Thanks
Just had to say THANK YOU so much for this post as like labbats I too have misplaced my CDs - ironically hid them over CHristmas when I knew I was going to be out of the house and we'd a spate of local burglaries, but should have remembered my brain's like Swiss Cheese when it comes to memory and written down somewhere where I'd put them. Result is that I've hidden them so well, I'd now need a burglar to come find them for me LOL! Anyways - while 7 is so much more stable and better performing than XP ever was, I'm very aware of my propensity for fixing things till they break, so really wanted to get my CDs again. I'd phoned MS only to be told that of course they could provide me with a new set of discs but that'll be £16 thank you very much - I swore they kept the volume of the call so low I couldn't hear how they could justify that price, but regardless I figured I wasn't going to go down that route. And it was while I was searching for somewhere else to perhaps buy the CDs a bit cheaper that I discovered your post, and the joy of saving myself that money hasn't yet been surpassed (disabled, on benefit only income!).
So I just wanted to swing by and thank you for taking the time to not only provide that info, but also for your superb guides which have tweaked my system into a whole new state of play/performance.
Treble THANKS!!