In any case, one of the immediate pet peeves I encountered is that my Yahoo!  Messenger is using Internet Explorer as its default browser. That is even if  I’ve set Firefox to be my default browser. So whenever I click on links in  Yahoo! Messenger windows, darned IE just keeps popping up. And, in case you  might not know, Yahoo! Messenger uses IE as it’s backbone.

A little exploration in Vista’s labyrinth  of options and menus led me to this solution.

• Click the Start menu
• Click Default Programs
• Click “Set program access and       computer deaults”
• Select Custom then click on       the drop arrow
• Look for “Choose a default       web browser” and select Mozilla Firefox