[Margaret Pilkington]

My main computer is a dsektop....and runs windows 7.....a joy after vista.
My husband bought me a laptop about 3 years ago and it runs Vista.......which I hate with such a passion.
This laptop is only used very infrequently to show himself things that he might be interested in on the internet....and sometimes to access stuff for educational purposes for the children......if he had asked me before he bought it, I would have told him not to bother getting it, as I had seen the beta version of windows 7 and it looked better than vista.
I wasn't desperate for a laptop and could have waited until 7 came out.

As you know I am very cautious about changing systems.......it was bad enough changing from IE to Firefox(It made me sweat)....and yes I know it turned out to be better in the end, but you are never sure until you try it.
Thank you for your offer of guidance, it is much appreciated.

I'm not really a technical dummy, but everything I have learned has been by trial and error(mainly error) I am very reluctant to ever ask for help with anything.....I really feel that you only learn when you have to do something yourself.