thanks Franco, i'm trying everything i can and nothing seems to work. i have yet to get out to a camera shop locally to see if they can advise me. of course i need to use the <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />camera and it's not working... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

I have managed to get this laptop running again with the help from a local 14 yrear old kid <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> Not that it's working smoothly, just functioning. seems like the mouse has a mind of it's own and auto complete is doing everyhting else to thwart my attempsts at enjoying the computer <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />