I think I know what you are talking about. You can still find it online. For local sources, maybe try pool and spa places, or big box stores that have a large garden department. You might be able to find suitable webbing at your local fabric store. Sometimes they have wide trims of webbing meant for things like putting straps on gym bags or fashion belts.

Sue, If you are deleting your cookies every time that you close your IE that could be contributing to the delay in loading. GW is now so graphic/ad laden that the cookies would have to reload each time. It is similar to FF with ABP. If you watch the progress bar you can see all the "content' attempting to load and being blocked before the page actually appears. DLM, Originally there were numerous reports of concerns with the SP3 upgrade. Through time this has appeared to have been resolved. I just upgraded two systems to XP SP3 for individuals without any concern. You just have to be patient as the installer does its job. As always backup what is important to you before taking the task in hand. DA

hmmm .. Found why my browser does this.. 2 clicks to back out of a page.... its my advertising blocker. I disabled my PeerBlock ad-blocker temporarly for 15 minutes, and then any page I enter, I can back out of with a single click.

you might try downloading IE8 again and reinstall it over the one that you have it may fix any corrupted files. Have you tried clearing all of the cache and cookies and history on your IE that may help also. here is the download link for IE8 Internet Explorer 8 you really need a good working Ie since you need it to get windows updates since you are on xp still. How do I clear my web browser's cache, cookies, and history? that link tells how to do those things on all browsers. Firefox is very easy to use and as mentioned you can add many add ons that help with various things. One I always use is the ad block plus with easylist to stop all the annoying ads on these pages. Feel free to ask for help with learning a new browser.