I have my IE7 security set for protection mode enabled, however;  when I open the browser it reports protection mode:  off at the bottom of the brower window.  When I double click there, it brings up the security tab which shows protection mode enabled. ??!! I've attempted to fix by going to Control Panel and re-setting Windows default programs, but that doesn't work. Can anybody suggest how to get the IE7 brower to report the correctly enabled protection mode? Thanks. Mayapple  :confused02:  mayapple@mayapple.net  :thumbsup_anim:  I found the fix!  Had to go to my user account settings in Control Panel and put a check mark in "Use User Account Control (UAC) to help protect your computer". Confused No More!