ok- thanks- maybe we can test mine on hers. There isn't any software to install anymore- it is already in the USB modem- getting easier everyday! I was worried about that because a different friend has Cricket (about 2 years old), and he had to use a compact disc- my HP Mini doesn't have a place to put a disc- so when we went to the store last week they showed me the one I bought. Easy, easy!

Wow, there is a lot of good information here. Glad I posted with my problem, now I have something new to try out. Thanks owbist. ravencajun, thanks for the compliment but I only had the first half of it figured out and cboy came to the rescue and helped me with the last half of it. I can't take all the credit. "Smiles" Then zep516 came in catching the fact that System Restore wasn't working right and gave me great information on how to correct that. This was the first time that I've had problems with my desktop, but I have changed the backround on it before and I remembered that and I thought why not check it out and see if I could get it to change and that is when I discovered that the backround had been changed and all I had to do was to put it back like I had it, but then I didn't know how to get the icons back and that's when cboy posted the solution for me. If that ever happens to me again I will know exactly what to do. Thanks owbist for telling me how to move the icons down to the taskbar. I will try that on Wednesday, I will have more time to try it out then. thirdfrt!!!

OJ -- my 94 year old mother got a similar call. They called late in the evening (I'm sure she was asleep) to ask her about her computer. Then they proceeded to ask her if she had a computer! She said no, she doesn't have one and that was the end of the conversation. The caller ID also said Florida. Actually, my mom does have a computer but it's the rest of the family that uses it when we are there. She doesn't go near it. She knows better than to buy anything unsolicited over the phone. I also worry that calls like this are people calling to see if the house is empty so they can break in. I suppose they could be parked in front of the house with a cell phone number from Florida to circumvent the caller id. What a world we live in.

From my own recent experience...I agree with Raven. I had shut down IE some time ago and then decided it might be well advised to reopen it to have the option of a second browser. I, basically, live in the Firefox world so it'll take some re-educating to get used to IE again. In any case...IE appeared to be broken when I attempted to resurrect it. My home page wouldn't load correctly and there were a few other little annoyances. I discovered...after tearing my hair out for a while...that it, indeed, was an add-on that was causing the problem. In my case...it was Adobe's shockwave flash and their regular flash. I disabled both and viola...IE v.11 is happy again. When I have more time I'll test other flash versions and mosey around IE to see what else I can do...but for the time being...it's very functional. HTH Anne