I did some housekeeping...
recently on my home computer. Perhaps that is the reason for the sudden change. I have been logged in properly since the format change a few months back, but a couple of days ago I deleted all the cookies from the IE folder. That must be it, since I didn't notice the change on the work(notebook) unit. By the way, I installed the new XP service pack on the notebook which I connect to our office T-1, but have decided not to upgrade the home computer since it's on an SBC dial-up...and apparently there is a conflict between SBC and the upgrade that requires a patch to fix it. Thanks for your suggestions.