I'll make my problem as simple as I can:
My email programs (Outlook Express and Outlook) and any browser I use work perfectly.  What doesn't work and makes me crazy is when I click on a hyperlink in an email to go to the internet, it takes me here:
Desktop>My Computer>Local Disk>Documents and Settings>Owner.  Conversely, if I click on a link in an email to an email address , it works perfectly.
 
To get to the net, I have to copy and paste...... and as you know, that doesn’t always work, depending on how the addy is embedded.   I have scanned for viruses, spyware, etc. and also reloaded Outlook Express.  I am using Windows XP home with SP2, have 1 GB ram and a fast processor.  This is a new problem, it did work. :-?
Posting your problem more than once does not speed up the REPLY process.

Be patient, someone will be along SHORTLY...I deleted the others.

Can you do a system restore to a point before this began? Have you run all of your scans in safe mode with system restore turned off?This may have been caused by one of the Outlook Express security updates.

Personally, I'd ditch OE and use >Thunderbird< instead.   That did it; Thunderbird is now my new email program.  Although I am fairly computer literate, I hadn't thought of anything but Outlook Express and Outlook.  I had done a system restore and scanned the computer for viruses and spyware in safe mode, thank you.  Seems as though the problem is fixed.  And to think that I was READY to stick in another hard drive and another OS. ( :

Thank you all for your great suggestions.

Smiles,
Happy in KentuckyWelcome to the world of Mozilla !

You'll find TBird very customisable to your needs.

Now you can switch to FireFox as well if you haven't already.

Below is a site listing the extensions for both. Extensions are basically add-ons that allow you to customise TBird and FireFox  as much as you like.

http://www.mozilla.com/add-ons/

patio.   8-)Thunderbird even comes with a build-in spam filter. Something Outlook Express has been lacking for a whole decennia.. =Pthis isn't a reply sorry
but i don't know how to send anything on here
how do i send one of them things that you just have?
i'm new and clueless and badly need to sort this thing on my computer
pls help,
love, xxoWhat do you want to send?  :-? Quote

this isn't a reply sorry
but i don't know how to send anything on here
how do i send one of them things that you just have?
i'm new and clueless and badly need to sort this thing on my computer
pls help,
love, xxo

this isn't a reply sorry
but i don't know how to send anything on here
how do i send one of them things that you just have?