic acid, which is sort of a "big bad wolf" for fat cells. Three tablespoons daily is the typical amount.ACV is also high in potassium,which will relieve those cramps that you get after a nice brisk walk, which brings us to no.4: Take a nice brisk walk for 30 minutes, and don't hesitate to lug along an apple. Oh, yeah, ACV will scrub away the sodium in your system(potassium is what does this)and that can lead to the am-scraying of excess water, which however superficial, leads to immediate results on the scale. I lost 18 pounds my first week;of course, I weighed 270,about 80 pounds too much for a fella of 6 feet and 2 inches. The fatter you are, it seems, the more sensational the results. Exercise as much as possible, and as long as your out of your 30 minute before and after zone, drink as much water, and only water, as you can. Even if you have the metabolism of a sleeping snail, this diet will give you the results you need to keep it up. One more suggestion: Trade your scale in for a full length mirror. Instead of weighing in once a week, strip down to your birthday suit and check yourself out. In 2 weeks, at the ABSOLUTE MOST, you will see yourself tightening and shrinking as if you had spent 2 months on most other plans. I know some people say that this diet is too low in calories and protien:perhaps rightly so. I did notice a slight loss of muscle mass.However, it has been my experience that gaining muscle is easier, on the mind and body, than losing fat. If your fat, you most likely have slow metabolism, and I know that slow metabolism is the best situation for gaining muscle. I say lose the fat, by any means necessary, and then adjust your diet in order to maintain your ideal weight and tone up. I was fat all my life, and words could never do justice to the freedom and joy being fit gives you. Hope this helps. God Bless