To Reward, I didn't actually minimize AOL, I just clicked on the E on the task bar. You'll of course have to have AOL running, and I kind of like that the internet explorer runs at the same time, and you can use the forward and back button without affecting what is happening on AOL, for instance, I have my ebay page on while doing the Auctiva stuff, and if I need to move back, it won't change my page on AOl. Did that make sense? Anyway, it has relieved so much pressure, I had been sent to the home page even when trying to pick categories, or images, it was the most frustrating thing!!! So glad it's over, and hopefully you are doing okay with it as well. I too have just the dial up AOL (I'm on a dirt road and can't get anything out here!) and know that it's bad enough having slow internet without adding to the frustration with malfunctioning internet!