LMAO...I remember when someone asked you (Remy) what browser you were using, and your reply was that you didn't know what a browser was... I too use/love Firefox...isn't it great? I like the ability to easily open so many tabs at once...maybe even opening my GW favs folder...25 all at once. Sure helps on dial-up to have a page loaded and waiting for me when I get to it. it kind of sucks to have to load a new program just to avoid annoying ads I agree, but you can beat them at their own game. Karyn, You'll probably like Firefox too. It is said that IE is the least 'secure' of all browsers. My experience with it, is that it is a lot slower...really notice 'slowness since I'm on dial-up. Sue

Ok, I'm gonna try this again, but prepare...it's long winded. For several weeks after the "train wreck" I was unable to log-in. I kept getting a message saying my password was incorrect. NOT! However I was able to re-register under a new name. When I tried to re-register under my old username, I got a message that the name was already taken. Ya think! I tried to email iV but heard nothing back. No doubt they were plenty busy trying to clean up the mess. My biggest beef about all this is that they didn't let folks know what they were doing beforehand, or that there MIGHT be a problem. I'm now able to log-in under my old username but I have chosen not to because I was using my regular email account. I tried to change my address to a hotmail account but when I submit the info and go back and look, my old email address is still there. After the new terms of agreement went into affect I didn't want to use my old email because "iV reserves the right to share my email addy with it's many affliates." OK not an exact quote but something to that effect. I don't want them to share my email address with anyone. Another beef I have is that my member page was wiped clean. Gone! Others with far more elaborate member pages than I have complained of the same. While I realize that iV has the right to change "what was once> gardenweb to their liking, I just don't like the way they went about it. So, now for the 1st time ever I'm seeing the obnoxious ads. I sometimes see full page animated ads that fill my entire screen. Some of them run for 2-3 minutes and I'm unable to escape. You can't go "back." I've seen ads with sexy men in skimpy underwear. A woman's nearly bare butt in my face. A golden retriever running back and forth across the screen. Then that foolish Crystal Lite ad with women dancing across the screen. When the ad finally ends it still doesn't go away but just sits there. Then they have the audacity to ask if I want to replay the ad. Oh sure, go ahead, bore me some more. I don't know what you're doing right but if you figure it out let me know, please. I've been visiting other gardening sites tho it's just not the same. I miss my old garden buds here. Lots of folks that are on dial up say the site is just too slow anymore. Fortunately I don't have that problem. Do you know that Dave's Garden had an increase in membership of 0.59%, or 1,165 people in just 7 days following the changes? New gardening forums have been created for the refugee's leaving GW. Last night when I tried to post this message and that full page ad appeared I, upon the advice of another GWer, tried to close it out. That's when I lost my message. So there you have it. I'm very sad as well and I miss the good ole days.

the main thing is that you have to have one instance of IE open and have that copy fully maximized usually by just clicking on the maximize option but if you have to drag it out to maximize it then you can do that, NOW the important thing once it is set the size you want it, close the IE by hitting the red x. Next time you open IE it should remember that setting and keep it. Do not open any other windows or tabs before you close it that time.

I would try: Clear the IE cache>Manually type in and enter the site desired>Set the current page as the homepage. I normally use FF with my Vista. However, when I do tinker with IE9 it will report as to blocked sites, expired certificates, and such. It's no big deal as far as I am concerned. What's one click? DA