Hi folks and a happy Christmas and new year and many happy returns to you all this holiday season. I was wandering if somebody could possibly assist me with the following problem I've been having with my internet explorer 8. First, it has been connecting slower than usual. then, after telling my kerio personal fire wall to let ie through, I just kept getting the message that ie was supposedly connecting, when in reality it wasn't and every time I exited the program by pressing alt plus f 4, it kept giving me that annoying message that the programme was not responding etc. So I decided to reinstall ie 8. I removed the programmed from my computer through my add/remove programs, but now my problem is that I cannot connect to the web in order to download the new copy of ie 8 in order to reinstall it. I'm afraid doing a system restore would not be a good idea for me as after doing a system restore yesterday the problems with ie have started. not only did I have those problems with ie, but instead of the windows title tune, I kept getting an annoying beep. removing ie 8 has miraculously solved my problem. the windows tune is back and there is no message telling me that the in cd service is not running every time I start windows. please note, those problems with the title tune started after system restore and the in cd service message started yesterday morning. that's why I thought of doing a system restore hoping this would fix the problem. removing ie 8 today somehow unexpectedly fixed both problems for me and I'd prefer not to do an other system restore, in case they return. I would like to be able to connect to the world wide web again if possible. that's why I was wandering if anybody could possibly send me an installation file for either ie 8 or mozila firefox which is compatible with jaws 10 via email, if it won't be too much trouble. or would you have any other suggestions as to how I could access one of those files? any of your suggestions would be very welcome and appreciated. Happy Christmas and new year once again. Maria.