Hi guys Seems to be what I think is a Java problem. Our corporate web browsing needs to be authenticated, and to get authenticated you need to load a Java authentication applet. it opens a window as if to load the applet but doesn't show anything, even if you left it for an hour it doesn't show anything in the box. I have downloaded the MSjava stuff and installed that, uninstalled and reinstalled IE, installed the Sun Java stuff, checked that the Java stuff is enabled in the advanced options of Internet tools as well as all active x controls in the security settings . All security settings set to low security. Still problem not solved. No new software has been installed on the machine and it's only been less than 24 hours since this problem has started. Any ideas? VIEW ARCHIVES @ //www.freelists.org UNSUBSCRIBE by sending email to triadtechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the Subject field. To VIEW/CHANGE your subscription status go to //www.freelists.org/webpage/triadtechtalk Contact List Owner - dbcfour@xxxxxxx