hey, thanks for the quick reply
only browser showing on applications is firefox - and everything is ticked for that
i searched cookies under vista search - it found a folder 'cookies' - that was hidden - it won't let me access it even though i'm an administrator
so i deleted it - now i'll close firefox to see if it works
nice to see CCleaner cleaning even deeper!
edit
mm another search for cookies shows up more files (sqlite journal?) - i'll check the txt files and remove those
and see what happens
it seems the sqlite is just a backup i have of a profile for firefox - but i've got rid of the txt cookie files
still the same problem :-/