Sorry if this is an old thread, I'm a newby. Until today, when I clicked on my desktop hotmail shortcut, I went straight to my inbox. As of today, I went to a homepage and when I clicked on inbox it showed the same two messages over and over again - one marked unread and the other marked read - and wouldn't let me delete or open them. A yellow bar at the top of the page told me internet explorer (I'm using vista home premium) was working without add-ons and to refresh it. But I can't find any refresh button on the toolbars. In any case I've no idea if the two things are cponnected. P.s. I registered as "technophobe" but it only seems to have got "tech"