Zeljko and Jarmo, Thanks for the support. It did indeed turn out to be environmental in nature. Once I disabled the following add-ons that were on the system I was given I stopped getting the error.
Add-ons disabled: - Microsoft Corporation's Research - Discuss - Oracle America's Java Plug-In SSV Helper - Oracle America's Java Plug-In 2 SSV Helper Disabling Research result in a window that said you should disable Discuss. And disabling Java Plug-In Helper resulted in a window that said you should disable Java Plug-In 2 Helper. I haven't gone any further to determine which combination of these was the real culprit, but once these were disabled I stopped getting the error. Thanks again for your time. Chad -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com