i do have spysweeper installed, but i had it turned off due to it being a possible conflict.

thank you for the imput so far everyone.!!

raven

i run windows xp professional 2002
my browser is internet explorer 6.0

i hope that helps further if anyone else has any ideas.
like i said before, i've disabled and shut off everything i can think of that would conflict, even uninstalling spysweeper for additional confirmation.