As Firefox now seems to come with the Google toolbar why would you want Yahoo? Just curious of course. I do not allow any of those toolbars to clutter up my valuable viewing space. I drag the space where I type my Google query up to the right of the address bar and leave the rest of the toolbar off entirely. This space also has a small drop down menu to the left of it offering my the option to use Google, Yahoo and 4 other features if I need. Regarding the Jave Console I do not have one but I do have Java installed.

Thanks anyway...I googled Yahoo and downloaded one. I was surprised I had not lost my bookmarks.

So you have 512 megs of RAM, 448 for regular use and 64 dedicated to your video. No problem. You say the C:\ drive has 66% but is that 66% used or free space? Either way it is good but hopefully you mean there is 66% free space on this drive meaning you can still add more stuff. You should never fill a hard drive more than 75% - or keep a minimum of 25% free space for the swap file to work efficiently. You never mentioned what size the hard drives were. Any time your question seems not to be understood try asking again but phrase it differently, someone will catch on and ask questions giving you the chance to answer those question and then understand you computer problem. Don't let that stop you from asking. Same with online technicians, some are great and others not so great. Sometimes it is luck if we catch the right person who has encountered the same problem before or knows exactly where to look in his or her manual. All professional tech support staff keep manuals handy for reference. Now the pictures. Most internet providers only allow a certain amount of data in each email. I keep all my emails under 6 megabytes and that works for me, none get returned for being too large. What size were the 4 photos the tech support placed in a folder for you? If they total under 6 megs you are good. You can always send one photo per email too, yes it is a bit of work but if that is what you need to do then it will be worth it. Hover your mouse over each photo and it should show the file size for you. When you are sending photos do you 'attach' or 'insert' your pictures? Either way works but it is easier to attach so you can write your text without the pictures being in the way. However if you need to explain each photo then insert one and add the text underneath. Repeat for each photo as needed. The 'insert' applies to Internet Explorer, I see no way to insert a photo in Yahoo mail. The tech helped you remove programs from your 'Startup', that is good because those programs are no longer running in the background using up your valuable resources. You have rebooted with no problems since then haven't you? Please do not mess with Windows Messenger, just leave it there. This is a part of your Windows and you really do not want to mess with that. I too would like to remove it but life is simpler by leaving it alone.

He is a tech so his thinking was probably because ccleaner has a registry cleaner incorporated he took it out so no errors or mishaps would occur, I use both tools but I don't use the registry cleaner in ccleaner even though it makes a back up. There is no real benefit in cleaning the registry in windows xp. So if you use the tool that way I think you will be fine with it and you can reinstall it if you like.. zep