Hi Jerry
Try the following and see if it helps:
How to Make Internet Explorer the Default Web Browser (Q284456)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q284456
How to Import Internet Mail Messages into Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q176523/
or.....
Tip #41: Setting Internet Explorer as the default browser
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFAQ.htm#IE_Default
Internet Explorer should check to see whether it is the default browser -
option does not work:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/nopromptdefault.htm
Hope this helps
Jan

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