Bonzai

If you are running Windows Vista (Nasty piece of business there), then this is a two step process: Step one: Go to Windows Start Logo (lower left corner of screen) and click on it. Click on Run and type msconfig. Click on the Startup tab and uncheck Windows Media Center. Step two to stop the pop-up that will show-up everytime you start windows: Click the Blocked Startup Programs icon located next to the time on the taskbar. Point at Run blocked program. Select System Configuration Utility. Check off Don’t show this message or start System Configuration when Windows starts in the System Configuration window and press OK. Hope this helps :D

I really wish that I had found this site earlier, but I kept finding advice to hire a NOVA lawyer. I did not realize that SS reviews the fees charged by an attorney. I was under the impression that the lawyer recieved 25% of the backpay up to a maximum of $5,300. I have signed the 'letter' to have an attorney (NOVA) as a representative, and now I think I may have messed up big time. :P I know this is for SS, but I have also retained the same lawyer for my NOD with the VA. And I have read that the attorney gets 20% of backpay owed with no maximum limit. :( The backpays are pretty substantial, and I think I am going to end up paying through the nose. My thinking was that getting part of something was better than getting all of nothing. But since both cases are going through at the same time, neither one can be used to substantiate the other. I've got to stop thinking...