I'm not sure if there are graphics/pictures involved in the threads. We have a pop-up blocker. I never see any pop-up ads. We also have this problem with the Tiger Woods 2007 game. It locks or we get the BSOD. I called EA sports and they told me to try to update a more current graphic driver. The web site showed that we already have the most recent driver. I guess I need to see if we have the current updates for the ActiveX and Java. This is a Dell that we bought from a friend. Thank you for responding to my question. I will try your suggestions and let you know. Lynn

you can always just save the pdf file to your pc then open it with xchange.

nonnie_ga even if you do get your IE work properly it is a very good idea to get firefox as a second browser because if you do not have an alternative browser on the pc and IE fails then you have no way to get on the internet so to have at the least 2 browsers is preferred and you can have more than that, you could try Opera and the Google Chrome browser also but firefox is very easy to download set up and use, you can have it install all your IE favorites at the time you install it then you have them on both. You do not have to choose to set it as default you can leave your IE as default, simply click on the firefox icon when you need to use it. You can actually have both IE and firefox running at the same time also. Try Firefox should you need help with it just ask, I love firefox and use it daily and have a lot of very helpful add ons.

"Both versions of Internet Explorer are included to increase compatibility with existing programs and Web sites. The 32-bit version of Internet Explorer can host only native 32-bit ActiveX controls and other 32-bit Web page objects. The 64-bit version of Internet Explorer can host only native 64-bit ActiveX controls and other 64-bit Web page objects." "If you experience problems when you use the 64-bit version of Internet Explorer, try to view the same Web site by using the 32-bit version of Internet Explorer. If the problem occurs in both versions of Internet Explorer, you must determine whether the problem is caused by a Web object or if the problem is caused by Internet Explorer." Information from link Here is a link that might be useful: 32-bit / 64bit version of Internet Explorer.