Hi,

>> I installed both the MS Antispyware and BHO daemon

Have you tried disabling the IE add-ons and testing the behavior again. FYI,
there is an option called "Enable third-party browser extensions (requires
restart)" in Internet Options Advanced tab. Unchecking that box disables all
the IE add-ons, which is the best way to test.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User

Windows XP Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com


"nyc_sud" <ahn.tom@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Ramesh,

Thanks for the wealth of information. I installed both the MS
Antispyware and BHO daemon. Although I am still unable open more than
1 IE window, the Antispyware corrected a registry setting that opened a
WINDOWS directory on startup.

I can work around having only 1 IE window (using firefox) but I am
concerned that this IE issue may be a symptom of a larger more serious
problem.

Please let me know if there are any steps I can take to resolve this.

Thanks again.