Are you guys talking about opening a bunch of threads in different windows, then after they all load going offline while you read them? I can't imagine what could stop you from doing that ... what happens when you try? As a general rule no one can help you with any computer problem unless you explain exactly what you're doing when something goes wrong and exactly what happens then -- paste in the error message you get, or if you don't get an error message explain what goes wrong ... screen goes black, smoke comes out the cd drive, monitor explodes ... whatever goes wrong, you have to explain it, in detail. If all you say is "it doesn't work" that only annoys techies.