Peter, The blip you hear will be the windows information bar, or what ever name they give it, which is located under the address bar, Asking whether or not you want to allow an active x control. You need to right click on it and accept active x controls, which is what normally causes the problem. Hope this helps Dave For some reason I am unable to get this week's critical updates. Iam asked do I wish toinstall update publisher, or something like that. I say yes to this, but after a few seconds I hear a blip from internet explorer and the item in question will not install. I have my internet explorer security settings set as low as possible, and things like popup blocker and fishing filters are turned off as I prefer to use third party applications . Has any body got any advice please. ******************************************************************** This email and any attachments are confidential to the intended recipient and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it from your system and notify the sender. You should not copy it or use it for any purpose nor disclose or distribute its contents to any other person. ******************************************************************** ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq