hi all. does anyone know how I can "lock" the status bar in I/E, because it's annoying to keep going to "view/Status bar" every time I open I/E grrrrrr lol.

Open IE , View > Toolbars > Lock the Toolbar

That's the annoying part. all toolbars are locked. it's just the status bar keeps unticking.

Odd Toolbar Behavior http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/ietips.htm Did you ever get your Toolbars in IE set just right only to reboot and you lose your settings? Many times when Toolbars are added or removed the Registry entry that controls these settings does not get updated or has become corrupt. You can download a small reg file to reset (to default) and correct this behavior. * Download: ResetBrowserToolbar.reg [right-click and select: "Save Target As" To use: right-click and select: Merge - Ok the prompt and reboot. ================================= XP: Status Bar is Disabled or Disappears in Explorer http://www.tech-recipes.com/windows_tips581.html

Left some info out on Response number 3 Odd Toolbar Behavior http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/ietips.htm Odd Toolbar Behavior Did you ever get your Toolbars in IE set just right only to reboot and you lose your settings? Many times when Toolbars are added or removed the Registry entry that controls these settings does not get updated or has become corrupt. You can download a small reg file to reset (to default) and correct this behavior. * Download: ResetBrowserToolbar.reg [right-click and select: "Save Target As" To use: right-click and select: Merge - Ok the prompt and reboot. http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/ResetBrowserToolbar.reg Missing Status Bar The above reg file will correct this behavior, if your status bar disappears when opening a new IE 6 browser window. However make sure that option is selected - right-click the top Toolbar and select: Status Bar. If you are still having problems verify the below Registry entries exist and are correct: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main] "Show_StatusBar"="yes" "Show_URLinStatusBar"="yes"