Thanks anyway for keeping up to speed with me kemical. I think I have been troubling you guys for nothing at the moment.
I have just used my some of my savings in buying something I have coveted for a while - a new laptop. But this one is something else. Its an Acer 9813 with a 21 inch screen, and just about every gadget you can think of hanging off it (Bluetooth, infra etc etc.)
I have, for three days, been sorting it out and transferring a lot of data across from my other computers, consolidating onto this one, which, from now on, will be my main working computer. In the process (a new from scratch, installation of VistaI I frankly lost track of whether I was getting updates, transferring programs, or clicking links.
All sorted out now, I hope. This machine, too be honest, is more of a portable desktop than a laptop - unless you have a strong lap.