Unfortunately not. The laptop came bundled with Vista. The only option was to upgrade to Vista Premium. I will work my way through this with lots of help from me mates. It is amazing that they have a user's manual that tells me where everything is located but not how to use them -- unless they forgot to pack some other user's CD or manual.

Hi, Craig. That is most kind of you. Thank you. I will PM you once I get myself organized. Happy new year!

Anything. I am quickly frustrated and intimidated. I am feeling helpless and hopeless. Is there a conversion table of some sort showing the old [Office 2007] and the new [Vista] features? Should I send you a PM with a list of stupid questions? Time to convert to Apple?

If I recall correctly, another member stated that the change in clamper size was to prevent children sticking their fingers in to stop the CD from spinning. There might have been another comment that it was to prevent people becoming spastic from watching the spinning CD.

I have a new lap top that runs on Vista Home Basic. Anyone familiar with this software who can assist this technological dinosauer? [Is there a Dummy's Guide available in the bookstores?] So far, I have managed to: turn on the lap top; play a CD; set my background wallpaper and set the screen saver.

Jandyt: It'll be that bloody jandyt posting too many photo's Should read "It'll be that bloody jandyt posting too [much]" We should penalize people who post too much [other than moderators and technical advisors who post a lot as part of their Beoworld responsibilities] and reward those like me who don't post very much: Andy

Congratulations to all the winners. Again, happy holidays to you all. I am going to get some sleep.

Jandyt: Jandyt: PrizeDrawBot: Second Prize in the BeoWorld Christmas Draw is a pair of B&O Active Loudspeakers - this time in the form of a pair of Brand New and unused BeoLab 4 PC Speakers! Listen to your favourite tracks via your Personal Computer in true Bang & Olufsen style with these acoustically amazing compact speakers. Crystal clear

Andy, et al: Check out this web site: http://www.phobia-fear-release.com/phobia-list-2.html

benkap: Are you afraid of spelling the phobia? What is that phobia called? I dare you ;) Triskaidekaphobia