Hi Paul, Got heaps of results back from Google. Will need more info to narrow it down, I'm afraid. One suggestion was to install the latest version of IE. Another possible cause could be the AMD Catalyst Control Centre. Anyways, this article might shed some light on your friend's situation: http://winwiki.org/px-urlmon-dll-ordinal-459-not-found/ They recommend downloading and installing a special tool which makes me a little suspicious. Download the file and check it on VirusTotal first, just to be safe. Good luck! John =========================================================== The vip_students mailing list Manage account or unsubscribe: //www.freelists.org/list/vip_students Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/vip_students Administrative contact: support@xxxxxxx ===========================================================