greetings to everyone. I've been messing around with pc computers for the last ten years but still consider myself a newbie since I have a moderate knowledge of computer software and hardware. one of the reasons I signed up for this site is because it deals with xp and I happened to read the article about safe browsing. I noticed the one about getting rid of the toolbars which I have already concluded is a good idea but do not know much about doing so. I'll look at that topic next.