Being on dial-up, that background takes a long time to download - I'd say either get rid of it or figure out one that tiles. I have had a lot of the same troubles last year when I set up a site for downloads ets. I trashed everything when I went offline for a while but the site's still there so I guess I'll work on that some after I figure out a free Firewall that works with my eithernet (home network.) Right now I'm using Outpost which trashed the lan which is ironic because they say that they just teamed up with N-Link. Zone Alarm seems the best so far but it trashed my lan too. I'm gonna try COMINO next. Anyrate good luck with your site, - TJ