Oddness started this morning. I get Ebots, but clicking the links no longer opens a browser window to that link. Cut-and-paste still works. I get Automated links to conversations on other forums and they still work fine. It's just the Ebots from Renderosity I've found the problem with. I did install the WinXP SP2 last night, and spent 2 hours overriding the usual MicroSoft "our customers are idiots, let's muck around with all their settings to make them work our way - because we're MicroSoft and we know best" defaults. I thought I had found them all, but something has turned off the Ebot links. Anyone here have any idea what setting and where I could use to fix this? Probably something really obscure. Remember the problem only affects Renderosity Ebots in outlook express so far. Thanks for any help. Jerry (leather-guy) Brawner