Also, I have not changed anything in my control panel settings since this has happened nor before. All was working just fine till the messenger started acting up. I recieved messages stating that I was logged in at another computer and that my connection would be terminated. Then it wouldn't connect me at all (to messenger)........That is when I uninstalled it ( yet again ) and tried to reinstall. I have uninstalled yahoo before without any trouble and reinstalled it as well....Made me think that maybe I had been 'hacked" ?