> I had similar symptoms. Nobody knew exactly what was going on, but > running progs against spyware (SpyBot, Ad-Aware) helped . > Next time there were more problems, so I had to reformat my HD and statr > all over again. > I luckily had made all possible backup copies of my imagotheques. > > Try desinfecting Your PC. Indeed Virus checkers don't detect a fraction of the scumware that can become installed on your machine merely by browsing the web these days. Firewalls are no guarantee either. Spybot S&D will help. Free from: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home/index.html If your machine is infested with these parasites they may well be blocking the searches. Or it could be something else ... but you need to eliminate the obvious first! Bob
