" However, a friend of mine tells me that if you do that Windows Update keeps trying to put IE8 back in. " Your friend is right but there is a IE8 blocking tool which you can Google for. I did post up the details in JAWS-UK a while ago suspecting people may have their issues with this particular browser for the moment. The problem right now is that the rest of the world are having to get used to the web equivolent a new set of physical laws handed on down by Microsoft. Kludges developers have used for years to make Internet Explorer work with their sites no longer work and have to go back to the drawing board. For now some may legitimately refer to this update an Internet Exploder 8.0. Regards. Tristram Llewellyn Sight and Sound Technology Technical Support www.sightandsound.co.uk Mail: Tristram: tristram.llewellyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Technical: Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx General - info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Phone: Support line: 0845 634 7979 Sight and Sound Technology Limited is a company registered in England and Wales, with company number 1408275. Sight and Sound Technology Welton House North Wing Summerhouse Road Moulton Park Northampton NN3 6WD VAT Number - GB 860 2121 66. ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** jaws-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:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq