hi lurkswithin,thx for the reply, hope i got this right ? by right clicking on my computer ive come up with this,......computer..AMD Athlon 1.08GHz, 1.50 GB of RAM, other stuff listed is NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900....processor ..x86Family 6 model 8 stepping 1 authenticAMD~1075Mhz..(service pack 2 ). im not sure if this is all the info you need? but as i said its all new to me and all help is most welcome, many thx again lurkswithin for your time. ps im in the united kingdom.